olivertapia (CNN) — La Administración de Control de Drogas de EE.UU. (la DEA) emitió una advertencia el martes sobre el “fentanilo de colores brillantes dirigido a los jóvenes estadounidenses”. La DEA dijo que junto con otras agencias de aplicación de la ley incautó fentanilo de colores y pastillas de fentanilo en 18 estados este mes.
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By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The moment that the black wall telephone rang early on the morning of Sept. 29, 1978, in Stefania Falasca’s Rome apartment is imprinted in her mind. Then 15, Falasca remembers her father answering and hearing the voice of her uncle, a priest who worked at the
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund will provide Sri Lanka $2.9 billion over four years to help salvage the country from its worst economic crisis under a preliminary agreement the agency announced Thursday. The arrangement will work to restore financial and macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability as
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associates Press BEIRUT (AP) — Forty years since Hezbollah was founded at the height of Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, the group has morphed from a ragtag organization to the largest and most heavily armed militant group in the Middle East. The Iranian-armed and funded Hezbollah, which has marked the anniversary with
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By ANDREW MENTOCK Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — No. 5 Notre Dame relishes the Saturday night challenge. It opens the season at No. 2 Ohio State against an offense that led the FBS in total offense and scoring last season and is only expected to get better in C.J. Stroud’s second season as
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — When Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett texted Brett Rypien on cutdown day asking him to drop by the team’s facilities, the former Boise State star had a sinking feeling that he’d been cut coming out of camp again. “That’s never a good sign, so
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Here are things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Week 1: GAME OF THE WEEK Florida State vs. LSU in New Orleans. The Seminoles and Tigers meet Sunday in a matchup of teams from neighboring power conferences. It marks the first game for LSU under Brian Kelly,
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Welcome back, Dan Lanning. No. 3 Georgia opens with 11th-ranked Oregon and first-year coach Lanning,who was defensive coordinator for the Bulldogs during their national championship season in 2021. Lanning took the Ducks’ job last December, yet stayed with his old job as Georgia defeated Alabama
Continue Reading By The Associated Press No. 11 Oregon will face No. 3 Georgia in what could be one of the marquee games of college football’s nonconference season. The Ducks are among the favorites to win the Pac-12, but facing the reigning national champions is a difficult start to the season for any team. The game will
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Más de 6 millones de venezolanos han huido de su paÃs en medio del deterioro de las condiciones de vida, igualando a Ucrania en el número de personas desplazadas y superando a Siria, según Naciones Unidas. La crisis de refugiados en Venezuela es sorprendente porque no hay una guerra en el paÃs
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs and record 10 pitching wins in the same season as the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees. Ohtani’s three-run shot to center off
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN and KELVIN CHAN AP Technology Writers Microsoft’s plan to buy video game giant Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion could have major effects on the gaming industry, transforming the Xbox maker into something like a Netflix for video games by giving it control of many more popular titles. But to get to the
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By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau China last year registered the fewest marriages since its public records began more than three decades ago — adding to concerns the country faces a looming demographic crisis. There were 7.6 million marriage registrations in 2021, data released by China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs last week shows. That’s
Continue Reading By JAY REEVES Associated Press CHILDERSBURG, Ala. (AP) — Michael Jennings wasn’t breaking any laws or doing anything that was obviously suspicious; the Black minister was simply watering the flowers of a neighbor who was out of town. Yet there was a problem: Around the corner, Amber Roberson, who is white, thought she was helping
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La demócrata Mary Peltola ganó la elección especial para ocupar un escaño de la Cámara de Representantes por Alaska por el resto de 2022, según los resultados no oficiales publicados por la División de Elecciones de Alaska, frustrando la apuesta de la exgobernadora Sarah Palin por un regreso polÃtico, al menos por
Continue Reading W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A’ja Wilson had 33 points and 12 rebounds to help the Las Vegas Aces beat the Seattle Storm 78-73 in Game 2 of the semifinals and even the WNBA playoff series. Chelsea Gray finished with 19 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists for the Aces, while Kelsey
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By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau The Chinese metropolis of Chengdu imposed a sweeping city-wide lockdown on Thursday evening, confining 21 million residents to their homes as the country doubles down on its zero-Covid policy ahead of a key Communist Party meeting. The move offered a stark reminder of the lengths the country is
Continue Reading By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawaii’s only remaining coal-fired power plant slipped into the environment this week when the state’s dirtiest source of electricity burned its final pieces of fuel. The last coal shipment arrived in the islands at the end of July,
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Bailey Falter threw a career-high 6 1/3 innings before leaving with an injury, Bryce Harper and Rhys Hoskins both had three hits and the Philadelphia Phillies pummeled the Arizona Diamondbacks 18-2. All nine starters in Philadelphia’s lineup had at least two hits, including Harper, Kyle Schwarber,
Continue Reading By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new federal study — offering an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation’s children. Reading scores saw their largest
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