By Mia Alberti and Sophie Tanno, CNN More than 100 women have been murdered in Italy so far this year, with almost half of them killed by their intimate partner or ex-partner, the Italian police said. Released on Friday to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the report lists the
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Este viernes se cumplieron cinco días del paro de camioneros en Chile, una movilización que agrupa a distintas organizaciones de transportistas y que ha afectado parcialmente el tránsito en algunas rutas de distintos puntos del país austral. Durante su visita oficial a México, el presidente Gabriel Boric advirtió este jueves que “vamos
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By COLLEEN LONG, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden speaks about the “scourge” of gun violence, his go-to answer is to zero in on so-called assault weapons. America has heard it hundreds of times, including this week after shootings in Colorado and Virginia: The president wants
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press BASS RIVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Up to 2.4 million trees would be cut down as part of a project to prevent major wildfires in a federally protected New Jersey forest heralded as a unique environmental treasure. New Jersey environmental officials say the plan to thin trees in the Bass
Continue Reading By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Natalia Kristenko’s dead body lay covered in a blanket in the doorway of her apartment building for hours overnight. City workers were at first too overwhelmed to retrieve her as they responded to a deadly barrage of attacks that shook Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson. The
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — As dawn broke Friday in Qatar, the laborers who built this energy-rich country’s World Cup soccer stadiums, roads and subway filled empty stretches of asphalt and sandlots to play the sport closest to their hearts — cricket. The sport that spread across the reaches of the
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — As dawn broke Friday in Qatar, the laborers who built this energy-rich country’s World Cup soccer stadiums, roads and subway filled empty stretches of asphalt and sandlots to play the sport closest to their hearts — cricket. The sport that spread across the reaches of the
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he’s not the main focus of a judicial investigation into suspected illegal financing of two electoral campaigns. The comments come after leading French newspaper Le Parisien reported on the probe on Thursday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a visit to eastern France Friday, Macron said
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — En un mensaje a la Nación, el presidente de Perú, Pedro Castillo, aceptó este jueves la renuncia del presidente del Consejo de Ministros, Aníbal Torres. El funcionario había presentado su dimisión por la tarde, luego de que la mesa directiva del Congreso acordara por mayoría “rechazar de plano” la cuestión
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Nigerians have criticized the “redesigning” of the country’s local currency proposed by its central bank to rein in counterfeiting and hoarding of large sums outside the banking system. President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled the redesigned 200-, 500-, and 1,000-naira notes on Wednesday, saying “the new Naira banknotes have been fortified with security
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s domestic airline industry is in shambles, plagued by safety problems, a downgrade of Mexico’s safety rating, and vandalism. This week alone, passengers missed connections because thieves had cut the fiber optic cables leading into the Mexico City airport, forcing immigration authorities to return to paper forms. The internet outage came
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Yes, they’ve nicknamed the baby “Nugget,” after a woman delivered a girl at an Atlanta McDonald’s. Alandria Worthy gave birth to her daughter on Wednesday after her fiancé pulled over so she could use the bathroom on the way to the hospital. Three employees and fiancé Deandre Phillips helped Worthy deliver. The
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Los seguidores de Jennifer Lopez ya intuían lo que podría estar por venir. Horas antes del aniversario número 20 de “This is Me… Then”, la cantante borró todo el contenido de su cuenta de Instagram. Una señal de que realizaría un anuncio importante y con altas probabilidades de que
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Toyin Owoseje, CNN Celebrated British artist David Hockney is renowned for the bold and expressive use of color in his paintings. So, it was only right that he made a daring sartorial statement when he was invited to the Order of Merit luncheon at Buckingham Palace. While some guests donned their finest loafers for the
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Elon Musk is ready to try his troubled new verification system for Twitter once again. This time, in color. The CEO of Twitter announced – via a tweet of course – that Twitter will roll out its tentatively launching Verified on Friday next week. There’s changes to the program that
Continue ReadingBy JERMONT TERRY Click here for updates on this story AURORA, Illinois (WBBM) — Police officers do and see a lot on patrol – but the efforts of some Aurora officers are leading many to call them true heroes this Thanksgiving Day. As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reported, the officers jumped into chilly waters the
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story HINGHAM (WBZ) — New barriers have been erected in front of the Apple store in Hingham. The barriers, called bollards, are meant to protect pedestrians and shoppers. Bollards are made of steel or concrete and are strong enough to stop a car. One victim of
Continue ReadingBy ROSS DIMATTEI Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Two buses carrying asylum seekers arrived in Philadelphia from Texas Friday, the third since Gov. Greg Abbott announced he would be sending buses to the city. Around 6 a.m., a bus pulled up to 30th Street Station, and the people aboard were
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk said Friday that Twitter plans to relaunch its premium service that will offer different colored check marks to accounts next week, in a fresh move to revamp the service after a previous attempt backfired. It’s the latest change to the social media platform that
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden speaks about the “scourge” of gun violence, his go-to answer is to zero in on semi-automatic weapons. America has heard it hundreds of times, including this week after shootings in Colorado and Virginia: The president wants to
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