Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, decretó el estado de excepción en Santo Domingo de Los Tsáchilas a partir de este viernes. La provincia se suma a las de Guayas y Esmeraldas en las que ya rige esta medida. En un comunicado de la Presidencia se indicó que, en esta
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — La preparación de Qatar para albergar el Mundial de Fútbol 2022 ha estado marcada por una serie de polémicas sobre el tratamiento de los trabajadores migrantes –que viajaron al país en los últimos años para ayudar en la construcción de los estadios–, especialmente debido al alto número de muertos en
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By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the right-wing Oath Keepers who prosecutors say called for a “bloody revolution” to keep then-President Donald Trump in power, painted himself as an anti-racist Libertarian who believed the 2020 election was unconstitutional as he testified in his own defense on Friday. Rhodes is
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House January 6 select committee is getting a window into former President Donald Trump’s motorcade on the day of the US Capitol attack, interviewing on Friday the Secret Service agent who was in the lead car on January 6 and scheduling testimony from the driver of Trump’s
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By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer David Jenkins Jr. wanted to close out his college basketball career at a school where he would be pushed. He chose Purdue. Turns out the young Boilermakers may benefit most from the sixth-year senior’s long journey to West Lafayette. He’s a scorer and has seen and done just about
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden was “expressing solidarity” with protesters when he said at a campaign event late Thursday that “we’re going to free Iran,” a White House spokesman clarified on Friday. The comment sparked an indignant response from the government in Tehran and went beyond the president’s previous statements, which had been
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By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week. MOVIES — Elvis, Elton John and Freddie Mercury have all gotten the biopic treatment. Now, it’s finally Weird Al’s turn. In “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — All-Pro defensive lineman and two-time Washington Super Bowl champion Dave Butz has died. He was 72. A spokesman for the Washington Commanders confirmed that Butz’s family informed the team about his death Friday. It was not immediately known where Butz died or the cause of his death. Butz spent 14 of his
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — All-Pro defensive lineman and two-time Washington Super Bowl champion Dave Butz has died. He was 72. A spokesman for the Washington Commanders confirmed that Butz’s family informed the team about his death Friday. It was not immediately known where Butz died or the cause of his death. Butz spent 14 of his
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The solid U.S. jobs report for October underscores why the Federal Reserve needs to raise interest rates higher than it had previously forecast to control inflation. That’s according to Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. In an interview with The Associated Press,
Continue Reading By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Around 1,500 demonstrators gathered at the headquarters of Hungary’s public media company have protested what they say is biased news coverage and state-sponsored propaganda that favors the country’s populist government. Demonstrators called for the director of the public media corporation, MTVA, to be replaced. They also
Continue ReadingBy Joyce Lupiani Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The Gwinnett Police Department says responded to a fatal shooting involving an officer Friday morning. During a news conference, officials said officers responded to a suspicious person call shortly after 8:30 a.m. A man with a handgun was walking around a
Continue Reading By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s National Police has been fighting to remove a powerful gang that surrounded a key fuel terminal in Port-au-Prince for almost two months — though it’s not immediately clear if the blockade has been fully lifted. Police Chief Frantz Elbé on Friday congratulated officers involved in
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alec Martinez is two games shy of playing in the 700th game of his career. It’ll be quite an accomplishment considering he thought his 671st game was the last one he’d play. Nov. 11 will mark one year since Martinez’s face was
Continue ReadingBy Suzanne Phan Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Economists are calling this a truly unusual day for layoffs. Big tech giants in the Bay Area are announcing layoffs that add up to thousands of workers being let go. On Thursday, Bay Area-based Stripe, a fintech company, announced it will
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN The “world’s largest lotto prize ever offered” — an estimated $1.6 billion jackpot — is now at stake in Saturday’s Powerball drawing, the multi-state game operator said Friday. The jackpot, which has a lump-sum option of an estimated $782.4 million, “breaks the world record for the Largest National Lottery Jackpot in
Continue ReadingCNNEE Nota del editor: Jorge Dávila Miguel es licenciado en Periodismo desde 1973 y ha mantenido una carrera continua en su profesión hasta la fecha. Tiene posgrados en Ciencias de la Información Social y Medios de Comunicación Social, así como estudios posuniversitarios en Relaciones Internacionales, Economía Política e Historia Latinoamericana. Dávila Miguel es columnista de
Continue ReadingBy Zach Fuentes and Amanda del Castillo Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KGO) — Former Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith has been found guilty on all six corruption and misconduct counts in her civil corruption trial. She resigned as sheriff on Monday, days before the jury’s decision on Thursday.
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes told jurors he is a patriotic American as he took the witness stand to defend himself against charges in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Rhodes is trying to counter allegations his far-right extremist group
Continue Reading By FRANKLIN BRICENO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — An Indigenous leader in Peru’s Amazon region says that his community is holding 23 foreigners and 75 Peruvians who had been passengers on a riverboat to demand government attention to complaints of oil pollution. Wadson Trujillo says the foreign passengers include citizens of Germany, Great Britain,
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