Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La reforma electoral en México, impulsada por el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador, ha seguido un polémico camino desde que se propuso en abril de 2022 una reforma constitucional con la intención, según él, de abaratar los costos del sistema electoral en México. Ese proyecto de reforma fracasó en el
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge will soon decide what to do about Columbia Public Schools removing the name of a donor from Rock Bridge High School’s athletics field. The Columbia Board Of Education unanimously voted to rename the field in 2020 after Wayne Sells – on Facebook — criticized professional athletes who were protesting
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, rompió la burbuja de varias expectativas en su discurso sobre el estado de la nación este martes. No declaró la ley marcial ni anunció una nueva oleada de movilización militar. De hecho, recicló las mismas líneas sobre su justificación para invadir Ucrania hace casi un
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La justicia mexicana revocó este martes una sentencia que impedía a Linda Cristina Pereyra Gálvez, esposa del exsecretario de Seguridad Ciudadana Genaro García Luna, realizar movimientos financieros en el país, de acuerdo con un comunicado de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público. Veredicto del juicio a Genaro García Luna:
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By Ross Levitt, CNN The Department of Transportation’s internal watchdog said Tuesday it is launching a probe into the spike in flight cancellations and delays that have come in the wake of the pandemic. The Office of the Inspector General audit will focus on the federal agency’s role in these cancellations, rather than the airlines.
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan will win the special election for Virginia’s 4th Congressional District and will become the first Black woman to represent the commonwealth in Congress, CNN projected Tuesday. McClellan will defeat Republican Leon Benjamin, a pastor and Navy veteran, to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Donald McEachin, who
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Donald Trump’s leadership PAC spent more than $16 million on legal services in 2022, according to a tally of the Save America PAC distributions through the end of December. The number represents a massive set of bills from lawyers at a time when the former president faces
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana State University football player faces a misdemeanor weapons charge following his arrest on Bourbon Street as New Orleans celebrated the Mardi Gras season. The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reports 19-year-old Malik Nabers, of Youngsville, Louisiana, was arrested Monday on one count of illegal carrying of a weapon. New Orleans
Continue Reading TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — University of Alabama basketball star Brandon Miller brought a teammate the gun that was used in a fatal January shooting near campus, an investigator testified Tuesday. Miller, a freshman standout, brought Darius Miles’ gun to him on the night of the shooting after Miles texted him and asked him to do
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We’ve seen nothing but sunshine the last several days and temperatures into the 50s and 60s. But heading off into Wednesday morning. That’s going to be changing as ABC 17 Stormtrack weather team has issued a weather alert date in effect until Wednesday afternoon. Conditions will continuously switch from winter storms back towards severe spring
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City firefighter who agreed to plead guilty in a collision that killed three people has been sentenced to probation. Dominic Biscari pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of second-degree involuntary manslaughter and was placed on three years of probation. He was driving a fire department pumper truck through
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By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination and the first in the world to pass such a law outside South Asia. Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people
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By Dan Heching, CNN Ariana DeBose is doing her “thing” and trying to roll with the punches after this weekend’s BAFTA Film Awards in London. DeBose helped open the awards show that celebrates achievements in filmmaking, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on Sunday, and her performance earned attention for a
Continue Reading TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say two brothers have been charged in a stabbing death in a New Jersey arena during a high school basketball tournament game last week. Mercer County prosecutors said Tuesday that 25-year-old Kareem Finney and 20-year-old Kahli Finney are charged with first-degree murder and a weapons crime. Prosecutors said 23-year-old Khalil
Continue Reading TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say two brothers have been charged in a stabbing death in a New Jersey arena during a high school basketball tournament game last week. Mercer County prosecutors said Tuesday that 25-year-old Kareem Finney and 20-year-old Kahli Finney are charged with first-degree murder and a weapons crime. Prosecutors said 23-year-old Khalil
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By Daniel Dale and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican who fabricated a large portion of his biography, sat down for an extended interview with Piers Morgan — and lied about his lies. Morgan got Santos to explicitly concede that he has “been a terrible liar” on certain “subjects.” But while
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican who fabricated a large portion of his biography, sat down for an extended interview with Piers Morgan — and lied about his lies. Morgan got Santos to explicitly concede that he has “been a terrible liar” on certain “subjects.” But while
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Heavy snowfall and winds are keeping searchers from reaching a remote peak in Washington’s Cascade Mountains, where an avalanche killed three people. Authorities say the slide struck Sunday as a group of six climbers were ascending a steep gulley on the 8,705-foot Colchuck Peak, about 70 miles
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls have signed veteran point guard Patrick Beverley and ruled point guard Lonzo Ball out for the season because of lingering discomfort in his surgically repaired left knee. The Bulls brought in Beverley to help solidify a position that has been a sore spot
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment arm have been fined $5 million for using shell companies to obscure the size of the portfolio under church control, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday. The faith, widely known as the
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