By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — An Indigenous leader who became a symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon has called upon Brazil’s president to defend the rights of Indigenous people, including removing “invaders” from their territories and ending ongoing negotiations on carbon credits. Chief Raoni Metuktire demanded in
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which serves to protect and enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments. It was enacted in response to voter suppression in the 1960s by state governments, local governments and law enforcement. Important sections Original jurisdictions: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A man who hit two protesters, killing one of them, with his car during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Seattle in 2020 has pleaded guilty to multiple felonies. The Seattle Times reports 30-year-old Dawit Kelete pleaded guilty on Thursday to vehicular homicide in the death of Summer Taylor. He also pleaded
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CNN By Lauren del Valle and Ray Sanchez, CNN Pontiac, Michigan (CNN) — A 17-year-old girl testified Friday she “just prayed” and covered her head during Ethan Crumbley’s mass shooting at Michigan’s Oxford High School, which left four students dead and seven others wounded in 2021. “I didn’t know if those were my last moments,”
Continue ReadingBy NOMAAN MERCHANT, ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ZEKE MILLER and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has announced a new $345 million military aid package for Taiwan. It’s the Biden administration’s first major package drawing on America’s own stockpiles to help Taiwan counter China. Two U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that the package
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO and BEN FINLEY Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Just moments before rap superstar Travis Scott took the stage at the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival, a contract worker had been so worried about what might happen after seeing people getting crushed that he texted an event organizer saying, “Someone’s going to end
Continue ReadingBy MARK PRATT Associated Press The rapper G Herbo has pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme that used stolen credit card information to pay for a lavish lifestyle that included private jets, exotic car rentals, a luxury vacation rental and even expensive designer puppies. The rapper, whose real name is Herbert Wright III,
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Las autoridades de Brasil rechazaron una solicitud de Estados Unidos para extraditar a un presunto espía ruso, diciendo que eventualmente sería enviado a Rusia. Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov está acusado de ingresar a EE.UU. con una identidad falsa para espiar a los estadounidenses en el período previo a la invasión
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By Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — The White House is watching rising gas prices “very carefully,” as President Joe Biden’s top advisers are briefing him regularly on the situation, a senior administration official told CNN. At present, top advisers to Biden believe the situation is steady, the official said, considering it’s the height of air
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CNN, WVTM By Alisha Ebrahimji, Zoe Sottile and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who admitted to staging her own kidnapping and triggering a 49-hour-long search, turned herself in and has been charged with making false reports. The 26-year-old is being charged with falsely reporting to law enforcement officers and falsely
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — WhatsApp ahora te permitirá grabar y enviar videoclips directamente en la aplicación, anunció esta semana la plataforma propiedad de Meta. Los mensajes de video instantáneos pueden durar hasta 60 segundos y están protegidos de manera similar con el servicio de encriptación de extremo a extremo de la aplicación. “Creemos que será
Continue ReadingBy Nic Anderson, Julian Cummings, Zoe Sottile and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — State police are investigating after a patrol vehicle in Stamford, Connecticut, fatally struck a pastor as he crossed the street Wednesday. Stamford police officer Zachary Lockwood, 24, hit the Rev. Tommie Jackson, 69, around 4:12 p.m., Connecticut State Police Lt. Katharine Cummings
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By Nikki Carvajal (CNN) — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at Camp David next month as a part of his effort to bring the key Asian allies closer, the White House announced Friday “At the summit, the leaders will celebrate a new chapter
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train was found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault but was acquitted of a third charge of criminal attempt to commit manslaughter during a trial
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The new prosecutor in Oklahoma’s biggest county announced Friday she’s dropping criminal charges against seven police officers in three separate fatal shootings from 2020, including one in which five officers were charged with killing a 15-year-old boy outside a convenience store. District Attorney Vicki Behenna’s predecessor
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky woman has been sentenced to nine years in prison for mailing racist threats to her neighbors, the Justice Department said. Suzanne Craft, 55, of Louisville, sent multiple threatening letters through the U.S. Postal Service in 2020 to an interracial family who lived in the same neighborhood, according to court
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TONIGHT: After another hot and humid day, it’s going to be another night of slow to cool temperatures. We expect mostly clear skies, with lows only falling to the upper 70s by sunrise Saturday. TOMORROW: Shortly after sunrise, we’ll likely be eyeing storms moving in from north of Kansas City. This will brush through our
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CNN By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The meme traders are back. Shares of Tupperware (TUP) have exploded by about 165% this week and more than 300% over the last month for no discernible reason. The Florida-based container company has been in hot water for some time. Sales are on the decline and
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Debido al derretimiento de los glaciares fueron recuperados los restos de un alpinista alemán que desapareció hace 37 años mientras caminaba por un glaciar cerca del icónico Matterhorn de Suiza. Unos escaladores que caminaban a lo largo del glaciar Theodul en Zermatt el 12 de julio descubrieron restos humanos y varios
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Five Honduran migrants are dead and another 18 are injured following the crash of the van they were riding in on Mexico’s southern Gulf coast. Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said Friday the dead included four adult women and a two-year-old child. About half of those injured are children. The type of
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