By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Already running years behind, Boeing’s first astronaut flight is now off until at least next March. Boeing said Monday that it should be done removing flammable tape from its Starliner capsule in the coming weeks. But a redesigned parachute system won’t be ready until
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Paramount has agreed to sell Simon & Schuster to private equity firm KKR for $1.6 billion in cash, after more than three years of trying to offload the book publishing powerhouse. Bob Bakish, president and CEO of Paramount Global, said Simon & Schuster is a “fantastic asset”
Continue ReadingNEWTON, Mass. (AP) — A man charged with killing a couple marking their 50th wedding anniversary as well as the woman’s 97-year-old mother in suburban Boston has been found by a judge to be mentally incompetent to stand trial now. During a hearing Monday in Newton District Court, the judge ordered 41-year-old Christopher Ferguson, of
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At least two people died, thousands of U.S. flights were canceled or delayed, and more than 1.1 million homes and businesses lost power Monday as severe storms, including hail and lightning, moved through the eastern U.S. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una supuesta informante de Rusia fue detenida en relación con un complot para asesinar al presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, según informó este lunes el Servicio de Seguridad de Ucrania (SBU). La mujer detenida no ha sido identificada públicamente, pero es de la región meridional ucraniana de Mykolaiv, según un comunicado
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Simon & Schuster has been sold to the private equity firm KKR, months after a federal judge blocked its purchase by rival publisher Penguin Random House because of concerns that competition would shrink the book market. An executive for KKR is calling the deal a chance to work with “one of
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Al menos 13 haitianos, entre ellos una niña recién nacida y otra de cuatro años, murieron en un accidente de tránsito ocurrido en el noreste de República Dominicana, informó este lunes la Policía Nacional en un comunicado. La tragedia se produjo cerca de la medianoche del domingo cuando el conductor del vehículo,
Continue ReadingBy Noushin Ziafati Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A new COVID-19 variant has emerged, serving as a reminder that the coronavirus continues to mutate and spread around the world, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations. The World Health Organization (WHO) added EG.5 to its list of currently circulating variants that are
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld Josh Duggar’s conviction for downloading child sexual abuse images, rejecting the former reality television star’s argument that a judge should have suppressed statements he made to investigators during the search that found the images. A three-judge panel of
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Más de 7.000 vuelos han sido afectados por las fuertes tormentas de verano que azotan el este de Estados Unidos. Nueve aeropuertos principales tienen órdenes de mantener los vuelos en tierra, incluidos los de Atlanta, Charlotte, los tres aeropuertos principales de la ciudad de Washington, los tres aeropuertos principales de la
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentines have lined up on a bitterly cold winter morning as part of an annual pilgrimage to a Roman Catholic shrine for the patron saint of work. They asked for jobs and prosperity as many struggle to make ends meet while struggling with one of
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorneys seeking reparations for three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre have filed an appeal in the case with the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The appeal was filed Friday after a district court judge in Tulsa dismissed the case last month. The lawsuit is trying
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By Abby Baggini, Paula Reid and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump ally Bernie Kerik met Monday with special counsel Jack Smith’s investigators who are handling the probe related to the 2020 election aftermath and the January 6, 2021, insurrection. The interview largely focused on what Trump’s former attorney Rudy Giuliani did to prove
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Eric Adams says the city will house as many as 2,000 migrants on an island in the East River where a migrant center was set up last year and then taken down weeks later. Adams said Monday that New York state will reimburse
Continue ReadingNAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A man in southwest Florida has been charged with flooding a hospital’s emergency rooms after attacking a nurse and stripping off his clothes. The 53-year-old became agitated while in a waiting room at the North Collier Hospital in Naples, Florida on Saturday. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office says the man barged
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit woman who was arrested in connection with a suspected robbery and carjacking when she was eight months pregnant is suing the city and one of its police officers for what she says is an over- reliance on facial recognition technology. Prosecutors dropped the case
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By Gregory Wallace and Eva Rothenberg (CNN) — More than 9,000 flights have been impacted by the severe summer storms that are pounding the eastern United States. Over 8,200 flights were delayed in the US on Monday, according to data from FlightAware, and more than 1,600 US flights were cancelled. Delta Airlines had around 400
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge tossed out former President Donald Trump’s countersuit against the writer who won a sex abuse lawsuit against him, ruling Monday that Trump can’t claim she defamed him by continuing to say she was not only sexually abused but raped. The ruling shuts down,
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — A body has been found on the grounds of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix for the second time in less than two weeks, according to authorities. Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said the body was discovered Monday morning in the west parking lot of the Capitol. Public Safety officials are
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La gira “Renaissance” de Beyoncé pagó US$ 100.000 para mantener abiertas las 98 estaciones del metro en el área de la ciudad de Washington durante una hora más, después de que el concierto de este domingo en FedExField se retrasara por las fuertes lluvias y relámpagos, según un comunicado de prensa
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