Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El presidente de Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, enfrenta una segunda investigación por parte de la Fiscalía en menos de un mes. El Ministerio Público confirmó este martes que investiga al mandatario por el presunto delito de tráfico de influencias que establece el artículo 52 de la Ley contra la Corrupción,
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story DELRAY BEACH, Florida (WFOR) — The husband of a woman whose remains were found packed in three suitcases floating along the Intracoastal Water has been arrested in connection with her murder, according to reports. William Lowe, 78, was taken into custody Wednesday and charged with
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Officials say several passengers suffered minor injuries when a commuter train derailed in New York City. A Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesperson says about 100 riders were on the Long Island Rail Road train Thursday when it derailed shortly after 11 a.m. east of the Jamaica station. A Fire Department spokesperson says
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By BRANDON TRUITT Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — It was supposed to be a family-filled week of fun for Raka and Vineet Agrawal and their two children. The family flew into Logan Airport last Wednesday for a cousin’s wedding weekend. The Agrawals caught a red eye from their hometown of
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — United States co-captain Lindsey Horan brushed aside criticism leveled at the team by former striker-turned-pundit Carli Lloyd, calling it outside noise. Now an analyst with Fox Sports, Lloyd didn’t hold back after the Americans eked out a spot in the knockout round at
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition party says that one of its supporters was stoned to death by ruling party activists while on the way to a political rally. Police have confirmed that one man was killed in an “incident of public violence” but made no reference to his
Continue ReadingBy Jared Formanek, CNN (CNN) — As deadly, unrelenting heat scorches Arizona, some entomologists are growing concerned about the increasing number of dead honeybees – a species vital to our ecosystem, especially food production. Temperatures in Phoenix hit 110-plus degrees for a record-breaking 31 consecutive days from June 30 to July 30, part of what
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CNN By Jared Formanek, CNN (CNN) — As deadly, unrelenting heat scorches Arizona, some entomologists are growing concerned about the increasing number of dead honeybees – a species vital to our ecosystem, especially food production. Temperatures in Phoenix hit 110-plus degrees for a record-breaking 31 consecutive days from June 30 to July 30, part of
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six former Mississippi police officers, including some calling themselves “The Goon Squad,” pleaded guilty Thursday to a racist assault on two Black men that ended with an officer shooting one man in the mouth. The officers, who are all white, entered a
Continue ReadingBy DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The former personal lawyer of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has joined the ranks of the country’s Supreme Court amid criticism that their relationship poses a conflict of interest. Cristiano Zanin formally became a high court justice Thursday, filling the seat vacated by
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By Kristina Sgueglia and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors are asking for a swab of DNA from Rex Heuermann – the prominent New York City architect turned suspect in the Gilgo Beach murders. Heuermann is charged with three counts of first-degree murder for the killings of Melissa Barthelemy in 2009 and Megan Waterman and
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has ordered criminal charges dropped against the final executive accused of lying about problems building two nuclear reactors in South Carolina that were abandoned without generating a watt of power. The judge says she tossed the charges Wednesday because ratepayers of the utility that
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By Nate Eaton Click here for updates on this story POCATELLO, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — Lori Vallow Daybell spent her first night in a cell at the Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center (PWCC) on Tuesday, but she could be moved to another part of the prison in the coming weeks. The facility sits on top of a
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Rep. Dan Bishop has announced he’ll run for state attorney general next year rather than seek to remain in Congress. Bishop confirmed his bid on Thursday on a Charlotte radio station. The Republican former state legislator is a member of the House Freedom
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Last month, the Indian government announced an abrupt ban on exporting non-basmati white rice, which includes varieties favored by South Indian communities. The move has raised fears of destabilizing rice supplies in certain parts of the world and reportedly sent some US shoppers into panic-buying mode. But
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue was formally sentenced to death Thursday, one day after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate for the perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. U.S. District Judge Robert Colville
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By Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — If you’re a veteran backpacker or long-time RV nomad, read no further. This article is for camping rookies, those who have never slept beneath the stars or haven’t pitched a tent since their youth but are seriously thinking about overnighting in the wilderness. You certainly won’t be alone. According
Continue ReadingBy Michael Bell Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — A Las Vegas woman is accused of trying to hire someone to murder her own father in 2022, according to authorities. Monique Williams, 36, is accused of solicitation to commit murder and possession of a gun by a prohibited person.
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of Amazon Indigenous are leaving their rainforest villages in a migration to urban areas that is reshaping their lives, their villages and their new cities. Some of the migrants are seeking a better education than they can get in village schools that they
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is challenging all countries to tell Russia to stop using the Black Sea and Ukraine’s grain as “blackmail” and stop treating the world’s hungry and vulnerable people as leverage in its “unconscionable war.” America’s top diplomat lashed out at
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