Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El premio mayor de Powerball se disparó a un estimado de US$ 835 millones después de que ningún afortunado ganador se llevara el gran premio durante el sorteo de este lunes por la noche del cuarto más grande en la historia del juego, según Powerball. El Powerball volvió a salir después
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s health ministry has approved Leqembi, a drug for Alzheimer’s decease that was jointly developed by Japanese and U.S. pharmaceutical companies. It’s the first drug for the treatment of the disease in a country with a rapidly aging population. Leqembi was developed by Japanese drugmaker Eisai and
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By Wayne Chang and Jessie Yeung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — A Chinese dissident who has been living in a Taiwanese airport since Friday has pleaded for the United States or Canada to grant him asylum after he fled Thailand saying he feared being deported back to China. Chen Siming, known for his annual commemorations
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A prominent Thai human rights lawyer has been convicted of insulting the monarchy and sentenced to four years in prison, the first conviction under a controversial law guarding the royal institution since a civilian government took office after years of military-backed rule. Arnon Nampa was found guilty
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Radina Gigova and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN (CNN) — Russian warships were still launching attacks on Ukraine following the claim from Kyiv that the commander of Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet was killed Friday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the arrival of US Abrams tanks to the country. A spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — A floating barrier installed by China to prevent Filipino boats from fishing in a disputed area of the South China Sea has been removed, Philippine authorities said Monday, in the latest flashpoint between Manila and Beijing over their competing maritime claims. Video released by the Philippine
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Six Australian lawmakers have called for warmer relations with Taiwan during a visit to the self-ruled island increasingly threatened by Beijing. Tuesday’s visit comes as Australia has been working at recalibrating its relationship with China, which had been tense in the past few years over disputes on the origin of COVID-19.
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Después de entregar con éxito la primera muestra de asteroide de la NASA recolectada en el espacio, la misión Osiris-Rex, ahora rebautizada como Osiris-Apex, se embarca en un nuevo viaje, esta vez para estudiar un asteroide que se acercará a la Tierra en tan solo unos años. Apophis, una roca espacial
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The trial of two Denver-area police officers charged in Elijah McClain’s 2019 death is underway this week. Prosecutors are pressing their case that the officers’ excessive force transformed the late-night stop of the Black man into a fatal encounter. Defense attorneys argue the officers
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Alyssa Milligan was someone who intuitively knew when another person needed help, encouragement or a kind word. Although she was new to Tennessee, the 23-year old physical therapy student, whose mother called her “Sweet Alyssa,” had already made many close connections, especially within the tight-knit cycling
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Relatives of a man shot and killed by a Philadelphia police officer during a traffic stop for erratic driving are stunned and distraught by a judge’s dismissal of all charges. Relatives of Eddie Irizarry said Tuesday after the ruling that police should not need to fatally shoot
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM, TOM KRISHER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden grabbed a bullhorn on the picket line Tuesday and urged striking auto workers to “stick with it” in an unparalleled show of support for organized labor by a modern president. Donning a union ballcap and
Continue ReadingBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian second division club Tigres FC has announced its president was fatally shot after his team’s loss on Saturday night. According to local media reports, Edgar Paez was driving home with his daughter after a home loss to Atletico FC when he was shot by two men on a motorbike close
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $835 million after no lucky winners nabbed the grand prize during Monday night’s drawing for the fourth largest in the game’s history, according to Powerball. The Powerball rolled again after no ticket matched all six numbres – 10 – 12 – 22
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung has appeared in front of a judge who will decide whether he will be arrested on broad corruption allegations. Walking slowly with a cane after ending a 24-day hunger strike, Lee refused to answer questions from reporters as he
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood’s writers strike was declared over after nearly five months Tuesday night when board members from their union approved a contract agreement with studios, bringing the industry at least partly back from a historic halt in production. The governing boards of the eastern and western
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former aide in Donald Trump’s White House says chief of staff Mark Meadows burned papers so often after the 2020 election his wife complained his suits smelled “like a bonfire.” Cassidy Hutchinson describes the burning papers in a book being released Tuesday. The Associated
Continue ReadingBy JON MARCUS of The Hechinger Report BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. military, employers and economic development specialists have been raising alarms about the implications of American students’ low math scores for the country’s competitiveness and national security. The Defense Department calls for a major initiative to support education in science, technology, education and math,
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press POMFRET, Vt. (AP) — Social media users take note: You won’t be able to snap that fall foliage selfie at a popular Vermont spot. The town has temporarily closed the road to nonresidents due to overcrowding and “poorly behaved tourists.” The normally quiet dirt road from Pomfret to Woodstock, home
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea paraded thousands of troops and an array of weapons capable of striking North Korea through its capital as part of its biggest Armed Forces Day ceremony in 10 years on Tuesday, as its president vowed to build a stronger military to thwart any
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