By BILL BARROW Associated Press Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is in hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia, joining former President Jimmy Carter, who has been receiving end-of-life care since February, their family announced Friday. The Carter family said they are “grateful for the outpouring of love and support” but asked for privacy. The
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, le reafirmó este viernes a su homólogo de EE.UU., Joe Biden, el compromiso de su país en la lucha contra el narcotráfico. En esa línea, López Obrador se comprometió a que México no permitirá que el fentanilo y otros químicos mortales entraran a su país
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer Bobby Ussery, a Hall of Fame jockey who won the 1967 Kentucky Derby and then crossed the finish line first in the 1968 edition only to be disqualified days later, has died. He was 88. Ussery died Thursday of congestive heart failure at an assisted living facility in Hollywood,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in the unit that handles its popular voice assistant Alexa as it plows more resources into artificial intelligence. In a note to employees on Friday, an Amazon executive wrote that the company is is ditching some initiatives within Alexa. He says Amazon is shifting some
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By Brian Fung, Clare Duffy and Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — A torrent of prominent brands halted their advertising on X on Friday, dealing a massive reputational blow to Elon Musk’s social media company after his public embrace this week of an antisemitic conspiracy theory favored by White supremacists. The high-profile advertiser revolt includes some
Continue ReadingCINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow will miss the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his right wrist, ending a disappointing campaign for the Cincinnati Bengals’ star quarterback in the first year of a $275 million contract. Burrow and Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor say the injury will likely require surgery. The 26-year-old Burrow
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Associates and children of a top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints remembered him at a funeral Friday as a principled and compassionate man and exemplar of the faith. M. Russell Ballard was second-in-line to the church presidency as the second-longest-tenured member of a top governing
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California prosecutor says evidence supports involuntary manslaughter and battery charges against a college professor accused in the death of a Jewish protester after an altercation at a demonstration over the Israel-Hamas war. Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko also told a news
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia’s Justice Ministry has added The Moscow Times, an online newspaper popular among Russia’s expatriate community, to its list of “foreign agents” in the country’s continuing crackdown on critical news media and opposition. The “foreign agent” designation subjects individuals and organizations to increased financial scrutiny and requires any of their public
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– La ex primera dama de Estados Unidos Rosalynn Carter ingresó a cuidados paliativos en su casa en Plains, Georgia, informó este viernes el Centro Carter. “Ella y el presidente Carter pasan tiempo juntos y con su familia. La familia Carter continúa pidiendo privacidad y sigue agradecida por el gran amor y apoyo”,
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The United States, Britain and Norway are condemning rising violence and human rights abuses that some claim amount to ethnic cleansing in Sudan’s western Darfur region. The three countries, known as “the Troika,” said in a statement Friday that the Sudanese military and Rapid Support Forces must end the fighting that has
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By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia, the Carter Center announced Friday. “She and President Carter are spending time with each other and their family. The Carter family continues to ask for privacy and remains grateful for the outpouring of love and
Continue ReadingOpinion by Aviva Klompas (CNN) — Editor’s note: Aviva Klompas is the former director of speechwriting at the Israeli Mission to the United Nations and co-founder of Boundless Israel, a nonprofit organization that partners with community leaders in the United States to support Israel education and combat hatred of Jews. The opinions expressed in this commentary are
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Mothers in the distant past may have had much more support than they do today, according to a study of an isolated community in the Republic of Congo that practices a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Researchers found that infants in the group, known as the Mbendjele, receive attentive care and physical
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, already serving two life sentences for the murder of his wife and son, entered a guilty plea Friday to nearly two dozen state financial charges against him, including money laundering, breach of trust, conspiracy, forgery and tax evasion, as part of a plea
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Six more Colorado law enforcement officers have been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man suffering a mental health crisis last year. The charges announced Friday brings the total number of officers prosecuted to eight in an incident that became an example for
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Board has voted to fire an officer accused of dragging a Black woman out of a car by her hair during unrest at a mall in 2020. The Chicago Tribune reports the board voted unanimously Thursday to fire Officer David Laskus. The board found that he used excessive force
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — Organizers of next year’s Paris Olympics are scaling back the metal tower they plan to build for judges and television cameras at the picture-perfect surfing venue in Tahiti. They’re bowing to concerns on the French Polynesian island about damage to sea life and its majestic
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by a group of Indiana residents from Haiti who say a recently passed state law unconstitutionally discriminates against immigrants of certain nationalities. The law allows people from Ukraine who are on humanitarian parole to obtain an Indiana
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — La Asamblea Nacional de Ecuador retomó funciones este 17 de noviembre luego de seis meses de la disolución decretada por el presidente Guillermo Lasso. El pasado 17 de mayo, el mandatario activó la llamada “muerte cruzada”, una figura constitucional que permite la disolución de la Asamblea y el adelanto de las
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