By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Southern California street gang leader pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder in the 1996 killing of rap music icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas — a charge prompted by his own descriptions in recent years about orchestrating the deadly drive-by shooting. Duane Keith “Keffe
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE, COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says that 74 more U.S. citizens have left the Gaza Strip He announced the development as he dispatched his top diplomat to the Mideast for talks with Israeli and Jordanian officials as the nearly four-week old Israel-Hamas war rages
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The House’s struggle to send $14 billion in emergency aid to Israel is exposing political rifts that leave America looking like a divided superpower unable even to rush help to a friend that believes it’s fighting an existential war. House GOP leaders said they plan to hold a
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El diccionario Collins eligió “IA” como palabra del año, definiéndola como “abreviatura de Inteligencia Artificial: el modelado de funciones mentales humanas por programas informáticos”. “Considerada como la próxima gran revolución tecnológica, la IA ha experimentado un rápido desarrollo y ha dado mucho que hablar en 2023”, afirma la editorial de
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer Walt Disney Co. said it will acquire a 33% stake in Hulu from Comcast for approximately $8.6 billion, a deal that will give Disney full control of the streaming service. Hulu began in 2007 as a website backed by entertainment conglomerates who hoped to create a bulwark against the
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The host of a weekend family lunch at her Australian country home was charged Thursday with murdering her ex-husband’s parents and aunt with poisonous mushrooms and attempting to murder a fourth guest, police said. Police arrested Erin Patterson, 49, at her home in the Victoria state
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — European privacy officials have widened a ban on Meta’s “behavioral advertising” practices to most of Europe. The Wednesday decision sets up a broader conflict between the continent’s privacy-conscious institutions and an American technology giant. Behavioral advertising is used by Meta’s Facebook and Instagram. It involves
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China is cracking down on weather stations it says are spying for foreign countries, the latest measure in a broad counter-espionage campaign under leader Xi Jinping amid intensifying geopolitical tensions. The country’s civilian spy agency, the Ministry of State Security, said Tuesday it had discovered hundreds of
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Corey Seager was voted the World Series Most Valuable Player after leading the Texas Rangers over the Arizona Diamondbacks for their first title. Seager joined Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson as the only two-time World Series MVPs. He also won the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Corey Seager took a mighty swing and barely connected, sending a squibber through an open area on the left side of the infield for his team’s first hit in the seventh inning. The Texas Rangers shortstop and World Series MVP provided plenty of power throughout a
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and Democratic challenger Brandon Presley insulted and spoke over each other several times Wednesday night in their only debate of a rough-and-tumble campaign season, presenting sharply contrasting plans for the state. The televised debate happened six days before the general
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By David Close, CNN (CNN) — The Texas Rangers are World Series champions for the first time in the franchise’s 63-season history, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0-Wednesday in Phoenix to secure the title in Game 5. The Rangers’ win in Phoenix – giving them the best-of-seven series 4 games to 1 – didn’t come easily.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Four people have died after an air ambulance crashed in the central Mexican state of Morelos. The incident took place just before 14:30 pm on Wednesday, in a wooded, mountainous area near the town of Tetlama, Temixco: a township roughly 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Mexico City. Officials from the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El juicio entre Robert De Niro y una exempleada comenzó esta semana en un tribunal federal de Nueva York. Graham Chase Robinson, quien trabajó como asistente ejecutiva de De Niro en 2008 y ascendió en su empresa hasta llegar a ser vicepresidenta antes de salir en 2019, pide al menos US$
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL AVILA (48) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (85) FINAL HS SOCCER SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC (3) CAPITAL CITY (0) FINAL
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The body of a heavily armed man who authorities suspected was planning a “heinous” attack at a mountaintop amusement park in Colorado was discovered with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the bathroom at a building that houses a ride that drops 110-feet deep into
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Al menos tres diputados del Partido Nacional de Honduras (PNH) resultaron con heridas leves este martes, luego de que simpatizantes del oficialista Partido Libertad y Refundación (Libre) irrumpieron en las afueras del Congreso para impedir que los legisladores de la oposición sesionaran y extendieran el período de sesiones ordinarias hasta el
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CNN Opinion by Robert A. Pape (CNN) — Israel’s strategy for defeating Hamas — destroying its military and political capabilities to the point where the terrorist group can never again launch major attacks against Israeli civilians — is unlikely to work. Indeed, Israel is likely already producing more terrorists than it’s killing. To defeat terrorist
Continue Readingby KATHIA MARTÍNEZ, JUAN ZAMORANO and DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s government has nearly approved a new bill revoking a controversial mining contract. A Canadian company’s local subsidiary had been approved for at least 20 years more mining two weeks ago. The move sparked nationwide outrage and protests. Critics say killing
Continue ReadingCNN, WCVB By Celina Tebor, Nicki Brown and Eric Levenson, CNN Syracuse, New York (CNN) — The Cornell University student accused of posting online threats to kill members of the university’s Jewish community appeared in federal court Wednesday and was ordered to remain behind bars for the time being. Patrick Dai, a 21-year-old junior at the
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