Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Los incidentes que se generaron en algunas cárceles de Ecuador ya fueron controlados, dijo el Servicio de Personas Privadas de la Libertad el miércoles a la noche, luego de que se informara de episodios que incluyeron la retención de agentes penitenciaros y funcionarios, así como de huelgas de hambre. Según informó
Continue ReadingOpinion by Norman Eisen and Joshua Kolb (CNN) — In the blizzard of pretrial motions in the federal Jan. 6 case, the most potentially consequential is Donald Trump’s demand that the case be thrown out because he has “presidential immunity” against being prosecuted for his acts in office. While US District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s gag order has gotten
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El domingo 12 de noviembre se celebrará el tercer y último debate presidencial de las elecciones en Argentina. En el encuentro se verán las caras los dos candidatos a presidente más votados en las elecciones generales y que competirán en el balotaje del 19 de noviembre: Sergio Massa y Javier
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s Republican attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to keep a proposed abortion rights amendment off the ballot. Attorney General Ashley Moody told the court Tuesday that proponents of an amendment they want to place on next year’s ballot are fighting to protect the
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The former street gang leader charged with killing Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas has lost his bid to hire the lawyer who spoke about his defense two weeks ago. Attorney Ross Goodman told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Duane “Keffe D” Davis couldn’t
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN Español) — A un mes del desplome de la iglesia de Tamaulipas que causó la muerte de 12 personas y dejó 60 heridos durante un bautismo, la diócesis de Tampico, a la que pertenece esa congregación, realiza una inspección a todos sus templos para detectar posibles riesgos y evitar una nueva tragedia,
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A Columbia apartment complex where two children died last year no longer has the proper city licensing for rental properties.
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A jury has been selected for the trial of Atlanta-based rapper Young Thug and several others accused of participating in a criminal street gang responsible for violent crimes. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates was seated Wednesday, nearly 10 months after jury selection began. The
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 3,600 Palestinian children were killed in the first 25 days of the war between Israel and Hamas, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry. They were hit by airstrikes, smashed by misfired rockets, burned by blasts and crushed by buildings,
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New Speaker Mike Johnson says the U.S. House will consider a fresh aid package for Ukraine, but he wants to link it to more money at home for the U.S. border with Mexico. That’s the message Johnson delivered Wednesday to a private lunch
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CNN By Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, who has been indicted on federal corruption charges including allegations of improperly assisting the government of Egypt, attended a classified briefing on Ukraine Wednesday morning, raising concerns among some of his colleagues who believe that he should no longer be a
Continue ReadingSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A Cornell University junior accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus was held without bail after his first appearance in federal court. Twenty-one-year-old Patrick Dai of Pittsford, New York, is charged with posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications. The anonymous messages posted this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple people were arrested in Mid-Missouri on Tuesday on suspicion of not complying with sex-offender Halloween restrictions. In Chariton County, Timothy Schnetzler, 42, of Salisbury, was arrested on suspicion of several charges. He was charged with failure to register as a sex offender, drug possession, two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Several Tennessee families and health care providers asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to declare unconstitutional the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The ban, which was initially blocked by a federal judge but later allowed to go into effect by an appeals court this summer, is one
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has indicated she may delay the start of former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges that he hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon questioned prosecutors Wednesday about whether starting the trial in May
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of foreign passport-holders and dozens of other seriously wounded Palestinians desperate to escape Israel’s bombardment of Gaza crowded around the black metal gate on the Egyptian border Wednesday, hoping to pass through the enclave’s only portal to the outside world for
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The Columbia Sewer Utility is asking residents to weigh in on a planned sewer improvement project at Forest Hill Court and Ridge Road.
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A man is in police custody after an overdoes led to one person’s death and detectives found evidence of child endangerment.
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Arab nations that have normalized or are considering improving relations with Israel are coming under growing public pressure to cut those ties because of Israel’s war with Hamas. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Rabat and other Moroccan cities in support
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Brooke Shields is recounting a “surreal” experience that started with a scary medical episode, and soon led to none other than Bradley Cooper holding her hand in an ambulance. Shields told Glamour in an interview published on Wednesday that Cooper came to her aid after she suffered the seizure in New
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