By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s top public defender is fighting to keep her job as an oversight commission begins considering whether to fire her for a range of alleged misconduct. TaShun Bowden-Lewis appeared before the state Public Defender Services Commission on Tuesday and denied 16 misconduct allegations. The commission alleges
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las elecciones más grandes del mundo arrancaron este viernes con la emisión de los primeros votos en los gigantescos comicios nacionales de la India, considerados los más importantes en décadas y con el potencial de marcar el futuro del país. Casi mil millones de personas pueden decidir si conceden al primer
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio Nota del editor: Wendy Guerra es escritora cubanofrancesa y colaboradora de CNN en Español. Sus artículos han aparecido en medios de todo el mundo, como El País, The New York Times, el Miami Herald, El Mundo y La Vanguardia. Entre sus obras literarias más destacadas se encuentran “Ropa interior” (2007), “Nunca fui
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Two bodies found in Oklahoma on Sunday have been identified by the office of the chief medical examiner as two women who had been missing, the state bureau of investigation said Tuesday. Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, were riding together to pick up Butler’s children when they
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story April 16, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a momentous turn of events, the esteemed Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, successor to the revered Rev. Jesse Jackson as leader of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, announced his resignation from the presidency, citing a challenging financial
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES and VANESSA GERA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is set to meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda in New York as Trump’s criminal trial takes a one-day break. Their planned dinner Wednesday comes as European leaders prepare for the possibility Trump might win the White House in November. That
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Newly unsealed court papers show that Sen. Bob Menendez may seek exoneration at a May bribery trial by blaming his wife, saying she kept him in the dark about anything that could be illegal about her dealings with New Jersey businessmen. Several sentences in a March
Continue ReadingBy SARAH EFFRESS Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Kansas City Royals’ game at the Chicago White Sox has been postponed because of rain. It will be made up on Wednesday afternoon as part of a straight doubleheader. Kansas City beat Chicago 2-0 in the series opener on Monday night. White Sox right-hander Jonathan Cannon
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By Jeremy Herb and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Seven jurors were placed Tuesday on the panel that will decide former President Donald Trump’s guilt or innocence in the New York hush money case, a process that has highlighted how difficult – and often contentious – it will be to pick a full jury.
Continue ReadingBy CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Black immigrants turned out in the hundreds on Tuesday across from New York City Hall during a hearing about racial inequities in the city’s shelter and immigrant support systems. Over 1,500 immigrants, mostly from Guinea, assembled in City Hall Park, after it became clear that only
Continue Reading By Lauren Fox and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — House Democrats are divided over whether they would try and save Speaker Mike Johnson if an effort to oust him gets underway in the chamber, with institutionalists insisting that voting against a motion to vacate could protect the body from devolving into chaos mere months before a presidential election while progressive members warn that
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — National Public Radio has reportedly suspended a veteran editor who wrote an essay for an outside outlet that criticized his employer for what he says is an unquestioned liberal point of view. The suspension of Uri Berliner has been suspended for five days without pay. Berliner told NPR’s media reporter that
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Estados Unidos decidió este miércoles reinstaurar algunas de las sanciones sobre el sector de petróleo y gas de Venezuela, informaron a CNN altos funcionarios sénior del Gobierno de Joe Biden. El anuncio supone el vencimiento automático de la Licencia 44, que suspendió parte de las sanciones sobre
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nic Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Israel, aided by its allies, dodged a bullet Sunday. To be more precise, 60 tons of explosives aboard more than 350 Iranian projectiles, some bigger than a family car, failed to dodge Israel’s defenses. Yet Israel, in defiance of US President Joe Biden’s warnings to “take the win”
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story April 16, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Central Market – a gourmet grocery retailer, and a division of the Texas-based H-E-B – is excited to announce an extensive renovation of its cherished Broadway store in San Antonio. This renovation is set to redefine the
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The search for two missing Kansas women came to a fatal end last weekend when Oklahoma authorities confirmed the two women were dead. Now four people are behind bars in Texas County in the Oklahoma Panhandle charged in the women’s deaths. State investigators
Continue ReadingMANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A man who was caring for a 3-year-old Wisconsin boy when he vanished in late February has pleaded not guilty to a charge of chronic child neglect. Thirty-nine-year-old Jesse Vang entered the plea Tuesday during his arraignment in court. A judge on April 4 ordered Vang to stand trial on the
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By Radina Gigova and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Violent clashes erupted between protesters and police in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, on Tuesday as the country’s parliament continued debating a controversial “foreign agents” bill, criticized by Western and domestic opponents as authoritarian and Russian-inspired. The bill, dubbed “the Russian law” by critics due to parallels with
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is imposing higher taxes on the wealthiest Canadians as part of the federal government. The budget proposes to increase the capital gains inclusion rate, which refers to the taxable share of profit made on the sale of assets. The taxable portion of capital gains above $250,000
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — La estrella de “Argyle”, Henry Cavill, y su novia Natalie Viscuso anunciaron que esperan su primer bebé juntos. Cavill dijo a “Access Hollywood” que está “muy emocionado” por agrandar su familia, y reveló la noticia en el estreno en Nueva York de “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare”. “Estoy muy emocionado por
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