By AIJAZ HUSSAIN and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and critics of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party ahead of the nationwide elections that begin this week. A decade into power, and on the cusp of securing
Continue ReadingTANA TORAJA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers have recovered the bodies of a 3-year-old girl and her mother who were the last victims still missing after landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island that killed 20 people. The rescue chief said the mother and child were found close to each other. Mud loosened by torrential rain poured from
Continue ReadingBy THEODORA TONGAS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — No one knows what music in ancient Greece sounded like or how dancers once moved. Every two years, a new interpretation of the ancient performance gets a global audience. It takes place in southern Greece at a site many still consider sacred:
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for rap star Travis Scott argued in court Monday that he should be dismissed from hundreds of lawsuits filed over the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival, saying he was not responsible for safety planning and watching for possible dangers at the Houston event. But attorneys for
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s upcoming parliamentary election, set for Wednesday, follows a campaign that was marked by heated exchanges between the country’s two top officials. The ballot pits the ruling conservative Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, led by acting Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic against an alliance of centrist and
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie weapons supervisor was sentenced to 18 months in prison in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” during a hearing Monday in which tearful family members and friends gave testimonials that included calls
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE, QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting Iraq’s leader at the White House as his administration works to prevent an escalation in Mideast hostilities following Iran’s weekend attack on Israel. Biden is meeting Monday with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani for talks intended
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press As Union and Confederate armies clashed in a bloody fourth year of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln tasked one man to create the legal code for Arizona, almost 50 years before the territory became a state. New York judge William Thompson Howell wrote 500 pages that spanned provisions on
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By Laura He and Anna Cooban, CNN Hong Kong/London (CNN) — US stocks were rocked by hot economic data and worries about an escalation of tensions in the Middle East, with the Dow swinging through 600 points Monday. The Dow fell 248 points, or 0.7%, giving up earlier gains. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% and
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The United States will cross a historic threshold on Monday when for the first time a former president goes on criminal trial in a case laced with fateful significance because Donald Trump could be back in the Oval Office next year. When the presumptive GOP nominee walks into
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Juan Brito López tenía unos 20 años cuando los soldados irrumpieron en su casa de la aldea de Pexla, ubicada en el altiplano occidental de Guatemala. Escapó, escondiéndose en el bosque, pero no pudo salvar a su mujer y a sus cuatro hijas. Brito López, que ahora tiene 70 años, relató
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — El corazón de María Acosta se encoge cada vez que escucha la pregunta. “Señora, ¿tengo que mudarme?” Los inmigrantes en Iowa siguen preguntándole. Y Acosta dice que no sabe cómo responder. “Me siento impotente. Me siento frustrada”, dice Acosta, organizadora comunitaria del Movimiento de Migrantes por la Justicia de Iowa. “¿Qué
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WLS, JOSE MOLINA, CNN By Dalia Faheid and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — An 8-year-old girl died and seven other people were wounded – including two young children – when shots were fired while they were standing outside at a family gathering in Chicago Saturday night, police said. The girl was pronounced dead after being
Continue ReadingBy Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — WNBA star Brittney Griner and her wife, Cherelle, are expecting their first child, the couple announced in an Instagram post on Saturday. “Can’t believe we’re less than three months away from meeting our favorite human being,” they captioned a picture of them holding hands over an ultrasound of the child, adding the
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El primer juicio penal contra un expresidente de Estados Unidos comenzará el lunes 15 de abril con la selección del jurado en Nueva York, donde el expresidente Donald Trump se enfrentará a los cargos del fiscal del distrito de Manhattan relacionados con un supuesto pago para comprar el silencio de la estrella
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Tres personas murieron este domingo luego de que un helicóptero particular se estrelló en la zona de la Alcaldía Coyoacán, en el sur de la Ciudad de México, informó en X, antes Twitter, el secretario de Seguridad Ciudadana, Pablo Vázquez Camacho. “La población no está en riesgo, ni corren
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday for the approval of a project that will improve Forum Boulevard. The project to improve Forum Boulevard began in 2015 after a quarter-cent sales tax proposition allocated funds for capital improvement projects. Monday’s public hearing will discuss for construction on Forum Boulevard
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CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Israel pledged that it will “exact a price” from Iran as the country weighs its response to an unprecedented overnight barrage of drone and missile strikes while facing international pressure to de-escalate. The overnight attack – which saw Tehran launch a series of strikes at Israel over a
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — Construction on “the world’s largest wildlife crossing” will close a portion of the Los Angeles County’s 101 Freeway overnight on weekdays for several weeks starting Monday. The crossing will span 10 lanes of highway and aim to provide safe passage for wildlife – especially mountain
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Miles de palestinos, entre ellos hombres, mujeres, niños y ancianos, intentaron regresar a sus hogares en el norte de Gaza el domingo pero fueron atacados por Israel. Un video grabado por un corresponsal de CNN muestra la alguna vez peligrosa carretera costera de Al Rasheed llena de familias caminando con sus
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