GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Defending national champion UConn finally touched down in Arizona for the Final Four at 3:15 a.m. Thursday after a long delay and a red-eye flight. After the plane they were supposed to take had mechanical issues getting to the East Coast, the Huskies took off in a smaller Allegiant Air plane
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Bird flu is affecting a growing number of cattle herds in the US, and these infections have led to only the second known human case in the nation, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There has been no human-to-human spread in the US,
Continue ReadingMONTREAL (AP) — Canadian authorities say they prevented nearly 600 stolen vehicles from being exported overseas after searching 390 shipping containers at the Port of Montreal. Around three-quarters of the 598 seized vehicles, with an estimated value of $34.5 million Canadian (US$25.5 million), were stolen in the neighboring province of Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police deputy
Continue ReadingCENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — An MS-13 gang member has admitted to participating in the brutal killing of four young men on Long Island in 2017. Edwin Rodriguez pleaded guilty Wednesday to racketeering charges in connection with the April 11, 2017, deaths in Central Islip. The then 17-year-old fled the country after the killings but
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Plans are underway by to airlift a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver Island in an effort to reunite the young orca with its extended family, Canadian authorities said Wednesday. Canadian Fisheries Department and First Nations officials said the plan involves placing the
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El gabinete del presidente del Consejo de Ministros de Perú, Gustavo Adrianzén, obtuvo el voto de investidura o voto de confianza de parte del Congreso, gracias al respaldo de 70 parlamentarios. 38 lo rechazaron y 17 se abstuvieron. La mayoría de votos a favor provino del llamado bloque de derecha,
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By MJ Lee and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s phone call on Thursday will mark the two leaders’ first phone call since an Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza. In the aftermath of those deaths, Biden is “angry” and “increasingly frustrated”
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers have passed a series of bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents this year, including two this week that redefine gender as being synonymous with sex and prevent public employees from being required to use someone’s preferred pronouns. KTVB-TV reports that in response, protesters on Tuesday sent more than 48,000 colorful paper
Continue ReadingVICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say Southern California sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a 17-year-old boy with mental health issues after he armed himself with a knife and locked himself inside a bathroom at a home. San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus says the teen was being transferred from a hospital, where he had been
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Senado de Colombia archivó en comisiones la iniciativa gubernamental de reforma al sistema público de salud. Tras dos debates en la Cámara de Representantes en los que el Gobierno había logrado los votos suficientes para avanzar en el proyecto, nueve senadores votaron este miércoles en contra de la ponencia
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — Una polémica reunión en la Casa Blanca el martes fue la última señal de advertencia al presidente Joe Biden, su Gobierno y su campaña de partes clave de la coalición que lo eligió en 2020. Biden recibió a varios líderes musulmanes en la Casa Blanca para discutir sobre Gaza. La
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged on Wednesday after authorities claim he was responsible for shooting at people in four separate instances. Floyd Dudley Jr., of Mexico, Missouri, was charged with first-degree attempted assault. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Wednesday and no bond was set. A court date has not been
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) — “Sobran jugadores y sólo Messi y Di María tienen un lugar asegurado. El resto, pico y pala”, dijo el director técnico de la selección argentina Lionel Scaloni, al término de la gira que la Albiceleste realizó el pasado marzo en Estados Unidos. Detrás de los dos emblemas rosarinos que, por
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An artificial intelligence-powered chatbot meant to help small business owners in New York City has come under fire for dispensing bizarre advice that misstates local policies and advises companies to violate the law. Mayor Eric Adams acknowledged Tuesday that its answers were “wrong in some areas,”
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle Higashioka caught two baserunners stealing and homered in the same inning to help Joe Musgrove and the San Diego Padres beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 and avoid a three-game sweep. According to Elias Sports Bureau, Higashioka became the sixth catcher since 1961 to
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican drug cartel not only forced vendors to buy chicken at wildly inflated prices — they sold them chicken “not fit for human consumption.” Prosecutors in the State of Mexico concluded a months-long investigation this week that found the hyper-violent Familia Michoacana cartel had been forcing small stores and market
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By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Two people were injured when a Southwest Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence on Wednesday morning and had to make an emergency landing in Tampa, Florida, according to a spokesperson for Tampa International Airport. Southwest Flight 4273 was traveling from New Orleans to Orlando when the captain declared an emergency after
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Authorities say a man who shot someone to death at a Muslim-owned tire shop in Dallas has been sentenced to 37 years in prison on federal hate crime charges. The U.S. Justice Department says 39-year-old Anthony Paz Torres was sentenced on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty in September to five federal hate crime
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Cada vez más personas pasan hambre en Haití, advierten con creciente urgencia trabajadores humanitarios, médicos y misioneros, mientras la nación caribeña lucha por encontrar una salida al estancamiento político y a una epidemia de violencia mortal de pandillas. Un misionero estadounidense cuya organización entrega alimentos y agua a los
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN Español) –– En medio de las críticas que el presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, y su par de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, intercambiaron la semana pasada, los dos coincidieron en lanzar ataques a la prensa, un rasgo que comparten en su estilo de comunicación, aunque se consideren en antípodas ideológicas. AMLO
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