Mauricio Torres (CNN) –– El Gobierno de Ecuador mantendrá la presencia de militares en las calles y cárceles luego de que termine el estado de excepción decretado en enero ante la situación de violencia por la que atraviesa el país, dijo este lunes la ministra de Gobierno, Mónica Palencia. Feriado sangriento en Ecuador: nueva balacera este
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport underage girls across state lines in what authorities say was a scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children. Samuel Bateman also pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit kidnapping in
Continue ReadingMIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Authorities say multiple people have been hurt in a vehicle pileup at an intersection south of Midland, Texas. The crash came as high winds blew dust making visibility difficult. Texas Highway Patrol Troopers and Upton County Emergency personnel responded to the crash along State Highway 349 around 4:50 p.m. Monday. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several power outages were reported Monday evening into Tuesday morning in Mid-Missouri, and Pulaski and Phelps counties saw significant outages after a round of storms rolled through the area. Last night a tornado warning was issued for Pulaski and Phelps counties, and several customers in those areas are waking up Tuesday morning
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Gobierno de Biden está por aprobar la venta a Israel de hasta 50 cazas F-15 de fabricación estadounidense, en un acuerdo que se espera que supere los US$ 18.000 millones, según tres personas familiarizadas con el asunto. La transacción, que supondría la mayor venta militar exterior de EE.UU. a Israel
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Jennifer Garner compartió en redes sociales este lunes que su padre William Garner murió. Tenía 85 años, escribió la actriz en la publicación. Garner publicó una serie de fotos de su padre y un video de los dos en un comercial de tarjetas de crédito de Capital One en su cuenta verificada
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate seeking to block the state’s plans to make him the second person to be put to death with nitrogen gas has filed a lawsuit arguing the state “botched” the first execution using the new method. Attorneys for Alan Eugene Miller filed the lawsuit
Continue ReadingSIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The wife of an Iowa county supervisor was sentenced Monday to four months in jail after being convicted in a scheme to stuff the ballot box to support her husband’s unsuccessful campaign for a congressional seat. Kim Taylor also was ordered to serve four months’ home confinement following her release
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s president has appointed the country’s first female prime minister, fulfilling a campaign promise and taking an important step toward the formation of a new government after his reelection late last year. Former planning minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka will step into the role at a time
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — An attorney for Kansas City Chiefs player Rashee Rice said Monday that the wide receiver is cooperating with authorities after a speeding Corvette and Lamborghini sport utility vehicle caused a chain-reaction crash on a busy Dallas highway over the weekend. A total of six vehicles were involved
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — An attorney for Kansas City Chiefs player Rashee Rice said Monday that the wide receiver is cooperating with authorities after a speeding Corvette and Lamborghini sport utility vehicle caused a chain-reaction crash on a busy Dallas highway over the weekend. A total of six vehicles were involved
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea test-fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile toward waters off its eastern coast, as it pushes to advance its weapons aimed at U.S. targets in the Pacific. South Korea said the missile launched Tuesday flew about 370
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Garner shared with her social media followers on Monday that her father William Garner has died. He was 85 years old, she wrote in the post. Garner posted a series of photos of her father and a video of them together in a Capital One credit card
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– El ataque de este lunes al consulado de Irán en Damasco, capital de Siria, puede representar la escalada más peligrosa fuera de Gaza en Medio Oriente, desde que comenzó la guerra entre Israel y Hamas hace casi seis meses. Siria e Irán culparon a Israel por el ataque aéreo que destruyó
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By Natasha Chen, CNN (CNN) — As of Monday, about half a million fast food workers in California are making at least $20 per hour, $4 higher than the overall state minimum wage. The new rate applies to restaurant chains with more than 60 nationwide locations and is a result of a years-long fight by
Continue ReadingBy CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran of the epic wire service rivalry between The Associated Press and United Press International has died. Mike Feinsilber was 89. Feinsilber knew both sides of that long-fierce competition, first as a reporter for UPI in bureaus from Pennsylvania to Vietnam to Washington, then as a
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By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed legislation on Monday re-criminalizing the possession of certain drugs, roughly three years after the state became the first in the nation to decriminalize the possession and personal use of all drugs, the Democratic governor’s office told CNN. House Bill 4002 – which overwhelmingly cleared both chambers of the
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press The Vermont Legislature is advancing legislation requiring big fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused by climate change. The state Senate is expected to give final approval this week to the legislation before it goes to the House. If approved, the proposal would create a program that
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — A woman in Texas is suing prosecutors and Starr County for more than $1 million after she was arrested and unlawfully charged with murder for an abortion she had in 2022. Lizelle Gonzalez was arrested and charged with murder in Starr County, Texas, in 2022 after
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed into law a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs. The new law rolls back the state’s previous decriminalization efforts by making so-called personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail. It also establishes ways for treatment
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