Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The United Nations says workers have begun moving tons of humanitarian aid that had been piled up at a United States-built pier off Gaza’s coast and distributing it to warehouses in the besieged territory. It’s an important step as the U.S. considers whether to reconnect the pier whose functioning has
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — China expulsó este jueves al exministro de Defensa Li Shangfu y a su predecesor del gobernante Partido Comunista por acusaciones de corrupción, informó la cadena estatal CCTV, profundizando una amplia purga dentro de los altos rangos de las fuerzas armadas. Li fue destituido en octubre del año pasado sin dar explicaciones
Continue ReadingREADING, Pa. (AP) — The former president of a Philadelphia labor union has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in what federal prosecutors said was embezzlement of more than $600,000 of union funds. Brian Burrows of Mount Laurel, New Jersey, is former president of Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of
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By Arlette Saenz, Ibrahim Dahman and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN (CNN) — The United States has proposed new language to bridge gaps in discussions for a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, a senior US administration official said Friday. The three-phase Israeli proposal, outlined by US President Joe Biden last month, sets out conditions
Continue ReadingWELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) — Animal rescuers were trying to keep dozens of dolphins away from shallow waters around Cape Cod on Saturday after 125 of the creatures stranded themselves a day earlier. Teams in Massachusetts found one group of 10 Atlantic white-sided dolphins swimming in a dangerously shallow area at dawn on Saturday, and managed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months. Iran and Israel traded threats Saturday of what Iran said would be an “obliterating” war over
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — Un agente de policía de la Embajada de Israel en Belgrado, la capital de Serbia, recibió un disparo con una ballesta en el cuello, en un presunto atentado terrorista este sábado, informó N1, filial de CNN. El policía disparó al atacante, que murió posteriormente, según N1. El agente ha sido trasladado
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A pocket watch that belonged to Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt was returned to his New York home this week after it was stolen decades ago and later showed up at an auction, according to the FBI and the National Park Service. Roosevelt’s sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, and his brother-in-law, Douglas
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Lego’s fanbase, which famously cuts across kids, teenagers and grownup collectors, is seeing some unsavory characters break into the mix, and for all the wrong reasons. Lego products, especially the pricier sets that range from over $100 to $1,000 or more, are being targeted for theft both
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — American sprinters Noah Lyles, Gabby Thomas and Sha’Carri Richardson set blistering times in their respective 200-meter semifinals at the US Olympic track and field trials on Friday, further strengthening their status as the USA’s biggest medal hopes at the upcoming Paris Games. In the men’s 110m hurdles, Grant Holloway
Continue ReadingSHARPSBURG, Ga. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials in Georgia say a man killed three people at a home near Atlanta before fatally shooting himself. Coweta County Sheriff’s deputies found two bodies in the driveway when they arrived at the home early Saturday morning. Another body was spotted in the doorway. Officials say deputies saw a man
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — No es raro ver a ciertos equipos emerger como sorpresas en torneos internacionales, pero pocos podrían haber anticipado que Austria sería la atracción de la Eurocopa 2024. Situada en el Grupo D junto a rivales complicados, parecía que a Austria le iba a costar llegar a octavos de final. Polonia cuenta
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Polls have closed in the presidential election in Mauritania. Incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is widely expected to win the vote after positioning Mauritania as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence. Ghazouni is seeking reelection on the pledge of providing security and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RED BANK, N.J. (AP) — President Joe Biden looked to recapture his mojo and reassured donors at a Saturday fundraiser that he is fully up to the challenge of beating Donald Trump. “I didn’t have a great night, but I’m going to be fighting harder,” Biden told attendees at the home of New
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — History is full of vanished arts and techniques that researchers are still trying to crack, such as decoding heirloom recipes lost to time. Some of those formulations belong to vivid colors that our ancestors developed millennia ago. It’s easy to think of the past as a sepia-toned expanse. Over time, paint
Continue ReadingAn 8-year-old child in Charlotte died after police say she was left in a hot car while her mother was at work. Police say the mother found her daughter in critical condition on the backseat floor Wednesday about an hour and a half after the last text she received from her child. An arrest affidavit
Continue ReadingAP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first presidential debate, Republican Donald Trump skimmed over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol, shifted blame for the violent mob siege and declined repeatedly to state unequivocally that he will accept the results of this year’s White House election. And President Joe Biden, who has
Continue ReadingOpinion by Roy Schwartz (CNN) — From the US and Germany to Poland and Ukraine, creators have been volunteering their time and talent to support United24, Ukraine’s official fundraising platform, by recreating Ukrainian monuments as one of a kind Lego sets. These sets aren’t available for purchase; they can only be won through a raffle, by donating $24
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A former lab manager at Northeastern University has been convicted of staging a hoax explosion at the Boston campus and then lying about what happened to a federal agent. Jason Duhaime, 46, from San Antonio, Texas, was convicted on three counts Friday by a federal jury. He faces up to five years in
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La montaña más alta de Corea del Sur enfrenta daños ambientales causados por una fuente inesperada: los fideos instantáneos. La Oficina del Parque Nacional del Monte Halla ha iniciado una campaña para alentar a los excursionistas a no arrojar caldo de ramyun en la montaña o en sus arroyos para preservar
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