Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Antony Blinken, confirmó el martes la suspensión en curso en el envío de bombas pesadas a Israel al tiempo que el primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, busca aumentar la presión pública sobre la administración de Joe Biden por “retener armas”. La administración
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Eleven-term Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Tom Cole has won a GOP primary outright against four challengers and will advance to November’s general election. Cole faced a well-funded political newcomer in businessman Paul Bondar, who loaned more than $5 million of his own money to his campaign. The
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man charged with killing a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an alleged hate crime six years ago has taken the stand in his own trial. Samuel Woodward testified on Tuesday about how the two men connected on social media and went to
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By Arit John and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — A rancorous Republican congressional primary in Virginia that has been a proxy fight amid larger party divisions remained unresolved Wednesday morning. House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good, who angered allies of former President Donald Trump and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, was trailing state Sen. John McGuire
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department alleges that the state of Alaska has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by not providing accessible machines for in-person voting, selecting inaccessible polling places for elections and maintaining an inaccessible elections website. The department informed Carol Beecher, Alaska’s election director, in
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press Baltimore (AP) — Attorneys are asking a federal judge to prevent crew members on the cargo ship Dali from returning to their home countries as investigations continue into the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March. Eight of the Dali’s crew members were scheduled to debark the
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez are using the testimony of his former campaign manager to try to link alleged bribes of the Democrat to the appointment of New Jersey’s top prosecutor. Testimony Tuesday by Michael Soliman, a former top Menendez political adviser, came
Continue ReadingAnabella González (CNN Español) — En Venezuela habrá elecciones el 28 de julio y parte de las miradas están puestas posibilidades que tendrá el candidato de la oposición mayoritaria, Edmundo González Urrutia, de llegar a la presidencia del país. El exdiplomático venezolano está en esa posición por una suma de dos factores: la inhabilitación impuesta por
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By Radina Gigova, CNN London (CNN) — Nuclear-armed countries are strengthening their arsenals and several have made ready new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapons systems amid rising geopolitical tensions, a new report has found. The nine nuclear states – the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel – have
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Nvidia, el modelo de inteligencia artificial de Wall Street, es ahora la empresa más valiosa del mundo tras arrebatarle la corona a Microsoft. La capitalización de mercado de Nvidia aumentó a US$ 3,34 billones este martes, y superó el valor de US$ 3,33 billones de Microsoft. Apple es la tercera empresa
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CNN By Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an attempt by Democrats to pass a bill to ban bump stocks in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling. The bill would enact a federal ban on the sale of bump stock devices. Bump stocks allow a
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans have settled two U.S. House nominations in runoffs. In the 2nd Congressional District, former U.S. Education Department official Wayne Johnson beat Chuck Hand, who was convicted for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. And in the 3rd District, former Donald Trump
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT and BEN FINLEY Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — One of America’s most conservative congressmen is locked in a tight renomination battle against an opponent endorsed by former President Donald Trump in Virginia. Voters in two other districts nominated candidates to fill two open seats in the state’s primary election Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A report released by Human Rights Watch says authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist Party’s ideology. The report released Wednesday says the policy is part of
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — “Make Europe Great Again” (“Hacer que Europa vuelva a ser grande”) es el lema oficial de Hungría para su próximo turno en la presidencia rotatoria del Consejo de la Unión Europea. El país anunció el lema y un nuevo logotipo en un video publicado en X este martes. El lema es
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California state trial is wrapping up for the conspiracy theorist charged with breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in 2022. Defendant David DePape’s former partner, a well-known pro-nudity activist in the Bay Area, was banned from the court’s public gallery Tuesday. The
Continue ReadingALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution to prohibit discrimination based on “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” has been restored to the November election ballot by a state appeals court. A panel of midlevel appellate judges on Tuesday overturned an earlier decision by an upstate judge to strike the proposed Equal
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Hong Kong (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, realiza su primera visita a Corea del Norte en más de dos décadas, y su objetivo, según se cree ampliamente, es asegurarse el apoyo de la nación ermitaña a su guerra en Ucrania. El año pasado, Putin intensificó sus contactos con Kim Jong
Continue ReadingTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers approve a plan to try to lure the Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri by helping to pay for a new stadium.
Continue Reading By Gregory Krieg and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — A top federal prosecutor handed Sen. Bob Menendez a lifeline at the New Jersey Democrat’s corruption trial Tuesday, telling the court during cross examination that Menendez never asked or pressured him to act improperly on behalf of a political ally. Philip Sellinger, now the US attorney
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