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Month: June 2024

Minnesota judge is reprimanded for stripping voting rights from people with felonies

MILLE LACS COUNTY, Minn. (AP) — A state oversight board has reprimanded a Minnesota judge who declared unconstitutional a new state law restoring voting rights for people with felonies. The Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards on Thursday publicly reprimanded Mille Lacs County District Judge Matthew Quinn. Quinn in 2023 sentenced two people to probation, but

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Former Uvalde school police chief, officer indicted in 1st-ever criminal charges over failed response to 2022 mass shooting

By Shimon Prokupecz, Leigh Waldman and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury has indicted two former Uvalde school police officers in the botched law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary school that left 19 children and two teachers dead, two Texas state government sources with knowledge of the indictment

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Von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas endorsed for the EU’s top jobs. Here’s who they are and what they do

Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have agreed on the officials who will lead the European Commission, Council, and foreign policy service after the EU Parliament elections. The three nominees will hold positions at the EU’s powerful executive branch – the European Commission – the forum where the 27 member countries are represented,

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El Pentágono y la USAID revisan el muelle estadounidense y la ayuda humanitaria en Gaza en medio de constantes desafíos

Belén Liotti (CNN) — El Pentágono y los Inspectores Generales de la Agencia de EE.UU. para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID, por sus siglas en inglés) lanzaron revisiones coordinadas de la misión humanitaria estadounidense a Gaza, donde el muelle temporal militar enfrentó repetidos desafíos, como su desintegración y la distribución de ayuda suspendida por la ONU

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¿Quién es José “Pepe” Merino, futuro titular de la Agencia de Transformación Digital de México?

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — José Antonio Peña Merino, un especialista en análisis de datos, será el titular de la Agencia de Transformación Digital, una nueva entidad que –según dijo la futura presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum– se creará dentro de la estructura del Gobierno de México para replicar lo que hace la Agencia Digital

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Kim Yo Jong Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of North Korean government official Kim Yo Jong, sister of Kim Jong Un. Little is known about her as the family is notoriously secretive. Personal Birth Date: September 26, 1987 or 1988 (Widely believed to be in her mid 30s, though her reported

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UN Security Council demands Iran-backed Yemen rebels halt their attacks on ships in Mideast waters

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has demanded that Yemen’s Houthi rebels halt all attacks on ships and urged that disruptions to maritime security be addressed, without mentioning the link between the Iran-backed rebels and the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Thursday’s resolution, which also extended the requirement that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio

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¿Quién es Jesús Antonio Esteva Medina, futuro secretario de Comunicaciones y Transporte de México?

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Jesús Antonio Esteva Medina será el próximo secretario de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes de México, como parte del gabinete de Claudia Sheinbaum para su presidencia que se inicia en octubre. Esta institución federal ―que actualmente se denomina Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes― es la encargada de gestionar y promover

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California lawmakers approve changes to law allowing workers to sue employers over labor violations

Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature has approved bills that would amend a 20-year-old law allowing workers to sue their bosses over labor violations. The 2004 law required employers found liable for violations to pay employees and the state. The bills came out of a deal between Democratic Gov. Gavin

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Survivor of Parkland school massacre wins ownership of shooter’s name in lawsuit settlement

Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The most severely wounded survivor of the 2018 massacre at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School now owns shooter Nikolas Cruz’s name, and Cruz cannot give any interviews without his permission, under a settlement reached in a lawsuit. Under his recent settlement with Anthony Borges, Cruz must also

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