Julia Hernández (CNN) –Un ciberataque contra un contratista del Servicio Nacional de Salud de Inglaterra obligó a varios grandes hospitales de Londres a cancelar operaciones, análisis de sangre, citas y a reubicar a los pacientes a otros lugares. El King’s College Hospital, el Guy’s y el St Thomas’ fueron afectados, al igual que numerosos proveedores
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is trading its all-male state Supreme court for an all-white one. The General Assembly picks almost all state judges. On Wednesday, lawmakers voted 152-0 to elevate Court of Appeals Judge Letitia Verdin to the state’s highest court. The white woman will take the seat
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN, STEPHEN GROVES and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tried to address a major liability for his reelection campaign by taking executive action to significantly restrict asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. But it’s unclear whether his efforts will be enough to change the minds of voters who
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press It’s dangerous. It’s addictive. Get off your phone. Kids constantly hear about the downsides of social media from the adults in their lives, often in the form of dire warnings and commands. But these adults did not grow up with social media themselves. They didn’t get a phone handed to them as
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Eslovenia se convirtió este martes en el más reciente país europeo en reconocer formalmente la condición del Estado de Palestina, después de que el Parlamento del país aprobara la medida por mayoría. La decisión sigue a las de España, Irlanda y Noruega, que reconocieron oficialmente la condición de Estado de
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI, ISABEL DeBRE and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press In a community center in East London, about 20 men gathered for their regular lunch meeting, sipping coffee and tea from mismatched mugs and engaging in an increasingly popular pastime in the world’s democracies: Complaining about their government. They feel estranged from the country’s leadership
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden is pushing progressives who are already sour on his presidency to the limit with a tough new executive action barring most asylum applications from migrants crossing the US-Mexico border illegally. But the president’s weakness on one of Donald Trump’s biggest campaign issues means it’s a risk
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A Brooklyn man was charged with conspiring with three others to defraud a sports betting company by using inside information from an NBA player to successfully bet on the performance of that player, who was later banned from the league, according to a federal complaint filed
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY and JALAL BWAITEL Associated Press NUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — An Israeli army raid in April set off a near three-day gunbattle with Palestinian militants. By the time it was over, homes had been blasted to rubble and many residents had fled. The raid wasn’t in Gaza, where Israel
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Florence, Italy (CNN) — An Italian court has upheld Amanda Knox’s final remaining conviction stemming from the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007. Knox was convicted in 2009 of slander for falsely accusing Patrick Lumumba of murdering Kercher in the Italian city of Perugia. An appellate court
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By Kayla Tausche, CNN Paris (CNN) — US President Joe Biden touched down in Paris on Wednesday for a trip marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day and engaging in a state visit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron. But the task at hand will be far loftier, as Biden seeks to deepen ties with transatlantic allies as Europe
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Local Colorado officials have reached an $8.5 million settlement with a woman who was hospitalized in 2022 after being left handcuffed in a police SUV that was then hit by a train. The city of Fort Lupton and town of Platteville, Colorado, agreed on the settlement
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By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A former Manhattan prosecutor reached a settlement with Netflix Tuesday after she sued the company and the creators of the 2019 series “When They See Us” for defamation, according to a statement from her attorney and court filings. Linda Fairstein, a former prosecutor who was part of the Manhattan District Attorney’s
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Yainer Diaz homered for a second straight game to lead the Houston Astros to an 8-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Playing without star right fielder Kyle Tucker, the Astros got a three-run homer from Diaz in the third inning as they took the first two games of a three-game set
Continue Reading By Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky while he is in Normandy, France, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. “While he’s in Normandy, he’ll have the opportunity to sit down with President Zelensky and have an engagement with him to talk about the
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Texas A&M University President Mark Welsh announced on Tuesday the school will not bring back the Aggie Bonfire traditionally held the night before the school’s then-annual football game against the University of Texas. “I decided that Bonfire, both a wonderful and tragic part of Aggie history,
Continue ReadingBy LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Asylum-seekers mainly from Angola, Congo and Venezuela have set up an encampment in a Seattle suburb. The Seattle Times reports the asylum-seekers moved to the site next to an empty motel in Kent on Saturday. The motel is owned by King County and was used as
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man was charged on Tuesday after he led deputies on a chase on Monday, court documents say. Prentice Harris, 34, was charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, two counts of resisting arrest and two misdemeanors: Speeding 26 miles per hour over the limit and driving while
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and Republican challenger Tim Sheehy will win their respective primaries in Montana, CNN projects, setting up what’s likely to be one of the hardest-fought races in the battle for control of the Senate. Sheehy, a businessman and retired Navy SEAL, had the backing of former President Donald Trump
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Record producer and singer-songwriter The-Dream (Terius Gesteelde-Diamant) is accused of sex trafficking, rape and sexual battery in a lawsuit that was filed on Tuesday. According to the complaint, obtained by CNN, Gesteelde-Diamant “used his age and influence” in the music industry to “manipulate” the plaintiff Chanaaz Mangroe, a singer-songwriter
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