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Month: June 2024

Why AP called Rep. Rob Menendez the winner in New Jersey U.S. House primary: Race call explained

By ROBERT YOON and MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press has declared U.S. Rep. Rob Menendez the winner of the Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 8th Congressional District based on the incumbent’s lead throughout the district in initial vote results. He defeated Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla and real estate executive Kyle

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Condenan en Colombia a 42 años de prisión al estadounidense John Poulos por el feminicidio de Valentina Trespalacios

Mauricio Torres (CNN Español) — El Juzgado 10 de Conocimiento de Bogotá condenó este martes a 42 años y ocho meses de prisión al estadounidense John Poulos, a quien declaró culpable del feminicidio agravado de la joven colombiana Valentina Trespalacios, así como de los delitos de ocultamiento, alteración o destrucción de pruebas. El crimen ocurrió

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Judge Aileen Cannon seen in July 2020 plans on holding a sprawling hearing on Donald Trump’s request to declare Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel invalid

Judge Cannon expands hearing on Trump’s request to declare special counsel’s appointment invalid

CNN By Dan Berman and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon is planning on holding a sprawling hearing on Donald Trump’s request to declare Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel invalid, signaling the judge could be more willing than any other trial judge to veto the special prosecutor’s authority. The planned hearing also adds a new, unusual

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AMLO sobre Biden: “Pasará a la historia como el presidente que no construye muros, sino puentes”

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, y el de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, conversaron sobre migración en una llamada realizada este martes. Los mandatarios acordaron estrechar la colaboración para “gestionar los flujos migratorios en la región e incrementar las acciones de atención a las causas estructurales de la

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Former prosecutor settles lawsuit against Netflix over Central Park Five series

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein and Netflix announced Tuesday they’ve settled the defamation lawsuit she filed four years ago over her portrayal in the streaming service’s miniseries about the five Black and Latino teenagers known as the now-exonerated Central Park Five. Fairstein had argued that the 2019 four-part series “When They

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Republicans who see Trump conviction as politically motivated vow to ‘indict the left’

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans who view Donald Trump’s felony conviction by a Manhattan jury as politically motivated are calling on GOP prosecutors to start charging Democrats with crimes. Candidates, officeholders and members of the former president’s family are amplifying the message since Trump’s conviction on 34 charges in his

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Cronología del escándalo de los alimentos en galpones en Argentina: comida cerca al vencimiento, denuncias cruzadas y despidos

Betiana Fernández Martino (CNN Español) — Las últimas semanas, el Ministerio de Capital Humano en Argentina estuvo en el ojo de la tormenta. En medio de la crisis alimentaria, y con un nivel de pobreza que alcanzó al 55,5% en el primer trimestre del año, según estimaciones de la Universidad Católica Argentina, se descubrió que

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Trump pushes early and mail-in voting initiative ahead of November despite casting doubt on voting methods for years

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — The Trump campaign on Tuesday announced a new program aimed at promoting absentee, mail-in and early in-person voting – practices that former President Donald Trump has disparaged for years while promoting false claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The new effort, dubbed “Swamp The Vote

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Rep. Rob Menendez Jr., son of embattled senator, will survive primary challenge in New Jersey, CNN projects

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — New Jersey Rep. Rob Menendez Jr. will survive his Democratic primary challenge Tuesday, CNN projects, fending off Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla in the face of backlash to the congressman’s scandal-tarred father, Sen. Bob Menendez. The senator is on trial in New York City on federal corruption and bribery charges. He has

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Washington parental rights law criticized as a ‘forced outing’ measure is allowed to take effect

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A new Washington state parental rights law derided by critics as a “forced outing” measure will be allowed to take effect this week. A court commissioner on Tuesday declined to issue an emergency order temporarily blocking it. King County Superior Court Commissioner Mark Hillman said during a

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