By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A police officer has been charged with felony assault in connection with an incident involving a juvenile shoplifting suspect at a mall three years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Glendale Police Officer Gonzalo Zendejas allegedly kicked the juvenile in the head during a struggle involving other
Continue ReadingOpinion by Kent Sepkowitz (CNN) — Anyone eager to re-experience the acrimony, lunacy and danger of the early Covid-19 pandemic might want to watch a few hours of Monday’s hearing of the House Oversight Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. Members spent much of the day questioning Dr. Anthony Fauci, formerly head of the National
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager was seriously injured Monday in a crash at mile marker 179 on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, the crash occurred as a 2019 Freightliner Cascadia – driven by Alfa Brockelman, 58, of Salina, Kansas — was
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — Hace años, Special K se dirigía a las mujeres prometiéndoles que podrían perder peso sustituyendo dos comidas al día por tazones de cereal. Hoy en día, está probando un enfoque diferente. La marca de cereales colaboró con Molly Baz, autora de un libro de cocina que hace poco protagonizó
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El Gobierno del presidente Joe Biden impondrá una nueva acción ejecutiva que prohibirá a los migrantes que cruzan la frontera ilegalmente solicitar asilo, una medida drástica que en la práctica implicaría “el cierre de la frontera” a los miles de refugiados que se encuentran en México a la espera de
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — SpaceX realizó este jueves el cuarto vuelo de prueba del Starship, su enorme cohete lunar. ¿Cómo fue? Starship, el vehículo de lanzamiento más potente jamás construido, despegó este jueves a las 8:50 a.m. ET, durante una ventana de lanzamiento de 120 minutos que se abrió a las 8 a.m.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University has agreed to take additional steps to make its students feel secure on campus. It is part of a settlement reached Tuesday with a Jewish student who had sought a court order requiring the Ivy League school provide safe access to the campus. Called a “first-of-its-kind agreement to protect
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By Radina Gigova and Stephanie Halasz, CNN (CNN) — Slovenia has become the latest European country to formally recognize Palestinian statehood, after the country’s parliament approved the move with a majority vote on Tuesday. The decision follows those of Spain, Ireland and Norway, who formally recognized Palestinian statehood in late May. The growing momentum in
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY and SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — City of Atlanta officials say workers finished repairs on a ruptured water main on Tuesday. They say water problems in the city are coming to an end after five days. Officials say they are gradually increasing pressure in the system, predicting normal water pressure
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An investigator has provided a New York jury a riveting account of an evening in Washington, D.C., in 2019 when an FBI surveillance team came across Sen. Bob Menendez and his girlfriend at a fancy Washington restaurant. Investigator Terrie Williams-Thompson told the jury on Tuesday at
Continue ReadingSAGINAW TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Animal control officers in Michigan are struggling to capture an elusive peacock that has been on the loose for at least two days. Mlive.com reports that a student discovered the peacock on Monday as he was driving to Valley Lutheran High School in Saginaw County. The bird fled into the
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A new agreement between Alaska’s capital city and major cruise lines seeks to cap the daily number of cruise ship passengers arriving in Juneau starting in 2026. But a critic of the cruise industry says the planned limits do not do enough to address residents’ concerns
Continue ReadingCAMP HILL, Pa. (AP) — A young black bear took a dive from a tree Tuesday, landing in a giant tarp held aloft by a group of wildlife, public safety and rescue officials who tranquilized it after it roamed into a suburban Pennsylvania neighborhood. The bruin showed up around lunchtime in a residential area of
Continue ReadingOpinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — Americans are a stunningly lonely bunch. Our decline in friendships and social time began before the pandemic, but was badly exacerbated by it. We live more of our lives online and behind a screen, with many people now working from home, schoolchildren learning online and scores of us engaging with our peers
Continue ReadingOpinion by Raul Reyes (CNN) — In his administration’s most restrictive immigration policy to date, President Joe Biden announced a new executive order Tuesday that prevents asylum seekers from crossing the Southern border when a daily threshold of unauthorized crossings is exceeded. The plan will take effect once daily border crossings number 2,500 people, meaning it could be instituted immediately, since daily totals already exceed that number. The border would only reopen
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden está inspirándose en el manual de inmigración del expresidente Donald Trump para intentar detener el flujo de solicitantes de asilo procedentes de todo el mundo que cruzan la frontera de Estados Unidos con México. El nuevo plan de Biden, presentado el martes en la Casa Blanca, que
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year’s surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. The group of 57 scientists from around the world used United Nations-approved methods to examine what’s behind last year’s deadly burst of heat. They
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By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The second day of Hunter Biden’s trial laid the groundwork for both sides of the case, as prosecutors and defense attorneys battled over the fundamental issue at play: whether Biden purchased a gun while addicted to drugs. In opening statements Tuesday, prosecutor Derek Hines
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An oversight commission has fired Connecticut’s top public defender after having accused her of a range of misconduct. The state Public Defender Services Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to fire TaShun Bowden-Lewis, the first Black person to serve as the state’s chief public defender. Bowden-Lewis and
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Según un nuevo estudio, los antiguos grabados rupestres en lo que hoy es Sudamérica, que se cree que están entre los más grandes del mundo, estaban destinados a marcar los límites de los territorios habitados por sus creadores. Aves, ciempiés amazónicos, figuras humanas y formas geométricas se encuentran entre los diseños,
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