By Zahid Mahmood and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — An Italian appeals court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of two Americans accused of killing an Italian police officer in 2019, according to a joint statement from the lawyers representing them in Italy. The court sentenced Finnegan Lee Elder to 15 years and two months
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) — Desde este jueves y durante tres semanas, los 10 candidatos presidenciales de Venezuela recorrerán el país para buscar apoyo para sus postulaciones y convertir en votos sus propuestas de país. Ya algunas vallas con los rostros y consignas de los candidatos se observan en diferentes ciudades del país, como evidencia
Continue ReadingRUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a lightning strike caused the larger of two wildfires that has killed at least two people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,400 structures in New Mexico. The South Fork Fire was first reported June 17 on the Mescalero Apache Reservation and forced the evacuation of the Village of
Continue ReadingOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A former engineer at a U.S. military air logistics center has been charged with making false statements and obstructing justice during the criminal investigation into a 2017 military plane crash in Mississippi that killed all 16 service members aboard, prosecutors said Wednesday. James Michael Fisher, 67, was arrested Tuesday after a
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Two horses were struck and killed by passing vehicles after they ran onto a Los Angeles freeway. That is according to the California Highway Patrol. The fatal collisions occurred late Tuesday. Other drivers saved a third horse and helped the animal over to the freeway’s shoulder to avoid getting hit. California
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man has been convicted of murder with a hate crime enhancement for the 2018 stabbing of a gay University of Pennsylvania student. Twenty-six-year-old Samuel Woodward was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder plus the enhancement in for the killing of Blaze Bernstein. Bernstein was home visiting
Continue ReadingBy Brammhi Balajaran and Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — A person made an unsettling discovery on social media in February 2023 – the woman she’d been seeing for online therapy sessions wasn’t actually a therapist. Instead, the woman, identified in public records by her initials “TR,” had been masquerading as her wife, Peggy Randolph, then a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four anti-abortion activists who were convicted for their roles in a 2021 Tennessee clinic blockade will serve sentences ranging from six months in prison to three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger sentenced the four Tuesday and Wednesday. All four were convicted of serious felony conspiracy
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Humans aren’t the only ones capable of performing amputations to save lives. Florida carpenter ants have been observed biting off the injured limbs of nestmates, depending on the location of the wounds, to help their counterparts survive, according to a new study. About 90% to 95% of the ants
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The victim of a botched robbery attempt at an upscale mall south of Los Angeles has been identified as a woman from New Zealand. Newport Beach police responded to calls regarding a robbery Tuesday afternoon at the Fashion Island shopping center. Police say two men, one with a gun,
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, rechazó este miércoles las publicaciones en redes sociales que sostienen, sin información confirmada, que es el hombre que aparece en videos paseando en Panamá de la mano de una persona no identificada que no es su esposa, Verónica Alcocer. Además, otros insinuaron que la
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By Ariel Edwards-Levy and Dana Elobaid, CNN (CNN) — Most Americans think that former President Donald Trump will not concede if he loses the presidential election in November, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. And despite the vast majority of Americans agreeing that the loser of an election has an obligation to
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, se unirá a las celebraciones alrededor del país por el Día de la Independencia este jueves 4 de julio con su tradicional discurso desde la Casa Blanca donde, como cada año, los festejos incluyen una parrillada, fuegos artificiales y música en vivo. Se
Continue Reading By Sabrina Souza and Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Bob Menendez’s defense team rested its case Wednesday without calling the New Jersey Democrat to the stand in his federal corruption trial. Menendez’s lawyers called five witnesses over two days of testimony, including his sister, sister-in-law and the attorney for a friend of Jose Uribe, the New
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike slammed into a residential building next to the main medical center in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, wounding at least seven people, hospital authorities and witnesses said Wednesday. Nasser Hospital sits in the western part of the city, which is inside the Israeli-designated
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Stung by past failures to prepare for hurricanes, the Mexican government is evacuating even sea turtle eggs from beaches ahead of Hurricane Beryl. Beryl remains far offshore in the Caribbean near Jamaica, but is expected to hit somewhere south of Cancun by early Friday. Given that Mexico did so
Continue ReadingAP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading House Democrat is preparing a constitutional amendment in response to the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity ruling, seeking to reverse the decision “and ensure that no president is above the law.” Rep. Joseph Morelle of New York, the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee, sent a letter
Continue ReadingBy Alex Suckow Click here for updates on this story LOGANSPORT, Indiana (WLKY) — The son of a former NFL player who was considered missing since last week has been found safe, and his parents are under arrest, Indiana State Police said. ISP said that around 6 a.m. Wednesday, a SWAT team executed search and
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Una cuarta persona en Estados Unidos dio positivo para la gripe aviar H5 en relación con un brote en curso entre el ganado lechero en todo el país. El Departamento de Salud Pública y Medio Ambiente de Colorado anunció este miércoles que identificó el primer caso humano de influenza aviar H5
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — As it stands on the threshold of power in France, the far-right National Rally is facing scrutiny about some of the candidates it hopes will help it secure a ruling majority in legislative elections on Sunday. They include a woman it has pulled from the high-stakes race over a photo
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