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Month: August 2024

ACLU sues Washington state city over its anti-homeless laws after a landmark Supreme Court ruling

Associated Press The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington has sued the city of Spokane, alleging its anti-homeless laws violate the state constitution. The group filed suit Thursday on behalf of a homeless person and someone who was formerly homeless. It claims city ordinances making camping on public property a misdemeanor crime amount to unconstitutional

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¡La leyenda sigue! Simone Biles gana la medalla de oro en la final individual completa de gimnasia en París 2024

urielblanco (CNN Español) — La gimnasta estadounidense Simone Biles lo volvió a conseguir: obtuvo una nueva medalla de oro este jueves, su segunda en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024, ahora en la final individual femenina completa de la gimnasia artística. En cuatro rotaciones que nos entregaron una final épica, Biles terminó en el primer

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Alabama woman pleads guilty to defrauding pandemic relief fund out of $2 million

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and money laundering charges for fraudulently claiming nearly $2 million in pandemic relief funds. Thirty-nine-year-old Tametria Conner Dantzler entered the plea Wednesday. She could get up to 20 years in prison when she’s sentenced. According to her plea agreement and court

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Masked assailants ransack Venezuela opposition leader’s headquarters as post-election tensions mount

Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A half dozen masked assailants ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in the latest escalation of violence against opponents of Nicolás Maduro following the country’s disputed presidential election. The raid occurred at around 3 a.m., Machado’s party said, adding that the assailants broke down doors

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2 Belarusian journalists sentenced to sent to prison in a closed-door trial, rights group says

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A human rights group says two Belarusian journalists who worked for news outlets that the country’s authoritarian government has declared extremist have been sentenced to prison terms. Viasna said on Thursday that reporter Ales Sabaleuski was sentenced to four years and cameraman Yauhen Hlushkou to three years. The convictions in a

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MrBeast, YouTube star, acknowledges past use of ‘inappropriate language’ as resurfaced clips stir controversy

By Megan Thomas, CNN (CNN) — MrBeast, the incredibly popular YouTuber with a nice-guy reputation, is facing scrutiny for resurfaced racist comments he made years ago online. In a video reportedly filmed around 2017 that recirculated over the weekend, MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, 26, is seen responding to a viewer who commented about

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Claudia Sheinbaum anunció a Arturo Zaldívar y Leticia Ramírez como nuevos miembros de su gabinete

Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La próxima presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, anunció este jueves a otros dos integrantes de su gabinete ampliado. El ministro en retiro y expresidente de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, Arturo Zaldívar, será el coordinador de Política y Gobierno. Sheinbaum dijo que ayudará a dar seguimiento a las reformas constitucionales en trámite en el Congreso, particularmente a la

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