By Eric Levenson, Leyla Santiago and Gregory Lemos, CNN Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who carried out the massacre of students and faculty members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018, pleaded guilty in a Florida courtroom Wednesday to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. Cruz, 23, faces a minimum
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Después de que California vivió su año más seco en casi 100 años, todo el estado está ahora bajo una emergencia de sequía, dijeron las autoridades este martes. El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, emitió una declaración de emergencia por sequía en todo el estado, ampliando una ya existente para
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westbound I-70 is now open as work continues on the Sorrels Overpass, with the passing lane now being closed according to a Tweet from MODOT.
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ROME (AP) — Dozens of former flight attendants from defunct Italian airline Alitalia have stripped off their uniforms, wearing only undergarments in a protest in central Rome. Long financially ailing, Italy’s decades-old airline flew its last flight on Oct. 14. A new airline, ITA, bought the Alitalia brand but is taking on fewer than 3,000
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ROME (AP) — Dozens of former flight attendants from defunct Italian airline Alitalia have stripped off their uniforms, wearing only undergarments in a protest in central Rome. Long financially ailing, Italy’s decades-old airline flew its last flight on Oct. 14. A new airline, ITA, bought the Alitalia brand but is taking on fewer than 3,000
Continue Reading BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia has introduced COVID passes for indoor venues in late evening hours following weeks of surging infections and relatively low vaccination rates. Prime Minister Ana Brnabic on Wednesday said the new measure will take effect on Saturday and will be applied from 10 p.m. in bars, restaurants, nightclubs or any other
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin jumped to a record high Wednesday morning, topping $66,000, as it rides a wave of excitement about getting further mainstreamed by the financial establishment. Bitcoin was trading at $66,109 as of 10:04 a.m. Eastern time. It’s rallied back after sinking below $30,000 during the summer to top its prior record
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Companies are confronting demands by hourly workers on terms that often used to be non-negotiable: scheduling. That has meant pushing back on weekend, late night or holiday shifts. Hourly workers are taking a page from their white-collar peers who are restructuring their workdays to accommodate
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Companies are confronting demands by hourly workers on terms that often used to be non-negotiable: scheduling. That has meant pushing back on weekend, late night or holiday shifts. Hourly workers are taking a page from their white-collar peers who are restructuring their workdays to accommodate
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Walgreens will begin flying packages by drone to residents in a pair of Texas cities in partnership with Google’s drone-making affiliate, Wing. The companies said they will begin testing the service next week in the city of Frisco and neighboring Little Elm, two fast-growing communities north of Dallas where
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities say a car-break in suspect has died after being shot and a security guard was run over in a confrontation near a St. Louis children’s hospital. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the suspect was shot in the chest around 1:25 a.m. Wednesday near SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. Police
Continue Reading COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) — Officials in Georgia say one worker was killed and two seriously injured when part of a bridge collapsed into a river during early demolition work. News outlets report that all three workers fell into the Yellow River from the Access Road bridge on Interstate 20 in Newton County, east of Atlanta.
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — El tribunal superior de España aprobó la extradición del exdirector de inteligencia venezolano Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios, también conocido como “El Pollo”, a Estados Unidos, dijo el miércoles a CNN un portavoz del tribunal. Carvajal fue arrestado en Madrid el mes pasado por su presunta participación en actividades de tráfico de drogas
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has ordered the extradition of a former Venezuelan spy chief to the United States where he is wanted on charges of drug trafficking and belonging to a terror organization. Retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal was for more than a decade a close adviser to the late Venezuelan leader Hugo
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has ordered the extradition of a former Venezuelan spy chief to the United States where he is wanted on charges of drug trafficking and belonging to a terror organization. Retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal was for more than a decade a close adviser to the late Venezuelan leader Hugo
Continue Reading By BRYNN ANDERSON and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Police in Atlanta say a woman is dead and a suspected gunman has been killed inside a high-rise apartment after a shootout with officers. They say officers were met with gunfire when they responded to reports of a shooting around 3:15 a.m. on Wednesday.
Continue Reading RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco is suspending until further notice all flights to and from the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands amid rising coronavirus infections in those countries. The North African kingdom’s airports authority says the new restriction comes into force just before midnight Wednesday. In a tweet, national carrier Royal Air Maroc, said
Continue Reading By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A military veteran best known as the helicopter pilot who was shot down and held prisoner in the 1993 “Black Hawk Down” incident is joining the U.S. Senate race in Alabama. Mike Durant is now the owner of an aerospace company in Huntsville. He announced his
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France says it will announce potential sanctions over energy prices and trade “by the end of the week” in its fishing dispute with the United Kingdom. France vehemently protested the decision last month by the U.K. and the Channel Island of Jersey to refuse dozens of
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France says it will announce potential sanctions over energy prices and trade “by the end of the week” in its fishing dispute with the United Kingdom. France vehemently protested the decision last month by the U.K. and the Channel Island of Jersey to refuse dozens of
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