Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El alcalde de Río de Janeiro Eduardo Paes instó a los turistas a no visitar esa ciudad brasileña a menos que estén vacunados. “Lo que estamos diciendo es que, para el turista responsable que está vacunado, pueden venir con tranquilidad, y le decimos a aquellos (turistas) que no se han vacunado,
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LONDON (AP) — Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have named their newborn daughter Sienna Elizabeth. In a tweet Friday, Beatrice revealed the name alongside a picture of Sienna Elizabeth’s footprints. Sienna Elizabeth is Queen Elizabeth II’s 12th great-grandchild. She was born on Sept. 18 at London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, weighing in
Continue ReadingBy Laura Anthony Click here for updates on this story ALAMEDA COUNTY, California (KGO) — In what Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is calling the largest pot bust in Bay Area history, more than 37 tons of plants, tens of millions of dollars in product have been seized in multiple raids that span four East Bay
Continue Reading By OLGA RODRIGUEZ and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California has announced the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that the mandate won’t take effect until the COVID-19 vaccine has received final approval from the U.S. government for various grade levels. The government has given final
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El secuestro, violación y asesinato de Sarah Everard en Londres en marzo ha provocado indignación y un debate nacional sobre la violencia contra las mujeres en el Reino Unido. Este jueves, Wayne Couzens, un policía en servicio en el momento del crimen, fue sentenciado a cadena perpetua sin libertad condicional después
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cambió hectáreas y hectáreas de naranjos. Cambió Orlando. Cambió Florida. Cambió a una empresa ya legendaria. Y cambió toda la industria de los parques temáticos. Walt Disney World Resort abrió sus puertas el 1 de octubre de 1971. Y en su 50º aniversario, sigue siendo uno de los principales motores del
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By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to Capitol Hill as Democrats strain to rescue a scaled back version of his $3.5 trillion government overhaul and salvage a related public works bill. Biden is to huddle privately with House Democrats after a long night of frantic negotiations with
Continue Reading By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A lack of answers from Hungary’s government about alleged spying on journalists, politicians and business figures has raised questions for a fact-finding committee of the European Union’s legislature. The head of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs said Friday that her
Continue Reading By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A lack of answers from Hungary’s government about alleged spying on journalists, politicians and business figures has raised questions for a fact-finding committee of the European Union’s legislature. The head of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs said Friday that her
Continue Reading By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is settling with two former tech workers who accused the company of illegally firing them last year for speaking out against the company. The former employees, Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa, publicly criticized the Seattle-based company and pushed Amazon to better protect warehouse workers
Continue ReadingBy John Oakes Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Shreveport woman named Aisha Tillman was getting ready for bed close to midnight when she heard shots right outside her door. She grabbed her kids and ducked onto the ground. To her, the shots sounded like they were headed straight
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief has informed Ethiopia that it has no legal right to expel seven U.N. officials whom it accused of “meddling” in the country’s affairs. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that severe restrictions on desperately needed aid to the conflict-wracked Tigray region have created
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has launched his run for another term. Beshear filed paperwork Friday allowing him to raise and spend money on his 2023 reelection bid. It comes days after he landed a record-shattering economic development deal putting Kentucky at the forefront of the
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Argentina, Mauricio Macri, fue citado a declaración indagatoria con prohibición de salida del país, en el marco de una causa en la que se investigan presuntas prácticas de espionaje ilegal a familiares de fallecidos en el hundimiento del submarino ARA San Juan. La decisión fue
Continue Reading TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has sent 38 fighter jets toward self-ruled Taiwan in a large display on China’s National Day. The People’s Liberation Army flew 25 fighter jets Friday in the first maneuver, then sent an additional 13 planes that night. Taiwan says it deployed air patrol forces in response and tracked the Chinese
Continue Reading The Associated Press Most stocks on Wall Street are rising Friday, but trading is once again choppy as the market closes out a tumultuous week. The benchmark S&P 500 index was up 0.6%, and Big Tech stocks had some of the biggest gains. Merck jumped 9% after the drugmaker released a study that showed its
Continue Reading The Associated Press Most stocks on Wall Street are rising Friday, but trading is once again choppy as the market closes out a tumultuous week. The benchmark S&P 500 index was up 0.6%, and Big Tech stocks had some of the biggest gains. Merck jumped 9% after the drugmaker released a study that showed its
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN A former member of Malawi’s parliament killed himself inside the parliament building in the capital Lilongwe on Thursday, a police spokesman has confirmed to CNN. Clement Chiwaya, an ex-deputy speaker, shot himself in the head after sneaking a firearm into the office of the parliament’s clerk, a spokesman for the Malawi
Continue Reading By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The prime minister of Georgia says former President Mikheil Saakashvili has been arrested after he had returned to the country. The announcement Friday by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili came about 18 hours after Saakashvili posted on Facebook that he was back in Georgia ahead of of
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new monthly survey of business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states shows their confidence in the economy over the next six month plummeted to its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year. The overall index for September of the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions released Friday dropped
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