CNN en Español (CNN Español) — CNN en Español anuncia que la reconocida escritora y poeta cubana Wendy Guerra se integra a la cadena como colaboradora y analista, así como creadora de contenido alternativo para las plataformas digitales y lineal. Wendy entrevistará, además, con un giro muy personal, a los grandes nombres del mundo del
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Dancing with the Stars” pro Cheryl Burke was still able to compete in the second episode of the competition series, despite having tested positive for Covid the day before the taping. Instead of appearing on the show live, the judges evaluated Burke’s rehearsal with Cody Rigsby, which had already been been
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By CHALIDA EKVITTAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Officials in Thailand are issuing fresh warnings about flooding caused by seasonal monsoon rains, after at least six deaths were reported in the aftermath of a tropical storm that struck over the weekend. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation says two people were also reported missing
Continue Reading By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Racism, COVID-19 and other big issues of the day figure prominently in the work of many of the 25 recipients of this year’s John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s “genius grants.” The grants include an award of $625,000 to each recipient. The Chicago-based foundation announced the
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren announced Tuesday that she will oppose Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s renomination, making her the highest-profile lawmaker to do so. “Your record gives me grave concern. Over and over you have acted to make our banking system less safe. And that makes you a dangerous man
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an insider trading investigation into transactions by high-level officials at the Federal Reserve. The Massachusetts Democrat called for the agency to conduct a “sweeping review of all securities trades” by Fed officials to determine if they violated
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde says Europe’s monetary authority isn’t about to “overreact” to temporary inflation by tightening policy. Lagarde said Tuesday that currently higher inflation of 3% in the eurozone is temporary, caused by bottlenecks and one-time factors. She said the bank still needs to nurture the ongoing recovery
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By Kate Bennett, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s secret visit to Walter Reed in 2019 appeared to be for a routine colonoscopy, according to Stephanie Grisham, Trump’s former press secretary and first lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff. Grisham served as White House press secretary, chief of staff to Melania Trump and East Wing communications
Continue ReadingBy Kiely Westhoff and Jason Hanna, CNN A man who killed five employees of Maryland’s Capital Gazette newspaper in 2018 was sentenced Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in jail, prosecutors say. Jarrod Ramos was sentenced to five life sentences without parole, plus one life sentence, plus 345 years, according to Anne Arundel
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La Administración para el Control de Drogas de EE.UU. (DEA, por sus siglas en inglés) emitió este lunes una alerta de seguridad pública por un fuerte aumento de píldoras de prescripción falsificadas con mezcla de fentanilo y metanfetamina. Se trata de la primera alerta de este tipo emitida por la
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parsons says the state’s director of economic development has resigned to take a new job with Ameren Missouri. Rob Dixon announced Tuesday that his resignation will be effective Oct. 22. Dixon has been director of the economic development department since July 2017. Parson said in a news release
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Poland has ordered three men to pay equivalent of 1,700 euros ($1,990) in damages for having toppled a statue of late Solidarity-era priest Henryk Jankowski over allegations he sexually abused minors. The court in Gdansk, in the north, did not find them guilty of desecrating the statue. The
Continue Reading By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In their first congressional testimony on the tumultuous final months of America’s longest war, top military officials on Tuesday acknowledged misjudging the fragility of Afghanistan’s army and said they believed the U.S. should have kept at least 2,500 troops there to prevent a
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A Munich court has heard a claim for compensation from a German certification company over a devastating dam collapse in Brazil in January, 2019. More than 270 people died when the dam at a mine operated by Brazilian mining giant Vale collapsed, flooding nearby Brumadinho with mud. A local unit of Germany’s
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A Munich court has heard a claim for compensation from a German certification company over a devastating dam collapse in Brazil in January, 2019. More than 270 people died when the dam at a mine operated by Brazilian mining giant Vale collapsed, flooding nearby Brumadinho with mud. A local unit of Germany’s
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — While acknowledging the inevitable advance of alternative energy sources and technology, OPEC said that oil will be dominate energy source for decades to come with crude prices reaching three-year highs. In its annual World Oil Outlook, OPEC acknowledged Tuesday that more electric vehicles on the
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Joyce D. Leathers was last seen late Monday when she went to bed, police said in a news release. She was missing by the time someone checked on her at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said.
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece say 41 Afghan refugees have flown from Athens to Portugal as part of a bilateral agreement to resettle 1,000 people who have been granted asylum. The Afghans traveled to Greece before the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August. Greek officials said Tuesday that another 43 are expected to
Continue ReadingBy Kiely Westhoff and Jason Hanna, CNN A man who killed five employees of Maryland’s Capital Gazette newspaper in 2018 was sentenced Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in jail, prosecutors say. Jarrod Ramos was sentenced to five life sentences without parole, plus one life sentence, plus 345 years, according to Anne Arundel
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By Hannah Ritchie, CNN Sixteen people have been injured — including four critically — after an explosion led to a large fire in an apartment building in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, emergency services told CNN Monday. The blast happened at 4:45 a.m. local time, according to Swedish police who are investigating the cause of
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