By DÉBORA REY and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — One of the world’s highest inflation rates is making it more difficult to make ends meet in Argentina, where at the end of last year nearly four of every 10 people were poor, official figures revealed Thursday. Poverty increased to 39.2% of
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MEG KINNARD Associated Press Donald Trump has become the first former president to be indicted in a criminal case after a grand jury investigation into hush money payments made on his behalf during the 2016 presidential campaign. The unprecedented indictment comes as the Republican is facing other legal investigations and
Continue Reading COHASSET, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been indicted in the death of his wife who has not been seen since Jan. 1. A top prosecutor said Thursday that Brian Walshe faces first degree murder charges in the death of his wife as well as misleading a police investigation/obstruction of justice and improper conveyance
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drew Timme of Gonzaga is one of five finalists for the John R. Wooden Award as men’s college basketball player of the year. He’s joined by Zach Edey of Purdue, Trayce Jackson-Davis of Indiana, Houston’s Marcus Sasser and Jalen Wilson of Kansas. Timme took his team farthest in the NCAA Tournament
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first criminal case against a former president, Donald Trump has been indicted on charges involving payments made during his 2016 campaign. The charges center on payments made to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. Trump is facing multiple charges of falsifying business records, including at least one felony offense,
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Game on: Exceeding any reasonable expectations, “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” turns out to be a whole lot of fun, serving up what amounts to a smart-alecky version of “The Lord of the Rings” that doesn’t require knowledge of the underlying game. Employing ample special-effects wizardry in the service
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Game on: Exceeding any reasonable expectations, “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” turns out to be a whole lot of fun, serving up what amounts to a smart-alecky version of “The Lord of the Rings” that doesn’t require knowledge of the underlying game. Employing ample special-effects wizardry in the service
Continue ReadingRocÃo Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Las plantas hacen sonidos que el oÃdo humano no puede detectar, según las grabaciones realizadas en un nuevo estudio, y suenan más cuando están deshidratadas o bajo otros tipos de estrés. La investigación cuestiona radicalmente lo que la mayorÃa de los botánicos pensaban que sabÃan sobre el reino vegetal, que era
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Ludwig van Beethoven, uno de los músicos más virtuosos en la historia, creó algunas de sus composiciones más reconocidas estando ya sordo. Recientemente, cientÃficos dieron a conocer los hallazgos que arrojó el análisis de varios mechones de su cabello. ¿Lograron descifrar por qué el músico alemán se quedó sordo?
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN One of Michael Schumacher’s championship-winning Ferrari cars from the 2000 season is expected to fetch up to $9.5 million at auction in Hong Kong next month, according to Sotheby’s. The Ferrari F1-2000 was driven by Schumacher during his victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix, as well as when he earned pole
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, John Miller, Jeremy Herb and Devan Cole, CNN Donald Trump faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud in an indictment from a Manhattan grand jury, according to two sources familiar with the case — the first time in American history that a current or former president has faced criminal charges.
Continue Reading By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — George Springer had five hits and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays beat St. Louis 10-9 despite the Cardinals’ Tyler O’Neill tying a major league record by homering on opening day for the fourth straight season. Bo Bichette had four
Continue Reading By TRAVIS LOLLER and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Funeral arrangements were disclosed Thursday for the six people killed in this week’s school shooting in Nashville, as the grieving city mourns the victims of the horrific attack that transformed what should have been a normal day of school on a bright, sunny
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Blair Oaks R-2 was one of seven school districts that earned the 2023 Missouri Purple Star designation by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, according to a Thursday press release. 2023 Purple Star School Districts · Blair Oaks R-II · Carl Junction R-1 · Desoto 73 · Hickory Co. R-1 · Knob Noster R-VIII · St.
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow wasn’t to blame for a 2016 collision with a retired optometrist on a beginner run at a posh Utah ski resort during a family vacation, a jury decided Thursday following a live-streamed trial that became a pop culture fixation. A jury awarded Paltrow
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Every day, hundreds of people are taken into law enforcement custody in New York City. Former President Donald Trump is expected to become one of them as early as next week. Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, prosecutors and defense lawyers said Thursday, after
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill that seeks to criminalize helping minors get an abortion without parental consent has won final passage in Idaho’s legislature and is bound for the governor’s desk. The measure, which passed on Thursday, would be the first of its kind in the U.S. It seeks
Continue Reading By TRAVIS LOLLER and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Funeral services are set for five of the six people killed in this week’s school shooting in Nashville, as the grieving city mourns the victims of the horrific attack on what should have been a normal day of school. Police said three adults
Continue ReadingSofÃa Benavides (CNN Español) — El gobierno de México informó este jueves que los familiares de las vÃctimas del mortal incendio en un centro migratorio de Ciudad Juárez recibirán una reparación del daño. La secretaria de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana, Rosa Icela RodrÃguez, dijo que “se iniciará un proceso para lograr la reparación del daño
Continue ReadingSofÃa Benavides (CNN Español) — La PolicÃa Nacional de Venezuela informó este jueves que procedió con lo que denominó la segunda fase del operativo especial contra la corrupción en la Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG), que agrupa a las llamadas empresas básicas de materiales como hierro, oro y aluminio, entre otros. El cuerpo de seguridad
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