By Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Virginia man convicted of providing support to ISIS in 2015 was sentenced Thursday to serve an additional year in prison for breaking his release conditions after meeting multiple times with John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban” and sharing ISIS propaganda online in encrypted chats. In 2015, Ali Shukri Amin
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN Six US service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries as a result of attacks from Iran-backed groups in Syria last week. Four US troops at the coalition base near al Hasakah that was attacked on March 23 by a suspected Iranian drone, and two service members at Mission Support
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals have made seven-time All-Star catcher Salvador Perez the fourth captain in franchise history. The news came before their opener against the Minnesota Twins. The rare title is a reward for one of the club’s most popular players. Aaron Judge of
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals have made seven-time All-Star catcher Salvador Perez the fourth captain in franchise history. The news came before their opener against the Minnesota Twins. The rare title is a reward for one of the club’s most popular players. Aaron Judge of
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El papa Francisco mostró una “clara mejoría” este jueves después de recibir antibióticos por vía intravenosa para una infección de bronquitis y podría ser dado de alta del hospital en los próximos días, según el Vaticano. “En el contexto de los controles clínicos programados para el obispo de Roma, se constató una
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Starbucks’ investors have voted in favor of an independent review of the company’s aggressive anti-union efforts. During the company’s annual shareholder meeting last week, investors approved a proposal to have the board of directors “commission and oversee an independent, third-party assessment of Starbucks’ adherence to its stated commitment to workers’ freedom
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By SOPHIA TULP Associated Press Moments after the assailant who killed six people at a Nashville private school was identified as transgender, a baseless narrative emerged: that there has been an incredible rise in transgender or nonbinary mass shooters in recent years. Some pundits and political influencers on social media went further, suggesting that movements
Continue Reading By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Mike Pence is best known as Donald Trump’s vice president, someone who, apart from one dramatic rejection of his boss ’s effort to overturn their 2020 election defeat, served as a steadfastly loyal, mostly uncontroversial No. 2 during his four years in the White House.
Continue ReadingBy Janelle Chavez, CNN An outbreak of acute severe, unexplained hepatitis in previously healthy children in 2022 may be linked to adeno-associated virus 2, or AAV2, according to three independent studies published Thursday in the journal Nature. Between April and July 2022, more than 1,000 children worldwide — at least 350 of them in the
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN The press secretary for Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has resigned after sending out a tweet that suggested violence against “transphobes” hours after the Nashville school shooting, the Democratic governor’s office confirmed Thursday. On Monday morning, a shooter identified by police as Audrey Hale, 28, opened fire at The Covenant School, killing
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Perú informó este miércoles que ha dispuesto el “retiro definitivo” de su embajador en Colombia, debido a las declaraciones del presidente de Colombia Gustavo Petro en torno a la situación del expresidente de Perú, Pedro Castillo. “Esta decisión responde a las reiteradas expresiones injerencistas y
Continue Reading By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A personal injury lawyer in Las Vegas was indicted Wednesday on federal charges that he orchestrated a $460 million Ponzi scheme in Nevada, Utah and California. The indictment accuses Matthew Wade Beasley of wire fraud and money laundering. His attorney on Thursday didn’t return a request
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By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday said it has new evidence that Russia is looking again to North Korea for weapons to fuel the war in Ukraine, this time in a deal that would provide Pyongyang with needed food and other commodities in return. It’s the latest accusation
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks after the failure of two banks, President Joe Biden is calling for independent regulatory agencies to impose tighter rules on the financial system. In a fact sheet, Biden says regulators can act under current law without additional steps taken by Congress. The recommended
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Los planes de Colombia para reubicar a 70 “hipopótamos de la cocaína” descendientes de la colección privada del narcotraficante Pablo Escobar costarán aproximadamente US$ 3,5 millones, dijeron funcionarios en una conferencia de prensa este miércoles. La iniciativa forma parte de un acuerdo que el gobierno local de Antioquia firmó con varias
Continue Reading By RAFIQ MAQBOOL Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — In a glittering splash of luxury fashion, Dior transformed Mumbai’s grand, historic Gateway of India monument into a runway laden with celebrity, beauty and craftsmanship. Flanked by the brightly lit, iconic Taj Mahal Palace hotel, the spectacular decor turned the heritage site in India’s entertainment and
Continue Reading By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville authorities released 911 calls Thursday that capture the terror inside an elementary school during this week’s mass shooting as people in hushed voices urged dispatchers to send help with sirens, crying and gunfire audible in the background. One caller told a dispatcher
Continue Reading By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland voters will decide next year whether to enshrine the right to abortion in the state’s constitution. The Maryland House gave final passage to the proposed constitutional amendment on Thursday. The House, which is controlled by Democrats, voted 98-38, for a bill that already has cleared
Continue Reading HILLSDALE, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan college has ended its partnership with a Florida charter school whose principal was forced to resign after a parent complained sixth graders were exposed to pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture. A Hillsdale College spokesperson said Tallahassee Classical School no longer is affiliated
Continue Reading By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus say they have detained a fugitive single father who escaped house arrest in Russia shortly before he was convicted of discrediting the army and sentenced to prison following his daughter’s antiwar sketch at school. Alexei Moskalyov was taken into custody in the Minsk
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