Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía Nacional de Chile informó que destinará un equipo especial a investigar los homicidios en Santiago de Chile, y que todos los fiscales que traten esos delitos solicitarán que aquellos extranjeros que sean detenidos permanezcan en prisión preventiva hasta que sus identidades puedan ser establecidas. El anuncio lo hizo
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis, hospitalized recently with bronchitis, skipped the traditional Good Friday nighttime procession at the Colosseum because of chilly weather in Rome, staying instead at his home at the Vatican while thousands of faithful turned out for the torchlit event. This Good Friday was the first time
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By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian assailants carried out a pair of attacks on Friday, killing three people and wounding at least six as tensions soared after days of fighting at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, officials said. Earlier in the day, retaliatory Israeli airstrikes had hit Lebanon and the Gaza Strip,
Continue Reading By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota lawmakers have named Denise Lajimodiere as the state’s poet laureate, making her the first Native American to hold the position. The Ojibwe educator is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band and the author of award-winning books of poetry. She’s also an expert on the gruesome
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The family of a Native American woman who went missing from her home on the Navajo Nation pleaded with the man accused of assaulting her and taking her pickup truck, asking during a court hearing Friday that he tell them where he left Ella Mae Begay so they could
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, Natasha Bertrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the leaks of a trove of apparent US intelligence documents that were posted on social media in recent weeks. The investigation comes as new documents surfaced Friday covering everything from US support for Ukraine to information about
Continue Reading By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The expulsion of two Tennessee Democrats over a gun control protest is an extraordinary showcase of how the levers of single-party power in America’s statehouses can be pulled not only to shut down opponents, but to also punish them. On any given
Continue Reading By LISA RATHKE Associated Press A growing number of state legislatures are considering bans on cosmetics and other consumer products that contain a group of synthetic, potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS. In Vermont, the state Senate gave final approval this week to legislation that would prohibit manufacturers and suppliers from selling or distributing any
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged Friday for allegedly raping a woman in Callaway County on Wednesday. Drake Fullingim-Guerra, 30, is charged with first-degree rape. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. Jefferson City Police met with the alleged victim in the emergency room of Capital Region
Continue Reading YUBA CITY, Calif. (AP) — Meet Percy, the police rabbit. Yes, that’s fur real. Some bunny — also known as Officer Ashley Carson — found a lost rabbit last year in the middle of Percy Avenue in Yuba City, California. Carson scurried back to the police station and handed the rabbit over to animal control,
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Army sergeant was convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed protester in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice, a Texas jury ruled Friday. Sgt. Daniel Perry was working for a ride-sharing company in July 2020 when he turned
Continue Reading By Linh Tran, Brynn Gingras and Holly Yan, CNN Oklahoma’s attorney general is asking for a new trial in the case of death row inmate Richard Glossip, who has spent a quarter of a century in prison for the death of his boss in 1997. “While the State has previously opposed relief for Glossip, it
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen and Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration issued a Class I recall Friday, the most serious type of recall, for certain Philips Respironics DreamStation1 CPAP machines. A Class I recall means the FDA has determined a reasonable probability that a product could “cause serious adverse health consequences or death.”
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa and John Bonifield, CNN In picturesque Bonner County, Idaho, Leandra Wright, 40, is pregnant with her seventh child. Wright is due in August, but three weeks ago, the hospital where she had planned to deliver, Bonner General Health, announced that it would be suspending its labor and delivery services in May. Now,
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden visualiza con frecuencia lo que podría lograr en un segundo mandato, dicen asesores y aliados que han hablado con él, pero no ha expresado ninguna urgencia para lanzar formalmente una campaña que le permita estar otros cuatro años en el cargo. El presidente no se ha decidido
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal regulators said Friday that railroads need to re-examine how they assemble their trains after a string of derailments in recent years that were at least partly caused by the way empty and loaded cars were mixed together with locomotives. Heavy cars at the back
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN Two days after being hit with a lawsuit over a legal opinion that said Idaho’s abortion ban prohibits medical providers from referring patients out-of-state for abortion services, the state’s attorney general said Friday that he is rescinding the analysis. Attorney General Raúl Labrador said a letter from his office had been
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — La Junta de Gobernadores del Sistema de Universidades Estatales de Florida prohibió el uso de la aplicación TikTok, junto con algunos otros programas, aplicaciones y desarrolladores, en los dispositivos propiedad de las universidades “debido al continuo y creciente panorama de amenazas cibernéticas”. En un memorándum enviado a los presidentes
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray, Annie Grayer and Alayna Treene, CNN House Oversight Chairman James Comer has quietly issued several subpoenas for documents and bank records as part of the Republican-led investigation into the financial dealings of President Joe Biden’s family, according to an internal memo shared among Democrats on the panel. The memo, obtained
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Three towering pine trees fell near patrons as storms rolled through Augusta National on Friday, though nobody was hurt, and the second round of the Masters was suspended for the day amid heavy wind and rain. The course was cleared once for 21 minutes by
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