Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Tras más de cinco años de la firma del acuerdo de paz entre el gobierno de Colombia y la hoy desmovilizada guerrilla de las FARC, el 95% de los exguerrilleros que se desmovilizaron continúan acogidos al proceso de paz, dijo a CNN Carlos Ruiz Massieu, representante especial del secretario
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By Amanda Jackson, CNN Angelina Gonsalves received an unexpected, yet cherished, delivery from the US Postal Service last month — a letter her late husband wrote to his mother while deployed overseas in 1945. The letter was written by Sgt. John Gonsalves, a 22-year-old Army soldier stationed in Germany. He was writing to check in
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The value of a car went up in the past year causing a personal property tax increase for car owners in Missouri.
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By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The new top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee says President Joe Biden’s administration needs to ramp up military and intelligence support for Ukraine. Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio has replaced Rep. Devin Nunes, who resigned to lead former President Donald Trump’s new social media company. Turner
Continue Reading By Tony Garcia Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro detectives discovered seized hundreds of pounds of drugs inside a storage unit in Antioch on Tuesday. According to the arrest affidavit, detectives executed a narcotics search at a storage unit rented by 36-year-old Sry Chanthalath on Tuesday evening. The storage
Continue Reading By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice continues to experience moderate symptoms of COVID-19 a day after he tested positive for the virus. Despite being sick and isolating at home, Justice kept in constant communication with his staff during the day Wednesday. Several economic development announcements were made
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Three South Florida police officers are facing criminal charges in separate incidents: two accused of using excessive force during arrests and the other accused of purposefully shooting a fellow officer with a Taser stun gun. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced the charges Wednesday. Officials say Opa-locka Police Capt. Sergio Perez
Continue Reading By Royce Jones Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Pittsburgh-area dentist is accused of killing his wife in Africa to claim millions in insurance money. Lawrence Rudolph, the founder of Three Rivers Dental here in Pittsburgh, is charged with mail fraud. But federal investigators have laid out much more in
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las islas de Zanzíbar y Pemba en Tanzania están a punto de convertirse en un sitio de prueba para una red de Internet móvil que sus creadores esperan que no solo revolucione la vida allí, sino posiblemente en toda el África subsahariana y más allá. Según el Banco Mundial, solo un
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are engaged. The actor and rapper have decided to legalize their dramatically eccentric coupling, according to Instagram videos that each posted Wednesday. Fox shared video of Kelly taking a knee under the tree where the two say they fell in love in July of 2020.
Continue Reading By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal court has again rejected a Louisiana pastor’s lawsuit over Gov. John Bel Edwards’ past COVID-19 restrictions on public gatherings. U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson in Baton Rouge said Tony Spell’s lawsuit is moot because the restrictions long ago expired. And Jackson rejected Spell’s request
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By Brian Rokus and Annie Grayer, CNN Republican Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio is drawing condemnation from his House colleagues for his comparison of Washington, DC’s vaccine and Covid-19 protocols to Nazi Germany. Responding to a tweet from DC Mayor Muriel Bowser reminding residents that proof of vaccination will be required to enter many business
Continue Reading By Joyce Lupiani Click here for updates on this story HENRY COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — A settlement has been reached between former NFL player Desmond Marrow, who was choked by a former Henry County police officer, and Henry County. The incident happened during a traffic stop in December 2017. Officer David Rose went to a
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia teenager found guilty of sexually assaulting classmates at two separate schools has been ordered to attend a locked, residential treatment facility until he turns 18. The 15-year-old boy was also ordered Wednesday to be placed on the sex offender registry at a hearing
Continue Reading By Rob Polansky, Sharon Johnson Click here for updates on this story WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Four suspects filled garbage bags full of merchandise from a store in the Westfarms Mall and fled without paying. West Hartford police said it happened at the Macy’s store around 3:50 p.m. on Tuesday. Macy’s Loss Prevention reported
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN In the weeks after the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump’s allies sent fake certificates to the National Archives declaring that Trump won seven states that he actually lost. The documents had no impact on the outcome of the election, but they are yet another example of how Team
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO More than 80 fact checking organizations are calling on YouTube to address what they say is rampant misinformation on the platform. A letter to CEO Susan Wojcicki published Wednesday calls the Google-owned platform one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide. The fact checkers say YouTube’s efforts to address the
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SAN FRANCISCO More than 80 fact checking organizations are calling on YouTube to address what they say is rampant misinformation on the platform. A letter to CEO Susan Wojcicki published Wednesday calls the Google-owned platform one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide. The fact checkers say YouTube’s efforts to address the
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By Caroll Alvarado, CNN Clyde Bellecourt, a Native American civil rights leader who founded the influential group American Indian Movement (AIM), died Tuesday of cancer at the age of 85, his wife, Peggy Bellecourt, and Minnesota’s Hennepin County medical examiner confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. Bellecourt co-founded AIM in 1968 to help advocate for tribal
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Students in Canada’s largest province will return to classrooms Monday, and teachers and staff will be provided with non-fitted N95 masks. The provincial government had said earlier this month that online learning would run until at least Jan. 17 because of a surge in infections with the
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