WARSAW, Poland (AP) — International humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders says its teams assigned to Poland’s border with Belarus have left the country after repeatedly being denied access to the migrants and refugees they went to help. Doctors Without Borders said Thursday that it spent three months unsuccessfully seeking permission for its emergency response workers
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BLOOMFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri teenager has pleaded guilty in the death of man in 2020. Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver says Evan Schrader, of Benton, pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder and first-degree robbery in the January 2020 death of 61-year-old Robert Harwood. The victim’s body was found at his home
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Showcasing a thrown-together international team of female spies, “The 355” mostly feels like the pilot for a TV series, just with an inordinately good cast. Any movie in this genre that name-checks James Bond can’t be all bad, but in terms of justifying a trip to the theater, nor is
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Una familia de Kentucky recibió recientemente un correo real en su buzón, enviado directamente desde el Castillo de Windsor. Cuando Katelyn Sutherland revisó el correo el 27 de diciembre, no esperaba encontrar una carta dirigida a su hija, Jalayne, con un sello real. “Estaba mezclado con nuestro otro correo”, dijo Katelyn,
Continue Reading MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A strong earthquake has shaken Nicaragua, sending people into the streets, but there are no initial reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.1. It was centered on the country’s Pacific coast about 36 miles (59 kilometers) south of Corinto. The earthquake was
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By Jasmine Wright, CNN Jamal Simmons, a Democratic communications aide and media contributor, has been tapped to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ new communications director, a White House official confirms. News of Simmons’ hire is the first of what is expected to be a communications overhaul of sorts for the vice president, who spent her
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The theatrical magic keeping Broadway going during the latest coronavirus surge has been the unheralded actors ready to step into any role due to an emergency. Then there’s Carla Stickler, who had actually left show business altogether but returned to rescue “Wicked.” Stickler, who had
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Varios legisladores y miembros de las fuerzas del orden encargadas de proteger el Capitolio de Estados Unidos participarán este jueves en un evento en vivo organizado por CNN para conmemorar el primer aniversario del mortal asalto del 6 de enero. El evento, “En vivo desde el Capitolio: el 6 de enero,
Continue Reading urielblanco Nota del editor: John Avlon es analista político y presentador de CNN. Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo pertenecen al autor. Ver más opiniones en CNN. (CNN) — Un año después del asalto al Capitolio de Estados Unidos del 6 de enero, los principales conspiradores del intento de golpe de Estado aún no son
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Mets acting general manager Zack Scott has been cleared of drunken-driving charges stemming from his arrest last August after he attended a fundraiser at team owner Steve Cohen’s house. Scott’s attorney, Bruce Bendish, said a judge in the White Plains City Court acquitted Zack Scott of all criminal
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Millones de niños en Estados Unidos regresarán a las aulas en los próximos días, justo después de que las nuevas hospitalizaciones pediátricas por covid-19 alcanzaran un máximo histórico. Y eso hace que muchos padres se pregunten qué es seguro mientras la variante ómicron recorre el país. “Tememos que las cosas
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MELIA Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Principals, superintendents and counselors are filling in as substitutes in classrooms around the United States as the surge in coronavirus infections further strains schools already struggling with staffing shortages. Dozens of employees from the central office in Cincinnati were dispatched this week to schools at risk
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MELIA Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Principals, superintendents and counselors are filling in as substitutes in classrooms around the United States as the surge in coronavirus infections further strains schools already struggling with staffing shortages. Dozens of employees from the central office in Cincinnati were dispatched this week to schools at risk
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “West Side Story’s” Ariana DeBose, “Licorice Pizza’s” Alana Haim and “Belfast’s” Caitriona Balfe are among the actors who will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Virtuosos Award this year. Festival organizers say they plan to give out the honors at an in-person event in the coastal California town
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says a record 9.5 million cases of COVID-19 were tallied around the world last week, marking a 71% weekly surge that amounted to a “tsunami” as the new omicron variant sweeps worldwide. But there was a decrease in the number of new deaths
Continue Reading By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Netherlands says it will stop funding a Palestinian civil society group recently outlawed as a terrorist organization by Israel. But it rejected Israel’s main claims about the group following its own audit. The Dutch government said on Wednesday it found no evidence the Union of Agricultural
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Republican representative says she is running for state auditor, accusing the Democratic incumbent of conducting “political witch hunts” that don’t help taxpayers. Mary Ann Hanusa, who represented Council Bluffs from 2011 to 2021, says she would seek the GOP nomination to run against Democrat Rob Sand. Hanusa, who
Continue Reading LARNED, Kan. (AP) — A Ulysses woman is charged with helping a man escape from the Larned State Hospital this week. The Pawnee County Attorney’s Office says 38-year-old Emilia Melinda Brown is charged with aiding escape. Investigators allege Brown drove 43-year-old Isaac Watts away from the Larned campus after he escaped Monday night. Watts and
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By Taylor Romine, CNN Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should turn over money to his victims, including a previously deposited $1,400 federal stimulus payment, the US Attorney’s Office of Massachusetts said in a filing. The Wednesday filing is requesting the Federal Bureau of Prisons to turn over funds from Tsarnaev’s inmate trust account. Tsarnaev is
Continue Reading By The Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Jennifer Garner has been named Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals, based not just on her career as an actor, but also because of her record as a philanthropist and entrepreneur. The organization said Thursday that Garner will be the guest of honor
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