Sol Amaya (CNN) — La gran mayoría de las abejas se alimentan de polen y néctar, pero ciertas especies han evolucionado para darse un festín con la carne, sustituyendo los prados de flores por cadáveres de animales muertos. Para comprender mejor este cambio extremo en la dieta, científicos de la Universidad de California-Riverside, la Universidad
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By Kiely Westhoff and Theresa Waldrop, CNN For decades, throughout his years in prison and even after he was released, Anthony Broadwater insisted he was innocent of the rape of “The Lovely Bones” author Alice Sebold, a crime she described in her memoir, “Lucky.” Convicted in 1982, Broadwater spent more than 16 years in prison.
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By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin is announcing groups that include lawmakers, law enforcement officials, business owners and others to coordinate transition work with outgoing Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration. Also among the scores of people on what Youngkin called “landing teams” are health care experts, veterans, attorneys
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From Elizabeth Osifelo, Helen Regan and Teele Rebane, CNN and Reuters Australia is deploying police and defense personnel to support authorities in the Solomon Islands, as violent protests continued for a second day in the capital, Honiara on Thursday, despite a 36-hour lockdown being imposed. Demonstrators from the country’s most populous island, Malaita, had traveled
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN An obscure far-right paramilitary group is in the spotlight this week after getting subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection. The committee subpoenaed the 1st Amendment Praetorian, a group founded in 2020 that recruits military veterans and former police officers to provide security at right-wing events. Lawmakers
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By Joseph Ataman, Xiaofei Xu and Ben Church, CNN It all started with a broken cell phone. In 2014, French footballer Mathieu Valbuena was looking to get some data off his old phone when his life changed forever and he fell into a blackmail plot. More than seven years later, Valbuena’s ex-France teammate Karim Benzema,
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NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Gaige Prim had 20 points as Missouri State beat George Washington 72-54 in the Naples Invitational. Jaylen Minnett had 16 points for Missouri State (4-2). Ja’Monta Black added 14 points. Isiaih Mosley had seven rebounds. James Bishop had 17 points for the Colonials (2-6). Joe Bamisile added 12 points and seven
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — Cada 25 de noviembre, a lo largo y ancho del planeta resuenan las voces que denuncian la violencia contra la mujer. La elección de esta fecha no es casual. Detrás están las hermanas Mirabal, tres mujeres que hicieron frente a la dictadura sangrienta de Rafael Trujillo en República Dominicana
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman has been shot and killed just steps away from a memorial to the 14-year-old son who was fatally shot over the weekend. Police have not said if they believe Wednesday morning’s slaying of Delisa Tucker and Sunday night’s shooting death of Kevin Tinker are related. Police say they have
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Pavo, tiempo en familia y fútbol son algunas de las tradiciones que muchos esperan en Acción de Gracias cada año. Pero hay otro evento importante que a menudo ocupa un lugar central durante este feriado: el Desfile del Día de Acción de Gracias de Macy’s. El desfile anual,
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say they have found 14 clandestine graves in the northern border state of Sonora. State prosecutors say the burial pits contained bones, some burned bones and decomposing bodies. Investigators said Wednesday they cannot yet determine the number of bodies, but it is rare for drug cartels to take the
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By Sherry Liang, CNN The first tracings of dinosaurs in Missouri were found in the 1940s on the Chronister family’s property when they were digging a well. In October, nearly 60 years later, another set of fossils from the same species were uncovered about 50 feet (15 meters) away. After comparing and matching the tail
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is expected to restart the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” border policy next week, according to a senior administration official. The policy forces non-Mexican migrants to stay in Mexico until their immigration court dates in the US. It was suspended at the beginning of President Joe Biden’s term and
Continue Reading CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — An email in which a suburban St. Louis public health official urged staff to ignore the “lunatic fringe” as they work to combat the COVID-19 virus is sparking outrage from some elected officials. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Dr. Faisal Khan, the acting St. Louis County health director, also used
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Hace un año el mundo del fútbol lloró la muerte de Diego Armando Maradona, para muchos el mejor jugador de la historia y un personaje embebido en la cultura y el alma de los argentino, tanto por sus glorias como por sus escándalos. En el último año hubo un torneo
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN Former President Donald Trump has been attacking President Joe Biden over this year’s increase in gas prices — and greatly exaggerating the size of that increase. In a Fox News interview that aired on Sunday, Trump said, “Look, when I left, gasoline was $1.87. That was a year ago. And now,
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By Daniel Dale, CNN Former President Donald Trump has been attacking President Joe Biden over this year’s increase in gas prices — and greatly exaggerating the size of that increase. In a Fox News interview that aired on Sunday, Trump said, “Look, when I left, gasoline was $1.87. That was a year ago. And now,
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By Chloe Melas, CNN There’s a slow burn happening between Kim Kardashian and comedian Pete Davidson. The two have been spotted in public together on several occasions in recent weeks, holding hands and hitting up Disneyland on Halloween weekend, sparking speculation their friendship has turned romantic. “They are just getting to know each other, not
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The closures include Target, which said this week that it plans to permanently close on the holiday.
Continue Reading By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Prime Minister Ariel Henry has sworn in his new Cabinet more than four months after he assumed leadership of Haiti following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Wednesday’s appointments come as Haiti struggles with a rise in violence, kidnappings and ongoing fuel shortages blamed on powerful
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