Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — La presidenta de la la Cámara de Representantes de Colombia, Jennifer Arias, parece haberse sumado a un exclusivo pero infame club de alcance global: el de los políticos que han sido acusados de plagiar sus tesis académicas. La Universidad Externado de Colombia determinó tras meses de investigación que hubo plagio
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — La CEO de Best Buy, Corie Barry, dijo que el robo es un problema creciente en las tiendas de la compañía y que está implementando medidas de seguridad adicionales para proteger a los empleados y compradores. “Esto es traumatizante para nuestros asociados y es inaceptable”, dijo Barry en una llamada con
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and the first lady are going to Israel and Greece for a trade mission. Parson’s office on Tuesday announced the December trade mission. He’ll be overseas Dec. 2-11. The Governor’s Office describes Israel and Greece as key trade partners. Parson says the goal of the trip
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Just under 5 million viewers tuned in to see Fox opinion host Tucker Carlson talk to Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted of murder last Friday in a Wisconsin case that had the nation talking about guns and self-defense. It was Carlson’s biggest audience since the
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Just under 5 million viewers tuned in to see Fox opinion host Tucker Carlson talk to Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted of murder last Friday in a Wisconsin case that had the nation talking about guns and self-defense. It was Carlson’s biggest audience since the
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — E-cigarette giant Juul Labs will pay Arizona $14.5 million and won’t market to young people in the state to settle a consumer fraud lawsuit filed by the Arizona attorney general’s office. The settlement announced by Attorney General Mark Brnovich Tuesday is the second Juul has reached with
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — E-cigarette giant Juul Labs will pay Arizona $14.5 million and won’t market to young people in the state to settle a consumer fraud lawsuit filed by the Arizona attorney general’s office. The settlement announced by Attorney General Mark Brnovich Tuesday is the second Juul has reached with
Continue Reading WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The National Park Service says it has awarded the largest single grant in the history of its American Battlefield Protection Program to help preserve one of the lesser-known Civil War battlefields. The agency said Tuesday that the $4.6 million grant will be used to buy and preserve 250 acres of the
Continue Reading Ismael Suárez (CNN Español) — La nueva generación de exbeisbolistas elegibles para el Salón de la Fama tiene a dos leyendas destacadas: David Ortiz y Alex Rodríguez, quienes tienen por primera vez la oportunidad de ser inmortalizados en Cooperstown, Nueva York. “Big Papi” y “A-Rod” integran una lista de 13 nuevos candidatos que esperan ser
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Wireless carrier T-Mobile is paying $19.5 million in a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission over a 12-hour nationwide outage in June 2020 that resulted in thousands of failed 911 calls. The FCC said Tuesday that as part of the settlement, T-Mobile will also commit to improving communications of outages to emergency
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Wireless carrier T-Mobile is paying $19.5 million in a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission over a 12-hour nationwide outage in June 2020 that resulted in thousands of failed 911 calls. The FCC said Tuesday that as part of the settlement, T-Mobile will also commit to improving communications of outages to emergency
Continue Reading By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A jury has ordered 17 white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay $26 million in damages over violence that erupted during the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. After a nearly monthlong civil trial, the jury deadlocked on two key claims but
Continue Reading FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 4-year-old girl and a 55-year-old woman were killed in an overnight explosion and fire that destroyed three homes in Michigan, damaged several more and sent debris falling onto a neighborhood. The cause of the explosion Monday night remains under investigation. Authorities said Tuesday that the woman died at
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Continue Reading By Sebastian Shukla and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN The Ukrainian naval patrol boat “Kremenchuk” churns out into the gun-grey waters of the Sea of Azov, one mounted machine gun pointing aft, another pointing fore into the drizzle. Commander Ivan Ovchar explains his ship’s mission: “To defend and maintain the sovereignty of Ukraine.” The threat, the officer
Continue Reading By Sebastian Shukla and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN The Ukrainian naval patrol boat “Kremenchuk” churns out into the gun-grey waters of the Sea of Azov, one mounted machine gun pointing aft, another pointing fore into the drizzle. Commander Ivan Ovchar explains his ship’s mission: “To defend and maintain the sovereignty of Ukraine.” The threat, the officer
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By Kay Jones, Claudia Dominguez, Holly Yan, Travis Caldwell and Amir Vera, CNN A child has died after a man allegedly rammed his SUV through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, bringing the death toll to six, according to prosecutors Tuesday. The child was one of 16 children admitted to the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin,
Continue Reading By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic governor of Illinois has signed the state’s new congressional district map into law. The outline Gov. J.B. Pritzker approved Tuesday formalizes boundaries drawn to help Democrats in next year’s midterm elections. Democrats who control the Illinois Legislature approved the proposal in October. The map was
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By Omar Jimenez, CNN There is a common thread between the 1995 acquittal of O.J. Simpson and the 2021 acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse — a jury and trial consultant named Jo-Ellan Dimitrius. She developed the jury profile in Simpson’s case and now, decades later, worked “hand in hand” with Rittenhouse’s attorneys to help build a
Continue Reading By DAVID PORTER Associated Press Defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is facing another sexual abuse lawsuit, from a man who claims McCarrick abused him in the 1980s when McCarrick was serving in New Jersey. Plaintiff Michael Reading alleges McCarrick engaged in sexual contact with him in 1986 while on a trip to the New Jersey shore.
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