GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A truck driver accused of causing a fiery pileup that killed four people and injured six others on a Colorado highway has been convicted of vehicular homicide and other charges. Rogel Lazaro Aguilera Mederos was convicted by a Jefferson County jury on Friday in connection with the April 2019 crash on
Continue Reading By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An appellate court has ordered a federal judge to consider an Alabama’s inmate’s request to block his execution next week. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled a federal judge prematurely dismissed a lawsuit arguing that Willie B. Smith III was due help
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CNNEE (CNN) — Nikolas Cruz tiene la intención de declararse culpable de los cargos derivados de los asesinatos de 2018 en la escuela secundaria Marjory Stoneman Douglas, reveló su abogado en un tribunal de Florida el viernes. Cruz está actualmente acusado de 17 cargos de asesinato premeditado y 17 cargos de intento de asesinato en
Continue ReadingCNN By Donald Judd and Rachel Janfaza, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday said those who refuse subpoenas from the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol should be prosecuted by the Justice Department. Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins what his message is to those who refuse subpoenas from the
Continue Reading By SARA CLINE Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A crowd of 100 people wreaked havoc in downtown Portland, Oregon, this week, smashing storefront windows, lighting dumpsters on fire and causing at least $500,000 in damage. But police officers didn’t stop them. Portland Police Bureau officials say that’s because legislation passed by Oregon lawmakers this
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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Taylor Fritz beat No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open in front of a hometown crowd, scoring the biggest win of his young career. Fritz rallied from a 5-2 deficit in the third
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — Los visitantes extranjeros que estén completamente vacunados contra el covid-19 podrán viajar a Estados Unidos a partir del 8 de noviembre, dijo este viernes la Casa Blanca. “La nueva política de viajes de Estados Unidos que requiere la vacunación de los viajeros extranjeros a Estados Unidos comenzará el 8 de noviembre”, dijo
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN The Clean Electricity Performance Program, the cornerstone climate policy in Democrats’ massive social safety net package, will likely be dropped from the final budget deal after pushback from Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, three congressional sources told CNN. “He is not there on the CEPP period. We’ve been trying,” one
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BEIJING (AP) — China has sent three astronauts to its space station for a record-setting six-month stay for the country. The spacecraft blasted off early Saturday and docked at the space station about six and a half hours later. The three astronauts are the second crew to move into the new space station, which was
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Three astronauts have entered China’s space station for a six-month mission, setting to work after successfully docking aboard their Shenzhou-13 spacecraft. The astronauts, two men and a woman, pledged to do their best in carrying out their missions. They are the second crew to move into the new space station, which was
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Keith Mitchell is not letting up in the CJ Cup at Summit. He started by matching his personal low with a 62. He followed that with a 64. That gives Mitchell a five-shot lead going into the weekend at The Summit Club. Mitchell says he
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Keith Mitchell is not letting up in the CJ Cup at Summit. He started by matching his personal low with a 62. He followed that with a 64. That gives Mitchell a five-shot lead going into the weekend at The Summit Club. Mitchell says he
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — El legislador británico conservador Sir David Amess fue apuñalado varias veces en una reunión de su circunscripción al este de Londres, según dijo este viernes a CNN la oficina del parlamentario en Westminster. Poco después la policía confirmó que el hombre había muerto. La policía antiterrorista del Reino Unido declaró formalmente el
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Hubert Germain, the last of an elite group of French fighters who helped liberate France from Nazi control in World War II, has died at 101. The French president’s office announced the death in a statement Tuesday. The statement said Germain “embodied a century of freedom.” It didn’t divulge details of his
Continue Reading RENO, Nev. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 44-year-old Nevada man accused of assault with a deadly weapon and child endangerment after they say he was shooting at cars near his home 150 miles north of Reno. David Garfield of Fish Springs was being held Friday in the Washoe County Jail without bail on
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A California man has pleaded guilty to threatening harm in text messages sent during the attack on the Capitol to a New York-based family member of a journalist. Robert Lemke entered the plea Friday in Manhattan federal court. Prosecutors say that from November 2020 through early January, Lemke sent threatening electronic
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A California man has pleaded guilty to threatening harm in text messages sent during the attack on the Capitol to a New York-based family member of a journalist. Robert Lemke entered the plea Friday in Manhattan federal court. Prosecutors say that from November 2020 through early January, Lemke sent threatening electronic
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The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will remain closed until Sunday morning following an “unexpected emergency brake activation.” Officials announced that the tramway is scheduled to reopen at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 17. The tram was shut down on Thursday due to mechanical issues. “We have isolated the cause of yesterday’s unexpected emergency brake activation and
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the U.N. political mission in Haiti after a dispute between China, which has no diplomatic relations with Latin America’s poorest country, and many other members who stressed the importance of the long-term presence of the United
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have placed quarterback Russell Wilson and running back Chris Carson on injured reserve. Both players will be unavailable at least until Seattle’s game on Nov. 14 against Green Bay. Wilson had surgery on his right middle finger. The Seahawks were hopeful Carson
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