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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has approved an Israeli-sponsored resolution condemning any denial of the Holocaust and urging all nations and social media companies “to take active measures to combat antisemitism and Holocaust denial or distortion.” The 193-member world body approved the resolution Thursday by consensus
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ALBERTVILLE, Minnesota (WCCO) — A stretch of Interstate 94 eastbound in Albertville is closed Thursday morning because of frozen potatoes, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. MnDOT said a crash dumped a load of potatoes on the highway near Wright County Road 19. The
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tohono O’odham woman was found not guilty Wednesday on federal misdemeanor charges stemming from her protest of border wall construction on her tribe’s ancestral land. The acquittal of Amber Ortega came after a magistrate judge reversed her previous ruling that Ortega couldn’t use the Religious Freedom Restoration Act as her
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has bolstered a criminal defendant’s right to cross-examine prosecution witnesses. The justices ruled on Thursday in favor of a New York man who was convicted of killing a two-year-old boy on Easter Sunday in 2006. By an 8-1 vote, the justices held that defendant
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CNNEE Nota del editor: Roberto Rave es politólogo con especialización y posgrado en Negocios Internacionales y Comercio Exterior por la Universidad Externado de Colombia y la Universidad de Columbia en Estados Unidos. También posee estudios en Administración de la Universidad IESE de España, y es candidato a la Maestría de Administración de Negocios por la
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Picheta, Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Pope Benedict XVI knew about priests who abused children but failed to act when he was archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982, an inquest found Thursday, rejecting Benedict’s long-standing denials in a damning judgment. “He was informed about the facts,” lawyer Martin Pusch said,
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — A major pipeline company is threatening to cutoff natural gas to five power plants in Texas, a move that could have a major impact on the state power grid. Several subsidiaries of electricity generation company Vistra Corp., including Dallas-based Luminant Energy,
Continue ReadingCNN By Radina Gigova, CNN A Czech folk singer who was opposed to having a coronavirus vaccine has died after deliberately contracting the virus, according to her son. Hana Horká, of the folk band Asonance, died Sunday at the age of 57 after intentionally exposing herself to the virus at home while her son and
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German police say they found nine young Afghans in a truck after the driver reported hearing knocking noises as he took a break at a highway rest area. Police in Wertheim in southern Germany were alerted by the driver on Wednesday night after he heard the noises from the vehicle’s semitrailer. Officers
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Business Champagne houses are celebrating after sales and exports set new records last year even as pandemic lockdowns forced many bars and restaurants to close. Comité Champagne, a trade association representing more than 16,000 winegrowers and 320 Champagne houses, said Wednesday that France exported a record 180 million bottles of bubbly
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of such blockbusters as Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code” and John Grisham’s “The Firm” has a memoir coming out next year. Stephen Rubin’s “Words and Music: Confessions of an Optimist” will be published by Applause Books in January 2023. While running such publishers as Doubleday and Henry Holt
Continue Reading BOWLING GREEN, Fla. (AP) — Florida first lady Casey DeSantis has completed her final chemotherapy treatment after a breast cancer diagnosis. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a news conference Thursday that she finished the treatments Wednesday, calling it a “big milestone.” The Republican governor said his wife is doing well and they “look forward
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jury selection is underway in the federal trial for three former Minneapolis police officers who were with Derek Chauvin when he pinned George Floyd to the street. J. Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are charged with depriving Floyd of his constitutional
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s death after his arrest by police officers in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, sparked widespread anger after millions of people saw video of the event. The four officers at the scene were quickly fired and charged in his death. Video shows Floyd repeatedly crying “I can’t breathe” and eventually going
Continue ReadingBy Jermont Terry Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — A Wauconda woman is fighting to get her dad home after he suffered a stroke in Costa Rica – and the family says the hospital there wants them to pay tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills before they will
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By The Associated Press An American Airlines flight to London has turned around and returned to Miami after a woman on the plane refused to wear a face mask. That’s what American Airlines says happened on the Wednesday night flight. The airline called Miami police, and officers escorted a woman off the plane at Miami
Continue Reading By The Associated Press An American Airlines flight to London has turned around and returned to Miami after a woman on the plane refused to wear a face mask. That’s what American Airlines says happened on the Wednesday night flight. The airline called Miami police, and officers escorted a woman off the plane at Miami
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — The controversial statue of former President Theodore Roosevelt has been removed from its perch outside the American Museum of Natural History. Crews dismantled it early Thursday morning. The statue portrays Roosevelt atop a horse, flanked by a Native American
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — An American Airlines London bound flight from Miami was forced to turn around Wednesday night after a passenger refused to wear a mask. Flight 38 was about an hour and a half into its flight to Heathrow Airport when it circled
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Wind Advisories are up surrounding the Coachella Valley as winds wrap around an area of highs pressure to the North. Those Advisories all have varying expirations, but will likely occur again Friday into Saturday. Winds through the San Gorgonio Pass will be strongest late morning to early afternoon, then subside a bit tonight. A second
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