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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Una camioneta que tenía 10 cadáveres con signos de golpes fue abandonada en la madrugada de este jueves frente al Palacio de Gobierno de Zacatecas, en México, según informó la Fiscalía General de Justicia estatal a CNN. La entidad indicó que procesaron la escena y que llevaron el vehículo
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By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal appeals court has declined to lift a three-state ban on President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors. A judge in Louisville, Kentucky, in November issued the preliminary injunction that blocked the mandate. It includes two other states _ Tennessee and Ohio. A panel
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Las violentas protestas de los últimos días en Kazajstán han provocado la dimisión del gobierno y la declaración del estado de emergencia, mientras las tropas de una alianza militar dirigida por Rusia se encaminan al país de Asia Central en vuelto en el caos para ayudar a sofocar los disturbios. Es
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR and JAKE COYLE AP Film Writers Peter Bogdanovich, the ascot-wearing cinephile and director of 1970s black-and-white classics like “The Last Picture Show” and “Paper Moon,” has died. He was 82. Bogdanovich died early Thursday morning at this home in Los Angeles, said his daughter Antonia Bogdanovich. She said he died of natural
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon election officials ruled that former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is not eligible to run for governor because he does not meet the state’s residency requirement. Secretary of State Shemia Fagan said it was obvious Kristof had been a New Yorker until recently, citing
Continue Reading By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — While tortillas come to mind when Mexico is mentioned, every Jan. 6, Mexicans’ love of bread comes to the fore with the cutting of oval brioche decorated with candied fruit known as king cakes to celebrate Epiphany. Just hours before Mexicans took their first slices, hundreds
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized after a government ethics investigator criticized the U.K. leader and his staff for failing to disclose messages he exchanged with a donor about financing the redecoration of his official residence. Christopher Geidt, the independent adviser on minister’s interests, wasn’t informed of
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By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Amnesty International says it has independently confirmed that an Israeli company’s powerful spyware was used to hack a Polish senator when he was running the opposition’s 2019 parliamentary election campaign. The Associated Press reported last month that an internet watchdog group at the University of Toronto
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Amnesty International says it has independently confirmed that an Israeli company’s powerful spyware was used to hack a Polish senator when he was running the opposition’s 2019 parliamentary election campaign. The Associated Press reported last month that an internet watchdog group at the University of Toronto
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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two former investment executives from Japan have pleaded guilty in Las Vegas in what prosecutors have called a $1.5 billion international Ponzi scheme with 10,000 victims in the U.S. and abroad. Junzo Suzuki and his son, Paul Suzuki, entered their pleas Wednesday in U.S. District Court.
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two former investment executives from Japan have pleaded guilty in Las Vegas in what prosecutors have called a $1.5 billion international Ponzi scheme with 10,000 victims in the U.S. and abroad. Junzo Suzuki and his son, Paul Suzuki, entered their pleas Wednesday in U.S. District Court.
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Miembros de un grupo de viajeros juerguistas, que aparecen en un video bailando, bebiendo y vapeando sin mascarillas a bordo de un vuelo a Cancún, están varados en México después de que su vuelo de regreso a Canadá fuera cancelado y otras aerolíneas se negaran a llevarlos a casa. El
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates started off 2022 with a bang, as the average rate moved higher than at any point last year. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.22% in the week ending on January 6, up from an average 3.11% last week. A year ago the 30-year rate was 2.65%, the lowest
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Coachella Valley residents can add the annual Dr. George Charity Car Show to a growing list of seasonal events that have been postponed or canceled to due coronavirus concerns. The event was scheduled for February 12 but has been moved to February 11, 2023, according to organizers. The Palm Springs Cruisin’ Association board released a statement blaming the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose in the past week to start the new year. They reached their highest level since May 2020, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, yet remained historically low. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan increased to 3.22%
Continue Reading RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond has awarded a contract for removing the city’s last major Confederate statue, along with nine other pedestals whose monuments have already been taken down. The winning bidder is the same company that recently took down the city’s Robert E. Lee memorial. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the contract will be
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County firefighter has died after being overcome by fire and smoke while battling a house fire. Firefighter Jonathan Flagler was part of a crew that responded to a fire before dawn Thursday in Rancho Palos Verdes. Interim Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone says
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden spoke from the US Capitol on the one-year anniversary of the January 6 insurrection and condemned former President Donald Trump as a threat to democracy. Read his remarks as released below: Madam Vice President, my fellow Americans: To state the obvious, one year ago today, in this sacred place, democracy was attacked
Continue ReadingCNN By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A federal judge in Washington, DC, is questioning former President Donald Trump‘s actions during his speech on January 6, 2021, as he considers for the first time whether Trump is immune from liability related to his supporters attacking the US Capitol. During a court hearing Monday,
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN Business Airlines continue to cancel and delay flights by the thousands as their operations struggle with an untold number of workers calling out sick with coronavirus. Carriers have canceled more than 1,620 flights as of Thursday afternoon and delayed more than 1,350 nationwide according to flight tracking site FlightAware. On Wednesday,
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