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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Houston Astros acquired utilityman Mauricio Dubón in a trade with the San Francisco Giants on Saturday. The 27-year-old Dubón is batting .239 with two homers and eight RBIs in 21 games this season. He has big league experience at second base, third base, shortstop and center field. “He really came together
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Houston Astros acquired utilityman Mauricio Dubón in a trade with the San Francisco Giants on Saturday. The 27-year-old Dubón is batting .239 with two homers and eight RBIs in 21 games this season. He has big league experience at second base, third base, shortstop and center field. “He really came together
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — En la madrugada de este sábado llegó el cuerpo del fiscal Marcelo Pecci al aeropuerto internacional Silvio Pettirossi, ubicado en la ciudad de Luque, Paraguay, proveniente de Cartagena, Colombia, informó la Agencia de Información Paraguaya en su página web. Efectivos de la Policía Nacional y la banda militar rindieron tributo
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A toxic cesspool. A lifeline. A finger on the world’s pulse. Twitter is all these things and more to its over 229 million users around the world. For Elon Musk, its ultimate troll and perhaps most prolific user on the verge of taking ownership of
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Whenever I travel, I always try to catch the sunrise. There is something about watching light spill over a new place, every aspect just waiting to be explored. It reminds me of the concept in astronomy of first light, when a new telescope observes the universe for the first time. The
Continue Reading CNN By Andy Rose, Paradise Afshar and Alaa Elassar, CNN Seventeen people were shot Friday night in downtown Milwaukee just two hours after three were shot a few blocks away, near the arena where the Milwaukee Bucks were playing in the NBA Playoffs. Ten people were taken into custody in the shooting downtown, and 10
Continue Reading Verónica Ojeda Nueva York (CNN Business) — Vivimos en un mundo marcado por los carritos de compras. Estos artilugios omnipresentes y poco queridos son un elemento clave de la economía estadounidense. (Sí, de verdad). El nacimiento de los carros de la compra a principios del siglo XX ayudó a inaugurar una era de consumo masivo
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Even the “Punt God” can’t change Mother Nature. Arriving in Buffalo for the Bills’ rookie minicamp, Matt Araiza was unhappy with the weather. After all, the San Diego native has plenty of experience when it comes to 85 degrees and sunny. “It’s funny because
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Even the “Punt God” can’t change Mother Nature. Arriving in Buffalo for the Bills’ rookie minicamp, Matt Araiza was unhappy with the weather. After all, the San Diego native has plenty of experience when it comes to 85 degrees and sunny. “It’s funny because
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government is seeking private investors to pump funds into vital but crippled state-run companies, decades after seizing them in the name of socialism. The government on Monday intends to offer 5% to 10% stakes in companies ranging from telephone and internet service providers to
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — “¿Quién quiere pasta?” les digo a mis hijos mientras me asomo a la despensa. “¡Yo!”, gritan mis dos hijos, de 2 y 4 años, al unísono. Pongo el agua a hervir y echo la pasta, pero sin nada de salsa porque mis hijos la prefieren con mantequilla. Pregunto a los niños
Continue ReadingBy Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — Indigenous leaders are offering mixed reactions to a planned visit this summer by Pope Francis, with some welcoming the pontiff’s trip to Canada while others are disappointed he won’t travel to certain parts of the country. The Vatican
Continue ReadingBy Joy Malbon, CTV National News Washington Bureau Chief Click here for updates on this story Washington, D.C. (CTV Network) — “Where are the bodies buried? Climate change is showing us.” If there was ever a headline that grabs you, that would be it. Bodies? Climate change? Here’s how the two are connected. In the
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin warned his Finnish counterpart Saturday that relations between the two neighbors could be “negatively affected” if Finland follows through with plans to apply for NATO membership. The Kremlin’s press service said in a statement that Putin told Sauli Niinisto Finland’s abandonment “of its
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — In a break from its socialist model, Venezuela’s government plans to open for private investment a number of state-owned companies in vital sectors as it seeks to address a need for capital for severely underinvested businesses. Scant details on the move are fueling doubts. The
Continue ReadingBy Kyung Lah, CNN The message was blunt to Pennsylvania Republicans in the closing days before the May 17 primary: Don’t pick someone who can’t win. As he announced he was dropping out of the GOP gubernatorial race and throwing his support behind former US Rep. Lou Barletta, state Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman
Continue Reading By BRADLEY W. PARKS Oregon Public Broadcasting McDermitt, Ore. (AP) — Katie Fite crouched behind some waist-high sagebrush, and her dog Bell nestled in the plant’s cozy cavity to shield from howling winds. It was the first Saturday in April, peak mating season for sage grouse on a remote stretch of the Oregon-Nevada border. From
Continue Reading By PETER SMITH Associated Press A new Interior Department report on the legacy of boarding schools for Native Americans underscores how closely the U.S. government collaborated with churches to Christianize them as part of a project to sever them from their culture, their identities and ultimately their land. The role of churches forms a secondary
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Outback Steakhouses of the future won’t be nearly as expansive as the outback itself. Like many casual dining chains, Outback is pivoting toward a post-pandemic future in which delivery and takeout orders are increasingly important to the bottom line. So the chain, known for its Bloomin’ Onions and steaks, is
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN A super PAC supporting Mehmet Oz, the celebrity surgeon and prominent candidate in Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary, has released an attack ad that wildly distorts the past remarks and positions of Kathy Barnette, a party rival who is surging in late-campaign polls. The super PAC, American Leadership Action,
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