By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Most California households would get up to $1,050 from the government to help them put the nation’s most expensive gasoline in their cars, part of a relief package in the state’s record-setting operating budget that lawmakers are scheduled to approve later this week. The proposal would
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El líder de Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, dijo a sus fans en un concierto que tiene la intención de renunciar a su ciudadanía estadounidense tras la decisión de la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. de anular el caso Roe vs. Wade, una polémica medida que elimina el derecho constitucional federal al
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Supreme Court justices on Monday readily put themselves in the shoes of a football coach who wanted to pray at midfield after a game, over those of students who might feel pressure to join him, in an expansive decision focused on the “suppression” of religious
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California legislators on Monday approved Texas-style lawsuits over illegal guns, mimicking the Lone Star State’s law aimed at deterring abortions and obliquely linking the two most controversial U.S. Supreme Court decisions from last week. The California bill would allow anyone to sue people who sell illegal
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A real estate developer was found guilty of bribery Monday for giving $500,000 in cash to a former Los Angeles city councilman and his special assistant in exchange for favors. A jury convicted Dae Yong Lee, 57, and a company he controlled of bribery, honest services wire fraud and falsifying records
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will decide in November whether to guarantee the right to an abortion in their state constitution, a question sure to boost turnout on both sides of the debate during a pivotal midterm election year as Democrats try to keep control of Congress after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners lost at least one player to injury from their brawl with the Los Angeles Angels. They’re waiting to learn who else they’ll lose — and for how long — due to suspension. Seattle placed catcher Luis Torrens on the 10-day injured list Monday
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By BARRY HATTON and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat illegal fishing by China and ordering federal agencies to better coordinate amongst themselves in a bid to promote sustainable exploitation of the world’s oceans. The White House released its first ever National Security memo
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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A court in Paris found the French government guilty of wrongful negligence involving the former use of a banned pesticide in the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique but denied compensation to those affected. The long-awaited decision announced Monday was bittersweet for activists
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — El proyecto de reforma tributaria del gobierno que encabezará Gustavo Petro toma forma y es posible que se presente al Congreso el mismo día en que el presidente asuma sus funciones. El líder del Pacto Histórico ha insistido en que se necesita un sistema “más progresivo y justo”. ¿En qué
Continue Reading By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Biden administration, reacting to a federal court ruling in Texas, has suspended an order that had focused resources for the arrest and deportation of immigrants on those who are considered a threat to public safety and national security. The Department of Homeland Security said in a
Continue Reading By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Biden administration, reacting to a federal court ruling in Texas, has suspended an order that had focused resources for the arrest and deportation of immigrants on those who are considered a threat to public safety and national security. The Department of Homeland Security said in a
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press MENDON, Mo. (AP) — An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck Monday in a remote area of Missouri, killing three people and injuring dozens more as rail cars tumbled off the tracks and landed on their sides, officials said. Two of those killed
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press MENDON, Mo. (AP) — An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck Monday in a remote area of Missouri, killing three people and injuring dozens more as rail cars tumbled off the tracks and landed on their sides, officials said. Two of those killed
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area sheriff has withdrawn from consideration for Immigration and Customs Enforcement director. In social media postings on Monday, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said he advised President Joe Biden on Sunday that he was “respectfully withdrawing from consideration for the post.” He cited Senate delays in his confirmation. The Senate has
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California legislators on Monday approved Texas-style lawsuits over illegal guns, mimicking the Lone Star State’s law aimed at deterring abortions and obliquely linking the two most controversial U.S. Supreme Court decisions from last week. The California bill would allow anyone to sue people who sell illegal
Continue Reading By JOSHUA GOODMAN and REGINA GARCIA-CANO Associated Press Writer CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Senior Biden administration officials have quietly traveled to Caracas in the latest bid to rebuild relations with the South American oil giant as the war in Ukraine drags on, driving higher gas prices and forcing the U.S. to recalibrate other foreign policy
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — “Top Gun: Maverick” alcanzó nuevas alturas. La secuela del éxito de taquilla de 1986, en la que Tom Cruise repite el famoso papel de Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, superó la marca de los US$ 1.000 millones en la taquilla mundial, según Paramount. “Maverick” es la primera película en los
Continue Reading CEROCAHUI, Mexico (AP) — Two Jesuit priests killed last week in remote mountains of northern Mexico are have been buried in the village where a gunman attacked them inside the church last week. The Revs. Javier Campos, 79, and Joaquín Mora, 80, had spent much of their lives serving Indigenous Raramuri people of the region.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — En su primera entrevista desde la derogación de Roe vs. Wade el viernes, la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris dijo a Dana Bash de CNN que nunca creyó que los elegidos por el expresidente Donald Trump para la Corte Suprema, por quienes votó en contra en el Senado, preservarían la histórica ley
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