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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Un poderoso general cubano que había estado casado con una de las hijas del expresidente Raúl Castro murió este viernes de insuficiencia cardíaca, informaron medios estatales cubanos. El general Luis López Calleja supervisó una compañía militar cubana en expansión que dirigía gran parte de la industria turística de la isla. Tenía
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California on Thursday became the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally, a move that will provide coverage for an additional 764,000 people at an eventual cost of about $2.7 billion a year. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $307.9 billion operating budget that pledges
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PRAGUE (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm has pledged to draft an emergency plan aimed at helping member countries do without Russian energy in the wake of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the initiative would build on EU moves to ditch Russian coal, oil and natural
Continue ReadingBy Livia Borghese, Jula Buckley and Maureen O’Hare, CNN The countdown has begun. From January 16, 2023, visitors to Venice — that jewel in Italy’s tourism crown — will have to pay for the privilege. It’s set to become the first city in the world to require an entrance fee. The launch date was announced
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By Sonia Moghe and Alaa Elassar, CNN R. Kelly has been placed on suicide watch at the federal detention facility in New York where he is being held after he was sentenced this week to 30 years in prison on racketeering and sex trafficking charges, his lawyer said Friday. But the disgraced R&B singer is
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez and Chris Boyette, CNN The families of the 19 children and two teachers gunned down at a school in Uvalde, Texas, have had enough. More than a month after the massacre at Robb Elementary School, their anger and frustration at the lack of answers about the apparently bungled law enforcement response boiled
Continue ReadingBy Kilee Thomas Click here for updates on this story PONCA CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — The battle to take a 92-year-old woman’s house went to court Thursday. The Ponca City school board is suing the woman, saying the district needs her property to build a new athletic facility. Many people thought the controversial hearing would
Continue ReadingBy Sasha Lenninger Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Since he was a boy, Abraham Luna always wanted to become a police officer. “I respect what they do and the job, the challenges they face every day, what they do for the community. It’s what really drives me and
Continue ReadingBy Kris Ketz Click here for updates on this story SAINT JOSEPH, Missouri (KMBC) — It’s been a family secret for decades, but now the secret is out. Seventy-five-year-old Fern Franco was one of nine people who died 20 years ago at a Chillicothe, Missouri, hospital. Former respiratory therapist Jennifer Hall was charged last month
Continue ReadingBy Sula Kim Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — Authorities arrested a man accused of stealing a vehicle with a baby inside from the parking lot of a Chalmette business Wednesday. Johnathon Perkins, 21, of the 4900 block of Lafaye Street in New Orleans, was booked with theft of motor
Continue ReadingBy WESH Staff Click here for updates on this story SEMINOLE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — A Florida judge has been disciplined after a video showed him cursing out a defendant. A document from the Chair of the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission shows that Seminole County Judge Wayne Culver is to be suspended without pay for
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Meredith Click here for updates on this story LAKE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — In Lake County, the four-month-long drug investigation involved nine different agencies and was called operation Sneak-A-Peek named after the first suspect agents learned about–Cliff Johnson. “Mr. Johnson goes by the street name Sneak and our detectives took a peek at
Continue Reading Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Llegó julio y con ello el estreno de la continuación de unas de las series más populares actualmente en la cultura pop mundial: “Stranger Things”. Recopilamos algunos de los estrenos más importantes en cuatro de las plataformas de streaming más buscadas: Netflix, Amazon, Disney + y HBO Max. Estrenos de
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — to 17 recipients next week, with his first slate of honorees since taking office featuring Olympians, an Academy Award winner, the first American to receive the Covid-19 vaccine outside of trials, lawmakers on both sides
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Business) — Una fábrica de chocolate en Bélgica cerró temporalmente sus puertas luego de descubrir salmonela en un lote de producción. El productor de chocolate suizo Barry Callebaut detuvo la producción en su planta en Wieze, Bélgica, el lunes, dijo la compañía en un comunicado el jueves. La planta de Wieze es
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Flay Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Chef Uyen Le is squeezing out every resource to stock up on Sriracha amid the Sriracha shortage. “I’ve personally been going to different markets and stuff trying to gather, and one of my employees recommended ‘Hey why don’t you just post
Continue Reading By Jay Croft and Randi Kaye, CNN The woman accused of killing an elite cyclist in Texas used someone else’s passport to flee to Costa Rica, where she changed her hair length and color to avoid authorities, according to the US Marshals Service. Authorities say they found Kaitlin Marie Armstrong at a hostel in Costa
Continue ReadingBy Shelley Childers Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A group of educators has suggested to the Texas State Board of Education that slavery be taught as “involuntary relocation” in the second-grade curriculum. “Here we go with another attempt to whitewash the truth,” said Jackie Anderson, president of the Houston
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El pleno del Congreso unicameral de Perú aprobó censurar al ministro del Interior, Dimitri Senmache. La moción, que contó con 78 votos a favor, 29 en contra y 8 abstenciones, fue sustentada en “su falta de capacidad de gestión en la conducción del sector” y en la “grave omisión de
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German state officials said Friday that they want advertisers and social media influencers to label any photos that have used so-called beauty filters. Critics argue that the filters, which offer easy ways to touch up images and remove supposed blemishes, promote unrealistic standards of beauty particularly among women and girls. The dpa
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