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By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas board has declined a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid. In a letter sent Thursday to Floyd’s attorney
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By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer FedEx Corp. is warnings that it will likely miss Wall Street’s first-quarter profit target and says it expects business conditions to further weaken in its fiscal second quarter amid weaker global volume. The package delivery company also scrapped its forecast for fiscal 2023 earnings. FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam said
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors this week scored multiple convictions against R. Kelly at the singer’s trial in Chicago, but they lost on the headline charge — that Kelly obstructed justice by rigging his 2008 state child pornography trial, at which jurors acquitted him. Kelly co-defendant and longtime
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los gobernadores republicanos están en una competencia cínica para superarse unos a otros y enviar inmigrantes en autobús desde la frontera estadounidense a Nueva York, Washington, Chicago y, ahora, en avión a Martha’s Vineyard. Dos aviones no anunciados que transportaban a unos 50 inmigrantes aterrizaron en el acaudalado enclave costero de
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH and ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Almost three months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the landscape of abortion access is still shifting significantly in some states, sometimes very quickly. Changing restrictions and litigation in neighboring Indiana and Ohio this week illustrate the whiplash for providers and patients
Continue Reading PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s National Police says it is investigating the recent slaying of three officers that it blames on gang members. The agency says a gang called “Ti Makak,” which means Little Macaques, killed the officers Tuesday in Laboule, a largely gated community just south of Port-au-Prince. The area is also the site
Continue Reading By DENISE LAVOIE and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia has denied parole to convicted Washington, D.C., area sniper killer Lee Boyd Malvo. The Parole Board ruled last month that Malvo is still a risk to the community two decades after he and his partner terrorized the Washington, D.C. region with a
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As College of the Desert’s board discusses the next steps for a long-delayed Palm Springs campus, some city leaders in the east valley are weighing in on the project and are not happy about it. Related Story: Palm Springs sues College of the Desert for West Valley Campus planning records Coachella Mayor Steven Hernandez is ramping
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Zac Efron ha escuchado sobre las especulaciones de que alteró su rostro con cirugía plástica, pero dice que eso está muy lejos de la verdad. “Me pareció gracioso”, dijo a “Entertainment Tonight” sobre la gente que pensaba que se había operado. “Es una m****a. Casi me muero, pero todo bien”. Mientras
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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The International Olympic Committee’s coordination commission made its first in-person visit to Los Angeles this week to inspect proposed venues for the 2028 Games. After being kept away because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the group met with local organizing officials over three days. “We are
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden was quick to hail Thursday’s strike-averting rail agreement as a win for America, it was also a big win for him politically, allowing Democrats to sidestep what could have been an economic debacle before November’s midterm elections. Pressured to choose
Continue Reading By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities found a mass burial site near a recaptured northeastern city previously occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday night. “A mass grave of people was found in Izium in the Kharkiv region. The necessary procedures have already begun there. More information –
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN A landmark California bill aimed at promoting children’s digital welfare became law on Thursday, as Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he had signed the legislation imposing strict requirements on websites “likely to be accessed” by kids. “We’re taking aggressive action in California to protect the health and wellbeing of our kids,” Newsom
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH and ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Almost three months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the landscape of abortion access is still shifting significantly in some states, sometimes very quickly. Changing restrictions and litigation in neighboring Indiana and Ohio this week illustrate the whiplash for providers and patients
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH and ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Almost three months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the landscape of abortion access is still shifting significantly in some states, sometimes very quickly. Changing restrictions and litigation in neighboring Indiana and Ohio this week illustrate the whiplash for providers and patients
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Andye tenía planeado pasar solo tres días en París. El primer día, se subió al tren del metro que cambiaría su vida para siempre. Era septiembre de 2016. Andye, nacida en Haití y criada en Estados Unidos, tenía 25 años y estaba terminando un máster en Ámsterdam, Países Bajos. Estaba en
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN A former University of Southern California coach who was convicted earlier this year of taking part in the college admissions scandal that rocked elite US schools has been granted a new trial. Jovan Vavic, a famed water polo coach at USC for 25 years, was convicted by a jury in April
Continue Reading By PETER SMITH Associated Press As Republican governors ramp up their high-profile transports of migrants to Democratic-run jurisdictions, the practice is getting a mixed reaction from Christian faith leaders — many of whom, especially evangelicals, have supported GOP candidates by large numbers in recent elections. Some depict the actions as inhumanely exploiting vulnerable people for
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — La vicepresidenta de Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, habló este jueves en el Senado, en sus primeras declaraciones públicas tras el atentado en su contra ocurrido el 1 de septiembre. “Yo quería que mi primera actividad pública, fuera de mi despacho, fuera con ustedes. Yo siento que estoy viva
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Ashley Strickland, CNN If you love space and exploring the cosmos, there is no shortage of wonder right now. Scientists identified mysterious diamonds that likely originated from a dwarf planet that once existed in our solar system — until it collided with a large asteroid 4.5 billion years ago. The rare
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