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By DANIEL POLITI and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A parade to celebrate the Argentine World Cup champions was abruptly cut short Tuesday as millions of people poured onto thoroughfares, highways and overpasses in a chaotic attempt to catch a glimpse of the national team that won one of the great
Continue Reading By DAVID PEREDA Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Congress tentatively endorsed a plan on Tuesday to hold early elections in an attempt to defuse a national political crisis marked by deadly unrest after lawmakers ousted President Pedro Castillo. The proposal, approved by 91 of the legislature’s 130 members, would push up to April
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge ruled Tuesday that Republican Abraham Hamadeh can proceed with his lawsuit challenging the results of the election for attorney general, which he lost in one of the closest elections in state history. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen ruled that Hamadeh can
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a roller-coaster day for Mexico’s relations with Peru, Mexico announced Tuesday it had granted asylum for the family of ousted Peruvian president Pedro Castillo. Hours later, Peru declared the Mexican ambassador to Lima persona non grata and ordered him to leave within 72 hours. The Peruvian foreign ministry said without
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK, MEG KINNARD and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee voted along party lines Tuesday to issue a report on Donald Trump’s tax returns — likely offering a deeper look into financial records that the former president tried to shield from the public. Lawmakers indicated
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By JASON CHATRAW Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Eastern Michigan quarterback Taylor Powell got emotional after winning the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl MVP honors and leading the Eagles to a 41-27 victory over San Jose State on Tuesday. “I’m just really thankful for the opportunity here,” said Powell, who threw for 298 yards and
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As California faces rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations due to multiple respiratory viruses, the state’s top public health doctor has a message for anyone seeking COVID treatment. Unlike in previous years, people now have safe and effective treatment options that can help with COVID symptoms. Most treatments are pills that can be taken at home,
Continue ReadingCNN, WCBS By Chandelis Duster, CNN Discrepancies on New York Rep.-elect George Santos’ resume are “serious” and the GOP politician “deserves an opportunity” to clear his name in the face of accusations, a top Republican in Nassau County said Monday. “While issues that have been raised in a December 19th New York Times article are
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Defense Department says the Mexican army has arrested the brother of the country’s most wanted drug cartel boss, Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera. The army says it captured Antonio Oseguera on Tuesday in possession of weapons in a suburb of Guadalajara, the capital of the western state of Jalisco. It says
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Perú ordenó al embajador de México que abandone el país en un plazo de 72 horas y lo ha declarado “persona non grata”, según un comunicado emitido este martes por el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Perú. En el comunicado, el Ministerio dijo que la decisión fue tomada después de que
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Al menos 31 personas resultaron heridas o requirieron algún tipo de asistencia médica durante los multitudinarios festejos por la llegada de la selección de fútbol de Argentina a la ciudad de Buenos Aires, informó el Sistema de Atención Médica de Emergencias (Same) en un comunicado. Una joven salió del hospital
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN A scam PAC operator first uncovered by CNN’s KFile pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering while operating two political action committees during the 2016 election and collecting more than $3 million from unwitting contributors. Matthew Tunstall, 35, was one of three
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Weinstein faces a shorter prison sentence in California after a Los Angeles jury failed to reach a verdict on whether the disgraced mogul planned his attack on a woman he was convicted of raping. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench declared a mistrial
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Weinstein faces a shorter prison sentence in California after a Los Angeles jury failed to reach a verdict on whether the disgraced mogul planned his attack on a woman he was convicted of raping. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench declared a mistrial
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Claudia Rebaza, Juan Paz, Sahar Akbarzai and Abel Alvarado, CNN Peru has ordered Mexico’s ambassador to leave the Andean country within 72 hours, declaring him “persona non grata,” according its foreign ministry on Tuesday, after the family of its ousted president was granted asylum by the Mexican government. The ministry said the
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By JOSH BOAK, MEG KINNARD and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee voted along party lines Tuesday to publicly release a report on Donald Trump’s tax returns, which the former president has long tried to shield. Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., said supporting materials will be released
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By MORGAN LEE, GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO and REBECCA SANTANA EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Tensions remained high at the U.S-Mexico border Tuesday amid uncertainty over the future of restrictions on asylum-seekers, with the Biden administration asking the Supreme Court not to lift the limits before Christmas. The U.S. government made its plea in a filing a
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Shippers are praising the proposed changes that federal regulators have approved to the system used to dispute the rates railroads charge. The rules would update the current system that is so costly and cumbersome it is little used. The new procedures the U.S. Surface Transportation
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Gobierno de Biden dijo este martes a la Corte Suprema que los jueces deberían rechazar una oferta de emergencia de un grupo de estados liderados por el Partido Republicano para mantener en vigor la controvertida restricción fronteriza de la era Trump conocida como Título 42 mientras se resuelven los desafíos
Continue ReadingCNN By Jack Forrest, CNN It’s a busier-than-usual Wednesday in Washington. From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise visit to the White House to the release of the House January 6, 2021, committee’s final report and the fate of a consequential immigration rule hanging in the balance, this is not the capital’s typical year-end cram session.
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