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By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BUCARAMANGA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia and Venezuela are opening a key bridge linking the countries that had been closed for almost seven years amid political tensions, launching a new era of improved relations under Colombia’s new leftist president. Construction of the “Tienditas” bridge ended in 2016, but it was never
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s last words were “Lord, I love you,” his longtime secretary said Sunday, quoting a nurse who helped care for the 95-year-old former pontiff in his final hours. Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, a German prelate who lived in the Vatican monastery where Benedict took
Continue Reading COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) — A snowmobiler from Washington died after he was buried in a large avalanche in southern Montana. The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center says two snowmobilers were headed uphill near Daisy Pass north of Cooke City on New Year’s Eve when one of them triggered the slide and was swept about
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — California was drying out and digging out on New Year’s Day after a powerful storm brought drenching rain or heavy snowfall to much of the state, snarling traffic and closing major highways. Dozens of drivers were rescued on New Year’s Eve along Interstate 80 near Lake Tahoe after cars spun out
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — California was drying out and digging out on New Year’s Day after a powerful storm brought drenching rain or heavy snowfall to much of the state, snarling traffic and closing major highways. Dozens of drivers were rescued on New Year’s Eve along Interstate 80 near Lake Tahoe after cars spun out
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court has halted provisions of a new law that would eliminate cash bail for criminal defendants, issuing a stay hours before the new policies were set to take effect Sunday. The high court said in Saturday’s order that the stay was needed to “maintain consistent pretrial procedures throughout
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Millman, CNN TikTok is an addictive drug China’s government is providing to Americans, says the incoming chairman of a new House select committee on China. GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin told NBC’s “Meet The Press” in an interview that aired Sunday that he calls TikTok “digital fentanyl” because “it’s highly addictive and
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Marcia Reverdosa, Julia Jones, Stefano Pozzebon, Rodrigo Pedroso and Emma Tucker, CNN Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva was sworn in as Brazil’s president for the third time on Sunday, as threats of violence loomed from supporters of his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro. “I promise to maintain, defend and fulfill the constitution, observe the
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CNN, WABC By Mark Morales, CNN Trevor Bickford, the 19-year-old accused of attacking New York Police Department officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve, traveled to the city “in order to kill people and carry out jihad,” prosecutors say. Bickford allegedly went to the Times Square checkpoint just after 10 p.m., authorities have said.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Rose Bowl: No. 7 Utah (10-3, No. 8 CFP) vs. No. 9 Penn State (10-2, No. 11 CFP), Jan 2. 17, 5 p.m. Eastern (ESPN) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK COLLEGE LINE: Utah by 1 1/2. Series record: First meeting. WHAT’S AT STAKE The Utes won the Pac-12 for the second straight season and
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Cotton Bowl: No. 14 Tulane (11-2, No. 16 CFP) vs. No. 8 Southern California (11-2, No. 10 CFP), Monday, 1 p.m. Eastern (ESPN) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK COLLEGE LINE: USC by 1 1/2. Series record: USC leads 2-1. WHAT’S AT STAKE USC, with first-year coach Lincoln Riley, goes for its first 12-win season
Continue Reading By RENATA BRITO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians faced a grim start to 2023 as Sunday brought more Russian missile and drone attacks following a blistering New Year’s Eve assault that killed at least three civilians across the country, authorities reported. Air raid sirens sounded in the capital shortly after midnight, followed by
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Las autoridades rastrearon al hombre acusado de los asesinatos de cuatro estudiantes de la Universidad de Idaho hasta Pensilvania y lo vigilaron durante varios días antes de finalmente arrestarlo el viernes, dijeron las fuentes a CNN. Bryan Christopher Kohberger, de 28 años, fue arrestado en su estado natal de Pensilvania y
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Leslie Perrot, CNN A man died while skiing with his father in Colorado on Saturday when an avalanche struck and engulfed them both, a rescue team statement said. The avalanche struck outside the Breckenridge Ski Resort when the men went skiing through “a backcountry area called The Numbers, which is outside
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has urged Israel’s new hard-line government to refrain from “any measures” that could inflame regional tensions, in a phone call congratulating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his return to office. The two leaders spoke on Sunday as Netanyahu’s new Cabinet is promising
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremiah Green, the founding drummer for the rock band Modest Mouse, has died just days after the band announced he had been diagnosed with cancer. He was 45. Influenced by Talking Heads and XTC among others, Modest Mouse debuted in 1996 with the album “This Is a Long Drive for Someone
Continue Reading ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The chief of the European Union has visited Croatia to celebrate the “immense achievements” of the newest EU member nation. Croatia switched to using the euro and joined the world’s largest passport-free travel area on New Year’s Day. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met Sunday with leaders of Croatia
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Jack Forrest, CNN Outgoing Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Sunday he fears for the future of the country if former President Donald Trump isn’t charged with a crime related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, though he believes the Justice Department will “do the right thing.” “If
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN The puzzle-like gimmick at the heart of “Kaleidoscope” — watch the episodes in any order that you want — can’t conceal how otherwise uninspired this “Ocean’s Eleven”-esque heist series actually is. Chalk that up in part to stiffly written characters, familiar situations and drawn-out logistical sequences. It’s moderately watchable, but
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden, after returning this week to a politically reshaped Washington, will join top Republican officials to herald his infrastructure law as he seeks out bipartisan cooperation in a new era of divided government. Wednesday’s event in Kentucky, which will include Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, is meant to
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