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By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Koko Da Doll, an Atlanta woman who gained notice in a documentary about transgender Black women and the dangers they face, was shot to death in Atlanta this week, her sister said. Kilya Williams and other relatives said police told them the 35-year-old transgender woman, also known
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Los familiares de Leoner Azuaje Urrea, fallecido en prisión tras ser imputado en una supuesta trama de corrupción en la estatal Cartones de Venezuela, pidieron este viernes protección al Gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro y dijeron sentir miedo en dos videos publicados en Twitter. En uno de los audiovisuales, publicado
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Después de que el primer lanzamiento de prueba de un cohete SpaceX Starship, el vehículo de lanzamiento más potente jamás construido, terminara en llamas sobre el Golfo de México este jueves, la empresa trató de enmarcar la misión como un éxito. “Con una prueba como ésta, el éxito viene de lo
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By Christina Maxouris and Liam Reilly, CNN Ohio’s govenor said Friday evening that he wants Norfolk Southern to pay East Palestine residents for the long-term impacts the February 3 toxic train derailment may have caused on the community. The rail operator should pay residents selling their house the difference of what their home value used
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Treasure Welle, CNN An Illinois correctional officer accused of beating a man in custody has been charged with aggravated battery and official misconduct, authorities said. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office this week released surveillance video of the September 2022 incident, which shows a man speaking to the officer and another guard
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell and Annie Grayer, CNN The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee have settled a court dispute where the prosecutor’s office tried to block congressional testimony from former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz, according to a new court filing Friday night. House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan subpoenaed Pomerantz
Continue Reading By JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers finished their annual legislative session without action on the governor’s gun reform plan, after a deadly school shooting in Nashville last month. But the push appeared to still have life, even as Republicans focused Friday on final touches on bills that
Continue Reading BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — An area near the Mall of America is closed as authorities are negotiating with a person who is believed to have a gun. The Bloomington Police Department says on Twitter that crisis negotiators are communicating with the suspect, who “has what is believed to be a firearm.” They are trying to
Continue Reading Carolina Calero (CNN)– Incendios provocados. Obispos torpes. Una esposa despechada golpeando la puerta de la abadía. Pueden parecer ficción, pero en realidad son situaciones que marcaron las coronaciones británicas a lo largo de la historia. Las coronaciones en la Abadía de Westminster se remontan hace casi 1.000 años. Se han convertido en una máquina afinada que
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A former Marine who for years helped smuggle drugs from Mexico into the United States and even tried to get a song written to glorify his exploits was sentenced Friday to 12 years in federal prison. Roberto Salazar II, 26, of San Diego was sentenced for importing fentanyl and for conspiracy
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — A former Marine who for years helped smuggle drugs from Mexico into the United States and even tried to get a song written to glorify his exploits was sentenced Friday to 12 years in federal prison. Roberto Salazar II, 26, of San Diego was sentenced for importing fentanyl and for conspiracy
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Si alguna vez has soñado con escapar del ajetreo de la vida cotidiana y mudarte a una isla remota sin más habitantes, esta podría ser tu oportunidad. Situada frente a la costa sur de Escocia, la isla de Barlocco está a la venta por más de 150.000 libras (US$ 190.000). “Todavía
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted a Houston man Friday for allegedly calling the office of California Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters several times last year and leaving threatening voice mails, including saying he intended to “cut your throat.” Brian Michael Gaherty, 60, was charged in the indictment with four counts of
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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland defended her department’s approval of the contentious Willow oil project on Friday, saying that despite President Joe Biden’s campaign promise to end new drilling on federal lands, “We’re not going to turn the faucet off and say we’re not drilling anymore.″ Speaking
Continue Reading ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels placed promising rookie catcher Logan O’Hoppe on the 10-day injured list Friday due to a problem with his left shoulder. O’Hoppe is still undergoing tests before the Angels determine the severity of his injury, manager Phil Nevin said. O’Hoppe first injured his shoulder on a swing Monday
Continue Reading By AMY BETH HANSON, SAM METZ and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republicans have barred a transgender lawmaker from participating on the House floor for the remainder of the session after she protested a decision to silence her. The punishment meted out by her colleagues Wednesday for Rep. Zooey Zephyr is
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A commission that oversees how the Rio Grande is managed and shared among three Western states has adopted a recommendation that could set the stage for more involvement by Native American tribes that depend on the river. The Rio Grande Compact Commission voted unanimously Friday
Continue Reading By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A transgender Montana lawmaker was silenced for a second day Friday as her Republican colleagues refused to let her speak on the chamber’s floor until she apologizes for saying lawmakers would have “blood on their hands” if they passed a law to ban gender-affirming medical
Continue ReadingCNN By Rebekah Riess and Joe Sutton, CNN A number of Republican lawmakers from the Montana Freedom Caucus are demanding Democratic state Rep. Zooey Zephyr be censured by the state House for “using inappropriate and uncalled-for language” during a floor debate over amendments concerning a bill that bans medical care for transgender minors. “If you
Continue ReadingBy Selina Wang, CNN Wearing surgical masks to cover their faces, dozens of people demonstrated outside a branch office of China’s central bank in the landlocked province of Henan early this month to demand their savings back. They’re among thousands of depositors in China that protesters say are still campaigning for compensation after last year’s
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