By ACACIA CORONADO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Following years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations, Texas’s Republican Attorney General, Ken Paxton, finds himself on the brink of impeachment, and a GOP-led panel is heading the charge. In an unanimous decision, a Republican-led House investigative committee that spent months quietly
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By Nicki Brown and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — An Indianapolis doctor who publicly revealed she provided abortion services to a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim last year has been reprimanded and fined by Indiana’s medical licensing board after it determined the disclosure violated federal and state patient privacy laws. The board on Thursday found Dr.
Continue Reading By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain goes to the polls on Sunday for local and regional elections seen as a bellwether for a national vote in December, with the conservative Popular Party steadily gaining ground on the ruling Socialists in key regions. Spain’s 17 regional governments, plus two autonomous cities, have enormous
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La puerta de un avión de Asiana Airlines se abrió cuando se disponía a aterrizar el viernes por la tarde en Daegu, en Corea del Sur, haciendo que el viento azotara la cabina mientras los aterrorizados pasajeros se agarraban a sus reposabrazos, según muestra un video del incidente. Un funcionario
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Tres crías de guepardo murieron esta semana en la India, lo que supone un nuevo revés para el esfuerzo histórico del gobierno por reintroducir la especie en el país tras 70 años de extinción. Los cachorros formaban parte de una camada de cuatro nacidos a finales de marzo de un
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asiana Airlines and government officials say a passenger opened a door on a flight that later landed safely at a South Korean airport. Some people on board tried to stop the person, but the door was eventually opened. The plane with 194 people was heading to Daegu from the southern
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The door of an Asiana Airlines jet opened as it was coming in to land in Daegu, South Korea, on Friday afternoon, leaving wind whipping through the plane’s cabin as terrified passengers gripped their armrests, video of the incident shows. An airline official said a man
Continue Reading By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Three cheetah cubs born to a big cat brought to India from Africa last year died in the past week in central India’s Kuno National Park. Officials didn’t say what caused the deaths but a sweltering heat wave in India is believed to have weakened the
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Gustavo Dudamel surprisingly announced his resignation as music director of the Paris Opéra, two seasons into a six-year contract scheduled to run through the 2026-27 season. A 42-year-old Venezuelan who lives in Madrid, Dudamel was hired in February by the New York Philharmonic as its music director starting with the
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — About 10% of people appear to suffer long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic, according to a study of nearly 10,000 Americans that aims to help unravel the mysterious condition. Early findings from the National Institutes of Health’s study
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El sospechoso del tiroteo y apuñalamiento que dejó cuatro muertos en Japón ya se encuentra bajo custodia policial, según informó la cadena pública japonesa NHK a primera hora del viernes, citando a la policía local. La policía de la ciudad de Nakano recibió el jueves una llamada en la que
Continue Reading By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press DEBRECEN, Hungary (AP) — Just beyond the pastoral gardens and traditional homes of an eastern Hungarian village, a gigaproject of Chinese industry is taking shape. Bulldozers and excavators are already preparing the land for construction of a nearly 550-acre electric vehicle (EV) battery plant. The 7.3 billion euro ($7.9 billion)
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By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press DEBRECEN, Hungary (AP) — Just beyond the pastoral gardens and traditional homes of an eastern Hungarian village, a gigaproject of Chinese industry is taking shape. Bulldozers and excavators are already preparing the land for construction of a nearly 550-acre electric vehicle (EV) battery plant. The 7.3 billion euro ($7.9 billion)
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sabin Ceballos homered to center field leading off the top of the 10th inning to spark Oregon’s 8-6 comeback win over top-seeded Stanford on Thursday night, wrapping up pool play in the Pac-12 Tournament. Both teams advance to Friday’s semifinals with Oregon playing Washington and Stanford facing Arizona. The Ducks (35-20)
Continue Reading SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sabin Ceballos homered to center field leading off the top of the 10th inning to spark Oregon’s 8-6 comeback win over top-seeded Stanford on Thursday night, wrapping up pool play in the Pac-12 Tournament. Both teams advance to Friday’s semifinals with Oregon playing Washington and Stanford facing Arizona. The Ducks (35-20)
Continue Reading By TERRY TANG and SAM METZ Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Members of a small polygamous group accused of child sex abuse of underage girls who the group’s leader claimed as brides are expected to appear in federal court on Friday. Sam Bateman and the three women followers scheduled to appear for their arraignment were
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — En la Edad de Hierro, los usuarios de dos antiguos retretes de Jerusalén no eran un grupo saludable, según un análisis de muestras de la materia fecal de las letrinas de 2.500 años de antigüedad. Los investigadores hallaron rastros de parásitos causantes de disentería en el material excavado en los
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Las aguas del mar Caspio se ven engañosamente tranquilas. Pero esta ruta marítima —que proporciona una vía directa entre Irán y Rusia— está cada vez más transitada por el tráfico de mercancías, incluidas las presuntas transferencias de armas hechas por Teherán a Moscú. Según expertos, a medida que se intensifica
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On Thursday, the House passed the “Halt Fentanyl Act” with a 289 to 133 vote. The legislation will permanently list fentanyl under Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act which prevents fentanyl-related substances from becoming street-legal and gives law enforcement authority to seize fentanyl, also outlawing other variations of the drug. Visit Our ‘Fentanyl Crisis’ Section For More Local Stories
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi had 23 points and 10 assists and the Phoenix Mercury hit 11 3-pointers in the first half on the way to a 90-81 win over the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday night. Phoenix went 5 of 6 from 3-point range — with triples from five different players — to open a
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