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Month: June 2023

Australia seeking to stop Russia from building new embassy near Parliament for security reasons

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday to prevent Russia from building a new embassy near Parliament House on security grounds. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the legislation would extinguish Russia’s lease on the site based on the advice of security agencies. “The government has received

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

OPINIÓN | La historia increíble de cuatro niños que sobrevivieron a un accidente aéreo y 40 días en la selva del Amazonas

Alexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Frida Ghitis (@fridaghitis). exproductora y corresponsal de CNN, es columnista de asuntos mundiales. Es colaboradora semanal de opinión de CNN, columnista del diario The Washington Post y columnista de World Politics Review. Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario le pertenecen únicamente a su autora. Ver más opiniones en CNN. (CNN)

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Nevada Legislature on brink of final approval of public money for A’s MLB stadium in Las Vegas

By SCOTT SONNER and GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A public financing package to help build a new $1.5 billion baseball stadium for the Oakland Athletics in Las Vegas has taken what’s expected to be the last step toward final approval in the Democrat-controlled Nevada Legislature. The Nevada Assembly

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Ex-US congressman seeks no prison time at July sentencing for insider trading conviction

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for former a former Indiana congressman say he should be spared from prison after his insider trading conviction. Attorneys for Steve Buyer told a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday that home confinement and community service were sufficient after a jury convicted Buyer in March. The Republican

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Ex-US congressman seeks no prison time at July sentencing for insider trading conviction

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for former a former Indiana congressman say he should be spared from prison after his insider trading conviction. Attorneys for Steve Buyer told a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday that home confinement and community service were sufficient after a jury convicted Buyer in March. The Republican

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Former California first responder sentenced for selling fatal dose of fentanyl to hospital co-worker

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California first responder who sold a fatal dose of fentanyl to a co-worker was sentenced Wednesday to 29 years and four months in prison, federal prosecutors said. Cruz Noel Quintero, 43, was convicted last September of distributing fentanyl resulting in death, along with multiple felony weapons charges, the U.S.

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Woman who fled to Thailand after hit-and-run crash killed Michigan student enters no-contest plea

PONTIAC A Detroit-area woman accused of fleeing to Thailand after killing a Michigan State University student in a hit-and-run crash has pleaded no contest to failing to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in death. The Macomb Daily reports 57-year-old Tubtim “Sue” Howson of Oakland County entered the plea Wednesday in Oakland County

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