By Bivian Contreras Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — On June 14, Tucson resident, Luis Eduardo Terminel Jr., 27, was sentenced to 33 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States and was ordered to pay
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CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Democratic institutions in the United States and around the world have grown “creaky,” former President Barack Obama warned in an exclusive CNN interview Thursday, and it remains incumbent on American leaders to find ways to sustain them into the future. He told CNN Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour
Continue ReadingBy Heidi Alagha Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — The Titanic is about 370 nautical miles from the tour’s departure site in Newfoundland, Canada. The submersible lost communication with the mainland about an hour and 45 minutes into their journey. The Titanic is about 13,000 feet below the surface. Both
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Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — The pandemic almost killed it and its production ended sooner than anticipated in 2021, but the A380 simply refuses to die. With more and more superjumbos soaring back into the skies amid a post-pandemic resurgence in commercial aviation, the aircraft is back in the spotlight as one new airline is
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CNN By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft (MSFT) and the video game giant Activision Blizzard (ATVI) will face off Thursday against the US government in a high-stakes battle over one of the largest technology acquisitions in history. The showdown in federal court will have the CEOs of both companies taking the stand to defend
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft (MSFT) and the video game giant Activision Blizzard (ATVI) will face off Thursday against the US government in a high-stakes battle over one of the largest technology acquisitions in history. The showdown in federal court will have the CEOs of both companies taking the stand to defend their
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft (MSFT) and the video game giant Activision Blizzard (ATVI) will face off Thursday against the US government in a high-stakes battle over one of the largest technology acquisitions in history. The showdown in federal court will have the CEOs of both companies taking the stand to defend their
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Democratic institutions in the United States and around the world have grown “creaky,” former President Barack Obama warned in an exclusive CNN interview Thursday, and it remains incumbent on American leaders to find ways to sustain them into the future. He told CNN Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour that
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd, who announced his 2024 Republican presidential campaign earlier Thursday with an anti-Donald Trump message, said he won’t sign the Republican National Committee’s pledge to back the party’s ultimate nominee in order to participate in primary debates. “I won’t be signing any kind of pledges,
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By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent (CNN) — As Amanda Zurawski walked into a Capitol Hill hearing room in April, she was awestruck at what she was about to do: testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Presidents had testified in this room. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of her heroes, had testified
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By Andy Rose and Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN (CNN) — State Sen. Angela Paxton, the wife of embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, will no longer be allowed to vote in her husband’s upcoming impeachment proceedings as a result of new rules the state Senate approved Wednesday night. The Dallas-area Republican state senator had previously vowed
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CNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — If you have a sweet tooth, take note: Cocoa prices have been soaring — and that could drive chocolate prices higher. Higher prices can be helpful for struggling cocoa farmers. But those prices, along with high prices of other key chocolate ingredients, might not be great
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Corea del Sur (CNN) — La Policía de Corea del Sur dice que solicitó una orden de arresto para una mujer acusada de matar a dos de sus hijos recién nacidos y mantener sus cuerpos en su congelador durante años. Un agente de la Policía Provincial de Gyeonggi Nambu le dijo a
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By Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent (CNN) — In its early phases, Ukraine’s counteroffensive is having less success and Russian forces are showing more competence than western assessments expected, two western officials and a senior US military official tell CNN. The counteroffensive is “not meeting expectations on any front,” one of the officials said.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El fiscal especial Jack Smith comenzó a presentar pruebas en el caso de los documentos de Mar-a-Lago a Donald Trump, según un expediente judicial publicado este miércoles que insinúa que los investigadores recopilaron para el caso múltiples grabaciones del expresidente, no solo el audio de una entrevista que Trump dio
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By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A US Coast Guard ship “conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit” on Tuesday, according to a statement released by the US Navy. “The Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Stratton (WMSL 752) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit on June 20 (local time) through waters where high-seas
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Bed Bath & Beyond will live on. The brand, that is, not the stores. The retailer’s name, intellectual property and digital assets were purchased by Overstock.com for $21.5 million, according to court documents released Thursday. However, the deal won’t keep its stores open, which are currently closing
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Se espera que la tormenta tropical Bret azote las islas del este del Caribe este jueves, y que azote la región con fuertes vientos y lluvias que podrían causar inundaciones y olas peligrosas. La tormenta tropical Bret está “preparada para traer fuertes vientos y fuertes lluvias a partes de las
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By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Three US senators are pressing Facebook-parent Meta, Google-parent Alphabet and Twitter about whether their layoffs may have hindered the companies’ ability to fight the spread of misinformation ahead of the 2024 elections. In a letter to the companies dated Tuesday, the lawmakers warned that reported staff cuts to content
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The Bank of England raised interest rates by half a percentage point Thursday, after data this week revealed surprisingly stubborn inflation. The move will pile pain on people with mortgages and put more downward pressure on house prices. The decision in favor of a 13th consecutive hike takes
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