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Month: August 2023

Lawmakers tour site of Parkland school massacre before experts recreate shooting inside

By TERRY SPENCER and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Nine members of Congress toured the blood-stained and bullet-pocked halls at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday, shortly before ballistics technicians reenact the massacre that left 14 students and three staff members dead. Few have been inside the three-story building since the

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

¿Qué pasa con Nicolás Petro, hijo del presidente Gustavo Petro, y de qué lo acusan?

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Nicolás Fernando Petro Burgos, el mayor de los seis hijos del presidente de Colombia Gustavo Petro, enfrenta cargos de lavado de activos y enriquecimiento ilícito. En varias publicaciones en su cuenta en Twitter desde que se conoció de la investigación de la Fiscalía, en declaraciones públicas a medios locales, Nicolás

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Serbia to ignore US sanctions against Bosnian Serbs accused of undermining deal that ended the war

By RADUL RADOVANOVIC Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Serbia’s president says his country will ignore U.S. sanctions recently imposed on top Bosnian Serb officials for undermining a 1995 peace agreement that ended a war that left more than 100,000 dead and millions homeless. Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday that “Serbia will treat the sanctions as

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American woman charged with conspiring to kill husband in the Bahamas still in jail after $100,000 bail granted, lawyer says

By Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — American Lindsay Shiver, accused of conspiring to kill her husband with two co-defendants in the Bahamas, remains in jail after being granted $100,000 bail on Wednesday, her lawyer told CNN. Lindsay Shiver’s alleged co-conspirators, Terrance Adrian Bethel and Farron Newbold Jr., were released on $20,000 bail, her lawyer

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Nicolás Petro afirma bajo juramento que ingresó dinero ilegal a la campaña electoral de su padre, dice la Fiscalía de Colombia

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Colombia aseguró que Nicolás Petro Burgos reveló en una declaración jurada que a la campaña presidencial de su padre, Gustavo Petro, entró dinero ilegal, durante la audiencia de medida de aseguramiento celebrada este miércoles en Bogotá. El fiscal Mario Andrés Burgos, quien investiga a Petro Burgos y

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Four Asheville families celebrate home ownership thanks to local Habitat for Humanity

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Asheville has some new homeowners thanks to a local nonprofit. On Thursday, four people in Asheville became homeowners through the local Habitat for Humanity. Sponsors, volunteers and neighbors came together at New Heights in West Asheville to celebrate the families’

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FCC issues historic $300 million fine against the largest robocall scam it has ever investigated

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday cracked down on a massive illegal robocall operation responsible for billions of auto-warranty scam calls in recent years, with regulators imposing a record $300 million fine on what authorities said is the largest such network it has ever investigated. The globe-spanning illegal operation

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