By Shawna Mizelle and Gregory Krieg, CNN Washington (CNN) — The political walls are closing in on Sen. Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat under a federal indictment accusing him of corruption-related offenses. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s decision on Tuesday to call for Menendez’s resignation, after days of silence on the matter, was a
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Matt Wallner hit a grand slam in a five-run first inning, Alex Kirilloff added a two-run homer and the Minnesota Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 11-3 on a cold and drizzly night Tuesday night. With its 109th loss, the Athletics set a record for losses in a
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macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Al menos 20 muertos, 34 personas detenidas, 600 minas antipersonales neutralizadas y nueve campamentos guerrilleros desmantelados es el saldo de las operaciones militares que las Fuerzas Armadas de Colombia mantienen en el departamento de Cauca, informó el Gobierno de Colombia a través de un comunicado. Las autoridades añadieron que las operaciones
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Leola Vierra stepped gingerly among the hardened pools of melted metal, charred wood and broken glass that are almost all that remain of the home where she lived for nearly 50 years. Sifting through the rubble, she found two cow-patterned vessels, part of
Continue ReadingCNN By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A New York judge found Donald Trump and his adult sons liable for fraud and canceled the Trump Organization’s business certification, a shocking ruling that poses an existential threat to the former president’s financial empire as he runs for a second term in the
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers have approved $150,000 for an election monitor for Bridgeport. The decision comes after the race for mayor in Connecticut’s largest city has been tainted by possible fraud. Surveillance cameras recorded a woman stuffing pieces of paper into an absentee ballot drop box a week
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By David Culver, Karol Suarez and Rachel Clarke, CNN Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico (CNN) — There’s a bustling trade in people and goods across the Guatemala-Mexico river border this week. But almost the entire flow of people skirts the route across the road bridge and tries to avoid official eyes by floating across the water. Makeshift
Continue Reading CNN By David Culver, Karol Suarez and Rachel Clarke, CNN Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico (CNN) — There’s a bustling trade in people and goods across the Guatemala-Mexico river border this week. But almost the entire flow of people skirts the route across the road bridge and tries to avoid official eyes by floating across the water.
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek says she has directed state police to launch new strategies aimed at disrupting the fentanyl supply chain and holding sellers of the illegal and often deadly drug accountable. Kotek made the announcement at a Tuesday meeting of her task force created to revitalize downtown Portland. The statement
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL SHAILER The Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Chanting from one to 43, relatives of students abducted nine years ago counted out the number of the missing youths as they marched through Mexico City Tuesday to demand answers to one of Mexico’s most infamous human rights cases. With President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s
Continue ReadingBy FARID ABDULWAHED Associated Press MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — A raging fire seemingly caused by fireworks set off to celebrate a Christian wedding consumed a hall packed with guests in northern Iraq, killing more than 100 people and injuring 150 others as authorities warned Wednesday the death toll could still rise. Authorities said that flammable
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congress is starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown — the Senate charging ahead with a bipartisan package to temporarily fund the government but the House slogging through a longshot effort with no real chance of finishing by Saturday’s
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell McCluskey and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — The Baltimore Police Department has announced an arrest warrant for a suspect wanted for the murder of Pava LaPere, the 26-year-old CEO of startup EcoMap Technologies, who was found dead in a downtown Baltimore apartment Monday with signs of blunt-force trauma to her head. Police are
Continue Reading By Fabiana Chaparro and Morayo Ogunbayo, CNN (CNN) — A migrant worker from Mexico died at a North Carolina farm earlier this month on a day when temperatures approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and his death is now being investigated by the state’s labor department. Paramedics responded to Barnes Farming in Spring Hope after receiving a
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has obtained an original 1858 photograph of the future president with an interesting backstory. Abraham Lincoln gave the image as a memento to a severely injured man. Lincoln stopped for a campaign rally in a western Illinois town during
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — A pocos días de que el Gobierno de Estados Unidos se quede sin fondos, el Senado presentó un proyecto de ley bipartidista para evitar el cierre, pero no hay garantías de que se apruebe en la Cámara de Representantes, ya que un bloque de conservadores se opone a la perspectiva de
Continue ReadingBy DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California’s defensive performance in a 42-28 win at Arizona State on Saturday brought back a lot of the concerns about the unit from last season. There was sloppy tackling and a lack of situational awareness on critical plays. There was fourth-quarter yardage allowed, 125 yards
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Las últimas palabras de Angus Cloud, estrella de “Euphoria”, a su madre estuvieron llenas de amor. “Te quiero, mamá. Eres la mejor”, le dijo el difunto actor a Lisa Cloud, su madre, la noche de su muerte, según le relató ella a la revisa People. “Te veré en la mañana”, añadió
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Two fake GOP electors in Michigan asked a judge this week to dismiss their charges, arguing that state Attorney General Dana Nessel conceded that they didn’t have criminal intent when she said they were “brainwashed” after the 2020 election. Attorneys for fake electors Mari-Ann Henry and Clifford Frost on
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