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Month: October 2023

Hurricane Norma makes landfall near Mexico’s Los Cabos as Tammy threatens islands in the Atlantic

By IGNACIO MARTÍNEZ and FERNANDO LLANO Associated Press CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Norma made landfall near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Norma, once a Category 4 hurricane, made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

La Cámara de Representantes sigue paralizada y no se vislumbra un final para la batalla por la presidencia tras la salida de Jim Jordan

Valeria Ordóñez (CNN) — Todavía no se vislumbra un final para la batalla por la presidencia después de que los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes destituyeran a Kevin McCarthy hace más de dos semanas. La búsqueda del Partido Republicano por un nuevo candidato a la presidencia continúa después de que Jim Jordan se convirtiera

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Little light, no beds, not enough anesthesia: A view from the ‘nightmare’ of Gaza’s hospitals

By ISABEL DEBRE and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The only thing worse than the screams of a patient undergoing surgery without enough anesthesia are the terror-stricken faces of those awaiting their turn, a 51-year-old orthopedic surgeon says. When the Israeli bombing intensifies and the wounded swamp the Gaza City

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Visitors tour New Mexico atomic site in likely record attendance fueled by ‘Oppenheimer’ fanfare

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. (AP) — Visitors lined up Saturday to tour the southern New Mexico site where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in what officials believe could be a record turnout amid ongoing fanfare surrounding Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film, “ Oppenheimer.” Thousands of visitors are expected at the Trinity Site, a

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Iowa woman who made fake cancer claims on social media must pay restitution but stays out of prison

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman who falsely claimed to have cancer will stay out of prison after a judge gave her probation and a suspended sentence. Twenty-year-old Madison Russo never had pancreatic cancer, leukemia nor the football-sized tumor wrapped around her spine she that claimed in postings on TikTok, GoFundMe, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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No. 2 Michigan suspends staffer after NCAA launches investigation into allegations of sign-stealing

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer No. 2 Michigan has suspended a low-level football program employee a day after disclosing that it is under NCAA investigation for allegedly stealing the play-calling signals used by its opponents. Athletic director Warde Manuel issued a one-sentence statement saying that Connor Stalions had been suspended with pay

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CEO of a prominent tech conference resigns amid backlash for public statements over Israel-Hamas war

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Paddy Cosgrave, the chief executive officer of a prominent European tech conference called Web Summit, resigned from his role on Saturday amid backlash for his public statements that suggested Israel was committing war crimes. A spokesperson for Web Summit, which organizes one of the world’s

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Visitors line up to tour New Mexico atomic bomb test site in what’s likely to be record attendance

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. (AP) — Visitors lined up Saturday to tour the southern New Mexico site where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in what officials believe could be a record turnout amid ongoing fanfare surrounding Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film, “ Oppenheimer.” Thousands of visitors are expected at the Trinity Site, a

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Venezuelans become largest nationality for illegal border crossings as September numbers surge

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Venezuelans became the largest nationality arrested for illegally crossing the U.S. border, replacing Mexicans for the first time on record, according to figures released Saturday that show September was the second-highest month for arrests of all nationalities. Venezuelans were arrested 54,833 times by the Border Patrol

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