Skip to Content
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked by three armed attackers but was unharmed, the Texas Democrat’s office said. Cuellar’s chief of staff Jacob Hochberg released a statement Monday night saying: “As Congressman Cuellar was parking his car this evening, 3 armed assailants approached the Congressman and stole his vehicle. Luckily, he was
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic has announced it will reintroduce random checks along its border with neighboring Slovakia to stem a flow of migrants. The Interior Ministry says the measure will become effective on Wednesday and should be in place for at least 10 days. Interior Minister Vit Rakusan says the step was closely
Continue Reading
CNN By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Daniel Hodge and Kostyantin Gak, CNN Donetsk region, Ukraine (CNN) — A Ukrainian solider rushes through the front-line in Klishchiivka, eastern Ukraine, as gun and artillery fire erupt around him. Armed with an American-made M16 rifle, he and his unit storm an area that moments before was held by
Continue ReadingBy ELIZABETH AYOOLA of NerdWallet Married couples can benefit from a range of tax breaks in the form of credits and deductions. With the right strategies in place, couples can use these tax breaks to build wealth. One strategy that couples can employ is using tax credits or money they saved because of deductions to
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KEYTON, SETH BORENSTEIN and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for studying how electrons zip around the atom in the tiniest fractions of seconds, a field that could one day lead to better electronics or disease diagnoses. The award went to French-Swedish
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press SHAOXING, China (AP) — China has gone out of its way to welcome the Taiwanese athletes at the Asian Games. It’s part of its two-pronged strategy with the goal of taking over the self-ruled island that involves both wooing its people and threatening it militarily. Unlike the Beijing Winter Olympics
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of shoppers fled a major shopping mall in the center of the Thai capital Bangkok on Tuesday afternoon after what sounded like gunshots were heard inside. It was not immediately clear if shots had been fired, though police said there were injuries and some frightened shoppers were still hunkering down inside
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president has welcomed the U.N. Security Council’s resolution to send a Kenya-led multinational armed force to Haiti to help combat violent gangs and pledged that it will “not fail the people of Haiti.” President William Ruto’s remarks on Tuesday came a day after the vote
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The Seattle Seahawks cruised past the New York Giants with a blowout 24-3 victory at MetLife Stadium on Monday. The Seahawks built the win off the back of a strong defense, ending the game with a franchise record-equaling 11 sacks – including 10 sacks
Continue Reading
Gonzalo Jimenez Islamabad (CNN) — La Policía en el este de Pakistán desmanteló una red ilegal de sustracción de órganos y arrestó a ocho personas por extraer quirúrgicamente riñones de cientos de pacientes para personas adineradas que necesitaban un trasplante, dijeron las autoridades este lunes. El presunto líder de la pandilla, identificado como “Dr. Fawad”,
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Soccer player Da’vian Kimbrough made his debut for the Sacramento Republic on Sunday at the age of 13, marking a historic moment for US sports. Kimbrough was brought on as a substitute in the 87th minute of Sacramento’s 2-0 victory against Las Vegas Lights, making him the youngest professional
Continue ReadingKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Two earthquakes have struck northwestern Nepal, sending tremors through the region. Several houses were reportedly damaged by the tremor but no casualties were reported in the region. The country’s earthquake monitoring center said the epicenter for both quakes was Bajhang district in northwestern Nepal, close to the Indian border. The initial
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Residents say an explosion and fire at at an illegal oil refinery site in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region has killed at least 15 people. They say the blast happened Monday in River state’s Emohua district. Residents said Tuesday that the death toll was likely to grow
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s junta says at least 29 Nigerien soldiers have been killed by jihadis near the country’s border with Mali, the latest of growing attacks that the country’s new junta is struggling to end. Niger’s Defense Minister, Lt. Gen. Salifou Mody, said in a statement late Monday
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of shoppers fled a major shopping mall in the center of the Thai capital Bangkok on Tuesday afternoon after what sounded like gunshots were heard inside. It was not immediately clear if shots had been fired or there were any casualties, but some frightened shoppers were still hunkering down inside the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KEYTON and MIKE CORDER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in physics was awarded Tuesday to three scientists who look at electrons in atoms during the tiniest of split seconds. Pierre Agostini of The Ohio State University in the U.S.; Ferenc Krausz of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is launching a sweeping overhaul of its recruiting to focus more on young people who’ve spent time in college or are job hunting early in their careers. The Army’s aim is to reverse years of enlistment shortfalls. A major part of this is the
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police detained almost a thousand people in raids across Turkey on Tuesday, including dozens with alleged links to Kurdish militants and an opposition news anchor, days after a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish capital. The interior minister said police carried out raids in 16 Turkish provinces, detaining 55 people suspected
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Premio Nobel de Física 2023 fue concedido a Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz y Anne L’Huillier por “métodos experimentales que generan pulsos de luz de attosegundos para el estudio de la dinámica de los electrones en la materia”, anunció este martes en Estocolmo la Real Academia Sueca de las Ciencias.
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Más de 60 estudiantes de primaria fueron hospitalizados en Jamaica este lunes después de comer sin saberlo caramelos mezclados con cannabis, según las autoridades. La ministra de Educación y Juventud de Jamaica, Fayval Williams, le dijo a CNN que ninguno de los niños —que tienen entre 7 y 12 años—
Continue Reading