Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Jorge Enrique Robledo fue considerado por expertos y pares durante muchos años el mejor senador de Colombia. Sus debates de control político le hicieron ganar una reputación como uno de los senadores de izquierda más importantes —y también más votados— de las últimas dos décadas en Colombia. Y con
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Rodrigo Lara Restrepo, un político que pasó por el Congreso la década pasada y quien es hijo del exministro de Justicia Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, quiere ser alcalde de Bogotá con una candidatura independiente, aunque en su trayectoria política ha trabajado con políticos tradicionales y en dos Gobiernos. Lara Restrepo
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves says he is working to ease financial problems for struggling hospitals. But the Democratic nominee for governor, Brandon Presley, says Reeves is hurting the state by refusing to expand Medicaid. In the final days before the Nov. 7 general election,
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER and LISA RATHKE Associated Press Writers Authorities have not released the names of the 18 people killed in two mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, but their family members and friends have begun sharing their stories. According to Maine State Police, seven people died Wednesday at Sparetime Recreation bowling alley, eight died at
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The wife of a former Alaska Airlines pilot who prosecutors say tried to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight while riding in the cockpit jump seat said Thursday she knew her husband was struggling with depression but that she was in a
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San Diego County public health officials today encouraged residents to get vaccinated for Mpox, as a rise in cases across the state was mirrored with 11 new cases in the county so far this month. As of Saturday, the total number of cases in San Diego County is 492 since cases first emerged in July
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Para Meg Ryan, actuar es “un trabajo y no un estilo de vida”. La estrella de “Sleepless in Seattle” habló con la revista People sobre por qué se alejó de la actuación durante varios años. “Me tomé un gran descanso porque sentía que había muchas otras partes de mi experiencia como
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albanian court has ruled that former prime minister Sali Berisha, who is accused of corruption, must report to prosecutors and not leave the country while his case is under investigation. The ruling Thursday came from the country’s Special Court on Corruption and Organized Crime, which
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE, Md. (AP) — More than a century after Edward Garrison Draper was rejected for the Maryland Bar due to his race, he has been posthumously admitted. News outlets report the Supreme Court of Maryland attempted to right the past wrong by holding a special session Thursday to admit Draper, who was Black, to practice
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN New York (CNN) — The messaging app Telegram has restricted access to several channels closely associated with or operated by Hamas, as the militant group’s war with Israel rages on. One major channel with more than 700,000 followers and known to be operated by Hamas’ military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, is no longer
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office says taxpayers will cover the costs of her recent visit to wartime Israel. The announcement on Thursday comes after a nonprofit was supposed to pick up the tab but has yet to receive clearance from a state
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The second of two men accused in a confrontation with sheriff’s deputies that led to an exchange of gunfire, injuring a deputy and one of the suspects in Thousand Palms, pleaded not guilty today to felony charges. Kristian Galeana, 27, and 34-year-old Jose Eduardo Rosales Perez of Desert Hot Springs are each charged with
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press A man was arrested after trespassing twice in one day at the Los Angeles home of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., police confirmed Thursday. Police first responded to a call about the 28-year-old man trespassing at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, said Drake Madison, an officer with
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press A man was arrested after trespassing twice in one day at the Los Angeles home of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., police confirmed Thursday. Police first responded to a call about the 28-year-old man trespassing at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, said Drake Madison, an officer with
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Comedians John Mulaney and Pete Davidson have postponed two upcoming comedy shows in Maine following Wednesday’s mass shooting. “We are devastated by the events in Lewiston. Shows scheduled for this weekend in Maine on Saturday, 10/28 and Sunday, 10/29 have been postponed,” Mulaney wrote in a statement on Thursday. “We are
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A sale of federal Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases that had been scheduled for Nov. 8 is being delayed pending court arguments that focus on protections for an endangered whale species. The sale had been scheduled for last month. But oil companies filed suit
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has made a career out of risky bets that, for a while, paid off. Now, he’s about to make the riskiest bet of his life. After three weeks of damning testimony portraying him as a criminal mastermind, the former
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a New York Democrat, pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor charge for falsely triggering a fire alarm in a House office building. Bowman struck a deal with the Washington, DC, Attorney General’s office, in which he pleaded guilty to the single misdemeanor offense. According to the terms of
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El exministro de Defensa del Gobierno de Iván Duque Diego Molano es uno de los nueve candidatos a la Alcaldía de Bogotá. Su experiencia en la cartera de Defensa es su carta de presentación para aspirar al cargo al que se presenta con un eslogan que resume su visión para
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps, ruling that state legislators improperly diluted the political power of Black voters in establishing those boundaries following the 2020 census. The ruling by US District Judge Steve Jones could result in Democrats securing an
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