Skip to Content

Month: November 2023

Only debate of Mississippi governor’s race brings insults and interruptions from Reeves and Presley

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and Democratic challenger Brandon Presley insulted and spoke over each other several times in their only debate of a rough-and-tumble campaign season. They presented sharply contrasting plans for the state Wednesday night. The televised debate happened six days before the

Continue Reading

Judge signals she may postpone Trump’s trial in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Ft. Pierce, Florida (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago document-mishandling case cast doubt on the viability having a trial in May 2024, signaling she may postpone the criminal proceedings. During a hearing Wednesday in south Florida, US District Judge Aileen Cannon raised concerns that the defense team wouldn’t

Continue Reading

The US has strongly backed Israel’s war against Hamas. The allies don’t seem to know what comes next

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was asked who would govern the Gaza Strip following Israel’s war against Hamas, he said a return of the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority made “the most sense.” What he failed to mention is that the Palestinian Authority, weak

Continue Reading

Trooper accused of withholding body-camera video agrees to testify in deadly arrest of Black driver

By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Louisiana state trooper accused of withholding graphic body-camera footage that shows another officer dragging Black motorist Ronald Greene by his ankle shackles during his deadly 2019 arrest. A district attorney said this week that Lt. John Clary has agreed to take the stand in

Continue Reading
Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Enfrentamientos en el Congreso de Honduras dejan tres diputados con heridas leves

macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Al menos tres diputados del Partido Nacional de Honduras (PNH) resultaron con heridas leves este martes, luego de que simpatizantes del oficialista Partido Libertad y Refundación (Libre) irrumpieron en las afueras del Congreso para impedir que los legisladores de la oposición sesionaran y extendieran el período de sesiones ordinarias hasta el

Continue Reading

European privacy officials widen ban on Meta’s behavioral advertising to most of Europe

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — European officials widened a ban on Meta’s “behavioral advertising” practices to most of Europe on Wednesday, setting up a broader conflict between the continent’s privacy-conscious institutions and an American technology giant. Behavioral advertising, used by Meta’s Facebook and Instagram among many other tech companies, involves

Continue Reading

Panama’s Assembly looks to revoke contract for Canadian mining company after public outcry

by KATHIA MARTÍNEZ, JUAN ZAMORANO and DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s government has nearly approved a new bill revoking a controversial mining contract. A Canadian company’s local subsidiary had been approved for at least 20 years more mining two weeks ago. The move sparked nationwide outrage and protests. Critics say killing

Continue Reading