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By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday he’s certain the United States will make good on its promise to provide billions of dollars in further aid for Kyiv to continue its fight against Russia, and he bluntly replied “No,” to a question about whether his country might
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — An Italian fashion blogger-turned-businesswoman has apologized after being fined 1 million euros by Italy’s anti-trust authority for improperly communicating a charitable contribution tied to sales of a traditional Christmas cake sold with her logo. Chiara Ferragni said she would donate 1 million euros to a hospital in Turin to give “concreteness” to
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El asambleísta Eduardo García confirmo por medio de un comunicado de prensa que después de 10 años no buscara la reelección en la asamblea de California y comento que durante todo este tiempo viajaba de lunes a jueves a Sacramento y se mantenía alejado de su familia y que había llegado el momento de pasar
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago. Charles Donohoe was the second Proud Boy to plead guilty to conspiring with other
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Era considerado un hombre encantador, según la descripción del FBI: un tipo que hacía trabajitos, vendedor ambulante de antigüedades, quizá interesado en la fotografía. Luego, vino la acusación: Roger Dale Parham fue detenido a finales de 1998 acusado de violación de una menor, según el FBI. El delito se le imputaba
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands have returned after a week to the streets in a dozen of major cities across Slovakia to keep protesting a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the country’s penal code. The changes proposed by the coalition government include a proposal to abolish the special
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the Arizona rancher’s daughter who became a voice of moderate conservatism as the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, was memorialized by President Joe Biden on Tuesday as a pioneer in the legal world who inspired generations of
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that Republicans who control the North Carolina legislature drew discriminatory maps for congressional and state legislative districts by diluting the power of the state’s Black voters. The lawsuit from the NAACP’s state chapter, Common Cause and several individual Black voters is the latest
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — La estrella de “Big Bang Theory”, Kate Miccuci, dice que ahora está libre de cáncer después de compartir en sus redes sociales la semana pasada que fue operada después de un diagnóstico de cáncer de pulmón. Durante el fin de semana, Miccuci compartió una actualización en su página de TikTok. “Tengo
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, criticó al gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott, después de que firmara este lunes una ley fronteriza que convierte el ingreso ilegal a Texas en un delito estatal. “Es algo inhumano, impulsado por la política”, dijo López Obrador este martes durante su conferencia diaria en
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says Republican Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant language is dangerous and dehumanizing. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear says the rhetoric makes it more difficult for Congress to reach a U.S. border security deal. Beshear’s reelection last month in solidly Republican Kentucky raised his national profile. In a
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Desert Hot Springs is expanding their animal care services. The Humane Society of the Desert has donated a local Animal hospital and a sanctuary This expansion will create more space for animal care and control. It will also help to contract with a provider who can deliver a wide range of veterinary care services— including
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Advocacy groups say thousands of struggling families in New York City are waiting unacceptably long times to receive emergency food and cash aid. The groups, including The Legal Aid Society, filed a contempt motion Monday in federal court in Manhattan asking a judge to order the city to reduce backlogs
Continue ReadingBy GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami has sentenced a former Haitian senator to life in prison for conspiring to kill Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, which caused unprecedented turmoil in the Caribbean nation. John Joel Joseph is the third of 11 suspects detained and charged in Miami
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s first provincial elections in a decade saw a relatively low turnout and largely benefitted traditional parties, according to results announced by the country’s election authorities. The Independent High Electoral Commission has said that some 41% of registered voters turned out in Monday’s general voting and special
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN New York (CNN) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning that bad weather could disrupt holiday air travel. “We may see some bad weather around the holidays,” Buttigieg said, alongside FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker during a press conference at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C. “Winter weather may be a challenge,
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina voting-rights advocates have sued to overturn redistricting plans drawn by Republicans for the 2024 elections, saying legislative leaders unlawfully weakened the electoral influence of Black voters. The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP, Common Cause North Carolina and eight Black residents filed a
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — South Carolina and Florida were the two fastest-growing states in the U.S., as the South dominated population gains in 2023, and the U.S. growth rate ticked upward slightly from the depths of the pandemic due to a drop in deaths, according to estimates released Tuesday by
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — South Carolina and Florida were the two fastest-growing states in the U.S., as the South dominated population gains in 2023, and the U.S. growth rate ticked upward slightly from the depths of the pandemic due to a drop in deaths, according to estimates released Tuesday by
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE, Associated Press and RUBENS VALENTE, Agencia Publica JACI-PARANA, Brazil (AP) — Authorities in a western Brazil state are taking aim at deforestation of the Amazon with a slew of lawsuits against slaughterhouses and farmers accused of illegally raising cattle in a protected area. The lawsuits seek millions of dollars for environmental damage
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