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Month: December 2023

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum ends 2024 Republican presidential bid days before the fourth debate

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has ended his 2024 Republican presidential bid. Burgum blames the Republican National Committee for arbitrary debate qualifications in dropping his campaign before the fourth presidential debate on Wednesday in Alabama. The second-term governor and wealthy software entrepreneur was little known nationally

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Former top Ohio utility regulator surrenders in $60 million bribery scheme linked to energy bill

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s former top utility regulator has pleaded not guilty in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme. Former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chair Sam Randazzo entered his plea Monday in federal court in Cincinnati. The 74-year-old Randazzo, of Columbus, faces 11 counts centered on

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Guinea-Bissau’s president issues a decree dissolving the opposition-controlled parliament

By CHINEDU ASADU and SAMBU ASSANA Associated Press BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau’s president has issued a decree dissolving the West African nation’s opposition-controlled parliament. Umaro Sissoco Embalo cited last week’s shootout between troops loyal to him and forces controlled by the parliament, which he described as a failed coup. The leadership of the parliament

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Varios cambios en los famosos libros infantiles de Roald Dahl desatan una polémica sobre la censura

Alexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN) — La noticia de que se realizaron cambios a las obras del exitoso autor de literatura infantil Roald Dahl ha provocado la ira de algunos escritores destacados, entre ellos Salman Rushdie, ganador del premio Booker, quien calificó las modificaciones de “censura absurda”. Dahl, quien murió en 1990 a los 76 años,

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The wealth of middle-class and lower-income Americans grew at a faster rate than high earners early in the pandemic

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Lower-income and middle-class households saw their net worth increase at a faster rate than their higher-income peers early in the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Pew Research Center report released Monday. The median wealth of lower-income households shot up 101% between December 2019 and December 2021, while the middle

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Oklahoma executes Phillip Hancock for 2001 double murder. He claimed the killings were in self-defense

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Oklahoma on Thursday executed 59-year-old death row inmate Phillip Hancock, who was sentenced to death for the 2001 double murder of Robert Jett and James Lynch, according to a statement from the Department of Corrections. Hancock – who had claimed the killings were done in self-defense – was pronounced dead

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