SofÃa Barruti (CNN)Â — Al discutir el impacto en las fuerzas del orden locales mientras Estados Unidos lucha con un aumento de inmigrantes sin precedentes, el sheriff del condado de Maverick, Tom Schmerber, le dice a Rafael Romo de CNN: “Estamos sufriendo porque no tenemos la mano de obra”. “Es mucho”, dijo Schmerber. “En lo
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in a California community are seeking a suspect in a hit-and-run collision that killed two young brothers on Friday. Police responded to a reported traffic collision at an intersection in Antioch around 11:30 p.m., the Antioch Police Department said in a statement. Officers arrived at the scene of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in a California community are seeking a suspect in a hit-and-run collision that killed two young brothers on Friday. Police responded to a reported traffic collision at an intersection in Antioch around 11:30 p.m., the Antioch Police Department said in a statement. Officers arrived at the scene of
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By Chris Lau and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — A woman who was left incapacitated for decades after being poisoned as a college student in a high-profile cold case in China has died at the age of 50. Zhu Ling died in Beijing on Friday, her alma mater Tsinghua University announced in a post on
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s authority in charge of press and publications has approved 105 online games, saying it fully supports the industry after newly proposed curbs caused massive losses for major game companies. The National Press and Publication Administration issued a statement Monday on its Weibo social media account
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s emergencies ministry says a fire broke out on a nuclear-powered container ship and icebreaker in the northern port of Murmansk but was quickly extinguished. The ministry said in statements on Telegram that the fire occurred late Sunday in a cabin of the Sevmorput vessel and spread to about 30 square meters
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Beijing recorded the most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December in more than seven decades as a cold wave has enveloped northern and central swathes of China, bringing snowstorms and record-breaking temperatures. A weather observatory in the Chinese capital as of Sunday had recorded more than 300 hours of sub-freezing temperatures since
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police say they have freed 290 Baloch activists who were arrested when they attempted to hold a protest last week in the capital, Islamabad. Their release Monday came after protest organizers gave authorities a three-day deadline to free all those detained. The activists had traveled from
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Monday after Wall Street capped its eighth straight winning week with a quiet finish following reports showing inflation on the way down and the economy potentially on the way up. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 added 0.3% to 33,254.03 and the Shanghai
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s authority in charge of press and publications has approved 105 online games, saying it fully supports the industry after newly proposed curbs caused massive losses for major game companies. The National Press and Publication Administration issued a statement Monday on its Weibo social media account
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A fire started at a California home on Christmas Eve while an armed suspect remained inside the house hours later, authorities told local media. The Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to a 911 call on 11th Street in Hermosa Beach around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, KTLA-TV reported.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A fire started at a California home on Christmas Eve while an armed suspect remained inside the house hours later, authorities told local media. The Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to a 911 call on 11th Street in Hermosa Beach around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, KTLA-TV reported.
Continue ReadingBy MOHAMMAD HABIB RAHMANI Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Bahara Rustam, 13, took her last class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul on Dec. 11 knowing it was the end of her education. Under Taliban rule, she is unlikely to step foot in a classroom again. In September 2021, a month after U.S. and
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police say they have freed 290 activists who were arrested when they attempted to hold a protest last week in the capital, Islamabad. Their release Monday came after protest organizers gave authorities a three-day deadline to free all those detained. The activists had traveled from Baluchistan
Continue Reading By Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Beijing recorded its longest cold wave since records began in 1951 as the biting temperatures and snowfall experienced in the Chinese capital and elsewhere began to ease. The temperature recorded at Beijing’s Nanjiao weather station rose to above zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) Sunday afternoon for the first
Continue Reading CNN By Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Beijing recorded its longest cold wave since records began in 1951 as the biting temperatures and snowfall experienced in the Chinese capital and elsewhere began to ease. The temperature recorded at Beijing’s Nanjiao weather station rose to above zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) Sunday afternoon for the
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer She’s an important figure behind today’s artificial intelligence boom, but not all computer scientists thought Fei-Fei Li was on the right track when she came up with the idea for a giant visual database called ImageNet that took years to build. Li, now a founding director of Stanford University’s
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A woman who was shot in the head while she was a passenger in a car fleeing from police has filed a federal lawsuit against a state-run department in Mississippi’s capital city. Sherita Harris was shot in the head during an August 2022 pursuit that began after a traffic stop in
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Monday after Wall Street capped its eighth straight winning week with a quiet finish following reports showing inflation on the way down and the economy potentially on the way up. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 added 0.2% to 33,225.45 and the Taiex in
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — King Charles III is giving his second Christmas message from Buckingham Palace in front of a live tree decorated with sustainable ornaments. The message to be broadcast at 3 p.m. Monday will the king’s second holiday address since he ascended the throne but the first since his coronation in May. The natural
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