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By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The elite Hezbollah commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike Monday in southern Lebanon fought for the group for decades and took part in some of its biggest battles. Wissam al-Tawil, a 48-year-old commander in Hezbollah’s secretive Radwan Force deployed along the border with Israel, was
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A special election to replace former Rep. Kevin McCarthy following the speaker’s resignation last month will be held on May 21, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday. The primary for the special election is set for March 19, the governor said. McCarthy, who represented California’s 20th Congressional District, announced he was
Continue ReadingBy Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday denounced the debunked conspiracy theory that the FBI instigated the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” just one day after the third anniversary of the attack, Pence said “We’ve been assured again
Continue ReadingCNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere, Priscilla Alvarez and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina catapulted Joe Biden to the top of the Democratic primary in 2020, and on Monday, the president returned hoping the state – and its Black voters – can help recharge his reelection bid. The state’s February 3 Democratic primary is not competitive. But with
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El papa Francisco calificó de “crímenes de guerra” los ataques contra civiles durante las guerras, incluidas las de Gaza y Ucrania, y advirtió que el mundo se está deslizando hacia un conflicto global. “No hay conflicto que no acabe de alguna manera golpeando indiscriminadamente a la población civil. Los sucesos
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Más allá del aspecto práctico de los premios Globo de Oro, que hicieron avanzar a “Oppenheimer” (especialmente) y “Poor Things” en sus campañas para los Oscar, e iniciaron la gira de despedida de “Succession”, la ceremonia televisada de este domingo reforzó la noción de que a Hollywood le cuesta abandonar a quienes
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Jeremy Allen White has had a very successful couple of days that have put him in a revealing spotlight. The actor, who won a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Carmy in the FX/Hulu series “The Bear” on Sunday night, is also the new face – and body
Continue ReadingJACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a new legislative district for two Native American tribes who successfully challenged North Dakota’s 2021 redistricting map as violating the Voting Rights Act in diluting Native American voters’ strength. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter Welte’s decision Monday comes after a flurry
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A home owned by the judge overseeing the federal election subversion case against former president Donald Trump was targeted by a fake emergency call Sunday night, the latest in a spate of similar false swatting reports at the homes of public officials in recent days. Police responded
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By Ray Sanchez and Sabrina Souza, CNN New York (CNN) — The testimony of Wayne LaPierre, in the waning days of his long tenure as head of one of the nation’s most powerful lobbying groups, could highlight a New York civil trial alleging top officials used the National Rifle Association as a “personal piggy bank.”
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer AL ULA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says four key Arab nations and Turkey have agreed to begin planning for the reconstruction and governance of Gaza once Israel’s war against Hamas ends. Blinken spoke Monday after meeting with the Saudi crown prince. He is
Continue ReadingBy ÉDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press ARRIAGA, Mexico (AP) — About 2,000 migrants have resumed their journey through southern Mexico, after participants were left without the papers the Mexican government appeared to have promised. The original caravan of about 6,000 migrants from Venezuela, Cuba and Central America started walking on Christmas Eve. But after New
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rallying Monday to claw back most of the losses from its slow start to the year. The S&P 500 was 1.2% higher in late trading to pull within 1% of its all-time high set two years ago. It’s a return of momentum
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El legendario Franz Beckenbauer deja un legado como uno de los mejores futbolistas de la historia. Es uno de los pocos jugadores que ganaron el Mundial, la Copa de Europa (hoy Champions League), la Eurocopa y el Balón de Oro. Beckenbauer, que como jugador fue defensa central implacable, nació el
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Investigators will never know exactly what the Alaska Airlines pilots were saying last week in the chaotic, loud first moments after a door plug blew off a Boeing 737 MAX 9, leaving a hole in the side of its fuselage shortly after takeoff. That’s because the cockpit voice recorder
Continue Reading CNN By Paradise Afshar, Elizabeth Wolfe, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage said an important piece has been found – a key detail in the investigation of what happened during the plane’s “explosive decompression,” as the carrier and
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis called Monday for a universal ban on what he called the “despicable” practice of surrogate motherhood, as he included the “commercialization” of pregnancy in an annual speech listing threats to global peace and human dignity. In a foreign policy address to ambassadors accredited to the
Continue ReadingIMPERIAL, Calif. (AP) — The death of an incarcerated man who guards said was assaulted by two fellow inmates at a Southern California prison is being investigated as a homicide, state corrections officials said Monday. Officers used seven applications of pepper spray to quell the attack Sunday on Enrique Saucedo in the recreational yard at
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti Actualización: El módulo de aterrizaje lunar sufre una pérdida “crítica” de combustible poniendo en riesgo la misión (CNN) — Un nuevo e imponente cohete ha despegado, transportando lo que podría ser el primer módulo de aterrizaje comercial en aterrizar en la Luna, y la primera misión de aterrizaje lunar lanzada desde Estados Unidos
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, CNN Ames, Iowa (CNN) — Amber Douglas wanted to ask Vivek Ramaswamy about his outreach to young voters like herself. Douglas, a 33-year-old lifelong Iowa resident, first caucused in 2008, when she was 17, for then-Sen. Barack Obama, and voted for Democrats in every subsequent election until 2022, when she voted for
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