Month: February 2024

El presidente de Ecuador ratifica acuerdos militares con EE.UU. ¿Qué operaciones conjuntas emprenderán contra la delincuencia organizada?

February 15, 2024 4:01 PM CNN Newsource

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, firmó este jueves dos decretos relacionados con dos acuerdos con Estados Unidos en materia de cooperación en seguridad. Se trata del Acuerdo entre Ecuador y Estados Unidos, relativo al Estatuto de las Fuerzas y del Acuerdo Relativo a Operaciones Contra Actividades Marítimas Transnacionales

Bystander tells of tackling armed, fleeing person after shooting at Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade

February 15, 2024 3:54 PM Associated Press

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bystander captured on video tackling an armed person after a shooting at a Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally says a thousand other people would have done the same thing. Trey Filter says he heard shots while walking to his car with his wife

Correction: Kat Von D-Tattoo Trial story

February 15, 2024 3:51 PM Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story published January 26, 2024, about the verdict in a copyright trial involving celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D, The Associated Press erroneously reported that jurors found that Von D’s tattoo of Miles Davis, a drawing used in the process, and a group of social media posts about it

Correction: Kat Von D-Tattoo Trial story

February 15, 2024 3:51 PM Associated Press

Maine police defend search for gunman who killed 18 last fall, saying they feared an ambush

February 15, 2024 3:43 PM Associated Press

By DAVID SHARP and NICK PERRY Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine state police are defending their search last fall for a gunman who had just killed 18 people, saying they didn’t rush to search woods surrounding his abandoned car because they feared an ambush. It took police two days to find the body

Tiger Woods hits a shank in his return to golf and opens with 72 at Riviera

February 15, 2024 3:37 PM Associated Press

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Any chance of Tiger Woods breaking par in his first official PGA Tour event in 10 months ended with one swing Thursday and a five-letter word he wasn’t afraid to say. Shank. Woods said his back began to spasm over the final few holes in

Plaza Theatre’s ‘retired’ seats available for free to the public on February 25

February 15, 2024 3:35 PM Alyson Booth

Now’s your chance to own a little bit of Palm Springs history. On Feb. 25, the Palm Springs Plaza Theatre Foundation will be giving away “retired” seats that haven’t already been donated to other theatre groups and non-profits. Anyone interested in taking a seat should come to the Plaza Theatre at 128 S. Palm Canyon

Pennsylvania courts say no ransom was paid in cyberattack, and attackers never sent a demand

February 15, 2024 3:30 PM Associated Press

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state courts agency says it never received a ransom demand as part of a cyberattack that briefly shut down some of its online services earlier this month and prompted a federal investigation. A courts agency spokesperson said Thursday that officials there never had any communication

Continued warming into the weekend

February 15, 2024 3:28 PM Spencer Blum, Haley Clawson

A ridge of high pressure remains in place over Southern California. This will lead to continued warming for the Coachella Valley over the coming days. An area of low pressure will move through the Southland early next week. While rain chances have slowly been diminished, wet weather cannot be ruled out for the desert. Any

Rob Manfred says he will retire as baseball commissioner in January 2029 after 14 years

February 15, 2024 3:25 PM Associated Press

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he will retire when his current term ends in January 2029. Speaking at a spring training news conference, Manfred noted he will be 70 years old and been commissioner for 14 years when his term ends on Jan. 25, 2029. The

Greece legalizes same-sex marriage in a first for an Orthodox Christian country

February 15, 2024 3:23 PM CNN Newsource

By Elinda Labropoulou, CNN Athens, Greece (CNN) — The Greek parliament on Thursday passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage, in a landmark victory for human rights in Greece and making it the first majority Orthodox Christian country to establish marriage equality for all. The decision, supported by 176 out of 300 lawmakers in parliament and with

Man charged with setting fires at predominantly Black church in Rhode Island

February 15, 2024 3:20 PM Associated Press

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man was arrested Thursday and charged with using gasoline to set several fires around the exterior of a predominantly Black church in North Providence on Sunday. U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island Zachary Cunha said Kevin Colantonio of North Providence was charged with maliciously damaging or

Second gentleman and UN ambassador hold session on Gaza fallout with Jewish and Arab youth

February 15, 2024 3:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff slipped into New York on Thursday for a small meeting with youth leaders selected from across the Jewish American, Muslim American and Palestinian American communities, marking the administration’s latest move in its evolving response to the Israel-Hamas war. The event, hosted by United Nations Ambassador

Zendaya stuns at ‘Dune: Part Two’ world premiere in vintage silver cyborg suit by Mugler

February 15, 2024 3:17 PM Associated Press

By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Zendaya stunned Thursday at the “Dune: Part Two” world premiere in London in a silver cyborg suit. The co-star of the highly anticipated film hit the sand-strewn carpet in a silver robot suit straight from the archive of Mugler. It’s from the French fashion house’s fall/winter 1995 20th

Detroit Pistons player arrested and cited after punching opponent before game

February 15, 2024 3:14 PM CNN Newsource

By Sara Smart and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Detroit Pistons forward Isaiah Stewart was arrested and cited after an altercation with a Phoenix Suns player prior to Wednesday’s NBA game between the two teams. Stewart was arrested for assault, issued a citation and released, according to a news release from the Phoenix Police Department,

Former FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens’ role in Ukraine business, undercutting GOP impeachment inquiry

February 15, 2024 3:08 PM CNN

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel David Weiss charged a former FBI informant with lying about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s involvement in business dealings with Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, undercutting a major aspect of Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into the president. Alexander Smirnov,

Trump makes final pitch to Supreme Court in fraught immunity case

February 15, 2024 2:59 PM CNN Newsource

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump made his final pitch Thursday to the Supreme Court in his effort to pause a trial over the election subversion charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith. “There are overwhelming reasons why the case should not go to trial ‘in three months or less,’” Trump

Japón y Reino Unido entran en recesión: qué pasó y qué se espera a futuro

February 15, 2024 2:58 PM CNN Newsource

urielblanco (CNN) — La economía de Japón se contrajo inesperadamente debido a la debilidad del consumo interno, lo que empujó al país a la recesión y le hizo perder su posición de tercera economía mundial frente a Alemania. Por su parte, el Reino Unido entró en recesión a solo unos meses de las elecciones generales,

Jury convicts Iowa police chief of lying to feds to acquire machine guns

February 15, 2024 2:52 PM Associated Press

By JACK DURA Associated Press A federal jury has convicted a small-town Iowa police chief of lying to federal authorities to acquire machine guns. Prosecutors say he sold the guns for his own profit. The jury convicted 47-year-old Adair Police Chief Brad Wendt of conspiring to make false statements to the federal Bureau of Alcohol,

Desert Water Agency general manager Mark Krause retires, Steve Johnson will take over position

February 15, 2024 2:52 PM Jesus Reyes

Desert Water Agency general manager Mark Krause will retire effective next week. Krause spent 29 years with DWA, the last eight as general manager and chief engineer. He will retire on Feb. 22. Steve Johnson, current Assistant General Manager, will replace Krause upon his retirement. “It has been a privilege to serve the public over

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