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By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner who authorities say abandoned nearly 200 bodies in a building infested with maggots and flies is slated to appear in court to hear prosecutors’ evidence against him. Jon Hallford and his wife, Carie Hallford, owned the Back to Nature Funeral Home in
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan has reported its profit sank in October-December to about half of what it earned in the same period the year before. Nissan, based in the port city of Yokohama, said Thursday that its profit in the last quarter was 29 billion yen ($195 million). Quarterly
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s main election authority has refused to allow a politician opposing Moscow’s military action in Ukraine on the ballot for the upcoming presidential election. Boris Nadezhdin, a legislator in a town near Moscow, was required by law to gather at least 100,000 signatures in support of candidacy. The Central Election Commission on
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a longtime aide and close adviser to be a White House deputy chief of staff. Boston native Annie Tomasini has spent the past three years as director of Oval Office Operations. Tomasini is a close adviser who travels regularly with the president,
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have risen in China after Beijing ousted its top stock market regulator and announced more funding for hard-strapped property developers. Investors appeared to give a warm welcome to Wu Qing. The industry veteran has a reputation for being tough on market misbehavior. He was named
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Sofía Barruti Esta cobertura en vivo finalizó. Para ver las actualizaciones más recientes haz clic aquí Los palestinos han estado viviendo en tiendas de campaña improvisadas en Rafah, mientras una campaña terrestre de las FDI se acerca a la ciudad más meridional de Gaza. (Crédito: Abed Zagout/Anadolu vía Getty Images) The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Norma Anderson had already earned her spot in the Colorado history books before becoming the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit seeking to disqualify Donald Trump from office. The standoff against Trump is one final chapter in the 91-year-old’s storied political career, which includes stints as the first-ever woman majority leader
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House announced Thursday it will work with all the major American sports leagues in unique new partnerships meant to underscore the importance of physical activity and proper nutrition. The new partnerships are a part of the White House’s Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities, which was
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — When they make history at the Paris Games, Olympic medalists will take a bit of France and its history home, too. A hexagonal, polished piece of iron taken from the Eiffel Tower is being embedded in the gold, silver and bronze medals that will be hung around
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, debería afrontar una investigación por crímenes de guerra por el brutal ataque de Moscú a Mariúpol, que dejó miles de muertos, innumerables edificios destruidos y fue seguido por una campaña generalizada de rusificación, afirmó Human Rights Watch (HRW) en un nuevo informe que analiza la
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo is mourning Ingo the Flamingo, its oldest resident, who died at what is believed to be at least 75 years of age and had lived there since the mid-1950s. His place of origin is unclear. The zoo announced Ingo’s death at an “imposing” age in social media posts on
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — A senior member of the Swedish security police says that Iran “has been preparing and conducted activities aimed at carrying out a so-called physical attack against someone or something in Sweden.” The head of the counterespionage at Sweden domestic security agency, told Swedish radio Thursday that “we have worked on a number
Continue ReadingBy Christine Brennan, Jacob Lev and Jen Deaton, CNN (CNN) — The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on Wednesday that Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva did not meet the burden of proof to overturn her four-year ban for testing positive for trimetazidine. Valieva had suggested the prohibited substance was in her body because she ate
Continue ReadingGRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted for the third time since December on Thursday, sending jets of lava into the sky and triggering the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the island nation’s biggest tourist attractions. The eruption began at about 0600 GMT (1 a.m. EST) along a three-kilometer
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken left the Middle East on Thursday with public divisions between the United States and Israel at perhaps their worst level since Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza began in October. Wrapping up a four-nation Mideast trip — his
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By Marc Stewart and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Blizzards and freezing rain have brought massive disruption to China’s peak Lunar New Year travel rush, leaving drivers stuck in cars on icy highways and passengers struggling to rebook canceled trains and flights. The severe winter weather comes as Chinese travelers make an estimated record 9
Continue ReadingCNN By Marc Stewart and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Blizzards and freezing rain have brought massive disruption to China’s peak Lunar New Year travel rush, leaving drivers stuck in cars on icy highways and passengers struggling to rebook canceled trains and flights. The severe winter weather comes as Chinese travelers make an estimated record
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s consumer prices slid deeper into deflationary territory last month, suffering their biggest drop since the height of the global financial crisis in 2009 and underscoring the huge challenges facing the economy. The country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped by 0.8% in January from a year ago,
Continue ReadingGRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Thursday, less than two months after a previous eruption in the area forced the evacuation of the coastal town of Grindavik. The eruption began about 6 a.m. local time, sending lava into the air along a 3-kilometer-long (1.9-mile-long) fissure northeast of Mount Sundhnukur, the Icelandic
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Honda’s profit rose 3.5% in the October-December quarter from a year earlier on the back of solid demand in the U.S. and Europe and a recovery in its home market, the company said Thursday. Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co.’s profit in the last quarter was
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