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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of a Nigerian business leader who died in a Southern California helicopter crash that killed five others in February filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming the flight should have been grounded because of treacherous weather. Relatives of Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the former chair
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of a Nigerian business leader who died in a Southern California helicopter crash that killed five others in February filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming the flight should have been grounded because of treacherous weather. Relatives of Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the former chair of the Nigerian stock exchange, allege in the
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press AMIZMIZ, Morocco (AP) — Communities hit hard by last year’s deadly earthquake in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains have marked the holy month of Ramadan with a mix of festiveness and despair. The task of rebuilding is daunting. The government estimates that more than 300,000 people were affected by the earthquake in
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin elections officials say the effort by supporters of former President Donald Trump to recall Wisconsin’s top elected Republican did not gather enough signatures to trigger the recall election and therefore should be rejected. The recommendation released Wednesday was to be considered Thursday by the Wisconsin
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Angel Studios wants to give audiences the power to decide what movies are made. The company behind last summer’s surprise box office hit, the child trafficking movie “ Sound of Freedom,” employs a crowdfunding model to finance projects from the ground up. “The gatekeeper model
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El exvicepresidente de Ecuador Jorge Glas fue detenido el viernes 5 de abril en la embajada de México en Quito, donde había acudido en calidad de “huésped” y solicitado asilo en diciembre de 2023, alegando “persecución política” por parte de las autoridades judiciales de su país, según dijo su
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU. Joe Biden dijo a periodistas en la Casa Blanca el miércoles que su administración está “considerando” una solicitud de Australia para retirar los cargos contra el fundador de Wikileaks, Julian Assange. Informes dicen que el Parlamento australiano aprobó en febrero una moción que pedía que
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration finalized the first national standard to limit dangerous “forever chemicals” found in nearly half of the drinking water in the United States. Some environmentalists called the new rule a “huge breakthrough” and “historic” change that can help protect human health. The new standard is legally enforceable
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jay Leno’s request for a conservatorship of his wife Mavis Leno’s estate was granted on Tuesday during a hearing in a Los Angeles courtroom. According to documents filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court after today’s hearing, the judge determined Jay Leno was “suitable and qualified” to be appointed
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — Locals in the Canary Islands are mobilizing to protest against excessive tourism, blaming visitors for pricing them out of their homes and causing environmental damage. The Spanish archipelago, which sits in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa, has long been a popular holiday
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By Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — The European Union’s plan to reform how it handles irregular migration passed a key hurdle on Wednesday, as the European Parliament voted through a package that will fundamentally change how the bloc tackles huge numbers of people, often seeking asylum while fleeing conflict in their own countries. The wide-ranging
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling nearly 43,000 small SUVs because gasoline can leak from the fuel injectors onto hot engine surfaces, increasing the risk of fires. But the recall remedy does not include repairing the fuel leaks. The recall covers certain Bronco Sport SUVs from the 2022 and 2023 model years, as well as
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s government has extended exemptions to tourist visa requirements for citizens of the U.S., Australia and Canada until April 2025, extending a program aimed at boosting tourism that had been scheduled to end Wednesday. The decision, issued by Brazilian presidency and the Ministry of
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized strict limits on certain so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. Officials say this will reduce exposure for 100 million people and help prevent thousands of illnesses, including cancers.
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Hall of Famer and three-time national coach of the year John Calipari has been named the Arkansas Razorbacks men’s basketball head coach, after his 15 seasons at the University of Kentucky came to an end. Arkansas announced Calipari has signed a five-year contract with a starting
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Jihad Abu Watfa se encontraba entre los escombros de un oscuro tramo de carretera costera al suroeste de la Ciudad de Gaza cuando vio que se acercaban tanques militares israelíes. Comenzó a grabar con su teléfono justo cuando una intensa ráfaga de disparos pasó ante sus ojos. “Estamos sitiados, tenemos un
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Progress on inflation is moving in the wrong direction. The latest Consumer Price Index, released Wednesday, showed that annual inflation ticked up to 3.5% in March from 3.2% in February. That marked the largest annual gain in half a year. Even though the current inflation rate is
Continue ReadingATTICA, Kan. (AP) — Investigators in Kansas say a deputy fatally shot an Oklahoma woman who was wielding a knife and scissors and lunged at another officer. A Harper County deputy responded to a report of a car parked in the middle of a highway Tuesday morning and found the woman in the car with
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press A North Dakota woman has been sentenced to 19 years in prison in connection with the death of a baby who attended her unlicensed home child care center. Patricia Wick pleaded guilty in January to murder, child abuse and operating an unlicensed day care center. A judge sentenced her Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A Florida woman was sentenced to one month in prison and three years of probation for selling the diary of President Joe Biden’s daughter to Project Veritas in 2020. Aimee Harris was sentenced in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday to one month in prison and three years’ supervised release, according
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