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BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have arrested two men suspected of plotting a knife attack on worshippers at a synagogue in the southwestern city of Heidelberg. The suspects, who are 24 and 18 years old, were detained during separate police operations in the state of Baden-Wuerttember earlier this month. Police and prosecutors say
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office has warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine and new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the army and an ethnic armed group fighting it. Spokesperson Liz Throssell of the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks are rising on Friday in a bounce back from Wall Street’s worst day since April. The S&P 500 was up 0.6% in midday trading to trim most of its loss for the week, though it may still be heading for its first
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is set to sign two bills that will overhaul the state’s oversight of the funeral home industry. The bills, which Polis plans to sign Friday, follow a series of gruesome discoveries in Colorado, including 190 discomposing bodies in a funeral home,
Continue ReadingCANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival draws glamour to itself like a moth to the flame. Over the last two weeks, the French Riviera spectacular has played host to dozens of anticipated movie premieres, nightly ballets of high fashion on the red carpet and even a visit from the Olympic flame ahead of
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Belén Liotti (CNN) — Hay una nueva variante del coronavirus. KP.2, miembro de las llamadas variantes FliRT, apodadas así por sus mutaciones, se ha convertido en la cepa de coronavirus dominante en Estados Unidos, según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés). Estas
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN) — Este jueves fue un día especial en Hollywood, ya que el propio Thor fue honrado con un galardón icónico. Para celebrar que Chris Hemsworth recibió su propia estrella en el Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood, su coprotagonista de “Avengers”, Robert Downey Jr., estuvo presente para elogiar al guapo actor australiano,
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, publicó este jueves un nuevo decreto en el que ordena que las Fuerzas Armadas asuman el control de las armas de fuego, las municiones, los explosivos y los accesorios en todas las vialidades autorizadas para el ingreso a las cárceles del país. La medida
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah — but stopped short of ordering a cease-fire for the enclave. Although Israel is unlikely to comply with the order, it will ratchet
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in a landslide Friday that buried a village in a remote, mountainous part of Papua New Guinea, and an emergency response is underway, officials in the South Pacific island nation said. The landslide struck Enga province,
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Elon Musk dice que la inteligencia artificial nos quitará el trabajo y que eso no es necesariamente malo. “Probablemente ninguno de nosotros tendrá trabajo”, dijo Musk sobre la inteligencia artificial en una conferencia tecnológica el jueves. Conoce a “Grok”, el chatbot de inteligencia artificial de Elon Musk con un toque “rebelde”
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Pope Francis has paved the way for the canonization of the first saint of the millennial generation, attributing a second miracle to a 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006. Carlo Acutis, born on May 3, 1991, in London and then moved with his Italian parents to Milan as
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Calm and understated, Iga Świątek rarely appears flustered by the triumphant highs and heart-breaking lows of professional tennis, but discovering that she would be crowned world No. 1 for the first time was an exception. “I remember it was really overwhelming,” says Świątek. “I cried for like 20 minutes.”
Continue ReadingBy HOGIR AL ABDO Associated Press QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Syrian Kurdish-led authorities in the country’s northeast say they have handed over a British woman and three children linked to the Islamic State group to a U.K. delegation that visited the region this week. The handover took place on Wednesday. It’s the latest in a
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution that strongly condemns attacks on humanitarian workers and U.N. personnel. The vote was 14-0 with Russia abstaining. It also demands that all combatants protect them in accordance with international law. The Swiss-sponsored resolution expresses grave concern
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Un amplio proyecto de ley bipartidista sobre seguridad fronteriza no logró avanzar en el Senado el jueves, bloqueado por la oposición del Partido Republicano y las divisiones demócratas. Los demócratas volvieron a presentar la medida después de que fracasara a principios de este año en un intento de presionar a los
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House announced Friday that President Joe Biden will welcome the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs to the White House on May 31 – but it seems unlikely that football’s most famous fan will be in attendance. It’ll be the second visit in as many years
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous works skewered America’s food industry and who notably ate only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53. Spurlock died Thursday in New York from
Continue ReadingBy JOSH KELETY/AP and ERIC SCICCHITANO/CNHI NEWS Despite growing demand for long-term care, the industry struggles with labor shortages, and experts worry about whether there will be enough workers in the future to care for America’s aging population. Reporting from The Associated Press and CNHI News found the country’s direct care workforce is predominantly made
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS HERRERA PÉREZ Associated Press PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — Officials in Spain say excess weight on a first-floor terrace may have contributed to the collapse of a building housing a bar and restaurant club on the island of Mallorca that killed four people. Spain’s National Police say the collapse Thursday killed two German
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