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By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fellow former hostages, family and coworkers celebrated the life of journalist and philanthropist Terry Anderson Wednesday, remembering a man who helped others while struggling to heal himself. The news writer became a news subject when he was taken hostage in Lebanon by members of an Islamic
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday wrapped itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, a celebration of its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II that President Vladimir Putin has turned into a pillar of his nearly quarter-century in power and a justification of his military action in Ukraine. Even though few veterans of
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican crosses a key milestone Thursday in the runup to its 2025 Jubilee with the promulgation of the official decree establishing the Holy Year. It’s a once-every-quarter-century event that is expected to bring some 32 million pilgrims to Rome and has already brought months of
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hard-line Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in a brazen push to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, but the resounding rejection by Republicans and Democrats tired of the turmoil does not guarantee an end to the GOP chaos. One of Donald Trump’s biggest
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators on Thursday are likely to change how some power companies calculate their customers’ bills, a decision that would make it less expensive for people to charge electric cars and cool their homes in the summer but would increase prices for those who don’t use
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators on Thursday are likely to change how some power companies calculate their customers’ bills, a decision that would make it less expensive for people to charge electric cars and cool their homes in the summer but would increase prices for those who don’t use
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JENNIFER PELTZ and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Stormy Daniels will return to the witness stand Thursday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial as the defense tries to undermine the credibility of the porn actor’s salacious testimony about their alleged sexual encounter and the money she
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press In a meeting room at a hotel in California’s crop-rich Central Valley, a fight is taking place that could help shape the future of farm labor in fields that grow a chunk of the country’s food. The battle between a unit of the Wonderful Co. — one of the state’s
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — Michael Conforto homered and singled in a six-run second inning that sent the San Francisco Giants past the struggling Colorado Rockies 8-6 on Wednesday night. Blake Sabol and Conforto each finished with three of San Francisco’s 13 hits. Jordan Hicks pitched five effective innings and the Giants won their second in a
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Varias docenas de empleados del Distrito Escolar Unificado del Valle de Coachella recibirán avisos de despido finales en los próximos días. Es la última secuencia de eventos que ha sucedido desde marzo, cuando el distrito anunció originalmente que recortaría más de 120 puestos de trabajo en un esfuerzo importante por recortar personal y ahorrar fondos.
Continue ReadingAMSTERDAM (AP) — In sometimes violent confrontations, police broke up a protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam Wednesday in a second straight day of unrest over the war in Gaza. After police ended a blockade on university grounds, hundreds of demonstrators moved to a nearby square to continue protesting late into the
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, CNN Washington (CNN) — The House voted on Wednesday to pass a one-week extension for federal aviation programs, a stopgap move intended to head off a looming end-of-week deadline. Congress is up against a Friday deadline of May 10 to reauthorize Federal Aviation Administration authorities. This will
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET and BARBARA SURK Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Tens of thousands welcomed the Olympic torch in the southern French city of Marseille, marking another milestone in the lead-up to the Summer Games in Paris. A majestic three-mast ship carried the Olympic torch from Greece for the welcoming ceremony at sunset Wednesday
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By Gabe Cohen, Aileen Graef, Eric Levenson, Avery Lotz and Alexandra Ross, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, cleared out a pro-Palestinian encampment on George Washington University’s campus early Wednesday and arrested 30 protesters there and three others in a separate altercation, Metro Police Chief Pamela A. Smith said. The
Continue Reading Several dozen Coachella Valley Unified School District employees will be receiving final layoff notices in the coming days. It’s the latest sequence of events to happen since March, when the district announced originally announced it would be slashing more than 120 jobs in a major effort to cut staff and save funds. The final layoff
Continue Reading By Olga Voitovych and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — Russia carried out a “massive” missile attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight into Wednesday, according to local authorities, in the biggest aerial onslaught by Russian forces for weeks. Russia used 76 air attack weapons in the assault, including 55 missiles and 21 drones launched from Russia and Russian
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El marido de Ana María Knezevich Henao, una mujer estadounidense nacida en Colombia, cuya desaparición se denunció cuando se encontraba en España en febrero de este año, fue detenido en Florida, según confirmó este lunes el FBI. David Knezevich, de 36 años y residente en Fort Lauderdale, Florida, se encuentra
Continue Reading By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A Colorado man who pleaded guilty to murdering five people whose remains were found in Colorado in 2020 has been sentenced to five life sentences, court documents show. Adre Baroz, 29, pleaded guilty in February to five counts each of first-degree murder and tampering with a deceased human
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, dijo este miércoles por primera vez que detendría los envíos de armas estadounidenses a Israel —que, según reconoció, se han utilizado en la muerte de civiles en Gaza— si el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu ordena una gran invasión de la ciudad de Rafah.
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores consideró este miércoles que los dichos de la administradora de la DEA, Anne Milgram, sobre el tiempo que tarda México en otorgar acreditaciones a los agentes estadounidenses son infundados, al explicar que este año se han aprobado ya al menos 14 permisos de ese tipo.
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