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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Una mujer estadounidense repatriada a Estados Unidos desde Siria enfrenta cargos penales por entrenar con ISIS en el extranjero, según documentos judiciales revelados este martes. Halima Salman, de unos 20 años, está acusada de aprender a usar un rifle de asalto AK-47 de la organización terrorista mientras vivía en Siria. Salman, según
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By Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — A US military veteran who admitted he faked being unable to walk for more than 20 years while claiming several hundred thousand dollars in disability benefits has been sentenced to prison time. Christopher Stultz, 49, of Antrim, New Hampshire, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after receiving more
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — After more than a century, Boy Scouts of America is rebranding as Scouting America, another major shakeup for an organization that once proudly resisted change. Founded 114 years ago, the Texas-based organization has recently been mired in turmoil over a flood of sexual abuse claims and bankruptcy.
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after U.S. stocks held relatively steady on Wall Street. U.S. futures and oil prices slipped, while the yen weakened further against the U.S. dollar. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 lost 1.6% to 38,202.37. Nintendo Co.’s share price sank 5.4% after the company’s
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Update 5/9/24 The U.S. State Department responded to our report with a statement, although details remained limited: “We are aware of the reports of U.S. citizens arrested in Honduras. We are monitoring the situation but have no further comment at this time.” Original Report 5/7/24 There are multiple reports that a former chairman of the Rancho
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Voters in North Macedonia are casting ballots in a parliamentary election and a presidential runoff. The issues dominating the campaign period have been the country’s stalled negotiations to join the European Union, tackling corruption and improving the country’s struggling economy. The April 24 first round
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE, ALEXA ST. JOHN and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Severe storms continued to barrel through the Midwest early Wednesday, unleashing a curtain of heavy rain, gusty winds and tornadoes that forecasters warned could spill out of the region. The tornadoes were first spotted after dark Tuesday in parts of Michigan,
Continue ReadingBy DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched eight effective innings, Max Muncy hit a grand slam in the first and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Miami Marlins 8-2 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight victory. Gavin Lux launched his first home run of the season for the Dodgers,
Continue ReadingGUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Representatives from 22 Western Hemisphere countries gathered in Guatemala have renewed their commitment to continue offering legal pathways to enter their countries, to provide aid to communities most affected by migration and to coordinate their response to manage immigration flows. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken noted Tuesday that progress had
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Soccer fans around the world will now have a day to celebrate the world’s most popular sport every year – May 25. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution Tuesday proclaiming May 25 as World Football Day. The sport is called football outside of
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Several tornadoes hit Michigan on Tuesday, with one twister pummeling a mobile home park in the southern part of the state, leaving a dozen people hurt and rescuers looking for more possible victims. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared an emergency for Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Branch and Cass
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — The mayor of a major city in southern Brazil on Tuesday pleaded with residents to comply with his water rationing decree, given that some four-fifths of the population is without running water, a week after major flooding that has left at
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Paintbrush in hand, Anastasiya Sereda is working on a painting of a chubby-faced panda in the uniform of a Ukrainian soldier. Propped on her easel is the reason why – a photo of her boyfriend Bohdan, a burly serviceman with a gentle smile. “He looks like
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A settlement has been reached in a civil lawsuit seeking damages from a 23-year-old man and his parents in the shooting of a Native American activist in northern New Mexico amid confrontations about a statue of a Spanish conquistador and aborted plans to reinstall it
Continue ReadingBy ANNIE MA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of three large public school systems will appear before Congress to answer questions about how they have handled incidents of antisemitism on their school campuses. The witnesses scheduled to testify Wednesday before a House Education and Workforce subcommittee represent New York City Public Schools, the
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says China’s account blaming Australia for a dangerous clash between their military aircraft in international airspace over the Yellow Sea failed to undermine Australian objections. The Chinese and Australians lodged official protests and blamed each other for a Chinese warplane’s extraordinary
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN, LISA MASCARO and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As former President Donald Trump remains stuck in the courtroom listening to salacious details of an extramarital sexual encounter he denies, another spectacle is playing out in the background as his vice presidential tryouts get underway. The dynamic was on full
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility is moving ahead with a plan for a new natural gas plant in Tennessee despite warnings that its environmental review of the project doesn’t comply with federal law. The Environmental Protection Agency asked the Tennessee Valley Authority in a March 25
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when old became the new — well — new. But today, as more and more celebrities choose to wear vintage, the all-important stretch of red carpet has started to look more like a museum hallway. At the Grammy’s in February, Miley Cyrus, Laverne Cox
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The future of the Tampa Bay Rays is about to come into clearer focus as the St. Petersburg City Council begins discussions about the team’s planned $1.3 billion ballpark. The stadium would be the anchor of a much larger project to transform downtown with affordable
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