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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A Ukrainian national was sentenced on Wednesday to more than 13 years in prison and ordered to pay $16 million in restitution for helping to conduct a 2021 ransomware attack that infected hundreds of businesses in the US and abroad. Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 24, who is associated with the ransomware
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Rosie O’Donnell is heading back to the Big Apple as the newest cast member to join Max’s “And Just Like That” series. Announcing the news on her Instagram page on Wednesday, O’Donnell posted a photo of a script for the Season 3 premiere episode, titled “Outlook Good.” “Here comes
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTZAK, ETHAN SWOPE, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Counter-protesters “forcefully” attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA early Wednesday, the university’s chancellor said, and activists clashed with police officers who destroyed their tents at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, part of a series of escalating violence
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By Stefano Pozzebon, Michael Rios and Ruba Alhenawi, CNN (CNN) — Colombia says it will break diplomatic relations with Israel on Thursday over its actions in Gaza. Colombian President Gustavo Petro made the announcement at a rally in Bogotá’s Bolívar Square on Wednesday, describing the Israeli government’s handling of the war in Gaza as “genocidal.”
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press Supporters of a South Dakota abortion rights initiative submitted far more signatures than required Wednesday to make the ballot this fall. But its outcome is unclear in the conservative state, where Republican lawmakers strongly oppose the measure and a major abortion rights advocate doesn’t support it. The effort echoes similar
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Belén Liotti (CNN) — Concentraciones de personas en todo el norte y centro de Gaza expresaron este miércoles su gratitud a los estudiantes de los campus universitarios estadounidenses que protestan por la guerra en Gaza. En Deir al-Balah, frente al hospital de los Mártires de Al Aqsa, médicos, enfermeras y personal médico sostenían carteles con
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — Police shot and killed a Wisconsin student outside a middle school after receiving a report of someone with a weapon, the state’s attorney general said in the first law enforcement briefing on an incident that sent children fleeing amid gunfire. Authorities in Mount Horeb had
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Pop superstar Dua Lipa is preparing to pull double duty as this week’s “Saturday Night Live” host and musical guest, with a little help from cast member Chloe Fineman. In a new promo clip for the upcoming episode, Fineman shows the Grammy-winner a “new impression” that she’s been practicing.
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Schwarber had a two-run single in the second inning, Alec Bohm extended his hitting streak to 15 games and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 on Wednesday. Philadelphia won the getaway game despite striking out 18 times, the 11th time since
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After strong winds and/or storm damage is reported to the National Weather Service, a team is dispatched to survey the area. The teams will then assess the damage and determine if a tornado can be confirmed as well as its potential rating. Credit: Canva.com The Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale works by inferring tornadic wind speeds
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has circulated a U.N. resolution calling on all countries to take urgent action to prevent putting weapons in outer space “for all time” a week after it vetoed a U.S.-Japan resolution to stop an arms race in space. The Russian draft resolution goes further
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Earlier this year, an 18-year-old high school senior from New York City had planned to enroll at Columbia University’s sister school Barnard College in Manhattan as an early decision student. But after her parents saw heightened tensions over the Israel-Gaza conflict surface across some US campuses, including at
Continue ReadingBy Haley Talbot, Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Washington (CNN) — GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Wednesday she will force a vote over House Speaker Mike Johnson’s ouster next week – a move that comes after Democrats have said they will vote to kill the effort and ensure Johnson doesn’t lose his job.
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN) — La Iglesia Metodista Unida revocó el miércoles su prohibición de 40 años sobre el clero gay, y marca un cambio histórico en la postura de la iglesia sobre la homosexualidad. La iglesia ha estado dividida durante mucho tiempo en facciones sobre la inclusión LGBTQ e incluso consideró dividirse en dos iglesias
Continue ReadingBy MAUREEN MULLEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox placed designated hitter Masataka Yoshida on the 10-day injured list with a left thumb strain. The move, before Wednesday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants, is retroactive to April 29. Yoshida injured his left hand when he was jammed on a pitch
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Voting rights advocates say they will go to the Supreme Court in hopes of preserving a new majority Black congressional district in Louisiana for the fall elections. Wednesday’s declaration was the latest step in a complicated legal fight that could determine the fate of political careers
Continue ReadingBy MARTÍN SILVA REY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Volunteer searchers say they’ve found a clandestine crematorium on the edge of Mexico City. It’s the first time in recent memory that anyone claimed to have found such a body disposal site in the capital. One of the so-called “searching mothers” announced late Tuesday her
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Ahora se recomienda a las mujeres que se hagan una mamografía cada dos años a partir de los 40 años y hasta los 74 años, según nuevas recomendaciones del Grupo de Trabajo de Servicios Preventivos de EE.UU. (USPSTF, por sus siglas en inglés). El USPSTF, un panel voluntario de expertos médicos
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jake Cronenworth hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the seventh inning and Jurickson Profar had four hits for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-2 Wednesday to take two of three in the series. Cronenworth hit his third career grand slam and
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump regresará este miércoles a la campaña electoral por primera vez desde que comenzó en forma su juicio penal en Nueva York el mes pasado. Trump pasará su único día de la semana asignado fuera de la sala del tribunal organizando mítines en Wisconsin y Michigan, dos estados
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