By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump said Friday that he will not support a ballot referendum to expand abortion access in his home state of Florida just 24 hours after suggesting he might. The rush to clarify his stance followed intense blowback from anti-abortion advocates online, leading to concerns among Republicans that Trump’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump now says he will vote no on a Florida ballot measure that would repeal the state’s six-week abortion ban, a day after he seemed to indicate he would vote in favor of the measure. Trump said in an interview Friday with Fox News Channel that he’ll be
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (NIH, por sus siglas en inglés) informaron el viernes de que ponen fin a su investigación de lo que comúnmente se conoce como “síndrome de La Habana”, una misteriosa enfermedad experimentada por una serie de espías, soldados y diplomáticos que han informado de síntomas debilitantes
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La situación interna del canal Gamavisión de Ecuador, que inició operaciones en el país en 1977 y que fue incautado durante el Gobierno de Rafael Correa en 2008, ha llegado a un momento “grave y dramático”, según sus trabajadores. La falta de pago de los salarios de los empleados
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El actor español Julián Ortega, conocido por aparecer en la popular serie dramática en español de Netflix “Élite”, falleció, según anunció el sindicato de actores y actrices del país. Tenía 41 años. “Nuestro más sentido pésame a su familia y amigos”, escribió el sindicato en un comunicado el lunes. Ortega, hijo
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected in the killing of a Colorado dog breeder found dead last week has been arrested. The man’s missing Doberman puppies still have not been found. The Clear Creek Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that 36-year-old Sergio Ferrer was arrested Aug. 24. Paul Peavey’s body was found
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. The move is in response to the revival of a uranium mining operation just south of the Grand Canyon that has drawn much criticism
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Mark Chavez, one of the two doctors charged in connection with the death of “Friends” actor Matthew Perry, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to distribute ketamine, prosecutors announced today. Chavez, 54, of San Diego is the third of five defendants in the case to sign a plea deal with prosecutors. He made an
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo authorities have closed the ethnic Serb minority’s so-called parallel institutions in five northern municipalities. The move was immediately denounced by the United States and may further raise tensions with neighboring Serbia. Elbert Krasniqi, Kosovo’s minister of local administration, confirmed the closure of five so-called parallel institutions in the
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By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A suspect has been identified in the death of Paul Peavey, a Colorado dog breeder found dead on Saturday. The Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office has recommended charges against Sergio Ferrer, 36, in connection with Peavey’s death, including first degree murder, felony murder and aggravated robbery, according to a
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By Michael Conte and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov told CNN the Biden administration is still considering his request to lift restrictions on Ukraine using long-range weapons to strike deeper inside Russian territory and confirmed he’d presented a list of targets in meetings with senior officials in Washington on Friday
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SunLine Transit Agency is preparing for service changes that will start on Sunday, September 1, 2024. Officials said the new adjustments to its fixed route network are designed to “balance frequency across some of the routes, with a particular emphasis on the new Coachella Transit Hub and the additional stop for the 10 Commuter Link.” The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A new report from Columbia University’s antisemitism task force describes a hostile climate for Jewish and Israeli students at the New York City institution during the last school year. The report released Friday also recommends university-wide training and better reporting measures. The report comes days before the start of a new school year,
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El equipo legal de Donald Trump está pidiendo que se retrase la sentencia y cualquier otra acción sustantiva en el caso de los pagos por silencio mientras se desarrolla un nuevo esfuerzo para trasladar el caso a un tribunal federal, según una carta obtenida por CNN. La petición al juez de la
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year. The decision makes the private liberal arts school an outlier among the nation’s diminishing number of women’s colleges. The college said the policy stems from the will of its founder who died in 1900. The school
Continue ReadingJOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police said Saturday that a man will face misdemeanor charges after he stormed into the press area at Donald Trump’s rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, before being surrounded by authorities and eventually subdued with a Taser as the former president spoke at the campaign stop. The incident Friday came moments after Trump
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A man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Bermuda Dunes shortly after he allegedly tried to assault another woman was identified and arrested, authorities announced. Linnell Letice Wilson, 21, of Palm Desert, was arrested Sunday near the 73000 block of Country Club Drive in Palm Desert, according to an updated statement from the Riverside
Continue Reading Andrea Saint Martin (CNN Español) — Osiel Cárdenas, exlíder del cártel del Golfo en México, fue liberado de prisión este viernes, confirmó la Oficina Federal de Prisiones de Estados Unidos a CNN. Cárdenas ahora está bajo la custodia del Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés), informó el Buró
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday. A new law set to take effect then makes so-called personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail. Voters passed a first-in-the-nation decriminalization measure in 2020. Millions intended for addiction services were slow
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We’re seeing a few extra clouds in the Coachella Valley as the work week comes to a close! There have been some scattered showers in our mountains and High Desert regions this afternoon. That’s thanks to some extra moisture across the valley. Dew point temperatures tonight are expected to be in the upper 40s and
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