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Month: August 2024

Philippines protests Chinese air force jets’ firing of flares in the path of patrol plane

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government has filed a diplomatic protest after Chinese jets flew dangerously close and fired flares in the path of a Philippine air force patrol plane over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The Department of Foreign Affairs said without elaborating Tuesday that a diplomatic protest

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‘J6 praying grandma’ avoids prison time and gets 6 months home confinement in Capitol riot case

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Colorado bed-and-breakfast operator who promotes herself online as the “J6 praying grandma” has been sentenced to six months of home confinement in her Capitol riot case. Prosecutors had sought 10 months behind bars for Rebecca Lavrenz, 72, whose misdemeanor case has become a cause célèbre among conservatives. Magistrate Judge

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Colombian villagers release more than 60 soldiers who had been held captive for 3 days

Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s defense ministry says 66 soldiers who had been “kidnapped” by villagers in the south of the country were released unharmed and will continue to carry out operations against rebel groups in the province of Guaviare. Colombia’s army has long struggled to defeat rebel groups in the Guaviare area,

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Los astronautas del Starliner de Boeing podrían permanecer en el espacio otros seis meses; esto es lo que harían

Belén Liotti (CNN) — Cuando los astronautas Suni Williams y Butch Wilmore abandonaron la Tierra rumbo a la Estación Espacial Internacional (EEI) hace dos meses, dejaron sus maletas para llevarse un equipo clave. Al mando de la prueba de vuelo tripulada inaugural de la nave espacial Starliner de Boeing, partieron sin sus propios artículos de

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Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, one-time hero to election deniers, convicted in computer breach

Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, the first local election official to be charged with a security breach after the 2020 election as unfounded conspiracy theories swirled, was found guilty by a jury on most charges Monday. Peters, a one-time hero to election deniers, was accused of using someone else’s security

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