Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A top court in the Dominican Republic has agreed to review a challenge to laws dating from the last century that criminalize gay sex involving members of the army and police force. It’s the first time in recent history that someone in the socially conservative Caribbean country
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers will come back in a special session after they wrap up their legislative year on Saturday to debate measures proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom aimed at reducing gas price spikes at the pump. Newsom called the Legislature into the special session Saturday after Democrats in
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WAPT, CNN By Amanda Musa and Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — Seven people were killed and dozens injured early Saturday when a commercial passenger bus headed for Mexico experienced tire failure and rolled over off a highway east of Vicksburg, Mississippi, officials said. The National Transportation Board said it was sending a team to help
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Una empleada de Wells Fargo fichó por su último turno un viernes por la mañana en una oficina corporativa en Arizona. Su cuerpo fue encontrado cuatro días después en el escritorio de su cubículo, donde murió en algún momento del fin de semana, según el Departamento de Policía de Tempe. Denise Prudhomme,
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The famous Babe’s Bar-B-Que and Brewery at the River in Rancho Mirage is hosting one final day of service before shuttering its doors. In a social media post, the restaurant says, “After 22 years in Rancho Mirage, our last day of business at The River will be August 31st, 2024. We will soon embark on
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — What lies beneath the waves is among the planet’s biggest mysteries. About half of Earth’s surface remains unknown and unexplored. That’s because humans have mapped only a quarter of the seafloor, which covers around 70% of the planet, to a high resolution. But how do you find what you
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico during August are expected to rise slightly from July, officials said, possibly ending a streak of five straight monthly declines but the numbers are hovering near four-year lows. Authorities made about 54,000 arrests through Thursday, which, at the current rate, would bring
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico during August are expected to rise slightly from July, officials said, possibly ending a streak of five straight monthly declines but the numbers are hovering near four-year lows. Authorities made about 54,000 arrests through Thursday, which, at the current rate, would bring
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf and Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — Anyone who pays any attention to US politics is bound to hear some version of this claim: The 2024 election, which will pick a president for a nation of more than 330 million people, will be decided by a small number of voters in
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Columbus Blue Jackets officials could hardly believe their luck when they persuaded superstar Johnny Gaudreau to pass up larger markets and sign here two years ago. Ecstatic fans looked to “Johnny Hockey” to score goals and jump-start the fortunes of a struggling team that had reached the playoffs just six times in
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British police say two people who were critically injured in attacks while attending London’s Notting Hill Carnival this week have died. The Metropolitan Police force said 32-year-old Cher Maximen died early Saturday after being stabbed in the street on Aug. 25. A 20-year-old local man was arrested and charged with attempted murder,
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — El presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, anunció esta semana el lanzamiento de una nueva serie documental sobre su recorrido político, realizada por un funcionario del Gobierno y que analistas consultados por CNN enmarcan dentro de la ambición de construir una figura “épica” que sostenga el idilio con sus más fervientes seguidores.
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By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A group of 15 co-workers on an office retreat headed up a mountain trail in Colorado last week but when they returned, one of their colleagues was missing. They set out from the Blanks Cabin Trailhead on Mount Shavano near Salida, Colorado, the morning of August 23, Chaffee
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Social media influencers, reality stars and TV personalities were among the guests as the Norwegian king’s eldest child, Princess Märtha Louise, married an American self-professed shaman on Saturday in a wedding ceremony following three days of festivities. The 52-year-old Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett, who claims to be a sixth-generation
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Social media influencers, reality stars and TV personalities were among the guests as the Norwegian king’s eldest child, Princess Märtha Louise, married an American self-professed shaman on Saturday in a wedding ceremony following three days of festivities. The 52-year-old Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett, who claims to be a sixth-generation
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — In the 1984 rom-com “The Lonely Guy,” a crowded restaurant goes silent when Steve Martin tells the host he wants a table for dinner alone. A spotlight shines on him as he walks awkwardly to his seat. Too embarrassed to acknowledge he’s having dinner out by himself,
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Siete militares estadounidenses resultaron heridos en una incursión en Irak el jueves por la noche en la que murieron 15 miembros del ISIS, según informaron tres funcionarios de defensa. Cinco de los miembros del personal resultaron heridos durante la operación, y uno de ellos fue evacuado para recibir tratamiento adicional. Otros dos
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jude Law plays an FBI agent investigating the violent crimes of a white supremacist group in “The Order,” which premiered Saturday at the Venice Film Festival. An adaptation of Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s nonfiction book “The Silent Brotherhood,” Nicholas Hoult plays Robert Jay Mathews, the charismatic leader
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL, SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ JERUSALEM (AP) — A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus has begun, the Health Ministry said Saturday, as Palestinians in the Hamas-governed enclave and the occupied West Bank reeled from Israel’s military offensives. Meanwhile, Israel’s military late Saturday
Continue ReadingFive people have been killed by Russian shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar as Moscow’s troops push ahead in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. Regional Gov. Vadym Filaskhin says the shells struck a high-rise building and a private home on Saturday. He urged the last remaining residents in the front-line town to leave. A further
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