Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Uruguay José “Pepe” Mujica “se curó” del cáncer de esófago que lo aquejaba, aunque “no está en sus mejores momentos”, dijo en rueda de prensa su médica tratante, Raquel Panone. “Tenemos fuertes convicciones de que el cáncer se curó, que no tiene más, porque le hicimos varias tomografías
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden authorized the troubled Gaza pier operation as officials warned the humanitarian aid effort would face weather challenges in the Mediterranean Sea and security problems in an active war zone, according to a newly released government watchdog report. Officials from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) also feared that
Continue ReadingROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — Crews for two of Michigan’s largest utilities are working to restore power to more than 300,000 homes and businesses and hundreds of schools amid hot, muggy conditions after severe storms toppled trees and limbs and snapped power poles. DTE Energy says 350 schools in its Michigan service territory had no
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — The White House says Beijing and Washington will plan for a phone call in the coming weeks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden. The announcement comes after National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing. Sullivan’s first trip to China as national security
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Fall is a season of transitions: brutally hot summer days give way to crisp fall evenings, green leaves take on colorful hues and fresh summertime flavors are drowned out by the warmth of baking spices. But while pumpkin spice is already overtaking the country, the familiar fall feel
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By Katie Polglase, Pallabi Munsi, Barbara Arvanitidis, Alex Platt, Mark Baron and Oscar Featherstone, CNN Trier, Germany (CNN) — Luna, a self-described 32-year-old “MAGA Trump supporter” from the battleground state of Wisconsin, has gained a huge following since she joined X, formerly Twitter, in March. Her timeline has become a digital bullhorn for the “Make
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Ten signed Salvador Dalí lithographs have been discovered in a garage in London, where they have been stashed for half a century. The artworks, which were discovered by an auctioneer during a routine valuation, are now expected to fetch several thousand dollars at auction. The colorful prints were uncovered
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Israel lanzó una importante operación militar en varias zonas del norte de la Ribera Occidental ocupada la madrugada de este miércoles, y las autoridades sanitarias palestinas afirmaron que al menos diez personas murieron. En un comunicado emitido en la tarde de este miércoles, el Ministerio de Salud palestino afirma que un
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, dropped in on a high school band practice Wednesday as part of a two-day bus tour through southeast Georgia, a critical battleground state that Democrats just narrowly won four years ago. Harris and Walz paid a visit
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By Matthew Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was forced to turn off the power to more than 1,000 homes on Tuesday after a man climbed up a pole in Sylmar. Firefighters drove to a neighborhood in the 12200 block of
Continue ReadingBy Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story INGLEWOOD, California (KCAL/KCBS) — A former Inglewood Police Department officer was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine. John Abel Baca, 47, of Whittier, pleaded guilty on October 17 last year to charges that he distributed
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. The study tracked 30 years of living kidney donation and found that by 2022, fewer than 1 of every 10,000 donors died within three
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A public agency and private health insurance provider are teaming up to build a system of street doctors and clinics that will provide medical care to Los Angeles’ homeless population, including routine preventive medicine, officials announced Wednesday. The goal is for homeless residents to see primary care physicians long
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The editor of an independent online news service in Myanmar says a military court has given a life prison sentence to one of its journalists and sentenced another to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law. The sentences appear to be the most severe dealt to any journalist
Continue ReadingBy Derick Waller, Walter Smith Randolph Click here for updates on this story NEWARK, New Jersey (WCBS) — There is an alarming rise in the number of stolen cars found at Tri-State Area ports, ready to be shipped overseas. CBS News New York’s Derick Waller recently toured the Port of Newark, where the number of
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — For Ethan Katz and Savannah Roberts, the evening of June 15 was already stressful. They had gone to a Pittsburgh hospital seeking treatment for Ari, one of their six-week-old twin sons, who had a bloody and mysterious injury to his genitals. Their longtime friend, Nicole Elizabeth Virzi, was visiting
Continue ReadingBy Naveen Dhaliwal Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — Demonstrators in New York gathered Tuesday to call for college campuses to put a mask ban in place to better protect students during protests. Just a block from Columbia University, over a 100 pro-Israeli demonstrators came together to urge American
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Officials say two German boys, who got buried in the sand after digging a hole in a dune in northwestern Denmark on Sunday, have died. Police said Monday that the boys, 9 and 12 — who were on holiday with their family from Munich — died late Tuesday. They have not
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Feni, Bangladesh (CNN) — Cientos de personas vadean aguas lodosas que les llegan a la altura del pecho y se dirigen lentamente hacia un lugar seguro, con sus pertenencias sostenidas en alto por encima de sus cabezas para mantenerlas secas. Al entrar en la ciudad de Feni, en el sureste de Bangladesh, queda
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez arrived in Gambia on Wednesday as part of a three-day tour of West Africa to tackle irregular migration. Sánchez began his tour in Mauritania on Tuesday before continuing south to Gambia on Wednesday. He is expected to meet with Senegal’s president and prime minister
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