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Month: November 2024

Russia vetoes UN resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in the war between Sudan’s rival forces

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has vetoed a U.N. resolution Monday calling for an immediate cease-fire in the war between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces and delivery of humanitarian aid to millions in desperate need. Russia’s ally China supported the resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom and Sierra Leone, along with all other

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Democratic Arizona governor says she’ll work with Trump on border security if it won’t harm families

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said Monday she is willing to work with President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration on border security issues like stopping fentanyl trafficking, but not in areas that she said could harm Arizona families such as mass deportation. Hobbs traveled to the Arizona-Mexico border on Monday to

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Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy

Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy. Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens ruled Monday that the laws violate women’s rights under the state constitution. Abortion has remained legal in Wyoming while

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Trump is calling senators directly to lobby for Gaetz AG confirmation as House Republicans weigh burying ethics report on him

By Kristen Holmes, Annie Grayer, Sarah Ferris and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump is doubling down on his efforts to ensure former Rep. Matt Gaetz is confirmed as attorney general, calling some senators directly to discuss the Florida Republican and ask for their support, two sources familiar with the outreach told CNN.

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45 pro-democracy activists get 4 to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists have been sentenced to four to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement. The defendants were prosecuted in 2021 for their roles in an unofficial primary election under the 2020 national

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NYC priest who allowed Sabrina Carpenter to shoot a music video in church further stripped of duties

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of a New York City church where pop star Sabrina Carpenter filmed provocative scenes for a music video was stripped of his duties Monday after church officials said an investigation revealed other instances of mismanagement. Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello was relieved of “any pastoral oversight or governance role”

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Trump elige al exrepresentante Sean Duffy como su secretario de Transporte

Belén Liotti (CNN) –– El presidente electo Donald Trump anunció este lunes que seleccionó al excongresista Sean Duffy para servir como el próximo secretario del Departamento de Transporte. Duffy sirvió en la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos de 2011 a 2019, cuando representó al séptimo distrito del Congreso de Wisconsin. “Sean utilizará su experiencia

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Mississippi Gulf Coast restaurant and its co-owner are sentenced for mislabeling seafood

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Gulf Coast restaurant and its co-owner have been sentenced on federal charges of mislabeling inexpensive imported seafood as local premium fish. Mary Mahoney’s Old French House was sentenced Monday to five years of probation and ordered to pay nearly $1.5 million. The Justice Department says that includes a criminal

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Brendan Carr escribió el capítulo de la Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones en el “Proyecto 2025”. Ahora es el elegido de Trump para la agencia

Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — El elegido del presidente electo Donald Trump para presidir la Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones (FCC, por sus siglas en inglés), Brendan Carr, no perdió tiempo en exponer sus prioridades el domingo por la noche. Apenas una hora después de agradecer al presidente su designación, Carr escribió en X: “Debemos

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