Sandra Iveth Santos CONDADO DE VENTURA, Calif., (KMUV-TV)— El departamento de salud pública en el Condado de Ventura dice que al menos 18 trabajadores agrícolas de arándanos se han contagiado con una rara enfermedad denominada leptospirosis. Sin embargo, desestiman que pueda propagarse a la comunidad en general, puesto que la vía de contagios es muy
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer Eight of the nation’s premier basketball programs are descending on Las Vegas during the traditional Thanksgiving tournament week for a unique event where real money for their school’s name, image and likeness collectives is riding on the outcome. Welcome to a brave new world for college hoops. The three-day Players Era Festival,
Continue ReadingBy John King, CNN Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Pat Levin, 95 years young, is wrestling daily with something new and depressing. “It’s left me very afraid,” she said of the 2024 election. “Afraid of the future. Afraid of everything.” That Donald Trump will be president in her twilight is by far the biggest slice of
Continue ReadingAre you lost in the retirement consumption puzzle? The narrative of a miserly, Scrooge-like figure hoarding his wealth for years instead of enjoying his retirement might seem unbelievable—but unfortunately, it isn’t relegated only to fiction. It’s a cold reality for many retirees. According to the Life Cycle Hypothesis, this shouldn’t need to happen. A retiree
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer UCLA, along with many other of the top teams, are heading to Thanksgiving tournaments in warm locations this week. The newly crowned No. 1 Bruins are headed to Hawaii for the Rainbow Wahine Tournament where they’ll face UT Martin, Fresno State and Hawaii over three days. Coach Cori Close loves the challenge
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Julia Hernández (CNN) — El fiscal especial Jack Smith se propuso demostrar en el caso Estados Unidos de América contra Donald J. Trump que ni siquiera los presidentes están por encima de la ley. En lugar de ello, sus fallidos procesamientos acabaron haciendo a Trump aún más poderoso mientras el eufórico presidente electo se prepara
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN) — Miles de partidarios del ex primer ministro de Pakistán encarcelado Imran Khan, rompieron este martes las barricadas en torno a la capital y marcharon hacia Islamabad, enfrentándose a las fuerzas de seguridad y exigiendo su liberación. Las autoridades impusieron un bloqueo de seguridad en el país, apagones de internet y barricadas
Continue ReadingGeorgia’s parliament set a date for national and local lawmakers to pick a new president, paving the way for the ruling Georgian Dream party to choose an ally following its victory in a controversial election. A 300-seat electoral college consisting of members of parliament, municipal councils and regional legislatures will elect a new president for
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — For weeks, David Burke couldn’t shake the haunting images of small mountain communities in western North Carolina unexpectedly pummeled by a historic storm. He felt their suffering as if it were his own. Even though he was 300 miles away, he couldn’t bear the thought of watching his home
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Rusia lanzó un “récord” de 188 aviones no tripulados en Ucrania durante la noche, según la Fuerza Aérea de Ucrania este martes. Además, la Fuerza Aérea rusa lanzó otros cuatro misiles balísticos Iskander-M contra Ucrania. El ataque dañó “infraestructuras críticas” en Ternopil, provocando cortes de electricidad, informó la administración militar local.
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — In 2018, Bobby Djavaheri feared his family’s appliance business faced an existential threat from the Trump administration’s tariffs on Chinese air fryers. Djavaheri, president of Yedi Houseware Appliances, consulted with a customs attorney and applied for a tariff exclusion with the United States Trade Representative to avoid
Continue ReadingA ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants began early Wednesday morning, after Beirut residents endured the most intense day of Israeli strikes since the war began. Many wondered if the agreement to stop fighting would hold. Israel has said it will attack if Hezbollah breaks the ceasefire agreement, which was announced Tuesday. At least
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has deployed military aircraft and ships to track and monitor a U.S. Navy plane transiting the sensitive Taiwan Strait, Beijing said, as the two nations continue to spar over self-ruled Taiwan. The U.S. Navy’s 7th fleet said Tuesday a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft flew through the strait’s international space
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — “Demure,” a word that went viral over the summer, has been named Dictionary.com’s 2024 word of the year — beating out other contenders like “brainrot,” “brat,” and “weird.” In an announcement Monday, the site said that the word experienced a “meteoric rise in usage” in 2024 — up 1,200%
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning. The costly proposal from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services immediately sets the stage for a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Authorities on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali said they’ve arrested a Filipino fugitive accused of helping scam over $67 million out of clients in the Philippines. Hector Aldwin Pantollana, 35, widely known in the Philippines as a casino junket operator, was arrested on Nov. 9 when an automatic gate
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched 188 drones against most regions of Ukraine in a nighttime blitz, the Ukrainian air force said Tuesday, describing it as a record number of drones deployed in a single attack. Most of the drones were intercepted, according to the air force, but apartment buildings and critical infrastructure
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, Ashley Killough and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Texas is quickly becoming the blueprint for how incoming Trump officials expect to work with states on border security – a stark pivot from recent years when it was the epicenter of a bitter feud between state and federal officials. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A major political storm set off by a bitter feud between the Philippine president and the vice president is testing an Asian democracy that has long been troubled by rowdy politics, poor law enforcement and bareface impunity. Just over two years ago, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Witnesses say a powerful rebel group has seized a key trading town in northeastern Myanmar on the Chinese border, taking control of a lucrative rare earth mining hub in another setback for the military-led government. The apparent loss of Kanpaiti to the Kachin Independence Army leaves Myanmar’s military in control
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