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Month: December 2024

Dennis Hastert Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Dennis Hastert, former Republican speaker of the House. Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison in a hush money case that revealed he was being accused of sexually abusing young boys while he was a teacher in Illinois. Personal Birth date:

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Inside the state and federal charges against the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A triptych of criminal charges paints a searing, sometimes disparate portrait of the man accused of ambushing and killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson. Filed separately in state courts in New York and Pennsylvania and a federal court in Manhattan and totaling 20 counts, the charges brand Luigi Mangione as

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Omar al-Bashir Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Sudan’s former leader, Omar al-Bashir. Personal Birth date: January 1, 1944 Birth place: Hosh Bannaga, Sudan Birth name: Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir Father: Name unavailable publicly Mother: Name unavailable publicly Marriages: Fatima Khalid; Widad Babiker Omer Education: Sudan Military Academy, 1966 Military service:

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As TikTok bill steams forward, online influencers put on their lobbying hats to visit Washington

AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are facing their latest lobbyists — online influencers from TikTok. The platform is once again bringing influencers to Washington, this time to lobby members of Congress. The company wants lawmakers to reject a fast-moving bill that would force TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company to sell or face a ban

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Jueza de Ecuador deja sin efecto suspensión de 150 días y restituye a vicepresidenta Verónica Abad en sus funciones

Por Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español Una jueza constitucional dejó sin efecto este lunes la resolución administrativa que suspendía por 150 días a la vicepresidenta de Ecuador, Verónica Abad, en un fallo que dispuso además una disculpa pública. La jueza Nubia Vera acogió una acción planteada por la vicepresidencia para levantar una sanción administrativa

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Bill Clinton is hospitalized with a fever but in good spirits, spokesperson says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton was admitted Monday to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington after developing a fever. The 78-year-old was hospitalized in the “afternoon for testing and observation,” Angel Urena, Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, said in a statement. “He remains in good spirits and deeply appreciates the excellent care he

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Baby mammoth found in Russian crater is the world’s ‘best’ preserved, says scientist

By Adam Pourahmadi, CNN (CNN) — Russian scientists presented the carcass of a baby mammoth, whose incredibly well-preserved remains were found in the Siberian region of Yakutia in June after more than 50,000 years. The carcass of the female juvenile mammoth, nicknamed Yana, was discovered by local residents after a permafrost crater expanded, according to

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Major storm pounds California’s central coast, blamed for man’s death and partially collapsing pier

Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A major storm pounded California’s central coast on Monday, bringing flooding and high surf that was blamed for fatally trapping a man beneath debris on a beach and later partially collapsing a pier, tossing three people into the Pacific Ocean. The storm was expected to bring hurricane-force winds

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Major storm pounds California’s central coast, blamed for man’s death and partially collapsing pier

Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A major storm pounded California’s central coast on Monday, bringing flooding and high surf that was blamed for fatally trapping a man beneath debris on a beach and later partially collapsing a pier, tossing three people into the Pacific Ocean. The storm was expected to bring hurricane-force winds

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Fabio Ochoa, excapo del cartel de Medellín, llegó a Colombia tras cumplir condena en Estados Unidos

Por Fernando Ramos, CNN en Español El narcotraficante Fabio Ochoa Vásquez llegó este lunes en la tarde al aeropuerto El Dorado de Bogotá desde Estados Unidos tras cumplir una condena en ese país por delitos de trata de personas, conspiración y distribución de cocaína, informó Migración Colombia en una publicación de su cuenta de X.

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