Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired police officer in the nation’s capital has been convicted of lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Monday convicted former Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond of obstructing justice and making false
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The man accused in the death of a woman who burned to death on a New York subway train has been indicted on murder and arson charges. Sebastian Zapeta was indicted on Thursday and lawyers appeared on his behalf Friday. Police say surveillance video from last Sunday showed a man approach
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A man is facing murder and arson charges in New York City for allegedly setting a woman on fire inside a subway train and then watching her die after she was engulfed in flames, police said Monday. The suspect, identified by police as Sebastian Zapeta, was taken into custody hours after the woman
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — John Mulaney’s second trip to Broadway took little convincing. He didn’t even need to look at the script before signing on. What Mulaney signed up for was “All In: Comedy About Love,” a stage adaptation of his friend Simon Rich’s short stories that is charming Broadway audiences this
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Boston Marathon terror attack. On April 15, 2013, double bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured at least 264. Facts The bombs exploded 12 seconds apart near the marathon’s finish line on Boylston Street. According to Richard
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, Emma Tucker, Kara Scannell and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a busy sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan, was escorted into a New York courtroom Monday where he pleaded not guilty to state murder and terror charges. The hearing marked
Continue ReadingGovernment safety regulators are closing an investigation into two previous recalls of the Ford Focus after determining that Ford Motor Co. has satisfied its concerns. Ford recalled around 1.5 million Ford Focus sedans from the 2012-2018 model years in 2018 because they could lose power. The issue was a malfunctioning canister purge valve and software
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government has vowed to open controversial migrant processing centers in Albania that have remained dormant after Italian courts refused to validate the transfer of the first two groups of migrants. A government statement that confirmed Italy’s intention to reopen the centers did not give a timeline.
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski says he is confident that his former manager Pep Guardiola, who he calls a “genius,” can turn things around at Manchester City and get the team back to its best. Guardiola is currently experiencing the worst run of his managerial career. City has lost eight
Continue Reading By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles will deliver his Christmas Day message from a church with links to the medical community, Buckingham Palace said Monday, in a break with tradition amid his continued cancer treatment. The 76-year-old monarch revealed in February that he was battling an unspecified cancer and
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s election authority has barred the main ethnic Serb party from competing in the upcoming parliamentary election. Authorities justified the move by pointing to the party’s nationalist stance and close ties to Serbia. The Central Election Commission declined to certify Kosovo’s main ethnic Serb List party on Monday. Some commission’s members
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer PUERTO JIMÉNEZ, Costa Rica (AP) — The endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys that dangle high in the rainforest canopy are elusive and hard for scientists to track. So biologist Jenna Lawson hid 350 audio monitors in trees across Costa Rica’s lush Osa Peninsula to spy on them. The devices recorded the sounds of
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Nordstrom, the upscale department store chain, is going private in a $6.25 billion deal with its founding family. The retailer announced Monday that the family — Erik, Pete and Jamie Nordstrom — as well as Mexican department store chain El Puerto de Liverpool will acquire the remaining
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Netflix will have one of its biggest days Wednesday since the site launched in 1998 when it airs two NFL games for the first time. “NFL Christmas Gameday on Netflix” begins with a two-hour pregame show at 11 a.m., before Pittsburgh hosts Kansas City. Baltimore faces Houston in the second game. The
Continue ReadingPor María de los Ángeles Raffaele, CNN en Español Luego de una reunión del Consejo del Salario en la Argentina con el objetivo de actualizar el Salario Mínimo, Vital y Móvil (SMVyM), las partes no lograron llegar a un acuerdo y ahora será el Gobierno el encargado de definir el monto para los próximos meses,
Continue ReadingCNN Español El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, dijo este domingo que declarará a los carteles del narcotráfico como “organizaciones terroristas extranjeras” cuando asuma el poder, el próximo 20 de enero. “En mi primer día de regreso a la Oficina Oval, firmaré una histórica serie de decretos para cerrar nuestra frontera a los
Continue ReadingAssociated Press If you’re feeling too overwhelmed to cook during the holidays, maybe a new book by Margaret Eby can help. It’s called “You Gotta Eat: Real-Life Strategies for Feeding Yourself When Cooking Feels Impossible.” It’s more of a funny guide to raiding the pantry than a traditional cookbook. But it’s filled with practical tips
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Christmas may be right around the corner, but the big names of the NFL were working harder than ever to give their teams the best chance of making the playoffs. One star put in a performance worthy of the top of the tree, one high-flying team almost gifted a
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WABC, CNN By Alaa Elassar, Emma Tucker, Kara Scannell and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a busy sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan, was escorted into a New York courtroom Monday where he pleaded not guilty to state murder and terror charges. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland. The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he’s picking fights even
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