By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been criticized for selling merchandise commemorating the 1936 Berlin games, which Adolf Hitler used to showcase his Nazi ideology. The website for the Olympics — currently in the spotlight due to the ongoing Milan Cortina Winter Olympics — features a men’s T-shirt marking
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By Whitney Wild, Andi Babineau, CNN St. Paul, Minnesota (CNN) — Don Lemon pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges following his arrest last month in connection with a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Lemon is charged with two federal crimes: conspiring to violate someone’s constitutional rights and violating the FACE Act,
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Por Eric Levenson, CNN La niñera que ideó un elaborado plan de doble homicidio junto con el exagente del IRS Brendan Banfield y luego testificó en su contra en la corte fue sentenciada este viernes a 10 años de prisión, la pena máxima y muy por encima de la recomendación conjunta de sentencia. Juliana Peres
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The au pair who crafted an elaborate double murder plot with former IRS agent Brendan Banfield and later testified against him in court was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday, the maximum sentence and well above the joint sentencing recommendation. Juliana Peres Magalhães, 25, pleaded guilty in October
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has fired another shot in its nearly year-long battle with Harvard University over federal funding to the institution, filing a new lawsuit Friday against the Ivy League school. The Department of Justice claims Harvard has refused to provide documentation the government has requested in an investigation
Continue Reading Análisis por Mario González, CNN en Español En México, la desaparición de una persona, cualquiera sea su condición, tiene un pronóstico fatal en la mayoría de las ocasiones. El asunto es que esto sucede cotidianamente. Es lo que ocurrió hace unos días con 10 mineros desaparecidos en la sierra del estado de Sinaloa; su ausencia
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By Jordan D. Brown, CNN (CNN) — Ring, the Amazon-owned video doorbell company, has canceled its partnership with technology firm Flock Safety, the company said Thursday. The termination comes after weeks of backlash over the partnership and Ring’s Super Bowl commercial last Sunday, which advertised a feature for finding lost pets that sparked concerns on
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By Sebastian Shukla, Lauren Kent, CNN Munich, Germany (CNN) — European leaders braced for a combative Munich Security Conference on Friday, with Germany’s Friedrich Merz noting starkly that the international world order “no longer exists” – one of the few points of agreement between the fractious allies in the transatlantic alliance. Merz’s speech at the
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A tycoon from the United Arab Emirates whose intimate friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was revealed in the latest release of files by the US Justice Department has been replaced in his post as head of one of the world’s largest port operators. Sultan Ahmed
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By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Eddie Bauer LLC, the retail operator of Eddie Bauer’s North America stores, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday and hopes to sell about 200 of its namesake outdoor sportswear stores in the United States and Canada, citing declining sales and supply chain challenges. The company said its
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By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation. The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to disassemble the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, one of the world’s top weather
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By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has spent more than $30 million to send migrants to far-flung countries that are not their own, including, in a few instances, paying over $1 million a person, a new report from the Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says.
Continue Reading Por Betsy Klein de CNN en Fort Bragg, Carolina del Norte El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, elogió este viernes a la presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, mientras se preparaba para reunirse con militares estadounidenses involucrados en la operación que capturó a Nicolás Maduro. Trump afirmó que la relación entre ambos países “ahora es
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By Kevin Liptak, Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon is sending a second aircraft carrier group – the USS Gerald Ford – to the Middle East, according to a senior administration official and three sources familiar with the matter, a move that puts pressure on Iran even as President Donald Trump has said talks
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest number of deaths in a single commercial airplane crash occurred when a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 crashed into
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Britney Spears, pop singer and Grammy Award winner. Personal Birth date: December 2, 1981 Birth place: McComb, Mississippi Birth name: Britney Jean Spears Father: Jamie Spears, former building contractor and chef Mother: Lynne (Bridges) Spears Marriages: Sam Asghari (June 9, 2022 –
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at nightclub fires, including the 2003 fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, that killed 100 people. Nightclub Fires This list includes nightclub fires with 50 or more victims. It is not exhaustive. April 23, 1940 – Natchez, Mississippi – More than 200
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By Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — Former CNN anchor Don Lemon, who faces several charges related to his coverage of a protest at a St. Paul church last month, has hired a prominent former Minnesota federal prosecutor to represent him, according to court records filed Tuesday. That lawyer, Joseph H. Thompson, is now pitted against
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — A Friday the 13th economic report appeared to deliver some fortunate news: Annual inflation slowed significantly. However, certain details of the latest Consumer Price Index presented a more sobering picture: Some price pressures aren’t just persisting, they’re accelerating. The January CPI report capped off a week of new data
Continue Reading Por Dana ONeil, Patrick Sung Cuadrado y Aleks Klosok, CNN Un árbitro del Tribunal de Arbitraje Deportivo (TAS) denegó la apelación de Vladyslav Heraskevych, quien no podrá competir en los Juegos Olímpicos con lo que él considera su “casco de la memoria”. Heraskevych fue expulsado de los Juegos de Milán Cortina, a pesar de numerosas
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