By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his former top aides have met with police as part of an investigation into allegations they plotted a coup to remove Bolsonaro’s successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro arrived Thursday at Federal Police headquarters in the
Continue ReadingAn Ohio mother who left her 16-month-old daughter home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation pleaded guilty on Thursday to aggravated murder. Kristel Candelario, 32, also pleaded guilty to child endangerment as part of a plea deal with Cuyahoga County prosecutors, who agreed to dismiss two murder
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Rio de Janeiro (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced the US intends to provide $200 million to the multinational security support mission in Haiti. Blinken said that funding will go to support the Haitian national police “with planning, with intelligence, with airlift capacity, communications, and medical equipment
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristin Fisher and Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of miles beyond Earth, a phone booth-size spacecraft is en route to take on a challenge no vehicle launched from the United States has attempted in more than 50 years. The lunar lander called Odysseus or IM-1, created by Houston-based company Intuitive
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina scheduled exhibitions against El Salvador and Nigeria in the United States next month as part of Copa America preparations, replacing a China tour canceled after Lionel Messi didn’t play at Inter Miami’s preseason game in Hong Kong. Argentina will play El Salvador on March 22 at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Field and
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Scientists have confirmed what became of a star that exploded in a stunning supernova visible to Earth more than three decades ago: It morphed into a neutron star, one of the oddest objects in the universe. In 1987, a star in a nearby galaxy went supernova and its fiery
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‘CV Giving Day’ is dedicated to raising awareness of local nonprofits and increasing philanthropy in the desert for 24 hours. On March 5, 2024, you are encouraged to donate during a 24-hour online giving challenge that will generate funding to provide financial support to charities. Early giving is open now through March 5 if you’d
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, David Wright and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — The Teamsters’ political arm is donating $45,000 to the Republican National Committee – as part of what union officials say is a push to ensure that elected officials in both political parties hear from rank-and-file workers at this year’s presidential nominating conventions. In a
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has announced a series of arrests and indictments against Russian businessmen and their facilitators in five separate federal cases that span New York, Florida, Georgia and the District of Columbia. The action was timed to coincide with the two-year anniversary of
Continue ReadingHOBE SOUND, Fla. (AP) — The PGA Tour will have to wait for the 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods. In a pre-qualifier for the Cognizant Classic on Thursday, Charlie Woods took a 12 on one hole and shot 86. The teenager didn’t make a birdie at Lost Lake Golf Club and tied for 110th among
Continue ReadingPORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say two truck drivers are dead following a chain-reaction crash at a Georgia welcome center that engulfed several tractor-trailers in flames. The wreck happened Wednesday night at a welcome center off Interstate 95 near the Georgia-South Carolina line. Trooper 1st Class Joshua Staff of the Georgia State Patrol says
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a 174-year-old state law that conservatives have interpreted as an abortion ban. The organization filed a petition Thursday asking the high court to find the law unconstitutional without letting any lower courts rule first.
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping set of criminal and civil enforcement actions targeting sanctioned Russian oligarchs and others accused of working to support the Kremlin and its military. The announcement, made by the Justice Department’s Task Force KleptoCapture, comes days before the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion
Continue ReadingBy Kit Maher and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he has no intention of serving as vice president and left open the possibility of another White House run in 2028, according to three sources on a private call Wednesday with his supporters and those who volunteered to be delegates for
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man was convicted of second-degree murder Thursday in the death of his 5-year-old daughter, who police believe was killed nearly two years before she was reported missing in 2021 and whose body was never found. Adam Montgomery, 34, did not attend the trial
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT and TERRY TANG Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hydeia Broadbent, the HIV/AIDS activist who came to national prominence in the 1990s as a young child for her inspirational talks to reduce the stigma surrounding the virus she was born with, has died. She was 39. Broadbent’s father announced on Facebook that
Continue ReadingBy LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer The Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. This is raising concerns about how the decision could affect in vitro fertilization, commonly known as IVF. The fertility treatment involves retrieving a woman’s eggs and combining them with a man’s sperm in
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota man who was charged in connection with the gruesome killing of a woman who worked as a model and real estate agent in California pleaded not guilty during a court hearing Thursday. Maleesa Mooney, 31, was found dead inside her Los Angeles apartment on
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Eerie, fascinating and at times unnerving, whale songs are one of the most mysterious sounds to have been heard reverberating through the ocean. How baleen whales, which include humpback whales, are able to sing underwater has eluded scientists since whale songs were first discovered more than 50 years ago.
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The former chief of Haiti’s National Police who was recently accused in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has announced he is resigning as permanent representative of Haiti to the Organization of American States. Léon Charles’ announcement on X, formerly Twitter, comes just days after a final report from
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