Month: October 2019

(CNN Español) — El escritor peruano Mario Vargas Llosa presentó este miércoles en España su más reciente novela, Tiempos recios (Alfaguara, 2019), cuya trama se centra esta vez en los laberintos políticos de Guatemala durante la época de la Guerra Fría, entre 1940 y 1959. Tiempos recios cuenta varias historias, ocurridas en distintos momentos históricos,

Jessica Chastain, Monica Lewinsky, Lizzo, Andy Cohen and have teamed up to narrate “The New Colossus,” the poem that sits at the base of the Statue of Liberty. A video of their narration features Chastain, Lewinsky, Lizzo, Cohen, along with RuPaul, Whoopi Goldberg, Cyndi Lauper, Wayne Brady, Regina Spektor, Charo, Big Freedia and Courtney Love,

Rudy Giuliani used a 2017 Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump to press Rex Tillerson, then-secretary of state, to support a prisoner swap to resolve the Justice Department’s prosecution of a Turkish businessman accused of violating Iran sanctions, a person briefed on the meeting tells CNN. The businessman, Reza Zarrab, had ties to top

Click here for updates on this story     SAN DIEGO, CA (KGTV) — A Los Angeles area man says the San Diego County District Attorney’s office charged him with a crime he didn’t commit. Angel Galvan says the mistake cost him money, time and when you search his name at the courthouse a court file. “For

Click here for updates on this story     BELLEVILLE, Ill. (KTVI) — A neighborhood in the historic district of Belleville is having issues with groundhogs. Two people have been bitten. They’re running through backyards and climbing trees. It has been an ongoing problem and people living in the neighborhood want something done about it. They are

European Union citizens living in the UK could be deported if they do not apply for settled status after a no-deal Brexit, a British government minister has warned. Security minister Brandon Lewis told a German newspaper that the government will “apply the rules” and remove residents who haven’t applied to stay by the end of

House Democrats on Thursday issued subpoenas to two associates of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani who were indicted by federal prosecutors on the same day. The subpoenas to Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, the associates working with Giuliani to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son in Ukraine,

Apple has pulled business website Quartz’s app from its store in China over content concerns. Quartz said the tech company explained its app was being removed “because it includes content that is illegal in China.” It didn’t provide the publisher with any additional details. The website, like others, has been aggressively covering the ongoing protests

Ugandan musician Bobi Wine has issued a defiant warning to the country’s longtime President Yoweri Museveni, saying: “Museveni will fall.” The pop star-turned-politician, who is one of the President’s fiercest critics, spoke out against Museveni’s 33-year rule at a news conference Wednesday: “Dictators are not massaged out of power, dictators are resisted and we are

House Democrats have now formally subpoenaed two men — Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas — connected with Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to dig up dirt in Ukraine on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Read the subpoenas:

Dyson has abandoned plans to build electric cars, saying its $3 billion project–aimed at taking on the biggest names in the automotive industry–is not commercially viable. The maker of vacuums and hand dryers said Thursday that while its engineers had produced a “fantastic” vehicle, the effort would be wound down. The company said it had

A football fan is facing a lifetime ban from Mexican club Tigres after he appeared to grope the chest of US female footballer Sofia Huerta. The incident occurred after Saturday’s friendly match in Mexico between Tigres and Huerta’s club Houston Dash, which plays in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of US

Iranian female soccer fans entered the national stadium for the first time in 40 years Thursday to watch their side thrash Cambodia 14-0 in Tehran. Iran’s ban on women attending sports stadiums is not written into law but was put in place shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. But following pressure from human rights group

Just four years ago, Greece was on the verge of crashing out of the euro because it was broke and reluctant to accept the terms of a bailout to plug the gaping hole in its finances. Now, investors are effectively paying the country for the privilege of lending it money. Europe’s most indebted country is

Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, one of a small group of House Democrats who had not yet publicly stated their support for an impeachment inquiry, announced on Thursday that in light of recent actions by President Donald Trump and his administration she’s in favor of proceedings. “Earlier this week, the President and his administration made it

In 2008 I made two of the biggest decisions of my life: in August, I welcomed my son to the world. A month later I came out as gay. For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to have a child. I was raised in North Carolina by an extraordinary Southern Baptist woman

Matt Lauer’s open letter defending his reputation and categorically denying the rape accusation that Brooke Nevils leveled against him has prompted a new response from Nevils. She says his 1,400-word letter striking out at her was “a case study in victim blaming.” “As his open letter clearly reveals, there may be more than one Matt

Click here for updates on this story     GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (WGCL) — In early October, an angler reported catching a northern snakehead, an aquatic invasive species, in a pond located on a private property in Gwinnett County, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). This is the first time this

Click here for updates on this story     Clawson, MI (WXYZ) — A Clawson School District father is outraged after a teacher’s racially insensitive comments to his daughter and multiple black students. “This one teacher, Ms. Smith, comes up to my daughter’s group who were all black kids and says, ‘I know it’s customary in your

Click here for updates on this story     DENVER, CO (KMGH) — If you’re anything like the Denver Snow Twitter account, then you’re probably going through stages of excitement and anxiety. After all, Colorado’s weather is really just Mother Nature flipping a coin and then changing her mind at the last minute. Fortunately for all of