Sudan will pay a $30 million settlement to the families of 17 US Navy sailors killed in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in a bid to get itself removed from the United States’ list of state sponsors of terrorism, Sudanese officials said. Sudan’s government “explicitly denies” its involvement in the attack and says
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Nota del editor: El Dr. Tom Frieden es el ex director de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE. UU. y ex comisionado del Departamento de Salud de la Ciudad de Nueva York. Actualmente es presidente y director ejecutivo de Resolve to Save Lives, una iniciativa global sin fines de
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WASHINGTON (AP) — US consumer prices edge up just 0.1% in January, weighed down by falling gasoline prices.
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Jennifer Hudson will perform a special tribute at Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game to Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others killed in a helicopter crash last month. The National Basketball Association announced Thursday that the Grammy Award-winning singer and Academy Award-winning actress will open the night ahead of player introductions with the tribute. Bryant
Continue Reading (CNN) – Una mujer de Gran Bretaña que intentó abrir la puerta de un avión en pleno vuelo fue condenada a dos años de prisión este miércoles. Chloe Haines, de 26 años, estaba en un vuelo que partió del Aeropuerto Stansted de Londres hacia Dalaman, Turquía, en junio de 2019, cuando los miembros de la
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente Trump ha pasado más de 260 días en uno de sus clubes de golf durante sus primeros tres años en el cargo hasta el 2 de febrero, según el conteo de CNN. Ahora puede descansar tranquilo sabiendo que no ha sido tiempo perdido, según una investigación preliminar que encontró que jugar
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Secretaría de Salud de México, a través de su comunicado técnico diario, informó este miércoles que investigan dos casos sospechosos de coronavirus, uno en Nuevo León y otro en Guanajuato. De los 15 casos sospechosos a la fecha, las autoridades reportaron que 13 resultaron negativos por coronavirus. La vigilancia epidemiológica en
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The borderland continues to dry out after our last weather system. A warming trend will bring pleasant weather through the weekend with rain chances returning Monday.
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Liverpool star Mohamed Salah could miss the start of the Engish Premier League next season as his potential involvement at Tokyo 2020 hangs in the balance. The Olympic football tournament is predominantly an Under-23 competition but each country is permitted to include three overage players. The final is scheduled for August 8, the same day
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There are no plans to cancel the Tokyo 2020 Games despite the novel coronavirus outbreak in Asia, Olympic organizers have confirmed. The virus has so far claimed the lives of 1,350 people and infected over 60,000 worldwide, with the vast majority of cases reported in mainland China. “I want to again state clearly that cancellation
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 35-year-old man was arrested Thursday on capital murder charges after he allegedly stabbed his visiting parents to death in his west El Paso home and then called police to report that he had committed the crime. Benjamin Duncan was being held in the El Paso County Detention Facility on
Continue Reading Former first lady Michelle Obama will soon have a second California school as her namesake. In a unanimous vote, the West Contra Costa Unified School District Board decided to change the name of Wilson Elementary School to Michelle Obama Elementary School. The idea was first proposed when the PTA sent a letter to the school
Continue Reading A church secretary has been charged with embezzling $561,777 from the New Jersey church she volunteered at, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor’s office. Taisha D. Smith-DeJoseph, 43, was responsible for overseeing the church’s finances and opened electronic bank accounts for St. Paul Baptist Church and used the money for personal expenses, the Burlington County
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Nissan’s profits are still plummeting, and the company is now bracing for more pain as the novel coronavirus outbreak threatens to wreak havoc on the global auto industry. The Japanese carmaker reported on Thursday that operating profit fell to 54.3 billion yen ($495 million) for the three months ended in December, plunging 83% compared to
Continue Reading This article contains sexually explicit language. Kampala, Uganda — When Patricia was picked up by police at the age of 11, she felt relieved. Sold by an uncle to her teacher, she was raped and abandoned in Kalangala, a district of islands on Lake Victoria, in Uganda. Patricia thought her luck had changed when police
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Good morning, overachievers! NASA is hiring a new class of astronauts in preparation for a moon landing in the next few years. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up
Continue Reading DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor told jurors on the opening day of a cold case murder trial that they were going on a journey back in time to learn about an Iowa high school girl who was slain more than 40 years ago. Testimony began Wednesday in the trial of Jerry Burns, 66, of
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s hard to believe that just a few years ago, Melody Stewart had a hard time getting out of bed. “I have joint pains, muscle pain, skeletal pain, sometimes difficulty breathing and things of that nature because my body’s attacking the healthy cells,” Stewart said. Suffering and clouded by medication, after
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The walls are closing in on Elizabeth Warren. After a devastating fourth place finish in New Hampshire Tuesday night, the Massachusetts Democrat’s path to her party’s nomination for president has drastically narrowed. It is a bleak new political reality for the senator, who was topping national and early state polls as recently as a handful
Continue Reading Veronica “Ronnie” Backenstoe has lived through moments that many of us have only read in history books. But the 98-year-old isn’t letting her age stop her from continuing her favorite tradition — selling Girl Scout cookies. For the past 88 years, Ronnie has donned her green beret and Girl Scout uniform to sell boxes of
Continue Reading A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. Stocks have generally shrugged off the coronavirus scare — briefly falling when the outbreak looks to be accelerating before continuing on an upward trajectory. In other corners of the market, however, the
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Joe Biden’s scramble to regain his footing in New Hampshire after a poor showing in Iowa ended in a half-filled Radisson Hotel ballroom. Biden wasn’t there. Instead, the former vice president appeared by video conference from South Carolina to briefly thank the die-hard New Hampshire supporters who had come. He was in fifth place in
Continue Reading A new case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed among US evacuees at a San Diego County, California air base, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. The patient is among a group that was under a federal quarantine order after returning on a State Department-chartered flight that arrived at Marine Corps
Continue Reading With all these stories about sign stealing and subsequent discussions about it being worthy of bans from baseball in some cases and overlooked in others, we thought it would be a good idea to brief you on some of baseball’s unwritten rules, codes, red lines. Baseball has one feature that is unusual in sports. The
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All Duke wants to be is a police dog, but there is one problem. He is too nice! All the other puppies call Duke mean names. “You’re a failure!” “You’re useless!” “Loser!” It is hard being a friendly police dog. What is he going to do? Find out what happens to Duke in this lovely
Continue Reading Samsung kicked off its “Galaxy Unpacked” event in San Francisco on Tuesday with a slick promo video introducing its new folding smartphone, the Galaxy Z Flip. Rebecca Hirst, Samsung’s UK head of marketing, took the stage to tout the phone as being “like nothing you’ve ever experienced before.” It all seemed to be going so
Continue Reading Good morning, overachievers! NASA is hiring a new class of astronauts in preparation for a moon landing in the next few years. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up
Continue Reading The Chinese province at the center of the novel coronavirus outbreak reported a record spike in deaths Thursday, bringing the total number to more than 1,300 people globally, as experts warned the epidemic could “create havoc” in less prepared countries. Health authorities in Hubei announced an additional 242 deaths and 14,840 cases of the virus,
Continue Reading Purdue Fort Wayne (12-14, 5-6) vs. North Dakota State (18-7, 9-2) Scheels Center, Fargo, North Dakota; Friday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: North Dakota State looks for its sixth straight conference win against Purdue Fort Wayne. North Dakota State’s last Summit League loss came against the South Dakota State Jackrabbits 78-73 on Jan. 22. Purdue
Continue Reading Monmouth (13-10, 7-5) vs. Canisius (9-15, 4-9) Koessler Athletic Center, Buffalo, New York; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Monmouth goes for the season sweep over Canisius after winning the previous matchup in West Long Branch. The teams last faced each other on Jan. 10, when the Hawks outshot Canisius from the field 50 percent
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