DRYDEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan congressman who quit the Republican Party to protest GOP efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump has died. Paul Mitchell died Sunday, according to a statement his family provided to CNN. He was 64. In June, Mitchell told radio station WJR that he had been
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — Imposible no pensar en ello en estos momentos. El 12 de enero de 2010, Haití vivió un terremoto que tuvo consecuencias fatales y devastadoras. Ahora, más de 11 años después, el país atraviesa nuevamente una situación de desastre natural provocada por un sismo. Grace: lo que sabemos de la depresión tropical
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO and GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writers Humanitarian aid is flowing into Haiti following Saturday’s deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake. However, the Caribbean nation’s political unrest, as well as an approaching tropical storm, is complicating efforts. Nonprofit groups and philanthropy experts say the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, as well as accusations that some
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Peter Bergen es analista de seguridad nacional de CNN, vicepresidente de New America y profesor de prácticas en la Universidad Estatal de Arizona. Bergen ha informado desde Afganistán desde 1993. Su nuevo libro es “The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden”. Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario son suyas.
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LA UNION, New Mexico – After abandoning their flooded homes in the midst of the crisis, La Union residents returned to their neighborhoods Monday to assess the damage. “Every time it rains, I just worry so much,” said Isa Onchondo, a flood victim. She did not evacuate, but dozens of her neighbors were forced to
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EL PASO, Texas — Over the past week rainfall flooded more than just the streets of El Paso, it also caused damage to grave plots at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery. Approximately 200 plots were sunken in from the weather. Brenda Bustos, the Fort Bliss National Cemetery administrative officer, said there were many factors that caused this
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso police SWAT team was deployed in a south-central neighborhood Monday morning after gunfire rang out during a domestic dispute, authorities said. The incident unfolded at a home in the 100 block of S. Glenwood Street, where police said a man inside refused to come out. The standoff came
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By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer The Los Angeles Clippers have brought guard Eric Bledsoe back to the team where he started his NBA career in a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies. The trade sends Bledsoe to the Clippers for guards Patrick Beverley and Rajon Rondo and center Daniel Oturu. Bledsoe spent his first
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is assigning more state police officers to New Mexico’s most populated area as Albuquerque struggles with violent crime. Her announcement Monday follows the latest string of deadly shootings, including one Friday that left a 13-year-old middle school student dead. Albuquerque already
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs trotted out what amounted to three rookies to help protect their half-billion dollar investment at quarterback Saturday. And the best evidence that their new-look offensive line performed adequately in their preseason opener came when they returned to practice and nothing had changed.
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By HALELUYA HADERO and GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writers Humanitarian aid is flowing into Haiti following Saturday’s deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake. However, the Caribbean nation’s political unrest, as well as an approaching tropical storm, is complicating efforts. Nonprofit groups and philanthropy experts say the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, as well as accusations that some
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Carli Lloyd has announced her retirement from soccer. The 39-year-old forward for the U.S. national team had long hinted she would step away from the game following the Tokyo Olympics after a 16-year international career. Lloyd scored a pair of goals in the United States’ 4-3 victory over
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — As the Delta variant has caused hospitalizations to surge in New Mexico, state officials have issued an urgent call for nurses to help volunteer with the Medical Reserve Corps, ABC affiliate KOAT reported. On Monday, the New Mexico Department of Health issued a statement asking for nurses and anyone with
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese leaders have visited a disputed area along the country’s eastern borders with Ethiopia. The visit to al-Fashaqa area comes amid growing tensions between the two East African nations. Khartoum has last week recalled home its envoy in Addis Ababa. The decades-long border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia centers on large swaths
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CNN’s Kyung Lah speaks to California Gov. Gavin Newsom about the upcoming recall election in his state and looks into a possible Republican front runner.
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business State Street, one of the world’s largest asset managers, is shutting down its two midtown Manhattan offices as the Wall Street firm embraces a hybrid working model. The move by State Street, the company behind the “Fearless Girl” statue outside the New York Stock Exchange, underscores the pressure facing the
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The U.S. company Discovery Inc. says it has been granted a Dutch license that would allow it to keep broadcasting its independent news channel TVN 24 into Poland. The announcement Monday comes after Poland’s state broadcasting authority has for a year and a half refused to renew TVN24′s license, which expires
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The U.S. company Discovery Inc. says it has been granted a Dutch license that would allow it to keep broadcasting its independent news channel TVN 24 into Poland. The announcement Monday comes after Poland’s state broadcasting authority has for a year and a half refused to renew TVN24′s license, which expires
Continue Reading By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Republican Adam Laxalt has filed to run for U.S. Senate in Nevada, setting the stage for what could be a decisive battle as both parties fight for control of Congress. Laxalt will aim to unseat Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, who became the
Continue Reading ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have signed Kevin Fiala to a $5.1 million, one-year contract. Fiala had 20 goals and 20 assists in 50 games last season with the Wild. He led the team with five game-winning goals and 41 takeaways. Fiala has 101 points in 133 games over two-plus seasons since
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say gunmen have abducted 15 students and four staffers from a school in the country’s northwest. Zamfara state police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said Monday that a police officer and two security guards were killed in the attack on the College of Agriculture and
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Aficionados de la astronomía, tomen nota: hay un nuevo parque con cielo oscuro para ver las estrellas. El Parque Internacional de la Paz Waterton-Glacier recibió la certificación “Parque Internacional de Cielos Oscuros” después de cumplir con los requisitos de iluminación establecidos por la asociación International Dark Sky Association. Si no pudiste
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business The ransomware attack that forced Colonial Pipeline, one of the largest fuel pipelines in the United States, to go offline this spring also compromised the personal information of nearly 6,000 individuals, a company spokesperson told CNN Business. The pipeline operator has begun sending data breach notification letters to the 5,810
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A sinkhole in a north Las Cruces neighborhood is just one more example of crumbling infrastructure during this historic monsoon season. “It looked like a puddle, almost like a river,” said Elaine Figueroa, who drove through the flooded road before a part of it collapsed. “It was really scary to
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business A Honus Wagner baseball card, the most famous and among the rarest sports trading cards in the world, sold at auction Monday morning for a record $6.6 million. That blew away the previous record — a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, which auctioned earlier this year for $5.2 million. An
Continue Reading By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business As the Covid-19 Delta variant continues to spread, companies are warning that they expect pandemic fears to harm their businesses. The hospitality and entertainment industries, in particular, are feeling the pain. Although economists don’t expect a repeat of the kind of shutdowns that gutted industries in 2020, the risks posed
Continue Reading By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Ten.. (AP) — R&B legend Ray Charles, who helped redefine country music in the Civil Rights era, and Grammy-winning duo The Judds will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Country Music Association on Monday announced the new class of Hall of Fame members,
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian embassy in Kabul has alleged that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled from Kabul with four cars and a helicopter stuffed with cash. Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti cited embassy spokesman Nikita Ishchenko on Monday as saying that Ghani escaped with four cars filled with money. He added that “they
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston and Kyung Lah, CNN As he hit the campaign trail this weekend to fight the Republican-led effort to oust him, California Gov. Gavin Newsom leaned into the microphone with a message for all the disengaged Democrats who might be inclined to ignore the September 14 recall election. “Though we defeated Trump, we
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By Keely Aouga and Taylor Romine, CNN Fifty-five years ago this month, a group of transgender women in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco fought back against police as they arrested patrons at Compton’s Cafeteria, a go-to hangout for temporarily avoiding the harshest harassment, discrimination and physical violence they faced on the streets. While the
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