A Minnesota judge ruled Monday that there is probable cause to support the case against Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April. Potter is charged with second-degree manslaughter for the killing, during which she claimed she mistook her gun for a Taser.
Continue Reading A Minnesota judge ruled Monday that there is probable cause to support the case against Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April. Potter is charged with second-degree manslaughter for the killing, during which she claimed she mistook her gun for a Taser.
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(CNN) — El enfoque de esperar y luego ver para viajar en este momento es prudente desde una perspectiva de salud. Desde la perspectiva de la reserva, tal vez no tanto. Las tarifas aéreas de EE.UU. están aumentando, los autos de alquiler escasean y la búsqueda de tesoros en los sitios de alquiler de casas
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cuando el coronavirus se disparó en Missouri el pasado otoño boreal, una oleada de casos afectó a una residencia de ancianos en el corazón rural del estado. Robin Bull, una enfermera a medio tiempo, recordaba una ambulancia «yendo y viniendo constantemente» en una mañana especialmente aterradora, llevando a los residentes al Moberly Regional
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For more than 20 years, Justice Stephen Breyer has authored the Supreme Court’s decisions endorsing abortion rights. With Monday’s news that the court will hear a case that could gut Roe v. Wade next session, a new question has emerged: Will a desire to influence the outcome affect the 82-year-old justice’s decision on whether to
Continue Reading In response to the police killing George Floyd, 15 unions that represent law enforcement officers across the US have endorsed a blueprint for policing that includes an unprecedented shift in the way unions protect bad police officers, according to a copy of the plan obtained by CNN ahead of its release this week. Floyd’s death
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Congratulations and best wishes to the newly married Ariana Grande. A representative for the singer told CNN on Monday that Grande and real estate agent Dalton Gomez have officially tied the knot. “It was tiny and intimate — less than 20 people. The room was so happy and full of love,” the singer’s representative told
Continue Reading West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, issued a letter this week urging Congress to find a bipartisan path forward to reauthorize the decades-old Voting Rights Act. The missive to congressional leaders in the House and Senate seeks to break through the impasse on voting rights legislation as
Continue Reading As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict grinds on, families in the region continue to reel. In just the first week of fighting, more than 200 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza. The ministry says more than 1,400 have been injured. At the same time, Israeli officials say Palestinian rocket
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The latest round of federal stimulus payments of up to $1,400 per person lifted sales at Walmart, the largest retailer in the United States, as shoppers used their checks to buy clothing, home goods and other merchandise at stores and online. Walmart said Tuesday that sales at stores open for at least one year grew
Continue Reading New York Mets outfielder Kevin Pillar said he’s doing fine after getting hit in the nose by a 94 mph fastball during Monday’s game against the Atlanta Braves. “Thanks to everyone that has reached out! Scary moment but I’m doing fine,” Pillar wrote on Twitter. The Mets secured a 3-1 win against the Braves in
Continue Reading Prince Harry has spoken about mental health in the trailer for an Apple TV+ documentary series with Oprah Winfrey, which aims to destigmatize the topic. Harry and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex appear in the emotional trailer for “The Me You Can’t See,” which will be released Friday. It also features appearances from celebrities
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he was opposed to a bipartisan agreement struck last week that would create an independent commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol. McCarthy’s opposition comes ahead of a vote this week that House Democrats have scheduled to pass legislation to create
Continue Reading Even though Emma Watson has almost 60 million followers on Instagram and almost 30 million on Twitter, she hasn’t posted since last June and last August respectively. That was until Monday. Watson took to her verified Twitter account Monday to address speculation about her life. “Dear Fans, Rumours about whether I’m engaged or not, or
Continue Reading Foxconn is partnering with automaker Stellantis to develop technology for vehicle cockpits, in the latest sign of the iPhone maker’s ambitions to grow in electric car manufacturing. The 50/50 joint venture, known as “Mobile Drive,” brings together Foxconn’s might in mobile software and consumer electronics with Stellantis’ vehicle design and engineering expertise to create a
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A slow-moving storm system will bring a slight chance for thunderstorms to the area mountains this afternoon. Winds will be breezy to low-end windy with temps in the 80s.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Health Department announced two new coronavirus-related deaths and 76 new cases Tuesday morning. Both fatality victims were men in their 80s who had underlying health conditions and were hospitalized. El Paso County’s pandemic death toll now stands at 2,596. There are 1,557 known active cases to report,
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Police say a strike launched from Gaza has killed two Thai workers inside a packaging plant in southern Israel. That attack Tuesday came hours after Israeli airstrikes toppled a six-story building in the Palestinian territory that housed bookstores and educational centers. With the war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas
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Lawyers for Rudy Giuliani — who exhorted Trump supporters in Washington on the day of the Capitol riot to “have trial by combat” — are now arguing that he wasn’t literally advocating for an insurrection over the 2020 election results. The assertion comes in Giuliani’s response to a lawsuit filed by Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell
Continue Reading GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A strike launched from Gaza on Tuesday wounded 10 people in southern Israel, four of them seriously, Israeli medics reported, as Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers continued to trade attacks. The projectile attack Tuesday afternoon hit a region in southern Israel, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service. It
Continue Reading Cryptocurrency enthusiasm is skyrocketing, and while information surrounding digital currency is becoming more attainable, there’s still a big gap between access and knowledge. That’s where cryptocurrency consultants come in. With digital currency markets in turmoil, crypto consultants are in high demand. Cryptocurrency popularity soared in April as trading platform Coinbase went public at a valuation
Continue Reading A number of congressional Democrats are ramping up pressure on the Biden administration to more forcefully engage on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as violence in the region intensifies, revealing a delicate shift in the way Democrats have talked about Israel for decades and a small crack in the party on foreign policy. The change in tone
Continue Reading Texas, Indiana and Oklahoma will end early the $300 weekly federal boost to state unemployment payments, as well as two other pandemic jobless benefits programs, according to the states’ Republican governors — joining 17 other GOP-led states in dropping the federal expanded benefits over the past two weeks. The three states’ announcements on Monday mean
Continue Reading (CNN) — Unos 6.000 migrantes de Marruecos nadaron hasta el enclave español de Ceuta, en el norte de África, desde el lunes, dijo el martes el ministro del Interior de España, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. Grande-Marlaska dijo que 1.500 de ellos ya habían sido devueltos a Marruecos. Cuando se le preguntó si había 1.500 menores entre ese
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The firearms industry and its GOP allies have taken a more inclusive approach to fighting Democrat-led efforts to pass stricter gun laws this year. The once-mighty National Rifle Association, whose bankruptcy bid was shot down by a federal judge on May 11, has played a much less-active role in the current gun control debate taking
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Many can see the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic. But after more than a year of drastic lifestyle changes, many children are still struggling emotionally. A new resource from the Texas Medical Association (TMA) and Texas Pediatric Society aims to help.
Continue Reading Amazon is reportedly in talks to buy MGM, the vaunted film studio that was a staple of Hollywood’s Golden Age. A tie-up would give the tech firm a big brand to wield as competition in streaming grows fiercer by the day. MGM’s iconic logo of a roaring lion has played before tons of classic films,
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Several days since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said fully vaccinated Americans can — for the most part — ditch their masks, more places are announcing changes to their mask policies, or doing away with the requirement altogether. CVS pharmacy and Target both said on Monday they will no longer require fully vaccinated
Continue Reading The Biden administration notified Congress of a proposed US weapons sale to Israel worth $735 million earlier this month, according to two sources familiar with the notification. The sale of the precision-guided weapons, which the administration approved before the latest outbreak of violence between Hamas and the Israeli government, is now being reviewed by Congress
Continue Reading (CNN) — En el siglo XIX, cuando los deportes sangrientos eran socialmente más aceptables, se acuñó el término «Big Five» para referirse a los leones, rinocerontes, búfalos, elefantes y leopardos, los animales que los cazadores de trofeos en África consideraban los más peligrosos para cazar a pie. Pero el fotógrafo británico Graeme Green quiere dar
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