Alejandra Ramos Kyiv, Ucrania (CNN) — Rostislav estaba a cargo del puesto defensivo afuera de la torre de televisión de Kyiv el martes por la tarde cuando un misil ruso cayó cerca. El impacto lo tiró al suelo. Escuchó cristales rompiéndose, luego otra explosión. Y justo después de eso, otro. Y luego uno más, le
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 31-year-old Las Cruces nurse is facing some serious charges after allegedly driving on the wrong side of the road, crashing into an oncoming car in the north part of Las Cruces. That crash happened on Dec. 2 on Roadrunner Parkway. According to court documents, the nurse tried getting a fellow nurse
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By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — United Nations countries have agreed to create a legally binding global treaty to address plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, rivers and landscape. The U.N. Environment Assembly voted unanimously at its meeting in Kenya for a resolution “to end plastic pollution.” It sets the stage for
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Winds will kick up Friday with gusts around 40 mph and with some blowing dust and sand potential. The winds will continue to blow around 35 mph both Saturday and Sunday. Temps will cool a bit as well over the weekend with temps falling to the mid and upper 60’s.
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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Canelo Álvarez has chosen the next series of challenges for himself atop the boxing world. And as usual for the Mexican pound-for-pound superstar, he’s charting a path with his legacy in mind. The undisputed super middleweight world champion will move up to light heavyweight for
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Kelly Rizzo, the widow of late comedian and actor Bob Saget, is thanking those who have reached out to her to express their support since his sudden death in January. “I just wanted to take a second to say to everybody that it has not gone unnoticed. I have been incredibly
Continue Reading PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia is fully open to vaccinated travelers after Western Australia became the last state to lift border restrictions. Western Australia closed its borders to most international and interstate travelers in 2020 to slow the spread of COVID-19. But the state lifted restrictions on Thursday four months after Sydney began its staged
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Nueva York (CNN Business) — Si los oligarcas de Rusia no estaban temblando con sus botas personalizadas de cuero italiano, probablemente lo están ahora. En su primer discurso sobre el estado de la Unión el martes por la noche, el presidente Joe Biden se dirigió directamente a los compinches del presidente ruso, Vladimir
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN South Dakota on Wednesday gave final passage to a bill further restricting access to abortions through medication, the first state this legislative session to impose such a restriction. The bill, House Bill 1318, was proposed last month by Republican Gov. Kristi Noem as she sought to curb access to the abortion
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force partnered with the El Paso FBI Field Office for Operation April Fools in 2021. According to the United States Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Texas, on April 24, 2021 Armando Rafael Mascorro was communicating with someone on a social
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Paraguay informó este miércoles que la Unidad Especializada de Narcotráfico del Ministerio Público ordenó la detención de Juan Carlos Ozorio, quien unas horas antes había renunciado como diputado del oficialista Partido Colorado. Según la Fiscalía, la detención de Ozorio se dio en el marco de la investigación
Continue Reading By Geneva Sands, CNN The United States returned several stolen artifacts to France on Wednesday, including five gold bars from a 1746 shipwreck after a decades-long investigation led US federal agents to seize the items from an online auction in California. Seven artifacts were transferred from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations to
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By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press A Texas judge has blocked the state from investigating the parents of a transgender teenager over gender confirming treatments she’s received. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary order halting the investigation of the 16-year-old’s parents, but didn’t issue a broader ruling blocking Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive requiring
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas judge blocks state from investigating parents of transgender teen over gender-confirmation care.
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Este miércoles, el comandante en jefe del Ejército de Chile, general Ricardo Martínez, renunció a su cargo un día antes de concurrir a declarar en calidad de “inculpado” en las investigaciones que lleva a cabo la ministra en visita, Romy Rutherford, por supuesto fraude y malversación de caudales públicos en
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By CEDAR ATTANASIO and WALTER BERRY Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Police in Santa Fe have released the name of the officer who was killed in a car chase Wednesday. They say Officer Robert Duran had been with the Santa Fe Police Department since 2015. Police say the 43-year-old
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros will advance to a May runoff after a neck-and-neck primary race that saw both finish below the 50% threshold necessary to secure the nomination outright, CNN projected Wednesday. This is a breaking story and will be updated. The-CNN-Wire™
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Aaliyah Nye scored 17 points, Kendall Bostic notched her sixth double-double of the season and 14th-seeded Illinois snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 75-66 win over 11th-seeded Wisconsin in the first round of the Big Ten tournament. Illinois is the first 14th seed to advance to the second round since Purdue
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ primary that put the 2022 midterm election season in full swing saw no significant issues at polling locations. But although most races were decided by Wednesday, counties that had rejected thousands of mail ballots for not complying with Texas’ strict new
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business A nationwide group of state attorneys general announced an investigation into TikTok’s impact on young Americans Tuesday, adding to the steady drumbeat of political pressure being applied to social media platforms. The probe zeroes in on TikTok’s user engagement techniques and alleged risks that the platform may pose to the
Continue Reading By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether the man who killed a former NFL player in a road rage incident can be tried again for murder after his conviction on a lesser charge was overturned. Authorities in the New Orleans suburb of Jefferson
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced on Tuesday that rifle head coach Austin Litherland will not return for the 2022-23 season. Under Litherland’s leadership, the Miners posted their best air rifle (2,317), smallbore (2,271) and aggregate (4,588) averages during the 2019-20 season. He has served as UTEP’s rifle coach for the last four years. “We
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans say Zion Williamson’s recovery from a right foot injury has improved to the point where he can gradually resume basketball activities. But the club says there remains no timetable for when he might play in a game. The announcement came after
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN An Oath Keeper who served as private security for right-wing figures around January 6 pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and is cooperating with the Justice Department, becoming the first person charged with seditious conspiracy related to the attack to strike a plea deal. Joshua James, who
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Most Russian players in the National Hockey League have remained silent about their country’s invasion of Ukraine. That is intentional based on the potential repercussions for them and their families back home. Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is among the very few hockey players from
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — La Organización Mundial de la Salud emitió una recomendación para el medicamento antiviral molnupiravir para personas con infecciones no graves por covid-19 que tienen un alto riesgo de hospitalización. Según una guía actualizada de la OMS sobre medicamentos para el covid-19 publicada este miércoles en el BMJ, la organización define el
Continue Reading By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Senate Republicans have approved a bill that prohibits transgender females from participating in girls high school sports and women’s college athletics, sending a divisive bill likely to draw legal challenges to the governor. Gov. Kim Reynolds last year lobbied lawmakers to pass a similar
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by Brenda Goodman An Omicron-like variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 — one that appears to be highly divergent from circulating strains and sticks out on a long branch of the virus’ family tree — has been discovered in a population of white-tailed deer in Ontario, Canada, according to a new study. The same
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The Biden administration continues to be on alert for potential Russian criminal or state-backed cyberattacks against critical infrastructure targets in the US — a posture that Washington assumed months ago but that has grown more acute since Russia invaded Ukraine. The US is “very much on guard” for potential Russian cyberattacks
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN President Joe Biden tried to assuage Americans’ concerns about high inflation in his State of the Union address Tuesday, while seeking to boost low ratings for how he’s handled the economy. Since there’s not too much a president can do unilaterally to combat inflation, Biden laid out several proposals to help
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