By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities are investigating the cause of death this week of a Mexican woman whose leg was entangled while using a climbing harness and ended up hanging upside down off the border wall in eastern Arizona. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials offered few details. The local sheriff’s
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MADRID (AP) — The Spanish soccer federation says it has been targeted by hackers who stole emails, text messages and audio conversations involving its top officials. The federation says it believes the information was offered anonymously to media outlets in Spain. The federation has asked authorities to investigate, adding that it had also been targeted
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two House committees have launched an investigation into the government’s use of facial recognition software. The technology was most recently used by the Internal Revenue Service, but that was stopped after lawmakers and privacy advocates raised concerns. Critics of the software say databases could
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EL PASO, Texas — A warehouse consumed in flames had food trucks inside. The warehouse was being used as a shop to maintain and repair buses. Fire crews responded to a call at 1:50 a.m. Thursday at 11420 Cedar Oak Dr., A total of 14 units and 36 firefighters responded to the call. The warehouse
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VADO, New Mexico – For many, this week in April is just a regular week. But for American Iris enthusiasts, it’s this year’s National Iris Convention! Normally, the American Iris Society holds a convention every year, but it has been postponed of late due to the pandemic. This is the first convention held since the
Continue Reading MONACO (AP) — Third-ranked Alexander Zverev has beaten Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals at the Monte Carlo Masters. Carreno Busta broke Zverev to open the second set and built a 3-1 lead before the German rallied, setting up a quarterfinal match against Jannik Sinner. Defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced by beating
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Southern California shoe store owner accused of mistakenly shooting and wounding a 9-year-old girl when he opened fire at shoplifters has agreed to be returned from Nevada to face charges. Police have said Marqel Cockrell fled the state in his car after the girl was hit by bullets on Tuesday
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Germán Padinger (CNN) — El sospechoso del tiroteo del metro de Brooklyn se presentó este jueves en el tribunal federal para su comparecencia inicial, durante la cual no se declaró culpable ni inocente y se determinó que estaría detenido sin fianza. Frank James ha sido acusado por el tribunal federal de Brooklyn de violar una ley
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By Holmes Lybrand The last member of the ISIS cell known as the “Beatles,” a British group of fighters, was convicted by a jury in Virginia on Thursday of assisting in the kidnapping and deaths of four Americans between 2012 and 2015. El Shafee Elsheikh was charged with eight counts including four conspiracy charges relating
Continue Reading By Jasmine Wright Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff on Friday will become the first known second family to host a Passover Seder at the vice president’s residence, a White House official says, a continuation of their efforts to celebrate Emhoff’s Jewish faith. Harris told Israeli President Isaac Herzog during their phone
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Freddy Rincón, tres veces mundialista con la selección de Colombia (en 1990, 1994 y 1998), falleció este miércoles por la noche tras el brutal accidente ocurrido el lunes, según informó la Clínica Imbanaco Grupo Quirónsalu, en la ciudad colombiana de Cali. Muere el exfutbolista Freddy Rincón a los 55 años de edad
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Ten days after Elon Musk disclosed he’d become Twitter’s largest shareholder, the world’s richest man has made an offer to buy the company outright. Musk on Thursday offered to acquire all the shares in Twitter he does not own at a valuation of $41.4 billion, according to a filing with
Continue Reading By Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Pamela Brown, CNN Former Trump White House adviser Stephen Miller on Thursday testified virtually for roughly eight hours before the House select committee investigating the US Capitol insurrection, a source familiar with the meeting told CNN. “It got a little chippy,” the source said, suggesting Miller was
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Ohio man who testified that he was “following presidential orders” from Donald Trump when he stormed the U.S. Capitol has been convicted of obstructing Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. A federal jury on Thursday also found Dustin Byron Thompson, 38, guilty of
Continue Reading By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The online marketplace Letgo is facing a wrongful death lawsuit after the parents of five children were fatally shot and robbed while using the app to try to buy a used SUV in suburban Denver in 2020. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Denver on
Continue Reading By Gabby Orr, CNN With Republicans narrowing their search to Milwaukee and Nashville as potential hosts for their 2024 nominating convention, the second-choice city may nab a contract after all — just not until 2028. On Wednesday, Republican National Committee members unanimously voted to pass a new rule enabling the party to begin selecting its
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Fuertes lluvias e inundaciones han azotado la costa este de Sudáfrica, matando al menos a 306 personas, destruyendo carreteras y casas, según tuiteó el gobierno regional a última hora de este miércoles, añadiendo que los equipos de rescate siguen ayudando a los residentes afectados. Las inundaciones azotaron la provincia de
Continue Reading SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters have contained a massive blaze at a central California food processing plant that prompted authorities to tell thousands of nearby residents to evacuate and to order tens of thousands more to stay inside their homes. The fire at the Taylor Farms packaged salad plant in Salinas started Wednesday night. Authorities
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — When former members of the U.S. snowboarding team sought help reporting sexual-abuse allegations against a longtime coach, they were met with conflicting information that left them unsure of where to turn. A social media post during the Olympics by a former U.S. team member led to
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves guard Patrick Beverley has been fined $30,000 by the NBA for what the league declared “inappropriate statements.” The NBA punished him for the “egregious use of profanity” in a media interview and social media post following the team’s play-in game victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Beverley was especially emotional
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer When Kenny Moore was told the USO tour he signed up for was heading to Fairbanks, Alaska, he hesitated. Should he go, he wondered? The Indianapolis Colts cornerback sure is happy he did. Joined by Broncos tight end Andrew Beck and Browns running back Demetric Felton Jr., Moore
Continue Reading By Michael Warren The Republican National Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to withdraw from its participation in the Commission on Presidential Debates, the organization that has long governed general-election presidential debates. In a statement, RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said the commission is “biased and has refused to enact simple and commonsense reforms to help ensure
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Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — El buque de guerra ruso Moskva se ha hundido, informó la agencia de noticias estatal rusa TASS, citando una declaración del Ministerio de Defensa ruso. “Durante el remolque del crucero Moskva al puerto de destino, el barco perdió su estabilidad debido a los daños en el casco recibidos durante un
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The third attempt at a final prelaunch test for NASA’s Artemis I mega moon rocket began Thursday morning, but the trial hit some snags and ended prematurely at 5:10 p.m. ET. The agency will host a news conference on Friday to share updates and next steps for the test. The mission
Continue Reading CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday he was still working with his team to determine whether he should dispatch a senior member of his administration to Ukraine, a potentially dramatic show of support for the nation as it comes under attack from Russia. “We’re making that decision now,” Biden said when
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday he was still working with his team to determine whether he should dispatch a senior member of his administration to Ukraine, a potentially dramatic show of support for the nation as it comes under attack from Russia. “We’re making that decision now,” Biden said when asked
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una llave, una chaqueta de construcción de neón y una pistola. Los artículos, dejados en una sangrienta escena del crimen en una estación de metro de Brooklyn el martes por la mañana, ofrecieron a los investigadores algunas de sus primeras pistas mientras trabajaban para averiguar quién abrió fuego contra docenas
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Americans are feeling slightly better about the economy again, in part because they believe the worst of the latest surge in gas prices is behind them, consumer sentiment data showed Thursday. After an initial jump in energy costs in response to the military conflict in Ukraine was felt at US
Continue Reading By The Associated Press B.C. Place in British Columbia, Vancouver, has been added as a proposed site in Canada to host matches at the 2026 World Cup along with Edmonton, Alberta, and Toronto. FIFA made the annoucement nine months after Montreal dropped out when the Quebec provincial government withdrew its support. Eighteen U.S. stadiums in
Continue Reading By Angie Orellana Hernandez and Ashley Strickland, CNN April’s full moon will illuminate the sky this entire weekend, and while it’s called the pink moon, it’s not actually that color. The pink moon will appear full from early Friday to Monday morning, according to NASA. It will be at its peak fullness on Saturday, April
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