macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Edgard Parrales Castillo, de 79 años, exsacerdote y exrepresentante de Nicaragua en la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), fue declarado culpable este martes de conspiración para cometer menoscabo de la integridad nacional y difusión de noticias falsas, informó el Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (Cenidh), a través de sus redes sociales.
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By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press Boeing’s CEO says Boeing cut a bad deal when it agreed to produce two new Air Force One jets. CEO David Calhoun said Wednesday that Boeing probably should not have taken the fixed-cost contract, which makes the company responsible for cost overruns. But, he says, it was a public negotiation
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By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press Boeing’s CEO says Boeing cut a bad deal when it agreed to produce two new Air Force One jets. CEO David Calhoun said Wednesday that Boeing probably should not have taken the fixed-cost contract, which makes the company responsible for cost overruns. But, he says, it was a public negotiation
Continue Reading Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot activists say uncertainty over the safety of war-wracked Ukraine’s nuclear power plants has reignited concerns over a Russian-owned nuclear power station being built in a quake-prone area on Turkey’s southern coast. About 200 activists from two dozen organizations from both sides of ethnically divided Cyprus converged Wednesday inside the United
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Firefighters have been making significant progress on the biggest wildfires burning unusually hot and fast for this time of year in the western U.S. But forecasters from the Southwest to the southern High Plains are warning of the return the next
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CNN By Maegan Vazquez and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday eulogized Madeleine Albright, describing the first female US secretary of state as a “force of nature” and a champion of democracy. “With her goodness and grace, her humanity and her intellect, she turned the tide of history,” Biden said during the funeral
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CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Business The Commerce Department backed a key legislative proposal aimed at forcing tech giants such as Facebook and Google to compete against smaller businesses, agency secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday, in an announcement that throws the full weight of the Biden administration behind the bill. Testifying before the Senate Commerce
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN Business The Commerce Department backed a key legislative proposal aimed at forcing tech giants such as Facebook and Google to compete against smaller businesses, agency secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday, in an announcement that throws the full weight of the Biden administration behind the bill. Testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee,
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer The Washington Commanders have picked up edge rusher Montez Sweat’s fifth-year option as expected. Sweat was Washington’s second pick in the first round in 2019. Sweat has become a key part of Washington’s defensive line along with fellow pass rusher Chase Young and defensive tackles Jonathan Allen and Daron
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has raised 1.5 billion euros in a 7-year bond re-issue, tapping markets days after a sovereign credit rating upgrade. Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said the money was raised with a yield of 2.4% ‒ up from the 2% yield in 2020 when the bond was first issued. The ratings agency
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Pete Davidson is getting a new series on Peacock. The streaming service announced Wednesday the comedy series “Bupkis,” which is written, starring and executive produced by Davidson, was acquired in a highly competitive bidding war. The series will be a live- action comedy, featuring a “fictionalized version” of Davidson’s real life. The
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Intense hurricanes and typhoons — the most devastating storms on the planet — could more than double by 2050 in nearly all regions of the world because of climate change, scientists reported Wednesday. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, defined intense storms as the equivalent of a category
Continue Reading By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Crosley Green has received the news he didn’t want to hear — a federal appeals panel is reinstating his vacated 1990 murder conviction — but the fight to prove his innocence is not over, and he remains at peace knowing “everything’s going to work out as it should, as it’s
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EL PASO, Texas – With property values on the rise, the Central Appraisal District is mailing notices of changes to owner’s property values. That means you may see an increase in the value of your home or business, which could lead to an increase in your property taxes. “We’re trying to make ends meet. Water, gas, everything
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Jared Padalecki is speaking out after being involved in a car accident. The actor posted a message to his Instagram writing, “Hey y’all! I want to thank everyone for the outpouring of love. I’m definitely on the mend and hoping to return to filming later this week. I’m so lucky to
Continue Reading By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft says cyberattacks by state-backed Russian hackers have destroyed data across dozens of organizations in Ukraine and produced a “chaotic information environment.” The company said in a report released Wednesday that Russia-aligned threat groups were preparing long before the Feb. 24 invasion. It said they were “pre-positioning
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Wildfires in the vast and pristine forests of Canada, Europe and the far Northern US could release an enormous amount of planet-warming emissions between now and 2050, putting the world’s climate goals in peril, scientists reported Wednesday. A study published in the journal Science Advances found that wildfires in the North
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN One-fifth of all reptile species face the risk of extinction, according to a comprehensive new study, with crocodiles and turtles most threatened. It’s the first study of its kind for reptiles and involved 961 scientists in 24 countries across six continents and took 15 years to complete. Similar global assessments for
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, CNN The war in eastern Ukraine appears to be entering a critical phase, as Russia pours in more fighting units and Ukrainian forces try to hold lines battered by weeks of shelling and rocket fire. On Wednesday, the Ukrainian military acknowledged losing territory in two different areas of the long front lines
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN White House Covid-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha is on Capitol Hill Wednesday, a White House official told CNN, meeting with members of the House and Senate from both parties as the administration renews its push for Covid-19 supplemental response funding and lays out specific consequences of congressional inaction. The meetings,
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Peyton Manning has set up a scholarship at Georgia Tech honoring former teammate Demaryius Thomas. The NFL receiving great died in December from an apparent seizure at his suburban Atlanta home. He was 33. Manning’s PeyBack Foundation will fund academic scholarships in the receiver’s name at his alma mater. The financial aid
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — At the first meeting of Disney World’s private government since Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a measure to dissolve it next year, officials were still confused about what the new legislation meant. The administrator of the Reedy Creek Improvement
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — West Ham great Mark Noble will stick to his decision to retire at the end of the season even if the team qualifies for the Champions League for the first time. Noble has played for West Ham since 2004. He announced in March last year that this season would be his last
Continue Reading TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have picked up the fifth-year contract option on Pro Bowl linebacker Devin White, who has 15 sacks, four forced fumbles and six fumble recoveries over three NFL seasons. The Bucs announced the expected move on Wednesday. White signed a four-year, $29.315 million deal as the fifth overall
Continue Reading SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — High-scoring Buffalo guard Dyaisha Fair has transferred to Syracuse. The Rochester, New York native averaged 23.1 points over the past three seasons for the Bulls of the Mid-American Conference. She finished her junior year fourth in the nation in points per game (23.4). The move reunites Fair with Syracuse coach Felisha
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — La inflación sigue dando de qué hablar en varios países del mundo. Apenas hace un par de semanas, en Estados Unidos el Índice de Precios al Consumidor subió un 8,5% para el año que finalizó en marzo, con lo que se alcanzó un nuevo máximo en 40 años. Cabe recordar que
Continue Reading Victoria Fernandez (CNN) — El distrito autónomo especial de Disney, Distrito de Mejoramiento de Reedy Creek, dice que la decisión de Florida de disolverlo el próximo año no es legal a menos que el estado pague las grandes deudas de Reedy Creek. Reedy Creek es un distrito con propósito especial creado por la ley estatal
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El doctor Anthony Fauci, principal asesor médico del presidente Joe Biden y director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades Infecciosas de EE.UU. (NIH, por sus siglas en inglés) afirmó que “Ciertamente, ahora mismo, en este país, estamos fuera de la fase de pandemia”, en el programa PBS NewsHour el martes.
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EL PASO, Texas – On Wednesday morning in a news conference between the City of El Paso and Solar United Neighbors, the announcement was made about a new partnership between the two entities, and the launch of the El Paso Solar Co-op. To join the new co-op is free, and you don’t have to commit
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EL PASO, Texas– The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security announced the expected budget for the 2023 fiscal year would be $97.3 billion, and the implementation of a new government strategy post-Title 42. Mayorkas said the execution of the new strategy has six pillars: Surge resources- personnel, transportation, medical support and facilities.Increase efficiency without compromising the
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