CNN By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Winston Churchill, often considered Britain’s greatest leader, resigned at 80 in the face of mounting health problems. Keir Starmer, Britain’s newest leader, wants to force lawmakers in the country’s upper chamber to step down at the same age. Does this mean he thinks octogenarians like President Joe Biden
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina has designated Hamas a terrorist organization and ordered a freeze on the financial assets of the Palestinian group. It is a largely symbolic move as President Javier Milei seeks to align Argentina strongly with the United States and Israel. Announcing the decision Friday, Milei’s office cited the militant Palestinian
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who is currently in jail on contempt of Congress charges, is expected to speak at next week’s Republican National Convention. That’s according to two people familiar with the event’s schedule who spoke on condition of anonymity to share details before they were
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Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, anunció este viernes un decreto para eliminar el Impuesto a las Grandes Transacciones Financieras (IGTF) en bolívares, una medida establecida en 2022. Maduro dijo durante un encuentro con el Consejo Nacional de Economía Productiva que le habían propuesto reducir el gravamen de 2%
Continue Reading QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The two instigators of the 2023 assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio have been sentenced to 34 years and eight months in prison. Three accomplices have been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Ecuador’s prosecutor’s office had requested the maximum sentence for the five defendants. The 59-year-old Villavicencio was killed
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A New Mexico judge dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in a sudden move Friday. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case based on the misconduct of police and prosecutors over the withholding of evidence from the defense. She said the
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A New Mexico judge dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in a sudden move Friday. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case based on the misconduct of police and prosecutors over the withholding of evidence from the defense. She said the
Continue Reading Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking to broaden support outside Washington, D.C., for U.S. military aid to his country. Zelenskyy told the National Governors Association summer meeting in Salt Lake City on Friday that the world’s leaders should see for themselves the carnage wrought since Russia invaded his
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, dio macha atrás a una concesión israelí clave en las negociaciones de alto el fuego, exigiendo que se prohíba a los hombres armados regresar al norte de Gaza durante un eventual alto el fuego, según ha informado a CNN una fuente israelí familiarizada con
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NEW YORK (AP) — Seattle reliever Andrés Muñoz replaced teammate Logan Gilbert on the AL roster for Tuesday’s All-Star Game. Gilbert is scheduled to start on Sunday at the Los Angeles Angels in the Mariners’ last game before the All-Star break and won’t be active for the All-Stars at Arlington, Texas. A 25-year-old right-hander, Muñoz
Continue Reading Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge said Friday that Attorney General Bob Ferguson is not entitled to enforce a subpoena seeking decades of records from the Seattle Archdiocese. Ferguson said his office needs the records to learn whether the Catholic church used charitable trust funds to cover up sexual abuse by priests.
Continue Reading By Anissa Carby and Navya Shukla, CNN (CNN) — Vending machines selling ammunition will now be in grocery stores in Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma – a move that has generated mixed feelings from officials in those states. American Rounds, the distributor of the machines, uses AI technology to scan the customers’ identification as well as facial recognition
Continue Reading Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. envoy says terrorism and organized crime by violent extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State are a “pervasive threat” in Africa’s volatile Sahel region. And Leonardo Simão adds that those ills are spilling over to West Africa’s coastal countries. The U.N. special envoy for the
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in northern Mexico say they’ll investigate after the body of a long-missing man was found after months lying unidentified in a state morgue. The man’s desperate mother, Virginia de la Cruz, had approached authorities eight months ago for help in looking for her missing son. Mexico has about 115,000 missing
Continue Reading NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Pierceson Coody followed an opening 11-under 61 with a 67 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead in the ISCO Championship, with the weekend cut a PGA Tour-record 8-under par. Coody, the 24-year-old grandson of 1971 Masters champion Charles Coody, birdied three of his final five holes in his afternoon round
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Seguridad de Costa Rica confirmó a CNN este viernes que las autoridades detuvieron a Maickel Villegas Rodríguez, que contaba con una notificación internacional de búsqueda por su presunta participación en el secuestro y homicidio del exmilitar venezolano Ronald Ojeda en Chile en febrero pasado. El señalado, de
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Two co-hosts of the “Pod Save America” podcast on Friday fired back at Biden campaign staffers who have reportedly dismissed their calls for the president to consider stepping down from the Democratic ticket. In an episode released Friday, Dan Pfeiffer called it “infuriating” to think that he and
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By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Bears and bison aren’t the only potential hazards when visiting Yellowstone National Park. The area’s thermal features also provide a point of caution as tourists in one car found out this week. On Thursday, a car with five occupants inadvertently drove off a roadway and into the Semi-Centennial Geyser,
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una de las maravillas de la saga de películas de ciencia ficción “Dune” es el traje de supervivencia que llevan los Fremen, habitantes del desierto, unos “destiltrajes” que reciclan todos los fluidos corporales para convertirlos en agua potable. Los científicos han presentado un prototipo de traje espacial que convierte la orina
Continue Reading Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has ruled that Tennessee does not unconstitutionally discriminate against transgender people by not allowing them to change the sex designation on their birth certificates. In a 2-1 ruling on Friday, the majority opinion of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found, “There
Continue Reading Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Voting rights attorneys say Mississippi should work quickly to redraw some legislative districts to ensure more equitable representation for Black residents. In papers filed Friday, the attorneys say it’s important to hold special elections in updated districts this November. Three federal judges on July 2 ordered Mississippi legislators to
Continue Reading MAMMOTH, Wyo. (AP) — Five people were able to escape a hot, acidic pond in Yellowstone National Park after the sport utility vehicle they were riding in went off the road and into an inactive geyser. The crash happened Thursday morning. The passengers were able to get out of the 105 degree water on their
Continue Reading Associated Press British singer-songwriter Griff’s career has been an undeniable whirlwind. Less than two years after releasing her first single — and finishing her A-level exams — she won the Brit Award for Rising Star. Then she opened for Dua Lipa. Then Ed Sheeran. Then Coldplay. Then Taylor Swift. In between those gigs, solo shows
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El caso de homicidio involuntario contra el actor Alec Baldwin fue desestimado de manera dramática el viernes después de que la jueza que supervisaba el caso dictaminara que los fiscales no entregaron adecuadamente las pruebas a la defensa. Los abogados de Baldwin habían presentado una moción para desestimar el caso,
Continue Reading Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A retired police detective involved in the arrest of the husband of Alice Munro, the Nobel laureate from Canada renowned for her short stories, says he was disturbed by her reaction 20 years ago when he said he was going to charge her husband for sexually assaulting her daughter. Retired
Continue Reading AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For more than two weeks now, the Democratic Party has been mired in crisis. And yet there is no sign that the threat to Joe Biden’s reelection is nearing a conclusion. The president has dug in even as a growing chorus of Democratic officials, donors and strategists
Continue Reading SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile says one of the suspects being sought in the kidnapping and killing of a dissident Venezuelan soldier on Chilean soil early this year has been arrested in Costa Rica. The slaying in February caused shock in Chile, where former lieutenant and self-described political prisoner Ronald Ojeda had sought asylum after
Continue Reading Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man is facing trial on kidnapping and sexual assault charges after a woman said she escaped weeks in his captivity. He has now been arraigned on a new charge of murder. Authorities say they have linked him to the remains of a woman found in a barrel
Continue Reading Pakistan has reached an agreement for a new $7 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund. It’s the global lender’s latest bailout to help the cash-strapped country of 240 million people. A statement issued Friday by the IMF says the loan will last for 37 months. Its aims include strengthening fiscal and monetary policy
Continue Reading COCOA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 375-pound sea turtle has been released back into the Atlantic Ocean after three months of rehabilitation in Florida. Officials with the Brevard Zoo released a male loggerhead named Bubba on Wednesday afternoon in Cocoa Beach. Officials say biologists with Inwater Research found Bubba in St. Lucie County on April
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