Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Wallace “Wally” Amos, the creator of the cookie empire that took his name and made it famous and who went on to become a children’s literacy advocate, has died. He was 88. Amos created the Famous Amos cookie empire and eventually lost ownership of the company — as well as
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Google dijo el miércoles que una supuesta operación de piratería iraní dirigida a las campañas presidenciales de EE.UU. está en curso y es más amplia de lo que se conocía anteriormente, ya que los piratas informáticos continúan apuntando a las cuentas de correo electrónico de funcionarios estadounidenses actuales y
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By Matt Egan and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — Columbia University President Minouche Shafik is stepping down months after protests over the Israel-Hamas war gripped the campus, Shafik announced in a letter sent Wednesday to the Columbia community. Shafik — an Egyptian-born economist and former high-ranking official at the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and
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ByJulia Reinstein August 14, 2024, 5:24 PM The murder trial against Robert Telles — the El Paso native and former Clark County, Nevada public administrator accused of killing journalist Jeff German in September 2022 — began with opening statements on Wednesday. Telles, 47, has been accused of stabbing the Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter to death outside his
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AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Tre Tucker ran a go-route, first turning to his right and then adjusting to his left. Watching — with the help of modern science — the ball as he leapt to make a sensational catch. Tucker had Lasik eye surgery in the offseason to make it easier to
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By Ken Molestina, S.E. Jenkins Click here for updates on this story UVALDE (KTVT) — Uvalde city leaders admit they did not release all of the video recordings they have from the botched police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022. The release of documents and recordings came after a settlement between the
Continue Reading By CBS Chicago Team Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The White House will move to designate the site of the Springfield Race Riot as a national monument. Illinois State Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-13th) made the announcement Wednesday afternoon as the monument will mark the moment in 1908 when a white
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AP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) — The Justice Department is defending a plea deal it struck with Boeing over planes that crashed and killed 346 people, saying in a court filing Wednesday that it lacks evidence to prosecute the company for more serious crimes. Prosecutors said if the plea deal is rejected and the case
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Alrededor del 46% de los 1.280 millones de adultos de todo el mundo con hipertensión no saben que la padecen, según la Organización Mundial de la Salud. Sin embargo, vivir con hipertensión no controlada puede elevar drásticamente el riesgo de padecer la enfermedad de Alzheimer en personas de 60 años o más,
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An election board in one of Georgia’s largest counties has voted to start charging people who challenge the eligibility of voters for the cost of notifying the challenged voters. The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registrations voted 4-1 Tuesday to adopt the rule. A Republican member of the board
Continue Reading By Laura Haefeli Click here for updates on this story CAMBRIDGE (WBZ) — A new program is combining social justice, art, and shade, giving Cambridge teens a place to hang out in the hot summer months. “It’s really nice to have a place we can just sit and talk in the shade. And normally, there’s,
Continue Reading AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms has shut down CrowdTangle. That was a tool widely used by researchers, watchdog organizations and journalists to monitor social media posts, notably to track how misinformation spreads on its platforms. The shutdown was protested by researchers and nonprofits. Dozens of groups including
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas National Guard soldiers just reinforced the razor wire barrier along the border, according to Governor Greg Abbott. The governor posted about the reinforcement on social media. He also included two pictures of soldiers doing the work. 📍El PasoTexas National Guard soldiers reinforce the razor wire barrier to stop illegal
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Un grupo de fiscales generales republicanos demandó al Gobierno de Biden por una iniciativa federal para ampliar el acceso al censo electoral. La demanda se refiere a un decreto emitido por el presidente Joe Biden en marzo de 2021 que ordenaba a los directores de todas las agencias federales que presentaran
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Public Schools will soon start re-drawing school boundaries, and it coincides with the future opening of an elementary school that’s been closed for six years. Columbia Elementary School was knocked down two years ago, after being closed since 2018 when dangerous mold was discovered in its walls.
Continue Reading AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has indicated he will order major changes in Google’s Android app store. It’s to punish the company for engineering a system that a jury declared an illegal monopoly that has hurt millions of consumers and app developers. Over the course of a three-hour hearing in
Continue Reading By Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — Equipped with only 19 pounds of gear, 89-year-old Bing Olbum set off on what he intended to be a five–day hiking trip. Instead, Olbum found himself stranded for nearly 10 days in over 4 million acres of Salmon-Challis National Forest. It’s home to some of the most rugged places in the country
Continue Reading Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN Español) — Desde hace varios años, la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI), con sede en La Haya, lleva adelante una investigación en Venezuela por posibles crímenes de lesa humanidad en Venezuela, mientras los fiscales y otros organismos continúan reuniendo pruebas sobre la actuación del Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro, quien hasta el momento no
Continue Reading El Paso, TX (KVIA)T)- Raul Rodriquez and Maria Ramos from Lulac Council 9 join us to talk about an opportunity for local business leaders.
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America A lawsuit accuses an Alabama lawyer of groping and sexually assaulting an incarcerated woman. The lawsuit filed Tuesday claims former state senator Doug Ghee tried to coerce the woman into being his “sex slave” and promised to use his friendship with the judge and assistant district attorney on her case to
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Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The top official of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota has left her position, but details regarding her departure remain uncertain. U.S. Sen. John Hoeven on Wednesday said he understands former Superintendent Angie Richman has a new position in New Mexico. The Associated Press emailed and left phone
Continue Reading Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation designating a national monument in Springfield, Illinois, at the site of a 1908 race riot that later fueled the formation of the NAACP. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during her briefing with reporters on Wednesday that the ceremony
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Wally Amos, the charismatic founder of Famous Amos cookies, has died at age 88, according to a statement signed by his children. In the statement, his children said the cause was complications of dementia. “He was a true original Black American hero,” said the statement, signed “Sarah,
Continue Reading Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has authorized the execution of a third person by nitrogen gas. The Alabama Supreme Court granted on Wednesday the state attorney general’s request to authorize the execution of Carey Dale Grayson. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey will set Grayson’s execution date. It will likely be sometime this fall. Grayson
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Google says an Iranian group linked to the country’s Revolutionary Guard has tried to infiltrate the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen people linked to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump since May. The new report issued Wednesday affirms and expands on a Microsoft report released
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By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump delivered a Wednesday speech that was laden with false claims he has made before. One of them was about insulin prices for seniors. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, claimed in the North Carolina address that Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s Democratic opponent in the
Continue Reading BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia says the father of 17-year-old Spain soccer star Lamine Yamal has been hospitalized after being stabbed near Barcelona. Citing unnamed official sources, the paper said Mounir Nasraoui was stabbed multiple times. La Vanguardia said Nasraoui was in serious but stable condition. Some arrests had been made, according
Continue Reading Germán Padinger Esta cobertura terminó por el día de hoy. Puedes leer más noticias aquí. Militares ucranianos esperan en un vehículo militar para dirigirse a una misión de combate, en la región de Sumy, cerca de la frontera con Rusia, el 13 de agosto de 2024. (Crédito: ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP vía Getty Images) The-CNN-Wire™ & ©
Continue Reading By Niamh Kennedy and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Toomaj Salehi, the Iranian dissident rapper who escaped the death penalty earlier this summer has been cleared entirely of the original charges by a lower court in Isfahan, central Iran. Salehi became a key voice of anti-government dissent in Iran during the 2022 ‘Woman, Life Freedom’ protests, with lyrics
Continue Reading By Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The 2020 presidential election took days to be decided, but it’s possible that 2024 could take even longer, thanks to a specific voting process used in two states that aren’t typically the focus of national political campaigns. Maine and Alaska each use ranked choice voting to determine the winners
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