Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Raúl Morodo, exembajador de España en Venezuela, recibió este lunes una condena a 10 meses de prisión por un delito contra la Hacienda pública por la ocultación de ganancias de casi 4.500.000 de euros (US$ 4.911.930) que obtuvo su hijo Alejo, que fue condenado a dos años de prisión, en
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AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Graham Mertz’s second season at Florida will end just like his first: watching from the sideline. Coach Billy Napier announced Monday that Mertz tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during a 23-17 overtime loss at Tennessee on Saturday. Napier said the former Wisconsin starting quarterback
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CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN Dujiangyan, China (CNN) — Two giant pandas are on their way from China to Washington’s National Zoo, kicking off a much-awaited return of the beloved bears to the American capital. Bao Li and Qing Bao, both three years old, left the giant panda research base in Dujiangyan, a city near
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The death toll from this month’s devastating floods and landslides in Bosnia has reached 26 people while rescue teams are searching for at least one more person. A powerful rainstorm that hit four municipalities in central and southern Bosnia in early October left entire areas under water and debris. Homes, roads
Continue Reading Bath & Body Works is apologizing for selling a candle with packaging that some people said looked like Ku Klux Klan hoods. The 3-wick candle was called “Snowed In” and briefly appeared on the company’s website for purchase. It was quickly pulled off of the website once the issue was brought to Bath & Body
Continue Reading AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life. It will take Europa Clipper 5 1/2 years to reach Jupiter, where it will slip into orbit around the
Continue Reading Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A single drone, which evaded Israel’s vaunted aerial defense system, slammed into a mess hall at a military training camp deep inside Israel, killing four soldiers and wounding dozens of others. It was the latest achievement for Hezbollah’s drone fleet and has shined a light on Israel’s struggle
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer Kansas was picked first in the AP Top 25 preseason men’s basketball poll Monday, getting the No. 1 nod on half of the 60 ballots from a national media panel to start the season ahead of Alabama and two-time defending national champion UConn. Kansas scooped up 30 first-place votes from the AP
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Dujiangyan, China (CNN) — Two giant pandas are on their way from China to Washington’s National Zoo, kicking off a much-awaited return of the beloved bears to the American capital. Bao Li and Qing Bao, both three years old, left the giant panda research base in Dujiangyan, a city near the
Continue Reading Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The government of Congo has canceled an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration, citing late submissions and a lack of competition. The country’s oil minister says a new auction for the sites, known as oil blocks, will be held but he hasn’t announced a date. The 27
Continue Reading Andrea Gomez (CNN) — Un hombre de Carolina del Norte fue arrestado durante el fin de semana por supuestamente amenazar con dañar a los empleados de FEMA que respondieron al huracán Helene, según la Oficina del Sheriff del condado de Rutherford. William Jacob Parsons, de 44 años, fue arrestado y acusado de ir armado para
Continue Reading FULTON, Mo. (AP) — A Texas man shot and wounded two deputies during a traffic stop before they returned fire and killed him, authorities said Monday. The Callaway County deputy initiated a traffic stop around 3:35 a.m. Monday on Interstate 70, the county’s sheriff’s office said in a news release. A second deputy arrived a
Continue Reading FULTON, Mo. (AP) — A Texas man shot and wounded two deputies during a traffic stop before they returned fire and killed him, authorities said Monday. The Callaway County deputy initiated a traffic stop around 3:35 a.m. Monday on Interstate 70, the county’s sheriff’s office said in a news release. A second deputy arrived a
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By Veronica Haynes Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — Hundreds of workers at two more busy downtown Boston hotels will walk off the job and onto the picket line Monday as part of an ongoing contract dispute. UNITE HERE Local 26 said Monday that 685 workers from the Omni Parker House
Continue Reading WCVB By Veronica Haynes Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — Hundreds of workers at two more busy downtown Boston hotels will walk off the job and onto the picket line Monday as part of an ongoing contract dispute. UNITE HERE Local 26 said Monday that 685 workers from the Omni Parker
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — En un hecho sin precedentes por tratarse de la demanda de un Gobierno extranjero, la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos, a solicitud de siete fabricantes de armas, incluyendo Smith & Wesson, y la distribuidora Interstate Arms, decidirá si una ley federal impedirá que México las demande por supuestamente proveer las
Continue Reading Associated Press MWEA, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is moving 50 elephants from a national reserve to a larger park after overpopulation overwhelmed the ecosystem, in what has been hailed as a conservation success. The elephant population in the 16-square-mile Mwea National Reserve has thrived from the reserve’s capacity of 50 to a whopping 156. On
Continue Reading AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Aidan Hutchinson is likely done playing this year because of the leg injury he sustained against the Cowboys, but surgery to repair his fractured tibia and fibula “went great” and Lions coach Dan Campbell said Monday he isn’t ready to declare his star pass rusher out for
Continue Reading The second largest shareholder of Southwest Airlines on Monday called for special meeting of shareholders to vote on its slate of eight new directors, which would represent a majority of the struggling airline’s board. Elliott Management, which has been highly critical of Southwest in recent months, is pushing for leadership changes and an overhaul of
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel says he expects Tua Tagovailoa to play football this season after suffering his latest concussion earlier this year. Tagovailoa has had multiple concussions in his NFL career, with the most recent coming after the Dolphins QB dove for a first down and took
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El Paso, Texas (KVIA-TV)—The El Paso Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will celebrate Be Intentional. The event will develop supported ties, a unique approach to reminding survivors that they have support and encouraging them to build a healthy social support team with people they trust. This event will include a medical professional discussing the different
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By Annie Grayer and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Black state lawmakers in Michigan have called on the state’s attorney general and a county prosecutor to investigate Tom Barrett, a GOP candidate for the US House, over a newspaper advertisement in a Black-owned newspaper that listed the wrong date for Election Day. The complaint from
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Your nose may be more powerful than you think. In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can distinguish odors within a fraction of a second, working at a level of sensitivity that is “on par” with how our brains perceive color, “refuting the widely held belief that
Continue Reading By Sam Tupper, CNN (CNN) — After years of continuously rising opioid overdoses, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that overdose deaths decreased 3% in 2023, the first annual decrease since 2018. A new study shows how the increased administration of naloxone by non-medical laypersons – or bystanders with little to no medical training – could be one
Continue Reading AP Congressional Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries crisscrossed Southern California over the weekend as his party works to wrest control of the U.S. House from Republicans. Jeffries rallied in communities far from the presidential battlegrounds, in Little Saigon in Orange County and the high desert of Los Angeles County. California is
Continue Reading Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada said it has identified India’s top diplomat in the country as a person of interest in the assassination of a Sikh activist there and expelled him and five other diplomats Monday, in an escalating dispute over the June 2023 killing and allegations of other crimes. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — When you go through the chore of cleaning your home, you hope the end result is a safer, healthier environment for you and your loved ones. But some of the products you are using might put your health at risk. “Many people assume that when you’re buying something on
Continue Reading AP Basketball Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Spike Lee had a memorable first trip to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Michael Jordan welcomed a couple newcomers to it. Jordan greeted Vince Carter and Doug Collins, members of the Hall’s class of 2024, when he saw them during a ceremony Saturday night. Lee
Continue Reading By Johannes Sasay-Wada, CNN (CNN) — It felt as though sporting history was being made everywhere you looked this past weekend. On Sunday, we saw the fastest marathon ever run by a woman, while a hometown hero helped to equalize a 50-year record in the MLB playoffs. That’s not to mention a WNBA Finals record
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A dramatic pattern shift is bringing the chilliest air since spring to millions of people in the central and eastern United States, making areas that have struggled so far to shed lingering warmth feel more like November than October. Extended periods of fall chill have been hard to
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