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Month: December 2024

Evo Morales se defiende de la acusación de trata de personas y dice ser víctima de una “guerra judicial”

Por Marlon Sorto, CNN en Español El expresidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales dijo el martes que es víctima de una “brutal guerra judicial”, debido a la acusación en su contra por tráfico agravado relacionado con una supuesta relación con una menor de edad durante su mandato. Morales criticó al gobierno del actual presidente Luis Arce,

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Notorious drug lord Osiel Cárdenas returned to Mexico after US sentence, is quickly re-arrested

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Notorious drug lord Osiel Cárdenas has been returned to Mexico after serving a U.S. sentence and was quickly re-arrested and sent to a maximum security prison to face Mexican charges. There had been nervousness about the impending return of Cárdenas, who once led the feared Gulf cartel in northeastern

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Judge rejects Trump’s bid to toss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge Monday refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity. But the overall future of the historic case remains unclear. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan’s decision blocks one potential off-ramp from the case ahead of

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Trump says it was ‘stupid’ for Biden to let Ukraine use US weapons to strike deeper into Russia

Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says he might reverse President Joe Biden’s decision to permit Ukrainian forces to use American long-range weapons to strike deeper into Russian territory. Trump on Monday called the move by Biden “stupid.” He also criticized the current administration for not consulting him before the decision

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RFK Jr. meets with senators as questions swirl about Trump’s pick to lead health agency

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has swept onto Capitol Hill. The anti-vaccine health guru from the famous political family is reintroducing himself to senators as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s Health and Human Services Department. His arrival Monday was the start of a long process to win over

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Perpetually unfiltered ‘Succession’ star Brian Cox has thoughts on awards season: ‘The Oscars are absolute nonsense’

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Actor Brian Cox is not someone who minces his words about the art of method acting and many other people, places and things. Now, he’s sharing his candid feelings about the Academy Awards. In a new interview with the Hollywood Reporter, published Monday, Cox was asked about his 2017

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Motion allows George Floyd’s heart tissue to be examined in Derek Chauvin’s latest challenge to federal conviction

By Riley Moser Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A judge ruled on Monday that lawyers for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin can get tests done on preserved samples of George Floyd’s heart in the latest challenge to his 2022 federal conviction. Chauvin is simultaneously serving a 21-year federal sentence

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Two charged in connection with Iran-backed drone strike that killed 3 US troops in the Middle East

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Two men, including a dual Iranian American citizen, have been arrested on charges that they exported sensitive technology to Iran that was used in a drone attack in Jordan that killed three American troops early this year and injured dozens of other servicemembers. Officials said the pair were arrested after

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Shoppers react after man allegedly records woman, child at store fitting room

By Peter D’Oench, Hunter Geisel, Nadirah Sabir Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI (WFOR) — Shoppers at Lincoln Road Mall expressed shock and outrage following allegations that a man secretly recorded a mother and her 10-year-old daughter in a Forever 21 fitting room. Miami Beach police arrested 31-year-old Luca DiMichele on Saturday afternoon,

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Spurs coach Gregg Popovich expresses desire to return to bench in first comments since stroke

Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich intends to return to coaching, he said Monday in his first public comments since suffering a stroke in early November. Popovich, the NBA’s career coaching wins leader, released a statement through the Spurs expressing gratitude for the support he has received in recent

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Man arrested in alleged murder-for-hire plot, 32 years after former U.S. Army soldier’s death

By Neal Riley, Louisa Moller Click here for updates on this story     CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — An alleged murder-for-hire plot has been uncovered more than three decades after Michelle Miller, a former U.S. Army soldier and mother, was found dead in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Police arrested 65-year-old Edward Watson in Mattapan, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian

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While some cash in on Maryland native Luigi Mangione’s fame, others warn “high risk” of copycat attacks

By Mike Hellgren Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The killing of United Healthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson has touched a raw nerve across the country—with some turning Baltimore-born Luigi Mangione into a folk hero—and there is concern about copycat crimes. In just days, Mangione, the wealthy heir to a prominent Baltimore

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