Por Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español La epidemia de dengue en América, donde este año se han contabilizado más de 12,6 millones de casos, es la mayor en la región desde que en 1980 comenzaron los registros sobre esta enfermedad, informó este martes el director de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), Jarbas Barbosa.
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Vandals attacked a Jewish area of Sydney overnight, torching a stolen car and scrawling antisemitic words on walls, prompting a swift response from authorities who say antisemitism has no place in multicultural Australia. The attack in the eastern suburb of Woollahra comes as police search for three
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Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Khaman Maluach scored a season-high 17 points and No. 4 Duke beat Incarnate Word 72-46 on Tuesday night. Maluach — a 7-foot-2 freshman center from South Sudan — shot 6 of 7 from floor and had seven rebounds as the Blue Devils (8-2) won their fourth straight. Isaiah Evans
Continue Reading Por Verónica Calderón, CNN en Español El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunció este martes que propondrá a Ron Johnson como embajador en México. “Ron trabajará de cerca con nuestro gran nominado para la Secretaría de Estado, Marco Rubio, para promover la seguridad y prosperidad de nuestra nación”, escribió Trump en su red
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A former New Mexico State basketball player has agreed to a plea deal in a sexual assault case against teammates that led to the shutdown of the team’s 2022-23 season. Kim Aiken Jr. agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to two felony counts of false imprisonment and one count of conspiracy
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man who was captured on courtroom video attacking a judge in Las Vegas has been sentenced to at least 26 years in prison. Deobra Redden said Tuesday in court that he didn’t intend to kill the judge when he vaulted over her desk and landed on her in January. KLAS-TV
Continue Reading Por Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español El presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, dijo este martes que en 2025 su Gobierno buscará establecer un tratado de libre comercio con Estados Unidos, país que considera uno de sus principales aliados en la comunidad internacional. “Nuestro primer objetivo será impulsar durante el próximo año un tratado de libre
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods is set to return to golf for the first time since having back surgery three months ago, the PGA Tour announced Tuesday. Woods and his son, Charlie, will participate at the PNC Championship in Orlando next week. This will be the fifth time Team Woods will play
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — Former NMSU basketball player Kim Aiken Jr. has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors. Aiken is one of three NMSU basketball players to face allegations. The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office had charged Deshawndre Washington, Doctor Bradley, and Kim Aiken Jr. with a combined 37 felony sex crimes. Bradley took a plea
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — The Texas Rangers have accomplished one of their primary offseason goals with a deal to re-sign Nathan Eovaldi, the winning pitcher in their 2023 World Series clincher. Texas has agreed on a $75 million, three-year contract with the right-hander, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The holiday season always reminds Tyler Perry of his late mother Maxine. She loved Thanksgiving and reveled in celebrating Christmas with her family. She also died 15 years ago this month, a grief Perry said still visits him this time of year. “Grief shows up when it wants to,”
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Rays manager Kevin Cash returned to the Tampa Bay area the morning after Hurricane Milton struck the Florida coast in October and saw the extensive damage to the roof of his home ballpark, Tropicana Field. “Like many people, I didn’t think it was real,” Cash said at the winter
Continue Reading Por Rashard Rose, CNN El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, seleccionó a Andrew Ferguson como su opción para presidir la Comisión Federal de Comercio. “Andrew tiene un historial probado de enfrentarse a la censura de las grandes tecnológicas y de proteger la libertad de expresión en nuestro gran país”, escribió Trump en una
Continue Reading CNN By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The man suspected of the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was carrying a “ghost gun” — a type of untraceable, homemade firearm — when he was apprehended Monday, police said. Luigi Mangione had the gun when he was searched by local police at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s,
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer DALLAS (AP) — The Mets were in the midst of the general managers meetings in San Antonio last month when Clay Holmes’ agent brought up the idea of converting the two-time All-Star closer back into a starting pitcher for the first time since his rookie season. “The arsenal should work against both
Continue Reading Por Juliana Liu, CNN El líder chino Xi Jinping advirtió a Estados Unidos contra el reinicio de una guerra comercial, diciendo que no habría “ganadores”, aunque prometió defender los intereses económicos del país. Xi hizo estas declaraciones este martes durante una reunión con los jefes de varias instituciones financieras globales, incluido el Banco Mundial y
Continue Reading Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s previous defense minister was stopped from attempting suicide while in detention over last week’s martial law declaration, officials said Wednesday, as President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office resisted a police attempt to search the compound. The main liberal opposition Democratic Party is pushing for a new motion
Continue Reading Por Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Una jueza federal de Oregon bloqueó la propuesta de fusión de Kroger con Albertsons, por valor de US$ 25.000 millones, al dictaminar que la mayor fusión en la historia de los supermercados estadounidenses limitaría la competencia y perjudicaría a los consumidores. El fallo supone un importante revés para las cadenas y
Continue Reading Por Daria Tarasova y Michael Rios, CNN Un vehículo blindado perteneciente al organismo de control atómico de la ONU fue derribado por un dron este martes cuando se dirigía a inspeccionar una planta de energía nuclear de Ucrania. El presidente Volodymyr Zelensky le atribuyó el ataque a Rusia. El episodio se produjo cuando el vehículo
Continue Reading UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Humanitarian aid to n orth Gaza, where Israel launched a ground offensive on Oct. 6, has largely been blocked for the past 66 days, the United Nations said Tuesday. That has left between 65,000 and 75,000 Palestinians without access to food, water, electricity or health care, according to the world body.
Continue Reading Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The sheriff of the nation’s fifth-largest county on Tuesday defied a new policy to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, setting up a showdown over a new obstacle to President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans. Earlier Tuesday, San Diego County supervisors voted to prohibit its sheriff’s department from working
Continue Reading Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The sheriff of the nation’s fifth-largest county on Tuesday defied a new policy to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, setting up a showdown over a new obstacle to President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans. Earlier Tuesday, San Diego County supervisors voted to prohibit its sheriff’s department from working
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DALLAS (AP) — Mike Tauchman is switching sides in Chicago. Chicago announced a $1.95 million, one-year contract for the outfielder on Wednesday. Tauchman, 34, grew up in Palatine, Illinois, about 35 miles northwest of Chicago, and played college ball for Bradley in Peoria, Illinois. He spent the previous two seasons with the Cubs. Asked about
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Right-hander Yimi García is returning to the Toronto Blue Jays, agreeing to a $15 million, two-year contract, a person with knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press. The person spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the agreement was subject to a successful physical. García, 34, was traded
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After being acquitted of homicide, the military veteran who choked a volatile, mentally ill man on a New York subway told an interviewer he put himself in a “very vulnerable position” but felt compelled to act. “I’ll take a million court appearances and people calling me names and people
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy. They were also prime trolling opportunities for Trump. Throughout his first term in the White House and
Continue ReadingBy CNN Meteorologists Elisa Raffa and Mary Gilbert (CNN) — A wide-reaching storm boosted by an atmospheric river was drenching the entire East Coast Wednesday with heavy rain and strong winds. The storm’s worst sloppy mess of heavy rain and strong winds made for treacherous travel and a miserable day in the Northeast. Winds gusting
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By Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has selected Andrew Ferguson as his choice for Federal Trade Commission chair. “Andrew has a proven record of standing up to Big Tech censorship, and protecting Freedom of Speech in our Great Country,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday. Ferguson serves as
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By Nahal Garakani Click here for updates on this story December 10, 2024 (LAPost.com) — A former tech was charged with murder in the brazen morning shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel Wednesday. Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after an employee recognized him from
Continue Reading Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal authorities say that two Department of Homeland Security agents in Utah illegally sold drugs through an informant in a scheme that brought in up to $300,000. Court documents say that the informant told officials the drugs came from evidence seized in a prior investigation. Homeland Security Investigations
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