By Sara Smart and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Two Alaska State Troopers have been charged with misdemeanor assault after using pepper spray, a taser and a canine while arresting a man on a warrant that had been issued for a different person, authorities announced Thursday. Sgt. Joseph Miller and canine handler Jason Woodruff have
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AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Carlos Santana hit a tiebreaking three-run homer, Ryan Jeffers also went deep using a bat that looked like a pencil and the playoff-contending Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Friday night. A night after hitting a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, Santana’s 17th homer
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CNNEspañol sjv Nota del editor: el equipo de CNN estuvo acompañado por el ejército ucraniano, que revisó el video que se ve arriba sin sonido antes de su publicación por razones de seguridad operativa. El ejército ucraniano no tuvo control editorial. (CNN) — Cuerpos en descomposición en la calle. Autos civiles acribillados a balazos a
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By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Rep. George Santos is expected to plead guilty Monday to federal charges relating to fraudulent activity during his 2022 midterm campaign, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal. Santos, who was expelled from the House last year, previously pleaded not guilty to 23 federal charges, including allegations
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Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Militants with ties to the Islamic State group have killed 16 villagers in northeastern Congo and kidnapped 20 others. A local civil society group said Friday that the attacks occurred between Wednesday and Friday and that some of the victims were farmers. Dozens of villages across Congo are besieged
Continue Reading Paulina Nares (CNN Español) — El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, calificó este viernes al Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro en Venezuela como un régimen “muy desagradable” con un “sesgo autoritario”, aunque aclaró que no lo considera una dictadura. “Creo que Venezuela vive en un régimen muy desagradable. No creo que sea una dictadura, es diferente a una dictadura. Sabes,
Continue Reading By Andrew McNicol, CNN (CNN) — Tears streamed down Bisan Abuaita’s face as she reunited with her teammates at Jordan’s Queen Alia Airport in May. It was the first time members of the Palestinian women’s soccer team had met since the start of the war in Gaza, an ongoing trauma for Palestinians inside and outside the
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Durante más de 100 años, los extraordinarios restos de un buque de guerra británico permanecieron perdidos en el fondo del mar, cubiertos de percebes y algas, después de que un submarino alemán lo torpedeara durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Ahora, los buzos especializados que trabajan con Lost In Waters Deep dicen
Continue Reading TIARET, Algeria (AP) — An outpouring of fans greeted Algerian boxer Imane upon arrival back in her hometown on Friday and at a parade in Tiaret, the nearby regional capital. She and track star Djamel Sedjati were honored by local leaders and then paraded through the streets atop a city bus as hundreds of residents
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– A recent audit performed by ESSER lll states “there is a lag in the implementation of the planetarium” the audit went on to say the El Paso ISD only used 12% ($70,000) of the project’s $560,000 budget. Audit documents say some of the causes for the lag are due to miscommunication
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Attorney General’s Office on Friday sent a letter to Canutillo Independent School District’s director of communications demanding he comply with the state’s Public Information Act. This, after failure to respond to open records requests –and even the attorney general’s own investigators, according to the letter. “Due to the district’s pattern
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By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Perdue Foods is recalling more than 167,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets and tenders because of the possible presence of metal in the products. The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said Friday that the recalled items were produced on March 23 and shipped to retail locations across
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Estados Unidos ha observado de cerca cómo las fuerzas de Ucrania se adentraban más en territorio ruso, impulsadas en parte por armas y equipos proporcionados por Estados Unidos, lo que ha suscitado dudas sobre si Kyiv ha respetado las restricciones de la administración Biden sobre el uso de armamento estadounidense. Ucrania
Continue Reading CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Sudzha, Russia (CNN) — Bodies decomposing in the street. Bullet-marked civilian cars lining the road. Half of Lenin’s face blown away from the statue on the square. Streets littered with shrapnel. Locals huddling in a bomb shelter. The smell of death, in buildings torn open. It is a scene achingly familiar to Ukraine,
Continue Reading By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Sudzha, Russia (CNN) — Bodies decomposing in the street. Bullet-marked civilian cars lining the road. Half of Lenin’s face blown away from the statue on the square. Streets littered with shrapnel. Locals huddling in a bomb shelter. The smell of death, in buildings torn open. It is a scene achingly familiar to Ukraine, yet
Continue Reading Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen in northern Nigeria have ambushed vehicles conveying some university students and abducted 20 of them. Police in the Benue state in north central Nigeria said on Friday that the gunmen ambushed the students on Thursday evening. It is the latest case of kidnap along Nigerian roads where dozens
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Minnesota Twins starter Joe Ryan got a second opinion that confirmed the team’s initial diagnosis of a significantly strained muscle in his throwing shoulder that will keep the right-hander sidelined for an extended period. Twins trainer Nick Paparesta said Friday that Ryan visited with Dr. Neal ElAttrache in
Continue Reading Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon that slammed the Tokyo area with heavy rains and brought mudslide warnings in northern Japan is heading eastward in the Pacific Ocean away from the coast. There were no reports Saturday of major damage. Tokyo and nearby areas were back to normal under sunny skies. Bullet trains
Continue Reading By Tara John, Niamh Kennedy and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz raised eyebrows on Friday when he said Israel would expect international partners such as the United Kingdom and France to join Israel in responding to a potential strike from Iran, “not only in defense, but also in attacking significant targets
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — En su batalla por volver a la Casa Blanca, el expresidente Donald Trump ha repetido comentarios inexactos o directamente falsos sobre la inmigración en Estados Unidos. Este es un repaso de algunos de sus mensajes que no se condicen con la realidad, según los reportes previos que ha hecho
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Mexico is defending cross-border anti-drug cooperation after Mexican prosecutors complained the Americans aren’t giving them enough information. Mexico’s government was embarrassed by the surrender of two Mexican drug lords who arrived in Texas aboard a mysterious flight in July. Officials say they weren’t even aware of the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plummeted 33% in July to the lowest level since September 2020, a result of asylum being temporarily suspended, authorities said Friday. The Border Patrol made 56,408 arrests last month, down from 83,536 arrests in June, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, its parent
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Tomar una pausa de tan sólo cinco segundos la próxima vez que discutas con tu pareja podría ayudar a apaciguar la situación, según una nueva investigación. El estudio, realizado por investigadores de la Universidad de St. Andrews, en Escocia, encuestó a 81 parejas y fue publicado en la revista académica Nature.
Continue Reading Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — When Denisha Mitchell was asked why she filled out paperwork to serve as an Arizona elector for the independent presidential candidate Cornel West, her first response was “What?!” Her second: What’s an elector? “I was shocked and surprised by it all. I didn’t even know what an elector was,” Mitchell
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann and Paul Murphy, CNN (CNN) — The US has watched closely as Ukrainian forces pushed deeper into Russian territory, powered in part by US-provided arms and equipment that have raised questions about whether Kyiv has abided by the Biden administration’s restrictions on the use of American weaponry. Ukraine has used US weaponry and
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Three-time Cy Young Award winner and active strikeout leader Max Scherzer, who has started only once for the Texas Rangers since turning 40 last month, threw a 25-pitch bullpen session Friday and said his injuries this season haven’t made him reconsider whether he wants to keep pitching. “I’ve
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This Monday, El Paso County commissioners authorized a University Medical Center (UMC) bond and five propositions for the County Quality of Life bond, all of which will appear on the November Ballot. The UMC bond totals $396.6 million and would expand the number of hospital bed and operating room capacity. The
Continue Reading Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bipartisan package of 10 bills that aims to crack down on smash-and-grab robberies and property crimes, making it easier to go after repeat shoplifters and auto thieves and increase penalties for those running professional reselling schemes. The move comes as Democratic
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — Un juez federal bloqueó temporalmente este viernes el lanzamiento de Venu Sports, la empresa conjunta de streaming deportivo de Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney y Fox Corporation, asestando un duro golpe a la iniciativa. La decisión se produce después de que Fubo, un servicio de streaming deportivo rival más pequeño,
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.; Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y, and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky.; Anne Milgram, administrator of
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