MEXICO CITY (AP) — An American quarry company says the Mexican government has carried out a de facto expropriation of its properties on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. The government issued a decree declaring the firm’s seaport and quarries to be a natural protected area, in effect prohibiting the company’s activities on its own land. Alabama-based Vulcan
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AP Basketball Writer UCLA will play Baylor and Texas will face Maryland in a women’s basketball doubleheader in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic in January. The games will be played in New Jersey at the Prudential Center on Jan. 20, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Coretta Scott King Classic was formed
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Associated Press The federal Bureau of Prisons mistakenly released an Iowa man from custody before he finished serving his 30-month sentence for storming the Senate chamber during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, Justice Department prosecutors said in a court filing this week. Leo Christopher Kelly of Cedar Rapids was freed last Thursday after
Continue Reading AP Diplomatic Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Gulf nation of Qatar has become just the second Muslim-majority country to be admitted into a program that allows its citizens to travel to the United States without first obtaining a U.S. visa. The departments of State and Homeland Security jointly announced Tuesday that Qatar had met
Continue Reading Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer who has pleaded guilty to violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights testified in tears Tuesday, saying that he made Nichols’ young son fatherless, and that he’s sorry and wishes he had stopped the punches. Desmond Mills took the stand Tuesday in the federal criminal trial
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CNN By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre revealed Tuesday he was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The famed quarterback was speaking in front of the House Ways and Means Committee in a hearing on reforming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), where he was called to testify before Congress
Continue Reading AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market, costing consumers and businesses billions of dollars. The complaint filed Tuesday says San Francisco-based Visa penalizes merchants and
Continue Reading Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California judge has been taken into custody after another judge contended that he lied about drinking alcohol while out on bail on a charge of killing his wife. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson’s new bail was set at $2 million. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump flubbed the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, while going off script during a speech on Tuesday otherwise focused on economic policy, slamming Vice President Kamala Harris for lying about “Charlottestown.” The former president was talking about imposing tariffs and other steps he’d take to bolster U.S. manufacturing in Savannah, Georgia, when
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By Meg Tirrell and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — While grilling Novo Nordisk’s chief executive over the price of its blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy, on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders alleged that 40,000 people a year in the US could die if the company doesn’t make the medicines more affordable. “From a
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A woman accused music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and his bodyguard of drugging and assaulting her in 2001 and filming the attack, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in a federal court in New York. Thalia Graves alleged that she met Combs when she was 25 through her boyfriend,
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN New York (CNN) — The US Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Visa of illegally monopolizing the debit card market. For more than a decade, the department alleges, Visa has abused its dominant positionin the debit card market to force businesses to use Visa’s network instead of competitors’, and to stop new alternatives from entering the market. “We allege that
Continue Reading AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — You have by now probably heard a few things about “Megalopolis.” Maybe you know that Coppola financed the $120 million budget himself, using his lucrative wine empire to realize a long-held vision of Roman epic set in a modern New York. You might be familiar with the film’s
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AP College Football Writer The Pac-12 is suing the Mountain West over what it calls an unlawful and unenforceable “poaching penalty” that would cost the rebuilding conference more than $40 million for adding Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State and San Diego State, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court. The antitrust complaint
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Hurricanes aren’t what they used to be. As the planet warms, they are morphing into something more dangerous — intensifying faster, producing more rainfall and generating bigger storm surge. To protect ourselves from these increasing threats, researchers say hurricane preparedness and the way people perceive storms need to proactively
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Update: CRRUA Executive Director Juan Crosby made comments on the investigation’s findings this morning. “We are gratified with the outcome of the OSA investigation, and the transparency it provides,” Crosby said. “We acknowledge that operational issues have resulted in varying degrees of mistrust among some CRRUA customers. Hopefully, the positive outcome of OSA’s investigation will
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, se refirió a la desigualdad económica durante su discurso este martes ante la Asamblea General de la ONU, donde calificó a Venezuela y Cuba como “países rebeldes que no encajan” en el dominio de la “oligarquía global”. Petro afirmó que el “1% más rico”
Continue Reading Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community has invoked a private-citizen right to file charges against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance. The charges are over the chaos and threats experienced by Springfield, Ohio, since Trump first spread false claims about legal immigrants
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There was a time when one of the hottest summer tickets belonged to anyone who was able to score an invite to party with Sean “Diddy” Combs. These days, people aren’t rushing to be associated with the now disgraced and detained businessman and producer. Combs faces up to
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Lady Gaga isn’t joking around about releasing new music. The Oscar-winner announced on Tuesday that she’s releasing a new album titled “Harlequin,” which she said in an Instagram post is a companion album to the upcoming film “Joker: Folie à Deux,” in which she stars alongside Joaquin Phoenix. “Harlequin”
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott is endorsing Bill Hicks to retain his position as the 34th Judicial District Attorney. Hicks is up for reelection this November. He is running as a Republican, having won the party’s nomination earlier this year. Hicks is up against Democratic candidate James Montoya. Abbott appointed Hicks
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CNN By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy and Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — The race for president between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is exceedingly close, with Harris’ support resting on stronger personal appeal, while Trump draws on a die-hard base and a wide advantage on handling the economy to run about
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former New York City Mayor and Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been told he must pay a bill of about $300,000 for a forensic accounting firm’s work to trace his money in his now-aborted bankruptcy proceeding. The dispute over how much Giuliani owes to the accounting firm Global
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two cases of indecent assault, or fondling, that allegedly happened outside UTEP property is being investigated by the El Paso Police Department. UTEP officials said in both incidents, the suspect grabbed a female inappropriately. The university published a Neighborhood Crime Advisory announcing the assaults, which officials said happened Sept. 18.
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexican officials and major transportation leaders are concerned over the possible removal of commercial traffic at the Bridge of the Americas as the bridge is modernized. Juárez Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar told some local media outlets before canceling or removing commercial traffic at BOTA, binational governments should improve works at the
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El presidente de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, expresó este martes su rechazo a “cualquier intento por reprimir” las “aspiraciones de libertad” que expresan los pueblos, al referirse a Venezuela y Nicaragua durante su discurso ante la Asamblea General de la ONU. “Rechazamos en el hemisferio y en todo el mundo cualquier
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La carrera por la presidencia de EE.UU. entre la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris y el expresidente Donald Trump está demasiado reñida. El respaldo de Harris tiene como base un mayor carisma personal, mientras que Trump se apoya en una base incondicional y una amplia ventaja en el manejo de la
Continue Reading SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two powerful unions on the French Caribbean island of Martinique have joined protests against high living costs that recently have prompted France to send anti-riot police. Traffic was paralyzed Tuesday after a transportation union ordered tractor-trailers to block main roads and public bus drivers to suspend service, according to
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has announced the U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs and an array of rockets, artillery and armored vehicles in a military aid package totaling about $375 million. And a U.S. official says the administration will notify Congress on Thursday of its intent
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer Shedeur Sanders put his stamp on Colorado’s return to the Big 12 while energizing the league’s reputation for prolific passers. Sanders threw for 341 yards in an overtime win over Baylor on Saturday. His 58-yard touchdown pass started the Buffaloes’ comeback from a 14-point deficit late in the second quarter, and his
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