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Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes
05/31/2024 04:40am • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex. Tru
La industria del plástico dice que esta tecnología podría ayudar a reducir la contaminación. Es "una ilusión", dicen los críticos
05/31/2024 04:14am • (CNN) -- Se suponía que un edificio achaparrado y de color claro en Tigard, Oregon, sería parte de una nueva solución revolucionaria para la industria mundial del plástico.Esta instalación de reciclaje, llamada Regenyx, tomó poliestireno (un plástico difícil de reciclar que se usa para produ
AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
05/31/2024 02:50am • May 24-30, 2024 South Africans took to the polls, Britain’s political parties continued with their general election campaigning and the Palme d’Or winner was announced at the Cannes Film Festival. In the world of sports, Manchester United won the FA Cup soccer tournament and PSG took the French
Radio operator Marie Scott provided a link to D-Day beaches at age 17
05/31/2024 01:45am • LONDON (AP) — On D-Day, Marie Scott experienced British forces landing on the Normandy coast through her earphones. Stationed in an underground tunnel 100 feet (30 meters) below the south coast of England, Scott was safe from the carnage. But she heard it all. As a 17-year-old radio operator in th
Months after nation's 1st nitrogen gas execution, Alabama gives man lethal injection for 2 killings
05/31/2024 12:40am • ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man received a lethal injection Thursday for the 2004 deaths of an elderly couple who police said were attacked with a hammer, machete and tire tool during a robbery at their home. Jamie Ray Mills, 50, was pronounced dead at 6:26 p.m. after a three-drug injection at
Modi touts India's roaring economy as he seeks reelection, but many feel left behind
05/31/2024 12:25am • SAMASTIPUR, India (AP) — Narendra Modi swept to power a decade ago on promises to transform India’s economy, and it would be hard to argue he hasn’t made strides. As he seeks a third term as prime minister, the country’s economic growth is the envy of the world, its stock markets are booming
Stock market today: Asian shares shrug off latest Wall St rout as Chinese factory activity weakens.
05/31/2024 12:16am • Asian shares were higher on Friday as investors shrugged off yet another decline on Wall Street, while an official survey showed a weakening in Chinese factory activity. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 added 0.2% to 38,119.96 and the Kospi in Seoul gained 0.4% to 2,646.44. Chinese shares rose despite the survey
Degree attainment rates are increasing for US Latinos but pay disparities remain
05/31/2024 12:11am • Earning her bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Riverside was surreal for Angelina Chavez, the culmination of overcoming her imposter syndrome and embracing the efforts of her mothers, who walked the stage with her during the Latinx ceremony. “They were both wearing one of my
New Mexico judge grants Mark Zuckerberg’s request to be dropped from child safety lawsuit
05/31/2024 12:08am • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge on Thursday granted Mark Zuckerberg’s request to be dropped from a lawsuit that alleges his company has failed to protect young users on its social media platforms from sexual exploitation. The case is one of many filed by states, school districts and
European election tests an unpopular government and a scandal-hit far-right party in Germany
05/31/2024 12:05am • BERLIN (AP) — An unpopular government with a reputation for constant infighting. An economy stuck in a rut. A strong far-right party that has been embarrassed by its leading candidate and alienated its European allies. And a mainstream opposition still working on its recovery. German politics are
Elections are not wasted on the young in EU. Some nations allow 16-year-olds to decide in June polls
05/30/2024 10:38pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — Youth leader Rareș Voicu remembers like it was yesterday when he went to the polls five years ago for the European Union elections in his Romanian hometown of Brăila. The problem was that he was 16 years old at the time and not eligible to cast a ballot. Once his family went int
The Latest | Trump becomes first former US president to be convicted of felonies
05/30/2024 09:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial. It was the first time a former U.S. president was ever tried or convicted in a criminal case, and was the first of Trump’s four indictments to reach trial. Prosecu
Arrestan en España a acusado por amenazar a la procuradora general de República Dominicana
05/30/2024 09:43pm • (CNN Español) -- Las autoridades en España capturaron y extraditarán a República Dominicana al hombre que supuestamente había amenazado en 2023 a la procuradora general, Miriam Germán Brito, confirmó la portavoz de la Procuraduría General dominicana, Noemí Herrera.Las autoridades identifica
Una serie de incendios e incidentes de sabotaje en Europa provoca temor de intentos de Rusia para desestabilizar el continente
05/30/2024 09:09pm • (CNN) -- Una serie de incendios provocados y sabotajes en varios países europeos desató el temor a un posible intento vinculado a Moscú de sembrar la zozobra y desestabilizar el continente, lo que ha llevado a los aliados de la OTAN a aumentar su vigilancia.Los recientes incidentes en el Reino Un
In South Africa, first-time voters want their choice to count and keep their dreams alive
05/30/2024 08:36pm • NKANDLA, South Africa (AP) — Months ahead of South Africa’s election, 20-year-old Amahle Ncane and her friends decided to turn peer pressure on its head and made their own special pact: Unlike their parents' lost dreams after the high hopes of the first democratic elections in 1994, they are goi
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