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Guatemala prosecutor seeks to strip electoral authorities of immunity after election

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:24 GMT

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s prosecutor for electoral crimes has asked the Supreme Court of Justice to strip five magistrates of the country’s top electoral authority of their immunity so they can be investigated on fraud allegations made by the loser of the Aug. 20 presidential election.It is the latest example of elections that observers declared to be free and fair being dragged into the courts, even as President-elect Bernardo Arévalo begins the official transition with outgoing President Alejandro Giammattei.The National Unity of Hope party of former first lady Sandra Torres filed a fraud complaint after the election. The party’s lawyer Carlos López said 164 precinct tallies duplicated votes. The party wants the magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal investigated for allegedly not carrying out their duties.Later Tuesday, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal gave Arévalo and his running mate Karin Herrera the credentials formally making them president-elect and vice presid...

Correction: Tropical Weathe story

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:24 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — In a story published August 20, 2023, The Associated Press erroneously reported Hilary was the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years. The last such storm actually was Nora in 1997. The last tropical storm to first make landfall in Southern California occurred in 1939. Hilary and Nora both first reached first reached land in Mexico.Source

Tight end Darren Waller has brought a new excitement to the New York Giants offense

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:24 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Of all the players the New York Giants added in the offseason, no one has created as much excitement and expectation as tight end Darren Waller.The soon-to-be 31-year-old Waller has opened eyes since being acquired from Las Vegas in March for a third-round draft pick. He was outstanding in the offseason and he has been a go-to guy for quarterback Daniel Jones since training camp opened in late July.In the only preseason game the No. 1 offense played, Waller had three catches for 30 yards in a game-opening touchdown drive against the Carolina Panthers on Aug. 18. The real test comes Sunday night when the Giants open the regular season at home against the Dallas Cowboys, an NFC East rival that has won four straight against New York.What’s interesting is the Giants have always had trouble handling Dallas’ tight ends in recent years with Dalton Schultz and Jason Witten. Waller laughed on Tuesday when asked about some people expecting him to have ...

Ciclón en Brasil deja al menos 21 muertos tras azotar la región Rio Grande do Sul, dice gobernador

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:24 GMT

(CNN) — Al menos 21 personas murieron debido a las fuertes lluvias que dejó un ciclón extratropical en Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, informó este martes el gobernador Eduardo Leite.“Este es el cuarto fenómeno meteorológico grave que afecta al estado desde junio. El gobierno se está movilizado en todos los frentes para minimizar los daños y preservar la seguridad de todos”, publicó Leite en redes sociales.¿Qué causó el derrumbe de un edificio en Brasil que dejó al menos 14 muertos?La lluvia ha causado daños en 55 municipios, según el gobernador. Se han movilizado equipos de búsqueda y rescate para ayudar a las familias que quedaron varadas sobre sus tejados tras la inundación. El gobernador Leite también instó a los residentes locales a seguir las directrices de la Defensa Civil y buscar servicios de emergencia si fuera necesario.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Police, schools continue investigation into student fights after football game in Bethesda

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:24 GMT

Students from Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School and Walter Johnson High School, both in Montgomery County, Maryland, were involved in a violent altercation outside of the Bethesda Metro station. (Courtesy Montgomery County Public Schools) Students from Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School and Walter Johnson High School, both in Montgomery County, Maryland, were involved in a violent altercation outside of the Bethesda Metro station. (Courtesy Montgomery County Public Schools) Montgomery County Public Schools superintendent Monifa McKnight told WTOP that there are two investigations following the fights that broke out after a football game between two Bethesda high schools.One is being conducted by the school system, an...

“El carro se movía”: Video muestra a policía de Prince George’s que se habría subido a una patrulla con una mujer

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:24 GMT

Un oficial de la policía del condado Prince George’s está en el ojo del huracán tras haber sido aparentemente grabado mientras escoltaba a una mujer a su patrulla–y no precisamente en medio de un arresto. En las imágenes se puede ver como luego de un aparente beso y sugerente abrazo, el oficial identificado por múltiples fuentes como Francesco Marlett, escolta a una mujer a la parte de atrás de su patrulla sin esposas.Nestor Ochoa fue quien compartió el video que se hizo viral en redes sociales y que ya suma dos millones de reproducciones. Lo grabó a eso de las 7 p.m. el lunes cuando jugaba con su hijo en Southlawn Park en Oxon Hill. Ochoa dijo que ese día, vio cómo una patrulla se acercó y estacionó cerca del parque. No sabe por qué decidió empezar a grabar, pero cuando lo hizo, se acercó otro auto y una mujer se bajó. Tras abrazarse, sin mirar atrás y sin rodeos, ella y el oficial se montaron en la patrulla por al menos 40 minutos, según testigos.“Lo que más nos convenci...

Return to Greece in ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:24 GMT

Greeks do so many things so well. Food, for one, but also, big, beautiful weddings and one of the best romantic comedies of all time.“My Big Fat Greek Wedding” is a trilogy now, and in this new installment, the whole family is heading to the homeland.Now, Nia Vardalos not only stars in the movie this time, she also wrote it and directs.But without Michael Constantine, who passed away in 2021, there will be less Windex on this set but even more love.“My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” is as laugh inducing as it is thought-provoking.But this time around, after the death of one of its main stars two years ago, it’s more heart-warming than ever.Nia Vardalos: “I wanted to pay tribute. Everybody’s got a Michael Constantine story. He’s funny and it’s hard for me actually to speak about him in the past tense because he’s so much a part of us.”Gia Cardes: “OK, Joey Fatone has a brand new tattoo. It says ‘there you go, Gus...

Mattapan nightclub double-shooting suspect held without bail

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:24 GMT

The Jamaica Plain man accused of shooting two people at a Mattapan nightclub Monday was ordered held without bail at least until the next hearing this week.Regan Feliz, 29, appeared in municipal court in Dorchester Tuesday — though he tried to hide in the holding area, the Herald photographed him as he peeked into the gallery — on firearm and ammunition possession-related charges as well as a charge of possessing cocaine. A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf.His name is invariably spelled in reports, with some cover sheets spelling it “Felix,” with an X.Boston Police were out in the 400-block of Macumbas Night Club in Mattapan for a complaint of illegally parked cars when several patrons of the club “ran out yelling” and one of them told the officer a man was shooting inside, prosecutor Michelle Slade said at the hearing.As people crowded around, an off-duty police officer told the responding officer that he believed a man in the crowd had a gun. The two officers approached t...

Texas AG Ken Paxton pleads not guilty at impeachment trial and then leaves as arguments get underway

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:24 GMT

By JAKE BLEIBERG and PAUL J. WEBER (Associated Press)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The historic impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton began Tuesday with accusations of corruption that went unchecked for years and the Republican pleading not guilty as his party confronts whether to oust one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest defenders. But the day ended without Paxton around at all — he left and did not return after the state Senate overwhelming rejected his numerous attempts to dismiss the charges. His absence does not stop Texas’ first impeachment trial in nearly 50 years but demonstrates the potential twists ahead in the coming weeks. He was not the only one who left early: Although the start of the trial was carried live by some Texas stations and supporters of Paxton lined up before sunrise outside the Capitol, by the end empty seats in the Senate gallery outnumbered onlookers.If convicted, Paxton could be barred from holding elected offic...

Mets Notebook: Carlos Carrasco done for season after fracturing pinky

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:24 GMT

WASHINGTON — It appears as though Carlos Carrasco’s time with the Mets has come to an early end.The Mets shut the right-hander down this week after a weight-room accident left him with a fractured right pinky over the weekend. Carrasco was placing a 50-pound dumbbell on the ground while doing a workout at Citi Field on Sunday, and the weight flipped over and crushed the pinky on his pitching hand.Since then, he had back-to-back procedures to correct the injury, with the most recent coming Tuesday when he had a pin placed in his finger. The timeline for a return is 4-6 weeks, meaning he’s done for the season, and likely in New York as well. Carrasco will be a free agent following the conclusion of the World Series and his disastrous 2023 season isn’t likely to entice the Mets to sign him again.“He had some good outings this year,” manager Buck Showalter said Tuesday afternoon at Nationals Park before the start of a two-game series against the Washi...