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Exabogado de Trump testificará en investigación por supuesto pago de sobornos

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:34:27 GMT

NUEVA YORK — El exabogado y fixer de Donald Trump tiene previsto declarar el lunes ante un jurado investigador de Manhattan que investiga el supuesto pago de sobornos realizados en nombre del expresidente, dijeron a The Associated Press dos personas familiarizadas con la situación, que hablaron bajo condición de anonimato porque no estaban autorizadas a discutir públicamente el proceso.Cohen es un testigo clave en la pesquisa del fiscal de distrito de Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, y su declaración se produce en un momento clave, mientras los fiscales se disponen a decidir si presentan cargos contra Trump.En algunas ocasiones, la fiscalía guarda a los testigos más importantes hasta las últimas etapas del proceso de investigación. Trump, por su parte, fue invitado a testificar en el caso.SE TRATA DE MICHAEL COHEN, UN TESTIGO CLAVE EN LA PESQUISAEn las últimas semanas, Cohen se ha reunido regularmente con los fiscales de Manhattan, incluyendo una larga sesión el viernes para preparar su comp...

Real Madrid fights back for 3-1 win over Espanyol

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:34:27 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Vinícius Júnior sparked Real Madrid’s 3-1 comeback over Espanyol in the Spanish league on Saturday, keeping Barcelona within reach in the title race before the rivals meet next weekend.Joselu Mato put Espanyol ahead at the Santiago Bernabeu in the eighth minute. But Vinícius equalized in the 22nd before Éder Militão headed Madrid in front for good in the 39th.Substitute Marco Asensio added a third goal in stoppage time as Madrid ended a three-game winless run between the league and the Copa del Rey.Carlo Ancelotti’s team reduced Barcelona’s lead to six points before the front-runners visit Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.Karim Benzema missed the game as he rested to recover from an ankle problem. Before the game, Ancelotti said that he expects his striker to be ready to face Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday, with Madrid holding a 5-2 advantage from the first leg of the round of 16.Madrid will then visit Barcelona on March 19 in a “clásico” that will l...

Japan marks 12 years since tsunami and nuclear disaster

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:34:27 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Saturday marked the 12th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster with a minute of silence, as concerns grew ahead of the planned release of the treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant and the government’s return to nuclear energy. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that ravaged large parts of Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11, 2011, left more than 22,000 people dead, including about 3,700 whose subsequent deaths were linked to the disaster. A moment of silence was observed nationwide at 2:46 p.m., the moment the earthquake struck.Some residents in the tsunami-hit northern prefectures of Iwate and Miyagi walked down to the coast to pray for their loved ones and the 2,519 whose remains were never found. In Tomioka, one of the Fukushima towns where initial searches had to be abandoned due to radiation, firefighters and police use sticks and a hoe to rake through the coastline looking for...

Paso a paso, cómo hallaron a los estadounidenses secuestrados por el narco en México

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:34:27 GMT

CIUDAD VICTORIA, México — La denuncia anónima que les permitió a las autoridades mexicanas llegar hasta una cabaña donde estaban cuatro estadounidenses secuestrados mencionó a hombres armados, personas vendadas de los ojos y mucho movimiento en una finca de un área remota.Las autoridades se dirigieron a una zona rural al este de la ciudad de Matamoros el martes en la mañana, primero por carretera y después por caminos de tierra en busca del lugar descrito, según documentos de la pesquisa local que The Associated Press examinó el viernes.Finalmente vieron la cabaña de madera lejos de casas o establecimientos, rodeada de maleza, y también una camioneta tipo pickup blanca estacionada afuera que coincidía con aquella a la que fueron subidos los estadounidenses el viernes pasado.DOS DE LOS SECUESTRADOS ESTABAN MUERTOS, ENVUELTOS EN MANTAS Y BOLSAS DE PLÁSTICODespués escucharon a alguien que gritaba: “¡ayuda!”Dentro de la cabaña, según los documentos, Latavia “Tay” McGee y Eric Williams t...

XFL Glance

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:34:27 GMT

All Times ESTNorth DivisionWLPctPFPADC301.0007452St. Louis21.6676667Seattle12.3336668Vegas03.0005270South DivisionWLPctPFPAHouston301.0007839Arlington21.6674652San Antonio12.3335852Orlando03.0003373Sunday, March 5DC 34, St. Louis 28Arlington 10, Orlando 9Houston 22, San Antonio 13Saturday’s GamesHouston at Orlando, 7 p.m.San Antonio at Seattle, 10 p.m.Sunday’s GamesArlington at St. Louis, 4 p.m.Vegas at DC, 7 p.m.Thursday, March 16Houston at Seattle, 9 p.m.Saturday, March 18DC at St. Louis, 7 p.m.Orlando at Vegas, 10 p.m.Sunday, March 19Arlington at San Antonio, 10 p.m.Source

How does a bank collapse in 48 hours? A timeline of the SVB fall

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:34:27 GMT

  (CNN) — This week, the go-to bank for US tech startups came rapidly unglued, leaving its high-powered customers and investors in limbo.Silicon Valley Bank, facing a sudden bank run and capital crisis, collapsed Friday morning and was taken over by federal regulators.It was the largest failure of a US bank since Washington Mutual in 2008.Here’s what we know about the bank’s downfall, and what might come next.What is SVB?Founded in 1983, SVB specialized in banking for tech startups. It provided financing for almost half of US venture-backed technology and health care companies.While relatively unknown outside of Silicon Valley, SVB was among the top 20 American commercial banks, with $209 billion in total assets at the end of last year, according to the FDIC.Why did it fail?In short, SVB encountered a classic run on the bank.The longer version is a bit more complicated.Several forces collided to take down the banker.First, there was the Federal Reserve, w...

NH lawmaker arrested for obstructing snowplow

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:34:27 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire was arrested Friday for allegedly screaming and swearing at a snowplow truck operator who recorded the confrontation and later reported him to police.Rep. Jeffrey Greeson, 51, of Wentworth was charged with disorderly conduct, criminal threatening and simple assault, according to police. He was released on personal recognizance and ordered back to Plymouth District Court on May 18.Police said they made the arrest after receiving a report that a member of the Wentworth Highway Department had been obstructed in his efforts of snow removal by a citizen and had recorded part of the encounter on his cell phone.Greeson didn’t immediately respond to an email to his Statehouse office seeking comment Friday.Paul Manson, the road agent in Wentworth, said he had already been plowing for about six hours Saturday when he encountered Greeson standing in the middle of the road around 8 a.m.“He just started giving me hell, and I didn’...

Thieves are taking Dodge Chargers by pushing them into the street, programming with new keys

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:34:27 GMT

 RED GROVE, Illinois (WBBM) — Car thefts are at their highest level in the U.S. since 2008, and Illinois tops the list.Now, one man from the south suburbs says he knows what is pushing the numbers higher. He caught thieves on surveillance camera pushing his car from his house.The man, Jawuan Bishop, told CBS 2’s Sara Machi he’s he is sick of the trend. Meanwhile, a car expert is looking for solutions.“Sadly enough to say, I kind of already expected that to happen,” Bishop said. “I just didn’t think my day was going to come that day. But it did. And that’s just what happened.”That was Bishop’s reaction after watching video of thieves stealing his Dodge Charger this week. He said he has heard of this trend and caught it on video – after thieves break a rear window, they are able to essentially put the Dodge in neutral.One person is then seen running behind the car to push it into the street. Others joined – a...

Scattered showers in San Diego are expected to taper off at this time

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:34:27 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- It was a wet Saturday morning for several parts of San Diego County, but the National Weather Service says residents may not need their umbrellas all weekend. Scattered showers are expected to be the most widespread in the morning hours and should decrease into Saturday afternoon, according to weather officials. Looking ahead, the tail end of the rain is expected to taper off Saturday night. Wet weather could impact weekend plans NWS says dry and mild weather conditions are forecast for Sunday and slightly warmer temperatures are expected into Monday. According to weather officials, Sunday's high will range from 65 to 70 degrees west of the mountains, around 50 degrees in the mountains, in the low 80s in the low deserts and upper 60s in the high deserts. This isn't the last of the rain and wind. NWS says the next storm in "the parade of seemingly endless winter storms" is forecast to arrive Tuesday, moving across southern California into the night before leaving the r...

Police: Podcaster and husband shot dead in Seattle-area home

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:34:27 GMT

REDMOND, Wa. (AP) — A podcaster and her husband were found shot to death in their suburban Seattle home, along with a man who had been suspected of stalking the podcast host for months, in what police who had tried to serve a protection order in the case described as their “worst nightmare.”Police had been trying to serve a protection order on Ramin Khodakaramrezaei, 38, before Friday’s killings, but they had been having a hard time locating the truck driver from Texas, Redmond Police Chief Darrell Lowe said. Zohreh Sadeghi, 33, and her husband, Mohammad Milad Naseri, 35, had just received the court order a week earlier.Sadeghi’s mother called police around 1:45 a.m. Friday after she escaped the home and ran to a neighbor’s house.Officers found Naseri lying on the floor near the door of the home and pulled him outside and saw that he had a gunshot wound. They performed CPR, but he died at the scene. Inside the home, officers found Sadeghi and the suspect dead.“This...