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Acusan de deserción a Travis King, soldado del Ejército que huyó a Corea del Norte

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:49 GMT

(CNN) — Travis King, el soldado del Ejército estadounidense que huyó a Corea del Norte en julio, fue acusado por el Ejército de deserción, entre otros delitos, según un documento de acusación visto por CNN este jueves.King, quien fue liberado de la custodia norcoreana y regresó a Estados Unidos el mes pasado, fue acusado de una serie de otros presuntos delitos, incluida la posesión de pornografía infantil, agredir a compañeros soldados y desobedecer a un oficial superior, según el documento. Fue acusado de ocho cargos en total.King, de 23 años, fue detenido este miércoles en Ft. Bliss, Texas, según una fuente familiarizada, quien le dijo a CNN que se encuentra en prisión preventiva.En una declaración compartida con CNN, la madre de King, Claudine Gates, dijo que ama a su hijo “incondicionalmente” y está “extremadamente preocupada por su salud mental”.El soldado estadounidense Travis King regresa a EE.UU. tras ser liberado por Corea del Norte“Como madre, pido que a mi hijo se l...

Eichel breaks tie, champion Golden Knights beat Jets 5-3 for 5th straight victory to open season

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:49 GMT

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Jack Eichel broke a tie on a power play with 4:36 left and the Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory to open the season.After Eichel gave Vegas a 4-3 lead, Nicolas Roy capped the scoring with an empty-netter with 1:03 remaining.Jonathan Marchessault, Brett Howden and Alec Martinez also scored for the Golden Knights. Logan Thompson stopped 36 shots.Alex Iafallo scored twice for Winnipeg and Cole Perfetti added a goal. Laurent Brossoit made 22 saves.PANTHERS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 1SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Stenlund and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored their first Florida goals, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 shots and the Panthers won their home opener, beating Toronto in a playoff rematch.Stenlund scored with 2:52 left in the first, Ekman-Larsson made it 2-0 with seven seconds left in the opening period and that was enough for Bobrovsky. Sam Reinhart added a short-handed empty-net goal as ti...

O’Connor scores another short-handed goal, Avalanche cruise to 4-0 win over Bedard and Blackhawks

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:49 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Logan O’Connor scored a short-handed goal for the second straight game, Alexandar Georgiev stopped 18 shots and the Colorado Avalanche cruised to a 4-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night in their home opener.Ryan Johansen, Devon Toews and Nathan MacKinnon also scored to help the Avalanche improve to 4-0.Colorado kept top pick Connor Bedard in check as the smooth-skating teenager didn’t record a shot on goal.Georgiev was sharp in posting his 14th shutout. The Avalanche outshot the Blackhawks 41-18 in a game where they scored short-handed, on the power play and twice at full strength.Chicago returns home after finishing a five-game trip 2-3. Petr Mrazek was under constant pressure and finished with 37 saves.Toews put the Avalanche up 3-0 in the second period when he knocked the puck into an empty net off a pass from Valeri Nichushkin. It’s the first goal of the season for Toews, who signed a seven-year extension worth $50.75 million last week.The...

Bruins beat the winless Sharks 3-1 for their 3rd straight win to open the season

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:49 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Brad Marchand and James Van Riemsdyk scored 21 seconds apart late in the first period and the Boston Bruins won their third straight game to open the season, beating the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Thursday night.David Pastrnak scored for the fourth time this season and Linus Ullmark made 26 saves to get the Bruins off to a good start on their four-game trip. The Sharks wrapped up a season-opening, four-game homestand with another loss. San Jose earned only one point in the four games against reigning division champions, losing in a shootout to Colorado on Saturday night. The Sharks became the third team ever to go winless when opening the season with four straight games at home. The California Golden Seals had two losses and two ties in 1971-72 and Calgary had three losses and a tie in 1997-98. Anthony Duclair scored the lone goal for San Jose. Kaapo Kahkonen made 34 saves.The Bruins took control of the game in the final two minutes of the opening period. Marchan...

Bronny James joins USC teammates for preseason fan event

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:49 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bronny James joined his Southern California teammates in a preseason fan event at Galen Center on Thursday night.James walked out wearing a No. 6 jersey, dancing to the music as he made his way to center court and acknowledged the cheers by waving to the crowd and smiling.The freshman went into cardiac arrest during a workout at Galen Center in late July. His father, Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, earlier this month said his oldest son is progressing in his rehabilitation in hopes of playing for the 21st-ranked Trojans this season.James is attending classes and spending time around his teammates. Coach Andy Enfield said at Pac-12 media day recently the teenager is “doing well.”The event billed as HoopLA featured the men’s and women’s basketball teams. Forward Brandon Gardner dunked over USC quarterback Caleb Williams, who held his cell phone out to record the moment as Gardner sailed over his head.The Trojans open the season Nov. 6 against ...

República Dominicana confirma 11 muertes por dengue y anuncia un nuevo plan contra la enfermedad

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:49 GMT

(CNN Español) — República Dominicana ha registrado más de 12.000 casos de dengue y 11 muertes derivadas de esa enfermedad en lo que va del año, confirmó el ministro de Salud Pública, el doctor Daniel Rivera.Debido a la situación que afecta a varias provincias, el presidente Luis Abinader creó este miércoles un gabinete de acción conformado por distintos ministerios, así como por directivos y funcionarios de otras instituciones del sector salud, para comenzar las labores de respuesta al brote de dengue.En el gabinete se dispusieron nueve medidas para la prevención de la propagación de la enfermedad, las cuales comenzaron a organizarse este jueves de manera simultánea en distintos sectores de la capital y otras provincias.Dentro de las medidas se encuentran jornadas de fumigación casa por casa y la eliminación de envases o tanques que puedan almacenar agua donde se generen criaderos de mosquitos transmisores.Declaran emergencia sanitaria nacional por tres meses por aumento de ca...

Labour wins two Conservative safe seats in woeful by-election night for Sunak

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:49 GMT

Labour won two Conservative safe seats in a double by-election victory overnight. Voters in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth swung significantly to Labour, in what is a woeful result for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Tory party. Mid Bedfordshire, the former seat of Boris Johnson ally Nadine Dorries, saw a 20.5 percent swing, transforming the 24,664 Tory majority into a 1,192 Labour one. The new MP is Alistair Strathern, 33. In Tamworth, the seat of disgraced former Conservative MP Chris Pincher, also saw a huge swing of 23.9 percent, with a 19,634 Tory majority turned into a 1,316 one for Labour, electing Sarah Edwards, 35, as the new MP. Speaking specifically about the Tamworth result to the BBC, British election wizard John Curtice said “no government has hitherto lost to the principal opposition party in a by-election a seat as safe as Tamworth.”Speaking on both the results, Curtice told the BBC that we are seeing the “top 10 of worst Conservative performances against...

European Space Agency mulls extra Ariane 6 cash

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:49 GMT

Presented by ASD By CALEB LARSON with JOSHUA POSANER and LAURA KAYALI PRESENTED BY View in your browser or listen to audioSNEAK PEEK— The European Space Agency is assessing the spiralling costs of the long-delayed Ariane 6 rocket program.— The German parliament’s budgetary committee approved €4.4 billion for air defenses and weapons to Ukraine.— U.S. arms makers are very worried about a possible supply squeeze thanks to wars happening in both Israel and Ukraine.Good morning and welcome to Morning Defense. Tips to [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] or follow us at @joshposaner, @LauKaya and @calebmlarson .DRIVING THE DAYMORE CASH FOR ARIANE 6? The Ariane 6 heavy rocket launcher is now so delayed that the European Space Agency is considering pressing member countries to raise their contributions to counter the impact of inflation. The d...

Israel pounds Gaza, evacuates town near Lebanon ahead of expected ground offensive against Hamas

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:49 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel bombarded Gaza early Friday, hitting areas in the south where Palestinians had been told to seek safety, and it began evacuating a sizable Israeli town in the north near the Lebanese border, the latest sign of a potential ground invasion of Gaza that could trigger regional turmoil.Palestinians in Gaza reported heavy airstrikes in Khan Younis in the south, and ambulances carrying men, women and children streamed into the town’s Nasser Hospital, Gaza’s second largest, which is already overflowing with patients and people seeking shelter.On Thursday, Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered ground troops to prepare to see Gaza “from the inside,” hinting at a ground offensive aimed at crushing Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers nearly two weeks after their bloody incursion into Israel. Officials have given no timetable for such an operation.Over a million people have been displaced in Gaza, with many heeding Israel’s or...

Britain’s Labour opposition has won 2 big prizes in momentum-building special elections

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:49 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition Labour Party has decisively won two special elections, snatching seats in Parliament that were long rock-solid bastions of the governing Conservatives.Results early Friday showed that voters in Tamworth, central England and Mid-Bedfordshire, north of London, switched from Conservatives to Labour in almost unprecedented numbers, solidifying Labour’s status as front-runner ahead of a national election next year.Labour leader Keir Starmer claimed his party was “redrawing the political map.” Labour candidate Sarah Edwards won in Tamworth, where the Conservatives won by almost 20,000 votes in 2019, and Labour’s Alistair Strathern took Mid-Bedfordshire by overturning a 25,000-vote Tory margin.Labour leader Keir Starmer claimed his party was “redrawing the political map.” John Curtice, a polling expert at the University of Strathclyde, said the “exceptional swings” to Labour could be compared to the collapse in Conservative support ...