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Fiscalía de Tamaulipas abre investigación por supuesto homicidio tras el desplome de una iglesia donde murieron 11 personas

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:21:24 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General de Justicia de Tamaulipas, en el noreste de México, abrió una carpeta de investigación por el posible delito de homicidio tras el desplome del techo de una iglesia en el municipio de Ciudad Madero, donde este domingo murieron 11 personas, dijo a CNN una fuente con conocimiento del caso.La carpeta de investigación buscará determinar si hubo omisiones culposas o dolosas en la construcción y el mantenimiento del edificio que causaran que se colapsara, detalló la fuente.Lo que sabemos de la tragedia en iglesia de TamaulipasEn sus indagatorias, la Fiscalía recolectará para su análisis materiales de construcción, pedirá información a otras instituciones sobre el estado del inmueble y recabará testimonios.Hasta ahora, la Fiscalía no ha señalado a ninguna persona o instancia como responsable del hecho.El desplome del techo de la iglesia ocurrió alrededor de las 2:30 p.m. (local) del 1 de octubre, cuando se celebraba en el templo una misa de bautizo ...

Man sentenced to life for killing 17-year-old coworker inside Walgreens

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:21:24 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KXRM) — A 29-year-old man was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his 17-year-old coworker, Riley Whitelaw.After a jury handed down a guilty verdict Wednesday against Joshua Johnson. After, 4th Judicial District Judge Eric Bentley sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Suspect wanted in attack on Brighton ice cream truck driver The defense stated it intended to file an appeal of conviction and Johnson did not make a statement.Riley Whitelaw's family speaksPrior to sentencing, several people gave impact statements, including Riley's mother, Courtenay Whitelaw, and stepfather. "She's smart, artistic, and loving. Riley has taught me so much as her mom, and I am so grateful to be her mom," Courtenay Whitelaw said. "Never did we think her kindness would get her killed.""I will live for her and carry her for every moment of every day," Courtenay Whitelaw said. "I pray that kindness and love will erase the evilness in t...

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour movie hits a presale record for Cinemark

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:21:24 GMT

New York (CNN) — Taylor Swift’s concert film hasn’t even been released yet and it’s already toppling box-office records.Cinemark, a theater chain with about 500 locations, said that ticket sales for “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” are “setting domestic presale records” with demand “10 times higher” than any other film released through the company. The reaction has “blown everyone away,” Cinemark announced in a press release.Excitement has been building for the 3-hour-long film, which is opening Friday, October 13. An ad for the movie even aired during NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” last weekend, where Swift made an appearance to cheer on her possible boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce.Cinemark is not the first theater chain to experience an increase in sales via Swift: AMC Theaters previously announced that the singer’s Eras Tour concert movie “shattered records for single-day advance ticket sales revenue,” with $26 million sold on the first day th...

‘I’ve always made fun of the rules.’ John Waters has only ever been himself

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:21:24 GMT

(CNN) — “Los Angeles is everything a great American city should be: rich, hilarious, of questionable taste and throbbing with fake glamour,” John Waters once wrote, chronicling a six-hour tour of the city in his 1986 book of musings, “Crackpot.”The filmmaker and author has, over the years, spent a lot of time in the tourist mecca that is Hollywood Boulevard. Now, he’s a bonafide tourist attraction of his own: 77-year-old Waters was recently bestowed with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, an honor which coincided with the opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ exhibition “John Waters: Pope of Trash,” a first-of-its-kind tribute and the biggest retrospective of Waters’ work to date. Running until August 2024, it features over 400 artifacts related to a sixty-year career spanning film, television, literature and art.A storyteller and entertainer since his childhood in Lutherville, Maryland, orchestrating violent puppet shows for birthday parties and h...

Celtics introduce Jrue Holiday

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:21:24 GMT

Mattapan nightclub Macumba Latina ordered closed for lapse of judgement on night of shooting

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:21:24 GMT

The Boston Licensing Board says owners at a Mattapan nightclub had a serious lapse of judgment the night a double shooting occurred last month, ordering them to remain closed until it reviews a security and operations plan.The board received the plan outlining security measures Macumba Latina will implement after the Sept. 4 shooting, which left two patrons with non-life threatening injuries, just 10 minutes before its meeting Wednesday, Chairwoman Kathleen Joyce said.Macumba Latina will also be receiving a written warning and be scheduled to appear at the board’s violation hearing on Oct. 24.Club owners Max Fernandes and John Lopes, during a Tuesday hearing, highlighted how they’ve fired two bouncers for letting the alleged shooter – Regan Feliz, 29, of Jamaica Plain – in through a locked backdoor that night.The bouncers had only been on the job for about a year, with one manning the backdoor and the other, stationed by a bathroom, providing backup whenever needed, Fernandes said.O...

Orioles to face Rangers in ALDS after Texas sweeps Tampa Bay in wild-card round

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:21:24 GMT

The Orioles have known for almost a week that they would have home-field advantage in the American League Division Series. Now, they know who’s coming to visit.Baltimore will face the Texas Rangers in the best-of-five ALDS, which begins at 1 p.m. Saturday at Camden Yards. Game 2 and, if necessary, the winner-take-all Game 5 will also be at Oriole Park, but first-pitch times have not yet been announced.After coming short of the AL West title on a tiebreaker with the Houston Astros, the Rangers (90-72) swept the Tampa Bay Rays (99-63) in the best-of-three wild-card series, which finished Wednesday afternoon. The Rays led the Orioles (101-61) in the AL East into late July but never recaptured sole possession of first place as Baltimore won the division for the first time since 2014, winning its most games since 1979.The Orioles and Rangers split their six regular-season meetings, all of which came before the end of May. Baltimore closed its first road trip of the season with a s...

Newcomers Jevon Carter and Torrey Craig are eager to bring an edge to the Chicago Bulls: ‘That’s what this team is missing’

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:21:24 GMT

The best way to identify a team’s weaknesses is to ask its opponents. And after years of facing the Chicago Bulls, newcomers Jevon Carter and Torrey Craig feel comfortable identifying two key areas of improvement.Both players are familiar with the Bulls after Carter played for the Milwaukee Bucks last season and Craig played for the Phoenix Suns. They felt challenged by the team’s defensive pressure and the individual talent of DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine.But when he faced the Bulls with the Suns, Craig said he was surprised by the team’s inability to finish off close games despite fielding a talent-rich team.“I told Coach (Billy Donovan), the amount of games they would be in and not finish, it’s just that little bit of edge you’ve got to have, that competitive edge you’ve got to have to finish out games,” Craig said. “That was one of the reasons I decided to come here because I knew I could bring that extra edge and t...

SDSU places seven fraternities on interim suspension

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:21:24 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Seven fraternities at San Diego State have been placed on an interim suspension, university officials confirmed on Wednesday.The measure is a temporary hold that requires all organization activities to pause until the university conducts an investigation, according to SDSU's Office of the Dean of Students.The suspension impacts half of the 14 chapters in the Interfraternity Council including: Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Kappa Alpha Order, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Delta Sigma Phi.All were placed on the interim suspension regarding "alleged violations of the Student Organization Code of Conduct" during the current school year, SDSU officials said. However, none have been sanctioned at this time."Interim suspensions are put into place as part of an effort to address behavioral concerns within a recognized student organization while the concerns are investigated," the office added. "SDSU prioritizes the health and safety of our campus communit...

Judge orders central Indiana school shooter’s release into custody of parents

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:21:24 GMT

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A judge Wednesday approved the release of a teenager who opened fire at a central Indiana middle school in 2018, wounding another student and a teacher, a prosecutor said.The judge approved the 18-year-old’s release from juvenile detention into the custody of his parents because he is now an adult and could no longer be legally held for crimes he committed while a minor, Hamilton County Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Joshua Kocher told The Indianapolis Star.The teenager will be on home detention with a GPS monitor and bound by restrictions including no guns or drugs, no computers unless monitored by probation officials, limited time on electronic devices, and no visits to schools or college campuses without prior approval.Those limits are in place “to ensure the safety of the community,” Kocher said. Kocher didn’t say when the teenager would be released from detention.Hamilton Superior Court Judge Michael A. Casati on Aug. 14 ordered the teenager to...