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L.A. DA requests resentencing for Menendez brothers, opening path to release

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday that it will request the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez, a pair of brothers sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for killing their parents, heeding calls by their family to reconsider their case after new evidence emerged backing the …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Helicopter crashes into Houston radio tower, killing multiple people

A helicopter crashed into a radio tower in Houston on Sunday night, erupting into a fireball and crashing to the ground — leaving several people dead, including a child, according to authorities.The incident happened at 7:54 p.m. in Houston’s Greater East End, close enough to a fire station that firefighters …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Column | Mac and cheese, but make it with beans, in this speedy one-pot meal

“I don’t know how to make things complicated,” Jenny Rosenstrach tells me. “I kind of wish I did, because I think my recipes would be next level.”Rosenstrach is being modest, because the truth is, her recipes are indeed next level. As the force behind the popular book, website and newsletter …
By Joe Yonan
• Washington Post

Gallego demands apology from Lake after court unseals divorce records

The records were made public following a 10-month-long legal battle between the Gallegos and the Washington Free Beacon, a conservative publication that filed a lawsuit earlier this year to unseal them. The partially redacted documents show Gallego filed a petition to dissolve the marriage on Dec. 14, 2016 — shortly …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Menendez brothers’ relatives urge district attorney to release them

“If Lyle and Erik’s case were heard today, with the understanding we now have about abuse and [post-traumatic stress disorder], there is no doubt in my mind that their sentencing would have been very different,” said Anamaria Baralt, niece of José Menendez, the siblings’ father.The Menendez brothers have long insisted …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies at 31 in Argentina

Liam Payne, a former member of the boy band One Direction, died after falling from the third floor of his room at the CasaSur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires, according to the city’s emergency medical services director, Alberto Crescenti.Crescenti said the circumstances of the English-born singer’s fall are still unclear …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Harris, Trump converge on battleground state of Pennsylvania

Follow live updates on the 2024 election and Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump from our reporters on the campaign trail and in Washington.Policy positions: We’ve collected Harris’s and Trump’s stances on the most important issues — abortion, economic policy, immigration and more.Presidential polls: Check out how …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Michigan GOP candidate’s ad aimed at Black voters has wrong election date

Tom Barrett, a Republican vying for a Michigan congressional seat, is facing calls for an investigation after an ad from his campaign incorrectly listed Election Day as Nov. 6 in a Black-owned Michigan newspaper.In a complaint filed Sunday with the state attorney general, the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus accused Barrett’s …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Florida plans Hurricane Milton recovery; 2 million remain without power

Florida endured a second day of recovery and rescue operations after Hurricane Milton swept through the state late Wednesday, unleashing wind, rain and tornadoes, and pummeling communities still cleaning up after Hurricane Helene struck two weeks ago. At least 17 people were killed by Milton and its aftermath. During a …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Coast Guard rescues boat captain clinging to cooler after Hurricane Milton

A fishing boat captain headed into the water off the Gulf Coast to make repairs on his vessel hours before Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida.He ended up stranded in the storm, which made landfall on Wednesday night — battling waves up to 25 feet high and whipping winds of up …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

As Florida assesses Hurricane Milton damage, millions without power and at least 14 people dead

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By María Luisa Paúl
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Milton shocked Florida with deadly tornadoes well ahead of landfall

The tornadoes added a sense of chaos and danger to the final hours of storm preparation, including along parts of Florida’s Atlantic coast far from expected landfall, where residents were not expecting to see storm impacts until late Wednesday or early Thursday — if at all.In what may prove to …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Hurricane Milton plunges millions into darkness as it batters Florida

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By María Luisa Paúl
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Nevada Republican convicted of taking money meant for officer memorial

A Nevada politician was found guilty of taking money meant for a memorial honoring a police officer killed in the line of duty and spending it on plastic surgery, rent and her daughter’s wedding.A federal jury on Thursday convicted Michele Fiore, a Republican justice of the peace and former Las …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Two Argentina towns face a torrent of harassment. The culprit: Parrots.

Each day as the sun begins to set over Pedro Luro and Hilario Ascasubi, thousands of the vibrant green-, yellow- and red-feathered parrots swoop into town. Their screeching echoes long into the night, while their droppings blanket streets and parks. But the real disaster, according to TAXI FM Director Ramón …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

No hazardous chlorine levels found in Atlanta after fire at nearby plant, authorities say

“Our teams are working around-the-clock to respond to the ongoing situation at our facility in Conyers, Georgia,” the statement on the BioLab website said. “We continue to work collaboratively with first responders and local authorities and have deployed specialized teams from out of state to the site to bolster and …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Column | A fragrant chickpea tagine captures the essence of a Moroccan classic

The subtitle of Steve Sando’s latest cookbook is “100 Recipes for Cooking with All Kinds of Beans.” And this is no understatement: With his wildly popular company, Rancho Gordo, Sando has made heirloom bean varieties so popular that his quarterly membership-club shipments go out to tens of thousands of customers …
By Joe Yonan
• Washington Post

Bad Bunny launches billboard campaign against Puerto Rico’s ruling party

The unsigned ads spotted hanging over some of Puerto Rico’s most-transited routes soon fueled a frenzy of headlines and gossip — which only crescendoed after Bad Bunny, one of the biggest superstars in the world, announced he had bought them to show his love for his homeland. His ads — …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

OceanGate’s Titan prototype was ‘amateurish,’ expert says at hearing

The CEO of a submersible manufacturing company testified Friday that he checked out a prototype of OceanGate’s Titan submersible four years before the vessel imploded near the Titanic shipwreck — killing all five people aboard — and found it “amateurish.”Patrick Lahey, co-founder of Triton Submarines, told U.S. Coast Guard officials …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Kentucky governor bans conversion therapy, setting up legal battle

“Kentucky cannot possibly reach its full potential unless it is free from discrimination by or against any citizen — unless all our people feel welcome in our spaces, free from unjust barriers and supported to be themselves,” said Beshear, the only Democratic governor of a Southern state.Previous attempts to ban …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Why does the internet love baby hippo Moo Deng? There’s a science to it.

Her skin is always moist and her cheeks pink and peachy. She’s usually seen nibbling at her caretakers’ knees, running around her pen — belly rolls jiggling — or opening her mouth in an apparent scream.It’s Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that has become the internet’s latest obsession.Since she …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post