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Abr. 12, 2024 1:50 PM PT CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El presidente mexicano, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, descartó el viernes la posibilidad de una distensión en la crisis diplomática con Ecuador, desencadenada por la irrupción de la policía ecuatoriana en la embajada de México en Quito para detener a un exvicepresidente, condenado por corrupción, que había recibido asilo. A una semana del choque entre ambos países, que supuso la captura del exvicepresidente Jorge Glas y la posterior ruptura de relaciones diplomática de México con Ecuador, la solución parece remota mientras se siguen sumando las condenas internacionales contra el gobierno de Daniel Noboa. Al ser cuestionado en su conferencia matutina si México estaría dispuesto a reanudar las relaciones diplomáticas si las autoridades ecuatorianas entregan a Glas, que está en prisión preventiva en una cárcel de máxima seguridad en Guayaquil, López Obrador negó de plano la posibilidad de cambios en la postura de su gobierno. “No es (que) nos envían, como lo estábamos solicitando, en calidad de asilado al vicepresidente y ya lo otro, este, se olvidó. No, lo que queremos es que no haya repetición”

After the epic storms deluged California in early 2023, the IRS and the state Franchise Tax Board gave most taxpayers in the state until mid-November to file their returns and pay what they owed. After the epic storms deluged California in early 2024, the IRS and the Franchise Tax Board gave taxpayers in San Diego County until mid-June to file their returns and pay what they owe. For everyone else in the state, Monday remains the filing deadline — at least at the moment. If you don’t pay at least a goodly chunk of your 2023 taxes by then, you will be penalized automatically, even if you file for an extension by Monday night. Tax experts say the best course of action is to file your return on time and pay everything you think you owe. The IRS, nonprofit groups and commercial tax-preparation companies offer multiple ways to prepare and file returns for free online. If you can’t afford your tax bill, you have some choices to make by Monday at 11:59 p.m., when the deadline is due to arrive. There is a chance President

Spring is nearly a month old but it’s about to feel like winter as another Pacific storm is expected to bring rain and snowfall across the state — the latest in a series of soggy weekends. Angelenos were just beginning to get a taste of springtime warmth, especially on Tuesday, when temperatures hit a peak of 77 degrees in the city. But a storm front that is moving into Southern California on Friday night is expected to bring downright chilly temperatures throughout Los Angeles County, said National Weather Service meteorologist Rose Schoenfeld. “Temperatures are going to drop pretty drastically,” Schoenfeld said of Saturday’s frigid weather. “Temperatures are going to struggle to even break into the 60s for most areas. Some areas [will even stay] in the upper 50s.” That cold weather coupled with gusts of up to 25 to 40 mph across the state will make for a wet and chilly weekend for L.A. County residents as the National Weather Service predicts the region will record anywhere from a quarter-inch to an inch of rain. The mountainous regions near the Sierra Nevada and Mammoth Lakes

Jeezy and Jeannie Mai‘s divorce faces more tension, as the rapper and the TV personality continue the custody battle over their 2-year-old daughter. In a motion filed in Fulton County, Ga., court earlier this week, the 46-year-old musician (real name Jay Wayne Jenkins) declared that toddler Monaco “would have more stability” if he was granted “primary physical custody” of the child. “[Jeezy] is afraid that the bond between him and the parties’ minor will be diminished because of his lack of parenting time,” the motion says. Legal representatives for Mai did not immediately respond to The Times’ request for comment on Friday. Documents, reviewed by The Times, detail new allegations against Mai, 45, including accusations that she limits the time that Jeezy can spend with their daughter, despite an agreed-upon schedule. He also alleges that the talk show star’s relatives have served as caretakers for the 2-year-old girl and that Mai “removed” their daughter from the jurisdiction of Georgia, allegedly taking the child on trips to Los Angeles, Vietnam, New York, Dallas and Boston. In February, the former couple reached a temporary agreement that said

One woman who visited Disney California Adventure back in April 2022 is now suing the resort, alleging that she suffered from severe injuries after a cast member dressed as Goofy fell on her, according to a new lawsuit. Katrina Griffin visited DCA on April 3, 2022, with her daughter. The lawsuit claims that when Griffin was bending over to tie her daughter’s shoes, a Disney cast member dressed as Goofy “walked directly” into her, and she fell onto the “hard cement.”   The cast member wearing the Goofy costume allegedly fell onto Griffin with “all of his body weight,” which resulted in “severe, traumatic, debilitating, and permanent injuries that necessitated significant medical care as well as emotional pain and suffering.” Disneyland agrees to pay $9.5M in Magic Key lawsuit The lawsuit, filed in Orange County Superior Court in late March, didn’t specifically describe Griffin’s injuries.   Griffin is suing Disneyland Resort, the person in the Goofy costume, and the cast member who worked as Goofy’s “handler.”   At Disney parks, cast members wearing full-character costumes are accompanied by another cast member who ensures they interact

With the 3-year-old daughter of the victim in the courtroom, an Orange County woman with three previous convictions for driving under the influence was sentenced to 15 years to life on Friday for killing a pregnant woman that she hit with her car in 2020. Courtney Fritz Pandolfi, 44, of Garden Grove pleaded guilty in February to two felonies, including murder and driving under the influence of drugs causing bodily injury with two or more priors. She also pleaded guilty to several misdemeanors, prosecutors said. According to the Orange County Office of the District Attorney, Pandolfi was driving in Anaheim while under the influence of a drug cocktail, including cocaine and methamphetamine, when she jumped a curb around 7:30 p.m. on August 11, 2020. She plowed into a metal newspaper stand on the sidewalk with her white Jeep SUV before hitting 23-year-old Yesenia Aguilar, who was pregnant and holding hands with her husband on Katella Avenue near Bayless Street. James Alvarez and Yesenia Aguilar are seen in a family photo provided to KTLA. Pandolfi continued driving even after striking Aguilar. She drove an additional 347

By Cara Tabachnick Updated on: April 12, 2024 / 5:59 PM EDT / CBS News 1 dead after truck rams into Texas DPS office 1 dead after 18-wheeler crashes into Texas public safety office 07:23 A big rig plowed into a Texas Department of Public Safety office in an apparent “intentional” act, officials said Friday. One person was killed and at least a dozen people were injured, said DPS Sgt. Justin Ruiz at a news conference on Friday afternoon.  A suspect stole the 18-wheeler and crashed into the office in Brenham, about 75 miles west of Houston, in a “deliberate, heinous act,” said Texas state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst in a statement on social media.  Ruiz said the suspect, identified as 42-year-old Clenard Parker, was denied his commercial driver’s license the previous afternoon at the Brenham office. A deputy was chasing the stolen rig, which took a hard right turn into the DPS office, and appeared to crash into a driver’s license waiting area, Ruiz said.  Parker, of Chappell Hill, was arrested and is in custody in the Washington County Jail, online inmate records show. He

Tom Brady is retired from the NFL and has been for more than a year. He’s moved on to other endeavors, like his Fox Sports broadcasting gig starting this fall and a bid to become a minority owner in the Las Vegas Raiders. The seven-tme Super Bowl champion reaffirmed his status as a retired NFL player twice during an appearance on an episode of the “Deep Cuts With VicBlend” podcast that dropped this week. First, about 54 minutes into the episode, Brady stated: “My career and all that, that’s a thing of the past in my mind. I was a gladiator out there, and now my time’s moved on.” Sounds straightforward enough. Later, Blend stated to the former quarterback for the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, “You’re 100% retired.” Brady responded with a firm, “Yes.” OK, great, that’s a wrap. Oh wait, there’s more to this conversation. Blend: “Let’s say, one day there’s a situation. Right? Maybe it’s the 49ers . Maybe, you know, heading to the playoffs, offense is great —” Brady: “Patriots, could be Raiders, could be — you never know.”

Robert MacNeil, whose coverage of the Watergate scandal led to the first nightly newscast for PBS, died Friday after a long illness. He was 93. A PBS representative confirmed MacNeil’s death. No cause of death was cited. MacNeil was the founding anchor of “PBS NewsHour,” which was first launched in 1975 as “The Robert MacNeil Report” and later renamed “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour.” In the years before cable news and the internet, the program was the lone national TV alternative to the newscasts on ABC, CBS and NBC. MacNeil was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Jan. 19, 1931, the son of a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He dropped out of Dalhousie University in Halifax to pursue an acting career and became an announcer for CBC. After moving to England in 1955, he turned to journalism, joining the news service Reuters. Five years later became a London correspondent for NBC News. MacNeil was transferred to NBC’s Washington bureau in 1963 during the Kennedy administration, and reported extensively from Dallas when President John F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin. Viewers who watched NBC

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, surrendered to federal authorities Friday on charges that he stole more than $16 million from the Dodgers superstar to cover debts with an illegal bookmaker. Prosecutors on Thursday charged Mizuhara with bank fraud, alleging the 39-year-old took advantage of his closeness with Ohtani to feed a spiraling gambling habit, accumulating $40 million in losses across more than 19,000 bets. Authorities detailed in a 36-page criminal complaint how Mizuhara won some $142 million through illegal sports betting but lost about $183 million, placing an average of nearly 25 bets per day. As his losses mounted over about two years, prosecutors said, Mizuhara began making wire transfers from the bank account where Ohtani’s baseball salary was deposited to pay off his debts with an illegal bookmaking operation in Orange County. Mizuhara is scheduled to make an initial appearance in federal court Friday afternoon in Los Angeles. The Justice Department has said Mizuhara will not be asked to enter a plea and will likely be ordered released on bond. Mizuhara faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. E.

Several L.A. County probation officers stood by as at least six youths assaulted a 17-year-old inside Los Padrinos juvenile hall in December, with some officers appearing to laugh and shake hands with the assailants as the beating progressed, according to footage obtained by The Times. The video shows a teen sustaining punches and kicks from a series of youths in a “day room” inside the Downey facility. On more than one occasion, the victim falls to the ground while officers do little to stop the violence. At one point in the video, a female probation officer steps out of the way as a youth charges the victim and delivers a running kick. The videos raise the question of whether the violence was coordinated. Each youth attacks the 17-year-old for a few seconds before returning calmly to breakfast. The video was first made public during a court hearing in Sylmar Thursday morning, when the 17-year-old’s attorney asked a judge to have her client released ahead of his criminal trial, arguing that he is not safe at Los Padrinos. The Times obtained a copy of the video

Grace Kelley, the 27-year-old daughter of country singer Wynonna Judd and her businessman ex-husband, Arch Kelley III, has been charged with soliciting prostitution, indecent exposure and obstructing government operations after an April 5 arrest in Elmore County, Ala., sheriff’s records confirm. Kelley was arrested in Millbrook, Ala., after holding a sign that read “A Ride for a Ride” alongside a busy highway. Her chest and private parts were unclothed, Millbrook Police Chief P.K. Johnson told the Daily Mail. Prior to the arrest, she had been hassling patrons at local businesses along the highway and told shoppers at Circle K that she had been robbed, Johnson told the Mail. Officers initially approached her at one of the businesses. “When she made contact with our officers, she argued with them about the legality of what she was doing. And that it was not illegal for her to offer herself in exchange for rides,” Johnson told the Mail. The officers did not arrest her then, but she allegedly continued her behavior and was ultimately arrested where the highway intersected with an interstate route. Kelley had no drugs or

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, turned himself in to federal authorities Friday, according to the United States Attorney’s Office. Mizuhara is expected to appear in federal court in downtown Los Angeles Friday afternoon to face charges related to bank fraud and illegal gambling. The Southern California native, who has been Ohtani’s personal interpreter and close friend for years, is accused of stealing millions from the baseball star while serving as his “de facto” manager. Mizuhara was fired by the Dodgers organization last month after federal investigators tied him to an ongoing investigation involving an accused illegal bookmaker based out of Orange County. It was initially reported that Mizuhara had stolen as much as $4.5 million from the two-time American League MVP to cover losses he accrued through sports gambling. On Thursday, federal prosecutors announced Ohtani may have actually been swindled out of more than $16 million. Mizuhara helped Ohtani set up a bank account when he joined the Los Angeles Angels, prosecutors said. He was the only one with access to the account and refused to share access

Authorities have arrested a man suspected of beating and sexually assaulting two women along the famed Venice Canals in separate attacks last weekend, the Los Angeles Police Department announced on Friday. Anthony Jones, 29, was apprehended late Thursday evening in San Diego. He is described as a Black male, 6 feet 1 inch tall and 200 pounds. Police did not immediately reveal what evidence led to his arrest. Officials said the case would be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, which would provide more information. Victim in Venice canal attack identified as a single mom and artist The attacks occurred late in the evening on April 6. The Venice Canals are seen on April 9, 2024. (KTLA) In the first, police say a man approached a woman from behind in the 2700 block of Strongs Drive near the Grand Canal and struck her in the head with a hard object, knocking her unconscious. In the second incident, which occurred about an hour later, police say the same man assaulted a woman who was walking near the Sherman Canal. On Friday, police confirmed

Google announced Friday it would remove links to California news sites from its search results for some users as it continues to push back against a pending state bill that would require the company to pay publishers. In a blog post published Friday, the search giant said the bill, officially known as the California Journalism Preservation Act, would change the company’s business model. If signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the bill would require tech companies like Google to pay news outlets a “journalism usage fee” when they sell advertising alongside news content. California bill aims to address AI-generated child sexual abuse material “We have long said this is the wrong approach to supporting journalism. If passed, CJPA may result in significant changes to the services we can offer Californians and the traffic we can provide to California publishers,” Jaffer Zaidi, vice president of Global News Partnerships at Google, said in the post. The company also announced that it is “pausing further investments in the California news ecosystem, including new partnerships through Google News Showcase, our product and licensing program for news organizations, and

Roku says 576,000 streaming accounts compromised in second breach – CBS News Watch CBS News Roku said Friday a second security breach impacted more than 576,000 accounts after announcing in March that 15,000 accounts had been exposed by a hack. Emma Roth, a writer for The Verge, joins CBS News with more details. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Every week we feature an available animal from Woods Humane Society. This week is Lei Lani’s turn. She is a sweet, nearly seven-year-old cat looking for her forever home. Most days you can find her curled up underneath a bed purring away, but she isnt always calm. She is known for zoomies in the afternoon! She has been at the shelter for a few months and is fee-sponsored in hopes that she can find a home soon. She will be available at 11 a.m. Friday at the Woods Humane Society cattery in Atascadero. Click here for more information on Lei Lani or the other available animals from Woods Humane Society.

Marcus Anthony Eriz, the 26-year-old man convicted of second-degree murder in connection to the 2021 shooting death of a 6-year-old boy on the 55 Freeway, was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Friday. The Costa Mesa man was convicted of the crime and related charges in January. Authorities in June 2021 said Eriz was in the passenger’s seat of his girlfriend’s vehicle on the freeway when a woman, Joanna Cloonan, raised her middle finger at the couple, believing she was cut off. Aftre that, Eriz grabbed a Glock 17 handgun from the back pocket of of the driver’s seat and fired a single shot at Cloonan’s car. That round passed through the trunk, backseat and a car seat, hitting Cloonan’s six-year-old son, Aiden Leos. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital just 30 minutes later. Eriz and his girlfriend, Wynne Lee, who is awaiting trial for her charge as an alleged accessory to the crime, were arrested outside their Costa Mesa apartment two weeks later. A photo of Aiden Leos is displayed at an Orange County District Attorney’s Office news conference

By Cara Tabachnick April 12, 2024 / 3:07 PM EDT / CBS News A big rig plowed into a Texas Department of Public Safety office in an apparent “intentional” act, injuring multiple people, officials said Friday.  The 18-wheeler was stolen and crashed into the office in Brenham, about 75 miles west of Houston, in a “deliberate, heinous act,” said Texas State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst in a statement on social media.  The driver of a stolen semitrailer intentionally rammed it into a Texas public safety office in a rural town west of Houston on Friday, injuring multiple people, according to a state lawmaker. Hay Girl LLC Three individuals were life-flighted with critical injuries and three other patrons were transported to local hospitals in stable condition, Kolkhorst said. Kolkhorst, who represents the area, said that no DPS employees suffered serious injuries and one staffer was trapped “for a period of time” in the building.   Texas DPS officials said an arrest has been made. Texas Rangers will be handling the investigation. This is a developing story and will be updated. In: Texas Cara Tabachnick Cara Tabachnick is

Robert MacNeil, former PBS news anchor, dies at 93 – CBS News Watch CBS News Journalist Robert MacNeil, who co-anchored the PBS “NewsHour” for many years, has died at the age of 93. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

By Kate Gibson Edited By Alain Sherter Updated on: April 12, 2024 / 3:08 PM EDT / CBS News Doctors warn about popular cosmetic procedure called Barbie Botox Doctors warn about popular cosmetic procedure called Barbie Botox 02:28 Federal officials are trying to determine the source of Botox injections — some of the shots potentially counterfeits — linked to an outbreak of botulism-like illnesses in several U.S. states. The Food and Drug Administration told CBS MoneyWatch it is working with other federal and state agencies to identify the cause of an outbreak that has sickened at least six people in Illinois and Tennessee injected with the botulinum toxin.  The Tennessee Department of Health reported four people in the state had been stricken with botulism-like symptoms, including two hospitalized after getting possible counterfeit injections.  In Illinois, health officials are warning medical providers to be on the alert for patients with botulism after two people became ill and were hospitalized with symptoms including blurred vision, droopy face and difficulty breathing. Both received injections from a licensed nurse in LaSalle County who administered treatment without authorization. The Centers