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Apparent Murder-Suicide at Minnesota Daycare Center Leaves 3 Dead
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A small daycare run in a home outside Minneapolis became the scene of an apparent murder-suicide on Wednesday, after a man fatally stabbed his wife, who ran the center, and their daughter, officials said. The man then shot himself to death, they said. The woman, 41, her husband, also 41, and their daughter, 7, were found in a residential neighborhood in Hopkins, Minnesota, the city's police chief, Brent Johnson, told reporters.
Apparent Murder-Suicide at Minnesota Day Care Center Leaves 3 Dead
Maryan Khalif and her husband plan to take their five kids to the Minnesota State Fair later this month after several years of missing the annual …
Claiming an Antifa Plot, U.S. Charges 15 in Minneapolis With Conspiracy
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday unsealed conspiracy, assault and other charges against 15 people accused of violently impeding immigration enforcement officers in Minneapolis during an immigration crackdown this year. Daniel N. Rosen, Minnesota's top federal prosecutor, said the defendants were members of two Minneapolis-based groups connected with antifa, a far-left movement.
Cómo InSight Crime rastreó un explosivo video narco en Honduras
Este artículo hace parte de nuestra serie de historias narradas El 12 de febrero de 2025, un traficante de drogas condenado llamado Bayron Ruiz se detuvo en una bodega de Fraijanes, Guatemala, un municipio de unos 60.000 habitantes, conocido por la acidez de su café y ubicado cerca de la capital del país. Ruiz estaba delgado. Había perdido una cantidad considerable de peso mientras estuvo en prisión para que, como diría después, “nadie lo reconociera”.
How InSight Crime Tracked Down an Explosive Narco Video in Honduras
This article is part of our On February 12, 2025, a convicted drug trafficker named Bayron Ruiz stopped at a warehouse in Fraijanes, Guatemala, a town of about 60,000 residents near the country’s capital that’s known for its acidic coffee. Ruiz was slim, having dropped significant weight while in prison so that, as he would describe later, “no one would recognize” him. When he returned to his car, his bodyguards were waiting. But so were a pair of assassins on motorcycles.
What it Really Costs to Make Tequila and Why It’s Not Getting Cheaper
What You’ll Learn: A transparent breakdown of the raw agave costs and the logistical "overhead" that dictates shelf prices. Why the global "Agave Cycle" ensures that prices remain high even when the supply of plants is abundant. The hidden costs of production, from labor and energy to export taxes and the rising price of glass.
Honduran Candidate Claims Fraud After Trump-Backed Opponent Is Declared Victor
Hondurans awoke Christmas Day to the risk of political unrest, as a presidential candidate disputed the election results after weeks of vote counting and fraud claims. A day earlier, Honduran election officials declared Nasry Asfura, a former mayor endorsed by President Donald Trump, as the president-elect of the Central American nation of 10 million.
Elecciones en Honduras: un candidato presidencial alega fraude
Luego de que las autoridades declararan ganador de la contienda a Nasry Asfura, su rival respaldado por Trump, Salvador Nasralla cuestionó el resultado y expresó fastidio por el papel desempeñado de Estados Unidos. Los hondureños despertaron el día de Navidad con el riesgo de una crisis política, luego de que un candidato presidencial comenzó a cuestionar los resultados electorales tras semanas de conteo de votos y denuncias de fraude.
Elecciones en Honduras: un candidato presidencial alega fraude
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Los hondureños despertaron el día de Navidad con el riesgo de una crisis política, luego de que un candidato presidencial comenzó a cuestionar los resultados electorales tras semanas de conteo de votos y denuncias de fraude.
Honduras declara ganador de las elecciones presidenciales a un candidato respaldado por Trump
Nasry Asfura, exalcalde de Tegucigalpa, fue declarado el presidente electo del país centroamericano tras un recuento de votos prolongado después de una contienda reñida. Las autoridades electorales de Honduras declararon el miércoles a Nasry Asfura, un exalcalde respaldado por el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, como ganador de las elecciones presidenciales, tras semanas de retrasos, problemas técnicos y denuncias de fraude.
Resultados de las elecciones de Honduras: Nasry Asfura será el próximo presidente
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Las autoridades electorales de Honduras declararon el miércoles a Nasry Asfura, un exalcalde respaldado por el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, como ganador de las elecciones presidenciales, tras semanas de retrasos, problemas técnicos y denuncias de fraude.
Honduras Declares Nasry Asfura, Trump Ally, Winner of Presidential Election
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Election officials in Honduras on Wednesday declared a former mayor endorsed by President Trump as the winner of the country’s presidential election.
Honduras Declares Trump-Backed Candidate Winner of Presidential Election
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En Honduras, algunos votantes se dejaron persuadir por Trump, otros se enfadaron
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Antes de las elecciones presidenciales de Honduras el 30 de noviembre, José Ignacio Cerrato López, un hombre jubilado, tenía casi tomada una decisión.
In Honduras, Some Voters Were Swayed by Trump, Others Angered
NEW YORK -- Jennifer Capasso, a 42-year-old transgender woman, figured there was a good chance she would be dead within 18 months. Since her d…
In Honduras, Some Voters Were Swayed by Trump, Others Angered
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Before Honduras’s presidential election on Nov. 30, José Ignacio Cerrato López, a retiree, had mostly made up his mind.
Trump afirma, sin aportar pruebas, que hay fraude en Honduras
El país está en vilo después de que los recuentos mostraran a dos candidatos separados por unos 500 votos. Entonces, el presidente Trump afirmó que las autoridades estaban manipulando los resultados. Los hondureños se iban a dormir el lunes, con dos candidatos prácticamente empatados a la presidencia; los funcionarios electorales pedían calma y paciencia mientras terminaban de contar los votos a mano.
Trump afirma, sin aportar pruebas, que hay fraude en Honduras
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Trump afirma, sin aportar pruebas, que hay fraude en Honduras El país está en vilo después de que los recuentos mostraran a dos candidatos separados por unos 500 votos. Entonces, el presidente Trump afirmó que las autoridades estaban manipulando los resultados.
Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. Envoy to Meet With Putin in Moscow
Dec. 2, 2025, 2:21 a.m. ET Jack Nicas reported from Mexico City and Jeff Ernst from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Soldiers carrying ballot boxes from rural polling stations at an airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Monday.Credit...Moises Castillo/Associated Press Hondurans were heading to bed on Monday, with two candidates in a virtual tie for the presidency and election officials urging calm and patience as they finished counting tallies by hand.
Trump Alleges Fraud, Without Evidence, in Honduras Election
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Trump Intervenes Again in Honduras Vote, Alleging Fraud Without Evidence Honduras was on edge after tallies showed two candidates separated by about 500 votes. Then President Trump claimed that officials were rigging results.
Un candidato apoyado por Trump y un presentador deportivo lideran la contienda presidencial en Honduras
El domingo por la noche, las autoridades electorales dijeron que una muestra preliminar de votos señalaba que los dos candidatos conservadores estaban prácticamente empatados y muy por delante del partido de izquierda gobernante.
How Trump's Actions Could Affect Honduran Elections
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Lo que hay que saber sobre las elecciones en Honduras
El presidente Trump ha puesto su atención en Honduras cuando los votantes acuden a las urnas. Las opciones incluyen al partido de izquierdas en el poder y a un candidato respaldado por Trump.
Elecciones en Honduras: esto es lo que hay que saber
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Lo que hay que saber sobre las elecciones en Honduras El presidente Trump ha puesto su atención en Honduras cuando los votantes acuden a las urnas. Las opciones incluyen al partido de izquierdas en el poder y a un candidato respaldado por Trump. Uno de los candidatos a la presidencia, Nasry Asfura, es un exalcalde del conservador Partido Nacional.
What to Know About Honduras’s Elections
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. What to Know About Honduras’s Elections President Trump has put a spotlight on Honduras as voters head to the polls. Their choices include the left-wing party in power and a candidate endorsed by Mr. Trump. One candidate for the presidency, Nasry Asfura, is a former mayor from the conservative National Party.
Trump anuncia un indulto para el expresidente hondureño Juan Orlando Hernández
El expresidente fue declarado culpable el año pasado por un jurado estadounidense de conspirar para importar cocaína a EE. UU. Cumple una condena de 45 años. El presidente Donald Trump anunció el viernes por la tarde su intención de conceder "un indulto total y completo" al expresidente de Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, quien el año pasado fue declarado culpable por un jurado estadounidense de conspirar para importar cocaína a Estados Unidos en un amplio caso de narcotráfico.
Trump anuncia un indulto para el expresidente hondureño Juan Orlando Hernández
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Trump anuncia un indulto para el expresidente hondureño Juan Orlando Hernández El expresidente fue declarado culpable el año pasado por un jurado estadounidense de conspirar para importar cocaína a EE. UU. Cumple una condena de 45 años. Juan Orlando Hernández, entonces presidente de Honduras, hablando en las Naciones Unidas en 2019.
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case Original
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case President Trump said he would pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, who prosecutors said partnered with cocaine traffickers as Honduras’s president and is serving a 45-year sentence. Juan Orlando Hernández, then the president of Honduras, speaking at the United Nations in 2019.
El respaldo de Trump agita unas elecciones en Honduras ya de por sí tensas
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Cuando los hondureños voten para elegir su presidente esta semana, muchos temen que las urnas no cierren con un ganador claro, sino con caos: acusaciones de fraude, protestas masivas e incluso la amenaza de una represión militar. “Estamos atemorizados”, dijo Polo Cruz, de 53 años, trabajador de la oficina de Medicina Forense en Tegucigalpa, la capital.
Hondurans Fear Unrest Ahead of Election as Trump Endorses a Candidate
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. When Hondurans vote for president this week, many fear that polls will close not with a clear winner but with chaos: accusations of fraud, mass protests and even the threat of a military crackdown. “We are terrified,” said Polo Cruz, 53, a worker at the medical examiner’s office in Tegucigalpa, the capital.
Trump Endorsement Roils Already Tense Election in Honduras
NEW YORK -- The scion of the Kennedy family has a skeleton. It lurks in the corner of the living room of his Chelsea apartment, wearing a brow…
Trump Endorsement Roils Already Tense Election in Honduras
Never before have I been so uncertain about the future. Think of all the giant issues that confront us: artificial intelligence, potential fin…
La obra teatral “Purple Rain” homenajea a Prince en su pueblo natal
Lentejuelas moradas. Blazers morados. Boinas moradas. En Minnesota, semejante toque de morado solo puede significar una de dos cosas: un partido de fútbol americano de los Minnesota Vikings o una reunión de fans de uno de los hijos más queridos del estado: Prince. “¿Qué más podría ponerme?”, dijo Marie Finley, de 27 años, cuyo vestido lila-violeta estaba adornado con formas doradas que, según bromeó, eran gotas de lluvia, “al menos por esta noche”.
Debut of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Musical in Minneapolis Draws Fans
Theater|Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Takes Center Stage in Minneapolis https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/theater/purple-rain-musical-prince-minneapolis.html Purple sequins. Purple blazers. Purple berets. In Minnesota, such a flourish of purple can only mean one of two things: a Minnesota Vikings football game, or a gathering of fans of one of the state’s most beloved sons: Prince.
Prince's 'Purple Rain' Takes Center Stage in Minneapolis
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‘A Future Filled With Hope’: Minneapolis Community Unites to Process the Tragedy Original
“We are stronger together.” “We are spirit strong.” “A future filled with hope!” Messages of support and unity covered the grounds of Annunciation Catholic Church in south Minneapolis as dozens of people filed into a nearby school auditorium for Saturday Mass. There were bouquets, teddy bears and shared embraces. A memorial filled with candles, handwritten messages and drawings. A statue of the Virgin Mary, Joseph and Jesus that was punctured by bullet holes, but also adorned with flowers.
In secret diaries, the church shooter's plans for mass murder
It was Independence Day, and the plan to kill children inside Annunciation Catholic Church was coming together. “Oh my God! I got it! I have a shotgun!” the attacker wrote in a diary entry dated July 4, adding that a high-powered rifle was next on the shopping list. “It was not too difficult at all!” For much of this year, Robin W. Westman described in three secret diaries how she planned to commit mass murder.
In Secret Diaries, the Church Shooter’s Plans for Mass Murder
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. In Secret Diaries, the Church Shooter’s Plans for Mass Murder Robin W. Westman described how she had obtained guns and how she had visited the church on a test run this summer during a Sunday Mass.
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Minnesota Lawmaker Convicted of Burglary, Leaving Democrats’ Majority in Question Nicole Mitchell, a Democrat, was charged with felonies and accused of breaking into her stepmother’s home. Her party holds a slim majority in the Minnesota Senate.
Tim Walz Eulogizes Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and Husband During Funeral Original
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Minnesota Lawmaker and Her Husband Remembered for Their Shared Legacy Melissa Hortman was killed alongside her husband, Mark, in an attack two weeks ago. She was eulogized by Gov. Tim Walz as a consequential and compassionate leader.
Mourners Stream Into Minnesota Capitol as Assassination Victims Lie in State Original
Mourners Stream Into Minnesota Capitol as Assassination Victims Lie in State A line stretched around the block to honor State Representative Melissa Hortman, her husband and their dog, who were killed in an attack that officials have called a political assassination.
How Vance Boelter, the Minnesota Shootings Suspect, Was Caught Original
More than 100 police officers searched for two days for the suspect in the shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses. They finally captured him late Sunday, the hunt ending when he crawled to officers who had tracked him to a field outside Minneapolis.
Suspect Planned to ‘Inflict Fear’ With Wider Killing Spree, Prosecutors Say
Pinned Ernesto LondoñoJeff ErnstYan Zhuang and The man accused of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another in a campaign to “inflict fear” made a first appearance in federal court on Monday, as the authorities described what they said were plans to carry out a wider killing spree aimed at Democratic politicians. The suspect, Vance Boelter, 57, faces federal murder charges in the attack that killed a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband. Those charges could allow for the death penalty.
Man charged in Minnesota assassination could face federal death penalty
A man accused of assassinating a Minnesota state lawmaker and shooting another also visited the houses of two other lawmakers the same evening, in what authorities called a planned campaign designed to “inflict fear” and kill lawmakers and their families, federal officials revealed Monday. The suspect, Vance Boelter, 57, will face federal murder charges, which could allow for the death penalty.
Así fue la captura del sospechoso del tiroteo en Minnesota
Shootings of Minnesota Legislators (2025) Boelter, Vance L Police Una persecución de dos días terminó el domingo por la noche cuando la policía capturó al sospechoso, Vance Boelter, en las afueras de Minneapolis. Más de 100 policías buscaron durante dos días al sospechoso de disparar a dos legisladores del estado de Minnesota y sus cónyuges.
Minnesota Man Is Charged With Murder of Lawmaker
The largest search in Minnesota’s history came to an end late Sunday when a man accused of assassinating a state lawmaker and shooting another was finally captured, after SWAT teams used drones to track him crawling through a wooded area outside Minneapolis. The suspect, Vance Boelter, 57, was arrested and charged, concluding an extensive two-day search that rattled Minnesotans. Boelter surrendered near Green Isle, Minnesota, a town where he had a home with his wife and children.
How Vance Boelter, the Minnesota Shootings Suspect, Was Caught
A two-day manhunt ended Sunday night as police captured the suspect, Vance Boelter, in a field. No force was used. Listen to this article · 2:59 min Learn more June 16, 2025Updated 5:01 p.m. ET More than 100 police officers searched for two days for the suspect in the shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses. They finally captured him late Sunday, the hunt ending when he crawled to officers who had tracked him to a field outside Minneapolis.
Minnesota as a Refuge From Climate Change? Three Wildfires Show Otherwise. Original
Wildfires are common in the state. But scientists say this week's damaging blazes in a northeastern region are a sign of more severe effects from a warning planet. Three wildfires in Minnesota have consumed more than 32,000 acres. Wildfires are common in the state. But scientists say this week's damaging blazes in a northeastern region are a sign of more severe effects from a warning planet. Three wildfires in Minnesota have consumed more than 32,000 acres. Credit...
Trump is making Central America become a dumping ground for US immigrants
Central America has long been a source of immigrants, and in recent years, it’s also become a major transit route for those from around the world heading to the United States. That shift led to record numbers of immigrants arriving at the US border, and contributed to the supposed crisis that helped Donald Trump win the election this past November.
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