LocalNet Start Page

1/5

Mexico unveils plans to build a supercomputer it claims will be Latin America's most powerful

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico unveiled plans Wednesday to build what it claims will be Latin America’s most powerful supercomputer — a project the government says will help the country capitalize on the rapidly evolving uses of artificial intelligence and exponentially expand the country’s computing capacity.

Dubbed “Coatlicue” for the Mexica goddess considered the earth mother, the supercomputer would be seven times more powerful than the region’s current leader in Brazil, José Merino, head of the Telecommunications and Digital Transformation Agency.
Read More

Here's where all the legal cases against Trump stand since his return to the White House

Before he fought his way back to the White House, President Donald Trump was in court battling a slew of civil lawsuits and criminal charges that threatened to upend his finances and take away his freedom. Those cases have mostly abated since his return to office, albeit with some loose ends.

On Wednesday, a judge ended the last effort to punish Trump in the courts for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, dismissing the Georgia election interference case against Trump and others after the prosecutor who took over the case declined to pursue the charges.

Since... Read More

Peru sentences former President Vizcarra to 14 years in prison for corruption

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Martín Vizcarra to 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of taking bribes while serving as governor of a southern state.

Vizcarra was sentenced to immediate imprisonment and a nine-year ban from public office. He is expected to appeal the decision.

“This is not justice, it is revenge,” Vizcarra said on social media. “But they will not break me.”

Vizcarra alleged his sentence was retribution for “standing up” to the right-wing political groups that control Congress,... Read More

'Rush Hour 4' will be distributed by Paramount after Trump's reported request

NEW YORK (AP) — After President Donald Trump’s reported intervention, Paramount Pictures is set to distribute Brett Ratner’s “Rush Hour 4,” a project that Hollywood had eschewed after earlier sexual misconduct allegations against the director.

Paramount Pictures on Tuesday was in closing talks to distribute the film, according to a person close to the negotiations who requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to announce a deal. Paramount would be stepping in to take a distribution fee on the film, not finance it.

In 2017, during the #MeToo... Read More

Hong Kong's deadliest high-rise fire in years leaves at least 36 dead, 279 reported missing

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in years blazed through high-rise apartment buildings into the night Wednesday as the city's leader confirmed at least 36 people, including a firefighter, had died and another 279 people were reported missing.

Hundreds of residents were evacuated as the blaze spread across seven of the eight buildings in a housing complex in Tai Po district, a suburb in the New Territories. At least 29 others remained hospitalized. Bright flames and smoke shot out of windows as night fell.

Investigators will be looking into factors... Read More

Horoscope

Weather for Buffalo, NY

Weather Search

Current Conditions

43° F

Cloudy
Wind	11.7 mph
Humidity	75

4 Day Forecast
Thursday Flurries 38° / 30°	Friday Flurries 36° / 27°	Saturday Mostly Cloudy 35° / 29°	Sunday Rain And Snow 40° / 29°

Mexico unveils plans to build a supercomputer it claims will be Latin America's most powerful

Here's where all the legal cases against Trump stand since his return to the White House

Peru sentences former President Vizcarra to 14 years in prison for corruption

'Rush Hour 4' will be distributed by Paramount after Trump's reported request

Hong Kong's deadliest high-rise fire in years leaves at least 36 dead, 279 reported missing

Top Stories

Horoscope

Weather for Buffalo, NY

Current Conditions

4 Day Forecast

Stocks

Entertainment

Sports