Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente Vladimir Putin firmará el viernes los acuerdos que incorporarán a Rusia miles de kilómetros cuadrados de territorio ucraniano, en lo que será la mayor anexión forzosa de territorio en Europa desde 1945. Los acuerdos se firmarán en una ceremonia en el Kremlin, tres días después de que concluyeran los
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Elissa Garay, CNN As the lowest-lying nation in the world — with much of it sitting just a few feet above sea level — the nearly 1,200 Indian Ocean islands scattered across the Maldives’ sun-soaked atolls are famed not just for their magazine-cover-ready beaches and bungalows, but for their increasing vulnerability to rising sea levels.
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Senate on Thursday confirmed Michelle Kwan, a former Olympic figure skater and longtime Democratic activist, to serve as ambassador to Belize. Kwan, who President Joe Biden tapped for the role in December, skated through the chamber’s confirmation process with a voice vote. The State Department had touted Kwan’s “distinguished career
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SEATTLE (AP) — The bodies of some of the 10 victims and most of a floatplane that crashed in Washington state’s Puget Sound earlier this month have been recovered. The Seattle Times reports Island County Emergency Management confirmed Thursday that multiple bodies were recovered, but officials weren’t yet able to confirm the number. National Transportation
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The University of Missouri on Thursday released its annual fire safety and security report, which contains the school’s campus security and crime statistics.
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookies Oscar Gonzalez and Steven Kwan drove in runs in the eighth inning as the Cleveland Guardians kept Tampa Bay from clinching one of the AL’s three wild-card spots, rallying to beat the Rays 2-1. The Central champion Guardians took two of three in a tight
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Un video publicado en medios hondureños capta el momento justo en el que una precaria embarcación se hunde en el río Guayambre, ubicado en el departamento de El Paraíso, al este de Tegucigalpa. El material, dicen esos medios, fue grabado este miércoles por uno de los miembros de un grupo
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Surgen imágenes del arresto de Flor Abigail Hay Urrutia, cuya muerte está bajo investigación por las autoridades mexicanas tras ser hallada sin vida poco después de su detención. Su familia afirma que la persona que se ve en ese video es ella y que ellos reconocen el lugar como la
Continue Reading By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — NATO believes that damage to two natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea is the result of sabotage. The military alliance says it will retaliate for any attacks on the critical infrastructure of its 30 member countries. The warning came as a fourth leak was
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday proposed a new permitting program for wind energy turbines, power lines and other projects that kill eagles, amid growing concern among scientists that the rapid expansion of renewable energy in the U.S. West could harm golden eagle populations now teetering on
Continue Reading THE COLONY, Texas (AP) — Xiyu Lin made a 10-foot eagle putt late in her round. That gives her the lead in The Ascendant LPGA with a 65. Lin is one shot ahead of Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand and Lizette Salas. Thitikul is coming off her second win of the season. A victory this week
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By Alaa Elassar and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Oakland police are still working to identify two people who opened fire on a school campus Wednesday in what police described as a “targeted” shooting resulting from gang related violence. Six people were injured in the shooting at the King Estate campus in East Oakland, which police say
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Oakland police are still working to identify two people who opened fire on a school campus Wednesday in what police described as a “targeted” shooting resulting from gang related violence. Six people were injured in the shooting at the King Estate campus in East Oakland, which police say
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Auxvasse man was killed Thursday in a Callaway County wreck. Douglas Thompson, 88, was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. The crash occurred on County Road 245 at the intersection with Route E. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Thompson did not stop at a stop sign and his
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — The bodies of some of the 10 victims and most of a floatplane that crashed in Washington state’s Puget Sound earlier this month have been recovered. The Seattle Times reports Island County Emergency Management confirmed Thursday that multiple bodies were recovered, but officials weren’t yet able to confirm the number. National Transportation
Continue ReadingBy Angie Ricono, Cyndi Fahrlander Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — Ophelia Williams has been through a lot. She says she was raped numerous times by a powerful detective in the Kansas City, Kansas, police force. That detective, Roger Golubski, is facing federal charges related to rape and kidnapping
Continue Reading By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A group of international experts investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico says the country’s attorney general has created “obstacles” to justice, apparently in a rush to show results. The Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts was created by the Inter-American Commission on Human
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating a string of reckless driving. This time, on the city’s north side, moments before students were let out — something parents say is becoming far too common. “It’s reckless. It’s not even an accident,” said Jessie
Continue Reading ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is poised to have its first unionized Starbucks store. Rank-and-file staff at an Albuquerque location of the coffee giant voted in favor of unionizing Thursday. The National Labor Relations Board conducted the election at the store at I-40 and Rio Grande Boulevard. The store was the first in New
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By Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr, CNN The Pentagon is working to form a new command to coordinate arming and training Ukraine, according to two US officials, in an effort to streamline what was a largely ad hoc process rapidly created in the wake of Russia’s invasion. The new command, which would be based at
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