By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Australia, which has one of the world’s worst records on extinctions, on Tuesday announced a 10-year plan to prevent any more species from dying out in the country by protecting its most threatened plants and animals. Launching the plan at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia’s Minister for the Environment and Water
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Australia, which has one of the world’s worst records on extinctions, on Tuesday announced a 10-year plan to prevent any more species from dying out in the country by protecting its most threatened plants and animals. Launching the plan at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia’s Minister for the Environment and Water
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Supreme Court justices wrestled with a key provision of the Voting Rights Act for almost two hours on Tuesday in a case that could make it more difficult for minority voters to challenge alleged gerrymandering and continue the deconstruction of the historic law. Section 2 of the
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By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is highlighting his administration’s efforts to protect access to abortion. The president is marking 100 days since the Supreme Court overturned a national right to the procedure. Democrats hope the issue will galvanize their voters to the polls ahead of midterm elections. The White House
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TODAY: Mostly sunny skies with a continued east-southeast breeze at about 10-15 mph will render another day in the upper 70s and low 80s. TONIGHT: High and thin clouds will arrive this afternoon and thicken overnight. Temperatures drop into the low 50s and upper 40s. EXTENDED: On Wednesday, winds will turn more southerly, attempting to
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By Casey Barber, CNN If the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a taco is that crispy corn shell filled with seasoned ground beef, strings of bright yellow cheese and shredded lettuce, then it’s time to think beyond the emoji. October 4 is National Taco Day, but any day in October
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Expectant mothers taking many common antidepressants need no longer worry the medication may harm their child’s future behavioral or cognitive neurodevelopment, according to a new study of over 145,000 women and their children across the United States followed for up to 14 years. “Results of previous studies on this topic have
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Liz Truss should be celebrating her first month as Britain’s prime minister. Instead, she’s fighting for her job. Truss has spent her first Conservative Party conference as leader scrambling to reassure financial markets spooked by her government’s see-sawing economic pledges. She’s also seeking to restore her
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Virginia Beach, Virginia, will resume normal operations Tuesday after the threat of flooding from the remnants of post-tropical storm Ian forced the closure of government facilities and schools Monday, officials said, noting they will continue to monitor for possible additional impacts. The city declared a state of emergency Sunday evening in
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Virginia Beach, Virginia, will resume normal operations Tuesday after the threat of flooding from the remnants of post-tropical storm Ian forced the closure of government facilities and schools Monday, officials said, noting they will continue to monitor for possible additional impacts. The city declared a state of emergency Sunday evening in
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Swedish prosecutor in charge of the investigation into leaks from pipelines in the Baltic Sea said Tuesday that he has ordered the area to be closed as he carries out a preliminary investigation into “suspected gross sabotage.” The Swedish coast guard said ships, divers, fishing vessels and underwater vehicles, among
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Tim Blanks When he remodeled the garden of his home in Milan, Giorgio Armani added a pavilion, a wall of bamboo and an imposing pair of Japanese maples, transforming an awkwardly inclined courtyard into the kind of spare, contemplative space you might find at the heart of a ryokan (a traditional Japanese inn) in Kyoto.
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By Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Lauren Kent, CNN As protesters took to the streets of Iran following the death in detention of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman apprehended for apparently not wearing her hijab properly, videos of the uprising began to flood the internet. Clips of students tearing up pictures of Iran’s Supreme Leader
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By George Ramsay, CNN In the hours before he coils himself into the starting blocks — a time when many sprinters would be fraught with nerves and tension — Letsile Tebogo finds solace in the soundtracks of home. “Most of the time, I just listen to music — traditional songs from here in Botswana because
Continue Reading JADE LE DELEY and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris has decided against broadcasting World Cup matches on giant screens in public fan zones amid concerns over rights violations of migrant workers and the environmental impact of the tournament in Qatar. Pierre Rabadan, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of sports, tells France
Continue Reading By ADAM SCHRECK and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press LYMAN, Ukraine (AP) — The bodies of Russian soldiers were lying in the streets of a key eastern Ukrainian city on Tuesday, evidence of a hasty retreat that marked a new military defeat for Moscow as it struggles to hang on to areas it illegally annexed last
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The Columbia City Council is considering buying the police department a new video surveillance system that would allow it to tap into non-police cameras across the city.
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By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A top executive at a major Japanese publisher has been charged with bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member. The charges against Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, a major figure in Japan’s movie and entertainment industry, are the latest in the unfolding corruption scandal related to last year’s Tokyo
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A top executive at a major Japanese publisher has been charged with bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member. The charges against Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, a major figure in Japan’s movie and entertainment industry, are the latest in the unfolding corruption scandal related to last year’s Tokyo
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By Anna Cooban, CNN Business It wasn’t hard for Samantha Losey, managing director of Unity, a public relations firm in London, to convince her team to work fewer hours for the same paycheck. But it was an uphill battle to persuade her own board to join the world’s biggest pilot of the four-day work week.
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