CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Los ecuatorianos votaron para prohibir la extracción de petróleo en uno de los lugares con mayor biodiversidad del planeta, el Parque Nacional Yasuní, situado en la selva amazónica. A los ciudadanos se les preguntó en la consulta: “¿Está de acuerdo en que el Gobierno ecuatoriano mantenga las reservas de petróleo
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The nation’s largest railroad union wants federal regulators to do more to ensure conductors are properly trained in the wake of two recent trainee deaths in Maryland. The union that represents conductors wants the Federal Railroad Administration to establish clear standards for how long new
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The nation’s largest railroad union wants federal regulators to do more to ensure conductors are properly trained in the wake of two recent trainee deaths in Maryland. The union that represents conductors wants the Federal Railroad Administration to establish clear standards for how long new
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s government has declared the Jesuit religious order illegal, and ordered the confiscation of all its property. The move comes a week after the government of President Daniel Ortega confiscated the prestigious Jesuit-run University of Central America in Nicaragua, arguing it was a “center of terrorism.” The confiscation order published Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Yevgeny Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who in June mounted an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. Prigozhin was aboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — A North Carolina woman is facing false report and other charges after police say she sent anonymous messages to a friend and the Department of Social Services saying she had been attacked and killed. Maggie Sweeney, 37, was arrested on Monday and released on a written promise to appear
Continue ReadingBy BEN ROSS Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Cole Ragans matched a career high with 11 strikeouts in six scoreless innings, Bobby Witt Jr. hit his 26th home run and the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 4-0 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep. Ragans limited the A’s to two singles, improving
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press His name was on the manifest of a passenger plane that crashed in Russia. Just two months ago, Yevgeny Prigozhin was leading a column of his Wagner mercenaries toward Moscow in what the Kremlin called an insurrection. In between, he supposedly cut a deal with Vladimir Putin and the leader of
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. nurse who was kidnapped in Haiti last month with her young daughter spoke via video this week for the first time since her release. Alix Dorsainvil appeared alone in the video and sat in a manicured garden with crickets chirping in the background. She thanked people who
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The U.S.-Canada rivalry in men’s basketball has been one-sided. The teams have played 22 times in senior men’s official competition; the U.S. has a 21-1 record in those games. It hasn’t always been as easy as it looks. The teams will meet in the bronze-medal game at the World Cup in
Continue ReadingBy HARUNA UMAR Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Locals have reported the abduction of 42 women during an attack by Islamic extremist rebels in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state. The attackers are suspected to be members of the Boko Haram extremist group. They targeted the women on Tuesday after they left a camp for displaced
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fox News argued in court Wednesday that its hosts and guests were merely raising questions and “presented a puzzle to unravel” when they repeatedly suggested, falsely, that January 6 rioter Ray Epps was a government agent who orchestrated the attack. The pushback came in a defamation suit that Epps
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas Region continue to have crews in several different locations across the United States as they respond to multiple different natural disasters. According to a press release from the Red Cross, 47 volunteers from Missouri and Arkansas have been deployed to help with these disasters
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court will reassess a lower court’s conclusion that abortion doctors can’t be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that bans the procedure in nearly all cases. The court will review the Arizona Court of Appeals ruling that doctors can’t be charged for performing abortions in the first 15 weeks of
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Priscilla Presley had an instinct that something was off with her daughter Lisa Marie Presley days before she died earlier this year. “I did know there was something not right,” Priscilla said in an interview published Wednesday with The Hollywood Reporter. Priscilla told the outlet that she remembered Lisa
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The mother of a U.S. Army private who mysteriously sprinted across the border into North Korea last month says her son, Travis King, has “so many reasons to come home. Claudine Gates spoke Wednesday to The Associated Press, casting doubt on a recent statement from North Korea’s
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Editor’s note: This article was updated to reflect that the vehicle was found in St. Louis County. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Shakespeare’s Pizza has announced on its social media that a delivery vehicle stolen from its West Broadway location has been found in the St. Louis area. The business stated on its social media that a
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CNN By Dana Bash, Veronica Stracqualursi and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will participate in Wednesday night’s Republican presidential primary debate despite suffering an Achilles injury. “I’m in,” the 2024 candidate posted on social media along with a photo of him on crutches. Burgum, 67, suffered a high-grade tear of
Continue ReadingBy WES CROSBY Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Richie Palacios had a career-best three hits and drove in two runs, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 to avoid a three-game sweep. Palacios capped a three-run first inning with a two-run double, singled in his next two at-bats and walked in the
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — To hear executives at some of America’s biggest retailers tell it, consumers are strained for cash and buying less stuff, in a troubling sign of a slowing economy. That’s only half true. The consumer appetite that kept the US economy afloat through the worst of the
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