By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Danish energy developer Orsted is scrapping two large offshore wind power projects off the coast of New Jersey, adding uncertainty to a nascent industry the Biden administration is counting on to help transition away from the burning of planet-warming fossil fuels. The company said Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA VERZA and FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Day of the Dead in Mexico smells like cempasuchil flowers and copal incense. It has a sweet taste. Sounds and colors abound. There are photos, candles and music all over. The hands of artisans prepare the altars to honor their ancestors. Although
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Lawrence Faucette, la segunda persona en recibir un trasplante de corazón de cerdo modificado genéticamente, falleció seis semanas después del procedimiento experimental. El Centro Médico de la Universidad de Maryland (UMMC), donde se realizó la cirugía, dijo que el corazón comenzó a mostrar signos de rechazo en los últimos días. “El
Continue ReadingOpinion by John Avlon, CNN (CNN) — It might surprise you to learn that the new speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, has said ”we don’t live in a democracy.” Merriam-Webster’s definition of democracy is “government by the people; especially rule of the majority.” That’s the way most Americans experience elections: The person with the most votes wins. It’s
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, MISS. (AP) — A federal judge has postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of federal charges for torturing two Black men in January. Sentencing had been scheduled to begin Nov. 14. But U.S. District Judge Tom Lee
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Comisión de Comercio de la Asamblea Nacional aprobó este martes un proyecto de ley que propone derogar la ley en la cual se ampara la renovación del contrato del Estado con Minera Panamá, de la compañía canadiense First Quantum Minerals, que desde el 23 de octubre es
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The winter trout season begins Wednesday at Cosmo-Bethel Park. According to a press release from the City of Columbia, the Missouri Department of Conservation will stock the lake with 2,400 rainbow trout. The catch-and-release season runs through Jan. 31, and only artificial lures and unscented baits can be used. Anglers must have
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of judges has ruled that it was unconstitutional for Tennessee lawmakers to pass a state takeover of Nashville International Airport’s board without approval from city officials or voters. The decision by three state court judges Tuesday delivers the latest blow in court to state
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una sección de la autopista Blue Ridge Parkway fue cerrada por las autoridades “después de múltiples informes documentados de visitantes alimentando e intentando sostener a un oso joven en las últimas semanas”, dijo en un comunicado de prensa el Servicio de Parques Nacionales (NPS, por sus siglas en inglés). El cierre
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor is going after landowners who he says are illegally and unconstitutionally depriving the public of access to the Pecos River. It’s the first case to be brought since the state Supreme Court in 2022 settled a long-simmering dispute over whether boaters
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has undergone a final barrage of questions from a prosecutor aimed at showing that he’s not being honest about how $8 billion of his customers’ funds disappeared, setting the stage for final arguments. Those are set to take place Wednesday in Manhattan
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — At age 45, Dr. Lakiea Bailey said, she was the oldest person with sickle cell anemia that she knew. The executive director of the nonprofit patient advocacy group the Sickle Cell Consortium was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at age 3. Because of it, she’s had heart problems, had
Continue ReadingLIMA, Peru (AP) — A Dutchman who recently confessed to killing American high school student Natalee Holloway in 2005 in Aruba was returned to Peru on Tuesday to serve the remainder of his prison sentence for murdering a Peruvian woman. Joran van der Sloot arrived in Lima in the custody of law enforcement. The South
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department will host a training session Friday on how to respond to an “active assailant situation,” according to a Tuesday release from the department. The release describes an active assailant as “a person or persons who, intentionally, through use of a knife, a gun, a car, truck or other
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Maine State Police documents shed light on why a delusional U.S. Army reservist who killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston may have targeted those locations. According to documents released Tuesday, state police interviewed a woman three hours after the shooting who said Robert Card
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un incendio forestal en el condado de Riverside, California, se extendió en tamaño debido a los vientos cálidos y secos de Santa Ana. Las llamas calcinaron múltiples estructuras y obligaron a miles de personas a abandonar sus hogares. Cuando el incendio, llamado Highland, se reportó por primera vez este lunes a
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By Isabel Rosales, Dianne Gallagher and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of miles away from the brutality of war in Gaza, Tariq Hamouda and his wife Manal are in disbelief over the loss of three generations of their family. The Palestinian Americans, who live in Maple Grove, Minnesota, say it’s been over a week since
Continue Reading By Andrew Carey, Ivana Kottasová, Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Paul Murphy, Henrik Pettersson, Lou Robinson and Adi Koplewitz, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli army began its full ground operation in Gaza on Friday, moving tanks, bulldozers, infantrymen and combat engineer units into the Strip. But rather than make any quick advance on Gaza City, Israeli
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A Long Island woman has been convicted of aggravated manslaughter in the death of a New York City police detective killed on the Long Island Expressway. Jessica Beauvais, of Hempstead, was arrested in April 2021 after 43-year-old Anastasios Tsakos was struck and killed while assisting officers at the scene of another
Continue ReadingBy PAOLA FLORES and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s government severed diplomatic relations with Israel on Tuesday, accusing it of carrying out “crimes against humanity” in Gaza, and Chile and Colombia recalled their ambassadors to Israel as they criticized the Israeli military offensive against Hamas militants. Bolivian officials cited the
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