By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Regulators voted on Friday that New England’s long-shuttered shrimp business, which fell victim to warming waters, will remain in a fishing moratorium indefinitely. The shrimping business was based mostly in Maine and produced small, pink shrimp that were a winter delicacy in New England and across
Continue ReadingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Developers of a proposed nickel ore processing plant in North Dakota that would supply electric automaker Tesla have reached a deal with the U.S. Department of Energy on how to spend nearly $115 million the federal agency awarded the project last year. The Bismarck Tribune reports that the agreement was the
Continue ReadingGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — For the first time in 11 years, Katie Ledecky has lost a 400-meter freestyle race in an American pool. Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh took the title at the U.S. Open championships in Greensboro, North Carolina. McIntosh took the title in a meet record of 3 minutes, 59.42 seconds. Ledecky touched next,
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain’s King Charles III has caused some raised eyebrows by wearing a tie adorned with a pattern of Greek flags to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. He chose the neckwear after a diplomatic spat between the U.K. government and Greece over the Parthenon Marbles. The king’s late father, Prince Philip, was
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — A George Santos lo expulsaron del Congreso de Estados Unidos en una votación histórica. Su permanencia en la Cámara de Representantes fue corta pero el impacto de su escándalo y su expulsión puede ser duradero. La supermayoría de sus colegas votaron en una decisión muy poco común en el Congreso.
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — A decade before she would become a historic first, Sandra Day O’Connor wanted the president to name a woman to the US Supreme Court. And she let the White House know. It was 1971 and then-Arizona state Sen. O’Connor wrote to President Richard Nixon telling him, “It
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Parents of school shooting victims in Tennessee can seek a court order to keep the writings of the shooter from ever being released to the public. The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the parents, the Covenant School and Covenant Presbyterian Church all have a
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By Oscar Holland, CNN Singapore (CNN) — A Chinese boarding school designed to let students unwind and “waste time mindfully” has been named 2023’s World Building of the Year. Featuring a rooftop park, treehouses and elevated walkways in a “floating forest,” the Huizhen High School in Ningbo, Zhejiang province in eastern China, won the coveted title at the
Continue ReadingBy Nijzel Dotson Click here for updates on this story Calaveras County, California (KCRA) — Ann Marie Herford, a woman from Michigan who went missing in Calaveras County while hiking earlier this month, was found dead by sheriff’s office deputies on Thursday. Herford was last seen on Nov. 12, and her vehicle was left parked
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Three top leaders at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City will lose their jobs as the business integrates with MU Health Care.
Continue ReadingBy SARA MELINI Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Three magistrates of Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal have left the country, hours after the country’s Congress opened them up to prosecution by stripping them of their immunity. It’s part of the continuing effort to interfere with the results of the presidential election. Guatemala’s immigration agency confirmed
Continue Reading Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — It’s the ‘leaning tower’ that has stood tipsily – but steadily – for nearly 1,000 years. But now, the days of the Garisenda tower in Bologna, Italy, could be numbered. Following investigations last month, the city is instigating a civil protection plan for the “sudden and unexpected collapse of the
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Greco Click here for updates on this story STILLWATER, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Stillwater police are investigating after a dead longhorn was found in front of a fraternity house at Oklahoma State University. Police told KOCO 5 that they received a call shortly before 6:30 a.m. Friday about a possibly dead cow in the
Continue ReadingBy Nijzel Dotson Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, California (KCRA) — The California Highway Patrol arrested a man after a car with two people inside, including a female human trafficking victim, was shot at on Interstate 5 in Stockton last week. According to CHP, the shooting happened Nov. 24 on southbound I-5
Continue ReadingBEVERLY HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A University of Michigan graduate is suing the state over the loss of his revered “G0BLUE” car license plate. Joseph Hardig III says the plate has been on family vehicles for years. But he was told it was assigned to another car owner when he recently tried to renew it
Continue Reading By Simon Cullen, Max Foster and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — King Charles has worn a tie emblazoned with the Greek flag, just days after the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak canceled a meeting with his Greek counterpart in a diplomatic dispute over the Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles. The King wore
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is slowing steadily, but it’s too early to declare victory or to discuss when the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates, Chair Jerome Powell said. Powell noted that consumer prices, excluding volatile food and energy costs, rose at just a 2.5% annual rate in the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — Las fuerzas ucranianas se enfrentan a un invierno “duro” y a un año difícil por delante, ya que las evaluaciones de inteligencia occidentales no esperan un movimiento significativo en las líneas del frente en los próximos meses, dijeron a CNN dos funcionarios occidentales y un alto funcionario militar estadounidense. A
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The art of nodding off appears to have been mastered by breeding chinstrap penguins, who take more than 10,000 naps a day, with each nap lasting an average of four seconds, according to a new study. The animals accumulate around 11 hours of sleep daily using this strategy, challenging
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Climate protesters caused a pair of interruptions totaling 22 minutes during the opening night of a revival of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” at the Metropolitan Opera. Christian Gerhaher, making his Met Opera debut, was singing Wolfram’s second-act aria on Thursday night in which he says “before me a miraculous spring appears” when people
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