By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Lucy Pitka McCormick’s relatives cooked salmon, moose, beaver and muskrat over an earthen firepit on the banks of the Chena River, just outside Fairbanks, as they honored her life. They whipped whitefish, blueberries and lard into a traditional Alaska Native dessert, and dolloped servings onto a
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By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The truth, as it often is, was less strange than many had thought. After weeks of frenzied conspiracies about why Catherine, Princess of Wales, had been so long out of the public eye, she revealed the reason: She had been diagnosed with cancer, was in the early stages of
Continue ReadingBy DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts set a Dodgers record for leadoff home runs and Teoscar Hernández added his first two long balls for Los Angeles in a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Betts hit his 29th leadoff homer for the Dodgers on the first pitch from Zack
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El primer ministro polaco, Donald Tusk, advirtió que Europa se encuentra en una “era de preguerra”, pero aún le queda un “largo camino por recorrer” antes de estar preparada para hacer frente a la amenaza que representa Rusia. “La guerra ya no es un concepto del pasado. Es real, y
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court ruling curtailing subsidies for ultra-Orthodox men has rattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition and raised questions about its viability as the country presses on with the war in Gaza. Netanyahu has until Monday to present the court with a plan to dismantle what
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work at a mine less than 10 miles from the rim of the Grand Canyon. The long-contested project is within the boundaries of what is now a national monument. The work is unfolding as global instability and growing
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work at a mine less than 10 miles from the rim of the Grand Canyon. The long-contested project is within the boundaries of what is now a national monument. The work is unfolding as global instability and growing
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Siete personas fueron trasladadas a un hospital de Nueva York para observación luego de que un vuelo de United Airlines experimentara fuertes turbulencias el viernes por la noche, según un jefe local del Servicio de Emergencias Médicas. El vuelo, que viajaba de Tel Aviv al aeropuerto internacional Newark Liberty de
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that largely has sat dormant since the 1980s. The work is unfolding as global instability and growing demand drive uranium prices higher. The Biden administration and
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that largely has sat dormant since the 1980s. The work is unfolding as global instability and growing demand drive uranium prices higher. The Biden administration and
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN Español) — Los cuerpos de ocho personas fueron localizados este viernes en las costas de Oaxaca, en el sur de México, informó la Fiscalía General del estado a través de un comunicado. La institución agregó que los datos preliminares indican que los fallecidos eran migrantes. La Fiscalía detalló que el hallazgo —reportado primero
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The rapid collapse of a Baltimore bridge that was struck by large cargo ship highlighted the importance that bridges play in the daily lives of many Americans. Six construction workers who were on the bridge are presumed dead. The drivers of more than 30,000 vehicles that
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The rapid collapse of a Baltimore bridge that was struck by large cargo ship highlighted the importance that bridges play in the daily lives of many Americans. Six construction workers who were on the bridge are presumed dead. The drivers of more than 30,000 vehicles that
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press ENID, Okla. (AP) — Voters in the northwest Oklahoma city of Enid will decide whether to recall a city councilor with ties to white supremacist groups. Judd Blevins was elected last year to a city council seat in this community of just over 50,000 residents in the heart of the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB, MICHAEL CASEY, JEFF MCMURRAY and CHRISTOPHER KELLER Associated Press After a yearlong closure, a bridge over the Puyallup River reopened in 2019 with a sturdy new span and a brand new name. It even won a national award. But today, the Fishing Wars Memorial Bridge is closed again after federal officials
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB, MICHAEL CASEY, JEFF MCMURRAY and CHRISTOPHER KELLER Associated Press After a yearlong closure, a bridge over the Puyallup River reopened in 2019 with a sturdy new span and a brand new name. It even won a national award. But today, the Fishing Wars Memorial Bridge is closed again after federal officials
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is raising gobs of cash. And it has an election-year strategy that, in a nutshell, aims to spend more — and spend faster. Not only has Biden aimed to show himself off as a fundraising juggernaut this month,
Continue ReadingBy SERKAN GURBUZ and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Teams of engineers worked Saturday on the intricate process of cutting and lifting the first section of twisted steel from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which crumpled into the Patapsco River this week after a massive cargo ship crashed into one of its
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Sweden became the newest member of NATO earlier this month, joining 31 nations in the security alliance, including the United States. Well, make that 49 of the 50 United States. Because in a quirk of geography and history, Hawaii is not technically covered by the NATO pact. If a
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Representatives of two armed groups in Congo signed solemn pledges this week to both their violence-wracked country and the wider world: We will do better to respect and protect civilians. The envoys made commitments that their forces will work to end sexual violence, food insecurity and conditions
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