By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s mayor and city council are calling for the owner and manager of the cargo ship that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge to be held fully liable for the deadly collapse. Attorneys for the city argued in court papers filed Monday that the companies should
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Tesla anunció recortes abruptos de precios en China y Alemania poco después de que bajara los precios en Estados Unidos, en un momento en el que el mayor fabricante de vehículos eléctricos del mundo enfrenta una disminución de las ventas y una creciente competencia en los principales mercados. La más reciente
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM, and Happy Earth Day! The world produces about 400 million metric tons of plastic waste each year. Every day, 2,000 truckloads are dumped into oceans, rivers and lakes. CNN’s climate and photography teams took a closer look at where a lot of it ends up.
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal jury on Monday said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened. The jury awarded $4 million
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After two months of waiting, the Mizzou Athletic Director search may be coming to an end. On Monday, college athletics insider Pete Thamel reported that Mizzou is closing in on hiring Memphis Athletic Director Laird Veatch, after he spent about four years at the helm of Blue Tiger athletics. If the report
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and mild with lows in the lower 50s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with light showers through late afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. EXTENDED: Tonight will be about 15 degrees warmer as temperatures remain in the low 50s thanks to cloud cover and a strong southerly breeze. Tomorrow morning will start off cloudy,
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Third-party and independent candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are making an unusually strong showing in early polls of this fall’s presidential race – a finding that not only highlights a strain of dissatisfaction with Joe Biden and Donald Trump but also adds further uncertainty to what is shaping
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — “¿Cuánto plástico quiere cenar, señor? ¿Y usted, señora?” Aunque pueda parecer una frase sacada de un sketch satírico de Saturday Night Live, las investigaciones demuestran que dista poco de la realidad. Según un estudio de febrero de 2024, el 90% de las muestras de proteínas animales y vegetales dieron positivo para
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Monday’s opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the defense plans to fight
Continue ReadingBy JIM MUSTIAN and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional committee is criticizing the CIA’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations in its ranks, saying victims have been deterred from coming forward and were aware of “little to no accountability or punishment for the perpetrators of the assaults.” After interviewing more than two
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui County officials are pushing back and offering clarifications after the Hawaii attorney general’s office released a report that flagged communications issues in the response to the deadly August wildfire. The statement released by Maui County provided clarifications on various details including when Mayor Richard Bissen
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Alex Popken was a trust and safety executive at Twitter, leaving in 2023 after a decade at the social media company focusing on content moderation. Now, she serves as the vice president of trust and safety at WebPurify, a content moderation service provider that works with a broad range
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A cluster of earthquakes has struck Taiwan, the strongest measuring 6.1 magnitude. That’s according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There are no reports of casualties in the quakes that hit early Tuesday, although two multi-story buildings that had been evacuated following a magnitude 7.4 quake that hit the island earlier this
Continue ReadingBy Audrey Goodson Click here for updates on this story MOORE, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Crews from multiple agencies responded to a house fire early Monday morning in a Moore neighborhood. Both Oklahoma City and Moore fire departments were at the scene of the house fire near Northeast Fourth Street and Eastern Avenue. The flames caused
Continue ReadingBy Christian Balderas Click here for updates on this story HOLLISTER, California (KSBW) — For months people in a Hollister neighborhood along South Street have been complaining about an ‘unbearable’ odor coming from sludge ponds located steps away from their homes. The smell is from tomato waste that sits in concrete basins behind locked gates,
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By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Plasmic Echo – a name that could conceivably work for 1970s rock band or could describe the supernatural goo left behind by the ghosts chased in the movie “Ghostbusters” – appears to be the code name for the FBI investigation into the mishandling of classified documents from the
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Ray Click here for updates on this story CEDAR HILL, Texas (KTVT) — In the middle of Dallas County sits the Cedar Ridge Preserve, a green space larger than 450 football fields dedicated to protecting the land and its native plants and wildlife. Inside, a sanctuary for more than 60 species of birds.
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) — Ana Estrada “murió en sus propios términos, conforme a su idea de dignidad y en pleno control de su autonomía hasta el final”, informó su familia en un comunicado este lunes, tras una larga batalla judicial en Perú. Según el documento, “Ana ejerció este domingo su derecho fundamental a una
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With cameras not allowed at former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York, live news blogs are coming into their own as an important news tool. During opening statements on Monday, CNN used a third of its screen for printed dispatches from its
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia hospital has confirmed the first known case of measles in the state since 2009. The Monongalia County Health Department says WVU Medicine alerted officials Sunday that an adult patient tested positive for the viral infection. The patient had developed symptoms and sought medical
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