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Month: April 2024

When red-hot isn’t enough: New government heat risk tool sets magenta as most dangerous level

BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget about red hot. A new color-coded heat warning system relies on magenta to alert Americans to the most dangerous conditions they may see this summer. The National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday — Earth Day — presented a

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Ecuador president’s war on crime gets a boost with early referendum results and gang member’s arrest

By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Early results from Ecuador’s referendum suggest President Daniel Noboa has won public backing for security measures aimed at boosting his war on crime. His government looks on track to win support for nine of the 11 proposals it put forward in Sunday’s vote, including for four of its key

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Russia-linked hacking group claims to have targeted Indiana water plant

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Hackers targeted a wastewater treatment plant in Indiana on Friday evening, prompting plant managers to send maintenance personnel to investigate the suspicious activity, a local official told CNN. A Russia-linked hacking group claimed responsibility. The same group claimed credit for a string of hacking incidents against water facilities in

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Suspect arrested and charged with vandalizing Rutgers Islamic center, stealing Palestinian flag during Eid al-Fitr

By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — A suspect has been charged with a federal hate crime after allegedly breaking into and destroying property at Rutgers University’s Center for Islamic Life. The incident took place during Eid al-Fitr, the three-day Islamic religious celebration marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Jacob Beacher, 24, was arrested Monday morning

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Nunca habían viajado con sus hijos. Esto es lo que pasó cuando los llevaron alrededor del mundo durante un año

Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — Cuando Margaret Bensfield Sullivan imaginó el tipo de familia que podría salir en avión durante un año para explorar juntos el mundo, tenía una imagen muy concreta en la cabeza. Implicaba una bandana, un bebé en el portabebés trasero y una selfie sonriente en un puesto de comida al lado de

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For years, a Michigan company has been the top pick to quickly personalize draftees’ new NFL jerseys

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. (AP) — Employees of the company tasked with rapidly personalizing jerseys for each first-round NFL draft pick as they are announced don’t need to travel very far for this year’s player selections in Detroit. STAHLS’ headquarters in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, is just 17 miles from

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Former President Donald Trump sits in court for his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 22

Takeaways from the Trump hush money trial: Opening statements and the first witness

By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The first criminal trial of Donald Trump is officially underway. Prosecutors and Trump’s attorneys delivered opening statements and the first witness – a former National Enquirer publisher – was called Monday in the historic and unprecedented criminal trial of a former president. Each

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La Corte Suprema debatió si es un castigo “cruel e inusual” que las ciudades multen a las personas sin hogar

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La Corte Suprema debatió el lunes durante más de dos horas y media la cuestión de si multar a las personas sin hogar es un castigo “cruel e inusual” que viola la Octava Enmienda. Varios de los jueces parecían preocupados por la perspectiva de criminalizar a las personas sin hogar, pero

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