By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Supreme Court has denied an appeal from California corrections officials who sought immunity from lawsuits claiming they acted with deliberate indifference when they caused a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin prison four years ago. The justices on Monday turned down the appeal without comment
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Environmental officials in the nation’s No. 2 state for petroleum production are taking initial steps toward regulating the treatment and reused of oil-industry fracking water. New Mexico has been grappling with scarce water supplies, and fossil fuel producers are confronting shrinking opportunities for water disposal.
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Investigators continue to search for the boater who fatally struck a 15-year-old girl off a South Florida beach and fled without stopping, while friends and family members mourn her loss. A funeral service for Ella Adler was held Monday morning at Temple Beth Sholom in Miami Beach. Adler was a freshman at
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is calling on Iran to halt its transfer of an “unprecedented” amount of weaponry to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, enabling their fighters to attack ships in the Red Sea and elsewhere. The U.S. deputy ambassador told the U.N. Security Council on Monday that
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Brightline, el tren de alta velocidad que une a las ciudades de Miami y Orlando en Florida anunció en su página web una serie de cambios en los precios que afectarán especialmente a los viajeros frecuentes, muchos de ellos se desplazan por trabajo o estudio entre algunas de las seis
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN) — La Unión Europea (UE) acordó, como medida temporal, levantar las sanciones contra el presidente del Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) de Venezuela, Elvis Amoroso, y otros tres exfuncionarios, confirmó a CNN este lunes la representación diplomática del organismo multilateral con sede en Caracas. El anuncio, que fue reportado más temprano por Europa
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island Zachary Cunha said Monday that Rhode Island violated the civil rights of hundreds of children with mental health or developmental disabilities by routinely and unnecessarily segregating them at Bradley Hospital, an acute-care psychiatric hospital. Cunha said the federal government’s
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Melinda French Gates, una de las filántropas más prominentes del mundo, dijo este lunes que renunciará al cargo de copresidenta de la Fundación Bill y Melinda Gates que ayudó a dirigir desde el 2000. La fundación ha realizado pagos de subvenciones por valor de casi US$ 78.000 millones en los casi
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By Casey Gannon and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — A Missouri man pleaded guilty on Monday in an attempted attack on the White House with a rented U-Haul, the Justice Department announced. Sai Varshith Kandula pleaded guilty to one count of willful injury or depredation of property of the United States, according to a Justice Department news release. The
Continue Reading By MJ Lee and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has assessed that Israel has amassed enough troops on the edge of the city of Rafah in Gaza to move forward with a full-scale incursion in the coming days, but senior US officials are currently unsure if it has made a final decision
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By Mindy Weisberger (CNN) — Scientists have accomplished a whale of a feat. They’ve identified previously unknown complexity in whale communication by analyzing thousands of recorded sequences of sperm whale clicks with artificial intelligence. Variations in tempo, rhythm and length of the whales’ click sequences, called codas, weave a rich acoustic tapestry. These variables hint
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s upcoming trip to neighboring Tennessee to speak out against that state’s sweeping abortion ban is the latest sign that the Democrat known for defeating Donald Trump-backed rivals is looking to improve his party’s prospects in GOP territory and build up his own
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) — El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, pospuso este lunes su viaje a Chile, previsto para el viernes y sábado, debido a la emergencia que atraviesa el sureño estado de Rio Grande do Sul, que enfrenta inundaciones históricas que dejaron al menos 147 personas muertas, 127 desaparecidas y
Continue Reading CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Michael Cohen implicated his former boss Donald Trump in the hush money scheme to pay Stormy Daniels just days before the 2016 election, saying he doled out $130,000 at Trump’s direction and was promised reimbursement. Cohen’s testimony ties together the prosecution’s allegations
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Puerto Príncipe (CNN) — En los raros días en que las colinas que rodean Puerto Príncipe se quedan en silencio, la gente lo nota. “Si no se oyen disparos en alguna parte, probablemente las bandas se estén quedando sin munición”, explica a CNN una fuente policial de la capital haitiana. “Pero cuando hay
Continue Reading By Meron Moges-Gerbi and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Two more Indigenous Tribes have banned Gov. Kristi Noem from entering their Tribal land adjacent to South Dakota, marking the latest escalation in an ongoing clash between Noem and Tribal leaders over the governor’s previous remarks about Native communities. The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribe voted to bar Noem from their land on Wednesday, and two days
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By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — New analyses of the longest clinical trial yet of the weight-loss drug Wegovy are shedding light on how quickly it helps people lose weight, how long they sustain that weight loss and how safe the medicine is over four years of use. The analyses – of a trial called
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Drug overdose deaths continue to climb every year across the U.S. and in Mid-Missouri. And one Mid-Missouri county is among the top in the state.
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s justice department has concluded that criminal charges are not warranted in the rare liquor investigation that shook the state’s alcohol agency last year. The department launched the probe in February 2023 and announced its decision Monday. It examined whether employees of the Oregon Liquor and
Continue ReadingTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Former University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban says a pro-union advertisement that features his past comments was done without his permission. Saban says the comments were taken out of context and without his permission. The ad by More Perfect Union Solidarity is airing as more than 5,000 Mercedes workers in
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