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Month: June 2024

Imputan al general Zúñiga por terrorismo y alzamiento armado tras intento de golpe de Estado en Bolivia

Mauricio Torres (CNN Español) — El general Juan José Zúñiga, exjefe del Ejército de Bolivia, fue imputado por la Fiscalía del país por los delitos de terrorismo y alzamiento armado y este viernes tendrá una audiencia judicial en la que se discutirá qué medida cautelar imponerle, informó su abogado, Steven Orellana. Durante un breve encuentro

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Trial judges dismiss North Carolina redistricting lawsuit over right to ‘fair elections’

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina trial judges have dismissed a lawsuit challenging redrawn legislative and congressional district lines on the argument that they run afoul of an indirect constitutional right to “fair elections.” The judges wrote this week that a recent affirmation by the state Supreme Court that redistricting policy decisions are

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Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27

Foreign diplomats react with horror to Biden’s dismal debate performance

By Kylie Atwood, Nic Robertson, Luke McGee and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s dismal showing at the CNN presidential debate against former President Donald Trump resonated around the world, with foreign diplomats expressing shock and concern while raising questions about the implications for a consequential US election that could upend the foreign policy status-quo should Trump

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Fact check: Sea levels are already rising faster per year than Trump claims they might rise over ‘next 497 years’

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — The day after their CNN presidential debate, former President Donald Trump cited a wildly inaccurate figure about sea levels to mock President Joe Biden’s debate claim that “the only existential threat to humanity is climate change.” Trump said at a Friday rally in Virginia that “global warming is fine,” rejecting the view of

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Poisoned trees gave a wealthy couple in Maine a killer ocean view. Residents wonder, at what cost?

Associated Press CAMDEN, Maine (AP) — There was one thing missing when a wealthy Missouri couple purchased their oceanfront home overlooking Camden Harbor in Maine: The million-dollar view was blocked by a neighbor’s trees. Documents show the former CEO of the St. Louis Foundation went to great lengths to remove that obstacle, hauling an herbicide

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Poisoned trees gave a wealthy couple in Maine a killer ocean view. Residents wonder, at what cost?

Associated Press CAMDEN, Maine (AP) — There was one thing missing when a wealthy Missouri couple purchased their oceanfront home overlooking Camden Harbor in Maine: The million-dollar view was blocked by a neighbor’s trees. Documents show the former CEO of the St. Louis Foundation went to great lengths to remove that obstacle, hauling an herbicide

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What to know about Oklahoma’s top education official ordering Bible instruction in schools

Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s top education official has sparked outrage among some civil rights groups over his directive that public schools immediately begin incorporating the Bible into classes for grades 5 through 12. Republican Ryan Walters issued the order on Thursday to school superintendents across the state. He says the state department

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Estas son las conclusiones de la decisión de la Corte Suprema sobre los cargos del 6 de enero. ¿Qué significan para Donald Trump?

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La Corte Suprema de EE.UU. dictaminó este viernes que el Departamento de Justicia se excedió al acusar por obstrucción a cientos de personas que el 6 de enero de 2021 se amotinaron en el Capitolio, reduciendo una ley que podría haber añadido años a las sentencias de cientos de acusados. La decisión

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Amazon is reviewing whether Perplexity AI improperly scraped online content

AP Business Writer Amazon is reviewing claims that the artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI is scraping content — including from prominent news sites — without approval. A spokesperson for Amazon confirmed Friday that the tech giant was assessing information it received from the news outlet WIRED. Earlier this month, WIRED had published an investigation that

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US miners’ union head calls House Republican effort to block silica dust rule an ‘attack’ on workers

Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The head of the national mine workers’ union is condemning an effort by House Republicans to block enforcement of a long-awaited federal rule directed at curbing workers’ exposure to deadly rock dust. United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts called the move “a direct attack on

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Trump’s debate references to ‘Black jobs’ and ‘Hispanic jobs’ stir Democratic anger

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump warned during his debate with Joe Biden and again at a Friday rally that migrants were taking “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs” from Americans, angering critics who called it a racist and insulting attempt to expand his appeal beyond his white conservative base. While President Joe Biden’s halting

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