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Month: October 2024

Wildfires in California have burned 1 million acres so far this year. Heat wave poses more risk

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Spiking temperatures added to the challenges facing firefighters struggling to contain a stubborn Southern California wildfire, as the total acres burned in the state this year surpassed 1 million. Evacuation orders were expanded again Monday for remote communities northeast of Los Angeles near a blaze that flared up over the weekend

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Irán ataca con misiles a Israel

Germán Padinger (CNN) —  Irán lanzó un ataque con misiles contra Israel el martes. Las sirenas sonaron en todo el país mientras los equipos de CNN en el terreno vieron docenas de misiles sobre las ciudades de Tel Aviv, Jerusalén y Haifa. El Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica de Irán dijo que el ataque

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A complicated relief effort unfolds in North Carolina in the face of tough terrain, collapsed communications and a ticking clock

CNN By Dakin Andone and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — To Cory Vaillancourt, the only scene comparable to the one unfolding in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene is a war zone. Nearly two years ago, the Smoky Mountain News politics editor reported from a southern Ukrainian city shortly after its liberation from Russian control.

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A complicated relief effort unfolds in North Carolina in the face of tough terrain, collapsed communications and a ticking clock

By Dakin Andone and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — To Cory Vaillancourt, the only scene comparable to the one unfolding in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene is a war zone. Nearly two years ago, the Smoky Mountain News politics editor reported from a southern Ukrainian city shortly after its liberation from Russian control. “The

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Ministro de Seguridad de El Salvador dice que los DD.HH. son una preocupación para el Gobierno: “Nosotros no matamos pandilleros”

mondemanola Nota del editor: Este artículo fue actualizado el 4 de octubre para corregir el alcance del decreto que suspende varias garantías constitucionales vigentes en El Salvador. (CNN Español) — Gustavo Villatoro es uno de los hombres fuertes de El Salvador. Es el ministro de Justicia y Seguridad en el país donde el combate contra

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Justice Department finds Georgia is ‘deliberately indifferent’ to unchecked abuses at its prisons

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s corrections department says a new federal report on state prison conditions reflects a “fundamental misunderstanding” of the challenges of running a prison system. The U.S. Justice Department says Georgia’s prison systems are ‘deliberately indifferent’ to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups. The

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After playing Weird Barbie, Kate McKinnon’s new children’s book also celebrates being uniquely you

Associated Press Kate McKinnon came up with the idea for “The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science,” about 10 years ago but didn’t begin writing in earnest until she left “Saturday Night Live” in May 2022. The novel for middle-grade readers, is inspired by McKinnon’s own childhood where she was

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