By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, MATTHEW BROWN and AMY TAXIN Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Coast Guard investigators say an underwater Southern California oil pipeline was likely struck by an anchor several months to a year before a leak spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude. The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday that
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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, MATTHEW BROWN and AMY TAXIN Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Coast Guard investigators say an underwater Southern California oil pipeline was likely struck by an anchor several months to a year before a leak spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude. The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday that
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER, MARY CLARE JALONICK, ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will not block the handover of documents sought by a House committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. This sets up a showdown with former President Donald Trump, who has pledged to
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By Wayne Chang, Yong Xiong and Ben Westcott, CNN Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to pursue “reunification” with Taiwan by peaceful means in a speech in Beijing on Saturday. Speaking in the Great Hall of the People to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the revolution that ended the country’s last imperial dynasty, Xi said the
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving will be allowed to practice at the team’s facility in New York City, but still won’t be able to play in Nets’ home games at Barclays Center because of the city’s vaccine mandate, a City Hall official told CNN on Friday. According to the official, the
Continue ReadingBy David Close and Jacob Lev, CNN A broadcaster for MLB Network has apologized for using a term that referenced slavery while on-air during a playoff game Friday. Jim Kaat, an MLB Network analyst and former major league pitcher of 25 seasons, says he was trying to compliment Chicago White Sox third baseman Yoan Moncada
Continue Reading By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man upset over the impeachment of former President Donald Trump, illegal immigration and the direction he thinks the country is headed is accused of threatening the lives of Alaska’s two Republican U.S. senators. A series of profanity-laced voicemails left at their offices included one saying
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN A single-engine plane crashed and caught fire on Friday during takeoff at an airport just northeast of Atlanta, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Four people on board the Cessna 210 were killed, according to Capt. Jaeson Daniels with DeKalb County Fire Rescue. The plane was taking off from DeKalb-Peachtree Airport
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — El viernes, el presidente Joe Biden emitió una proclamación para conmemorar el Día de los Pueblos Indígenas, y es el primer presidente de Estados Unidos en hacerlo, dijo la Casa Blanca. “Las contribuciones que los pueblos indígenas han hecho a lo largo de la historia, en el servicio público, el
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The former captain of a championship-winning team in Australian rules football has become the fourth league player to be posthumously diagnosed with a debilitating neurological disease linked to head trauma and concussions. Murray Weideman led the Collingwood Magpies to a grand final win over Melbourne in 1958 in the Victorian Football
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court is temporarily allowing the nation’s toughest abortion law to resume in Texas. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down the order Friday night. It came just one day after a lower court in Austin sided with the Biden administration
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) informó al Estado boliviano que no solicitará medidas cautelares para la expresidenta interina Jeanine Áñez, que habían sido pedidas por la familia y su defensa. En nota remitida al canciller Rogelio Mayta este jueves, la secretaria ejecutiva de la CIDH, Tania Reneaum, explica: “Cumplo
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Business) — Google decidió tomar medidas para que los negacionistas del cambio climático no puedan hacer plata a través de sus plataformas ni difundan desinformación sobre el clima a través de las publicidades. La compañía dijo el jueves que no permitirá más que aparezca publicidad junto a “contenidos que contradigan el consenso
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN ) — El viernes por la noche, una corte federal de apelaciones suspendió temporalmente la orden de un juez que bloqueaba la prohibición del aborto de seis semanas en Texas. La Corte de Apelaciones del Quinto Circuito de EE. UU. concedió la solicitud de Texas de suspensión administrativa de la orden. Texas
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Major League Soccer suspended Sporting Kansas City midfielder Felipe Hernandez without pay for the rest of the season Friday for violating the league’s gambling integrity rules and standards of conduct. MLS said Hernandez engaged in extensive and unlawful sports gambling, including placing wagers on two MLS matches, in direct contravention
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Major League Soccer suspended Sporting Kansas City midfielder Felipe Hernandez without pay for the rest of the season Friday for violating the league’s gambling integrity rules and standards of conduct. MLS said Hernandez engaged in extensive and unlawful sports gambling, including placing wagers on two MLS matches, in direct contravention
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court is temporarily allowing the nation’s toughest abortion law to resume in Texas. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down the order Friday night. It comes just one day after a lower court in Austin sided with the Biden administration
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s newly-politicized government science board is now ordering researchers not to publicly criticize the body, and says they have to clear any public comments through it press office. Local media reported Friday the National Council on Science and Technology has issued a new set of rules telling employees and outside researchers
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Menos de la mitad de los encuestados en el Latinobarómetro 2021 apoya la democracia, pero a la vez solo poco más del 10% en la región favorece la alternativa de los gobiernos autoritarios. Los países donde más alto es el apoyo a la democracia son Uruguay y Venezuela, según
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The executive board of the International Monetary Fund says it is seeking more “clarifying details” in its investigation into allegations that the head of the IMF pressured staff at the World Bank to change business rankings for China in an effort to placate that country. IMF
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