urielblanco (CNN) — Un derrame de unos 3.000 barriles de petróleo -o unos 126.000 galones de crudo de posproducción- en la costa del sur de California es un “potencial desastre ecológico”, informó el sábado la alcaldesa de Huntington Beach, Kim Carr. Para este domingo por la mañana, “empezamos a encontrar pájaros y peces muertos en
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By AMY TAXIN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday to contain the crude before it spread further into protected wetlands. A statement from the city of Huntington Beach says at least
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has reported a record daily death toll from COVID-19, the fifth time in a week that deaths have hit a new high. The national coronavirus task force said Sunday that 890 deaths were recorded over the past day, exceeding the 887 reported on Friday. The task force also said the number
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By Alta Spells, CNN Fan celebrations following the University of Kentucky’s victory over the University of Florida in Saturday’s football game resulted in several fires and at least one arrest, according to Lexington officials. The Lexington Fire Department responded Saturday night to at least five incidents stemming from fan celebrations on State and Crescent Streets,
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business America’s oil-and-gas industry is fighting tooth and nail to kill or scale back climate provisions in the President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan. “We’re leaving everything on the field here in terms of our opposition to anti-energy provisions,” Mike Sommers, president and CEO of the powerful American
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Not a single hurricane has hit Puerto Rico this year, but hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. territory feel like they’re living in the aftermath of a major storm: Students do homework by the light of dying cellphones. People who depend on
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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Not a single hurricane has hit Puerto Rico this year, but hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. territory feel like they’re living in the aftermath of a major storm: Students do homework by the light of dying cellphones. People who depend on
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Venom devoured the box office. “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” — Sony’s follow-up to the hit 2018 supervillain film — blew past expectations at the ticket booth this weekend. The film, which stars Tom Hardy as the ravenous alien symbiote, notched an estimated $90.1 million at the North American box
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Venom devoured the box office. “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” — Sony’s follow-up to the hit 2018 supervillain film — blew past expectations at the ticket booth this weekend. The film, which stars Tom Hardy as the ravenous alien symbiote, notched an estimated $90.1 million at the North American box
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, CNN The country is on the precipice of a financial calamity and Democrats are on the verge of potentially altering the contours of the Senate with a potential one-time rules change that would enable them to pass a debt ceiling increase well ahead of the October 18 deadline. It’s a strategy that
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year’s coronavirus relief package championed by President Joe Biden and Democrats. The American Rescue Plan signed into law in March included $350 billion for state and local governments. An Associated
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year’s coronavirus relief package championed by President Joe Biden and Democrats. The American Rescue Plan signed into law in March included $350 billion for state and local governments. An Associated
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government says it is enlisting the military and the Shin Bet internal security agency as it tries to rein in a wave of violence in the country’s Arab sector. The Arab minority, which makes up around 20% of Israel’s population, has been convulsed by violent crime in recent years. Prime
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Free community college. Universal pre-K. Dental benefits for senior citizens. Paid family leave. Which ones will survive? President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats now face the daunting task of paring their $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation plan, which contains all these measures and more, to appease the moderate wing of their party.
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By Martin Goillandeau, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Sam Bradpiece, CNN The French military says its planes have been banned from Algerian airspace amid a diplomatic spat between the two countries. “This morning, while filing flight plans for two of our planes, we learned that the Algerians were closing the overflight of their territory to all French
Continue Reading LAMPEDUSA, Sicily (AP) — Survivors of a 2013 capsizing have joined residents of a tiny Italian isle to honor 368 migrants who perished on the anniversary of the offshore tragedy. Participants in the memorial ceremony Sunday tossed flowers into the Mediterranean’s crystalline waters off the island of Lampedusa. Among those who journeyed to the island
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police are investigating a Saturday afternoon shooting that killed three people in Kansas City, Missouri. The shooting was reported shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday. Police spokesman Sgt. Jake Becchina said that when officers arrived, they found two men and a woman who were unresponsive. Authorities declared the three victims dead
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers PARIS (AP) — Bernard Tapie, the charismatic president of French soccer club Marseille during its glory era whose reign was marred by a match-fixing scandal, has died. He was 78. Marseille announced Tapie’s death on its Twitter page. Marseille “learned with a great sadness the passing
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year’s coronavirus relief package championed by President Joe Biden and Democrats. The American Rescue Plan signed into law in March included $350 billion for state and local governments. An Associated
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year’s coronavirus relief package championed by President Joe Biden and Democrats. The American Rescue Plan signed into law in March included $350 billion for state and local governments. An Associated
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