Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, the first country to do so as it targets a major source of methane emissions, one of the most potent gases contributing to global warming. The aim is to reach a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Thousands of tons of food, medicines and other aid piled up on a beach in war-torn Gaza is not reaching those in need because of a dire security situation and lawlessness on the ground, a U.S. aid official said Wednesday. Truck drivers are getting caught in the crossfire or
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security. The justices in a 6-3 vote on Wednesday threw out lower-court rulings that favored
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has decreed that an area of northern Rome long used by Vatican Radio will now house a field of solar panels to fuel Vatican City. Francis issued a decree citing the Vatican’s pledge in U.N. climate treaties to curb carbon emissions. The solar farm will be developed at
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the White House and federal agencies such as the FBI may continue to urge social media platforms to take down content the government views as misinformation, handing the Biden administration a technical if important election-year victory. Of immediate significance, the
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rules for the Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states.
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Busari, Lauren Kent, Nimi Princewill and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday that he will not sign a controversial finance bill, backing down in the face of mass protests that swept the country and reportedly left at least 23 people dead. “Having reflected on the continuing conversation regarding
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Hogan Windish, a 25-year-old prospect in the Seattle Mariners’ minor league system, had four homers and nine RBIs for the Double-A Arkansas Travelers in a 9-4 win at the Springfield Cardinals. Windish became only the second professional to drive in all nine of his team’s nine runs in a game since
Continue ReadingCNN By Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Tareq El Helou, Abeer Salman, Sana Noor Haq, Paula Hancocks, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Avery Schmitz and Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN (CNN) — Bullet holes fleck the bloodstained walls of the Miqdad family home, in Nuseirat camp, central Gaza. CNN footage from the house shows a cream teddy bear perched on a white
Continue ReadingBy Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Tareq El Helou, Abeer Salman, Sana Noor Haq, Paula Hancocks, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Avery Schmitz and Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN (CNN) — Bullet holes fleck the bloodstained walls of the Miqdad family home, in Nuseirat camp, central Gaza. CNN footage from the house shows a cream teddy bear perched on a white cupboard,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As he campaigned for the presidency, Joe Biden promised to spend billions of dollars to “save the world” from climate change. One of the largest players in the solar industry was ready. Executives, officials and major investors in First Solar, the largest domestic maker of solar panels, donated at least
Continue ReadingBy Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — Bejeweled and sequined with her hair teased high, Marissa Teijo, 71, made history last weekend when she donned six-inch heels and walked across the stage of the Miss Texas USA competition, to thunderous applause. “My team told me that I got a standing ovation,” Teijo told CNN. “All I know
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Fifty years ago today, the first official barcode was scanned at a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. The symbol of parallel lines has since become the most prevalent tracking tool for products around the world, though many dispute who deserves the credit for its eventual success. Here’s what else
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NFL was exploring a world without “Sunday Ticket” in 2017, where cable channels would air Sunday afternoon out-of-market games not shown on Fox or CBS. The league memo was shown by plaintiffs during their closing arguments on Wednesday as the jury in the class-action lawsuit filed by
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Robert Crimo III, the man accused of opening fire from a rooftop onto Fourth of July parade revelers in Highland Park, Illinois, two years ago, killing seven people and injuring dozens, backed out of a proposed plea deal in a dramatic court hearing Wednesday. In court, prosecutors said they and
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Texas executed Ramiro Gonzales by lethal injection on Wednesday for a 2001 murder, the state Department of Criminal Justice said, following unsuccessful appeals to the US Supreme Court that argued, in part, he should have been ineligible for the death penalty under state law because he was no longer dangerous. Gonzales,
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Halasz, Niamh Kennedy and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — The outgoing Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, has been formally selected as the next NATO secretary general, the military alliance announced Wednesday, coming at a pivotal time as it grapples with boosting its own security while also supporting Ukraine in its grinding war against
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Evan Gershkovich, the first American journalist to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War, went on trial Wednesday, appearing in a Russian courtroom’s glass cage with his head recently shaved. Later Wednesday, Gershkovich’s family said the past 15 months had been “extraordinarily
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Authorities say a suspected missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has targeted a ship in the Gulf of Aden. It follows the departure of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower after a deployment in which the aircraft carrier led the American response to the Houthi assaults that have
Continue ReadingCNN By Jessie Yeung, Mike Valerio and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Beside a desk scattered with soldering pieces, loose wires and electronic parts, Choi’s computer screen tracks wind conditions and the GPS location of some unlikely parcels: massive “smart” balloons he has sent floating into North Korea. From a small apartment
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