By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer Oil giant BP has agreed to pay a $512,450 penalty and reduce soot emissions from its Whiting refinery in Indiana. The company reached a consent agreement Thursday with regulators and activists who accused the company of violating an earlier deal. The sprawling facility is on the southwestern shore of
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg has announced he is stepping down just two months after taking over from predecessor Sebastian Kurz. In a written statement Schallenberg, a former foreign minister, said he would leave as soon as the conservative Austrian People’s Party names a new leader. Kurz was
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business The worldwide computer chip shortage is fanning the flames of inflation and limiting the supply of everything from iPhones to new cars. Unfortunately, this highly disruptive shortage is unlikely to go away until “deep into 2022,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told CNN. Raimondo, who recently toured semiconductor factories in Asia,
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN If you think there aren’t enough hours in the day on Earth, this newly discovered planet will make your head spin. On an exoplanet called GJ 367 b that’s orbiting a star 31 light-years away from our sun, a year only lasts for about eight hours. The discovery could shed light
Continue Reading By Liz Stark, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled billions of dollars in new federal water infrastructure funding on Thursday, urging states to utilize the federal dollars from the recent bipartisan infrastructure law to address environmental impacts faced by historically underserved communities. The bipartisan infrastructure law provided more than $50 billion to the EPA for
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden anunció este jueves una serie de nuevas acciones destinadas a combatir la pandemia de covid-19 y proteger a los estadounidenses de las variantes delta y ómicron. En un discurso en los Institutos Nacionales de Salud, Biden detalló el plan de nueve frentes de la administración, un día
Continue Reading By Michelle Bandur Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — With nearly 2,000 Afghan refugees expected to move to Nebraska in the next few months, some companies are reaching out asking for resumes. Resettlement agencies, such as Lutheran Family Services and Refugee Empowerment Center, are working hand-in-hand with employers to get
Continue Reading By Web staff Click here for updates on this story ELK GROVE, California (KCRA) — A suspect who led officers on a pursuit through Sacramento before he was seen running into a home in Elk Grove has been arrested following a 12-hour standoff situation, police said. Police had surrounded the man’s home overnight and said
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By Steve Contorno, CNN As Florida Republicans, led by Gov. Ron DeSantis, escalate their fight against President Joe Biden’s coronavirus vaccine mandate, they are testing a new method to support resisters: giving taxpayer money to the unvaccinated. Florida is one of a handful of states that now ensures people who refuse the shot remain eligible
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The stock market’s volatility is showing no signs of letting up. US equities rallied on Thursday, rebounding from the prior two days of steep losses. All three major indexes ended the day in the green and then some: The Dow finished up nearly 620 points, or 1.8%. It was the
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By Jennifer Korn Like many gamers in recent weeks, Nicole DeSantis, 33, from outside Philadelphia, combed through social media sites trying to find insider information on where to get a PlayStation 5 this holiday season. Stemming from the global chip shortage, video game consoles this year are particularly hard to come by. After successfully scoring
Continue Reading By Andrew Mollenbeck Click here for updates on this story SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (KCCI) — A transgender student at Spirit Lake High School has been ordered to stop using the men’s restroom or face possible disciplinary action. The sudden decision this week brought to an end more than one and a half years Ethan Stucker
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El agente de policía de Arizona que disparó y mató a un hombre en una silla de ruedas motorizada llevaba una pistola eléctrica, pero tomó la decisión de usar su arma porque la pistola eléctrica no era una opción, dijo el abogado del oficial a CNN en una entrevista. El
Continue Reading By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Grantmakers are increasing spending on education, hoping to turn the pandemic into an opportunity to fine tune the use of educational technology, develop better lesson plans, and build connections with families and after-school programs that could help reduce students’ mental-health challenges due to COVID.
Continue Reading By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Grantmakers are increasing spending on education, hoping to turn the pandemic into an opportunity to fine tune the use of educational technology, develop better lesson plans, and build connections with families and after-school programs that could help reduce students’ mental-health challenges due to COVID.
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — The man who opened fire on Bourbon Street in 2014 will be resentenced Thursday. Trung Le opened fire on New Orleans’ most famous street and injured nine people, killing one. Le was convicted of the mass shooting in 2014. Le’s manslaughter
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Dollar General has become a retail empire by building small stores in rural towns across America to attract mainly low-income shoppers. Now, the company will expand its push to win wealthier customers in the suburbs using a new store model and name: Popshelf. Dollar General said Thursday it will open
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant, the delta form of the coronavirus isn’t finished wreaking havoc in the U.S., sending record numbers of patients to the hospital in some states, especially in the Midwest and New England. The U.S. recorded its first known omicron infection
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 10th juror has been seated in the trial of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April. Former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter is charged with manslaughter in the death of Wright, a 20-year-old
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica (CNN) — En los primeros días de noviembre, los técnicos de laboratorio de Lancet Laboratories que descubrieron la variante ómicron en Sudáfrica, encontraron características inusuales en las muestras que estaban analizando para detectar el coronavirus. Básicamente, faltaba un gen en lo que sería un perfil genómico normal del virus. Las
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