By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The area deforested in Brazil’s Amazon region reached a 15-year record after a 22% increase from the prior year, according to official data published Thursday. The Brazilian Amazon lost 13,235 square kilometers of rainforest in the 12-month reference period from Aug. 2020 to July 2021.
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The “Great Migration” may not be as pronounced as once thought. The US Census Bureau this week released data showing that migration activity has fallen to its lowest rate in more than 70 years. The findings toss some cold water on anecdotes that Americans were relocating more than ever during
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a former college professor for allegedly starting four wildfires in Northern California that threatened to trap firefighters as they battled a massive fire nearby. Gary Stephen Maynard faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count of arson to federal
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Defense attorneys for the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery rested Thursday after calling a total of seven witnesses. The people who testified in the men’s defense included the man who fatally shot Arbery, Travis McMichael. Six neighbors testified about their concerns
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By The Associated Press No. 8 Michigan can set up a showdown with Ohio State that could determine a berth in the Big Ten title game — but first the Wolverines take on Maryland this weekend. The Terrapins can become bowl eligible with one more win. The Terps haven’t played in a bowl since 2016.
Continue Reading Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. House subcommittee is investigating whether the University of Florida interfered with academic freedom and free speech when it stopped three professors from testifying as experts in a lawsuit challenging Florida’s controversial election law. The university subsequently reversed course. Members of the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri Board of Curators says most university system employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The curators voted Thursday to require the vaccine for employees who work on federal contracts or research. The requirement complies with a federal mandate requiring all federal contractors to be vaccinated. The
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer A group of state attorneys general are investigating Instagram and its effects on children and young adults, saying its parent company Facebook — recently renamed Meta Platforms — ignored research about the harms it causes to young people. The investigation is led by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general
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By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has taken action to restore federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways. The government is undoing a Trump-era rule that was considered one of that administration’s hallmark environmental rollbacks. At issue is a regulation that
Continue Reading By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has taken action to restore federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways. The government is undoing a Trump-era rule that was considered one of that administration’s hallmark environmental rollbacks. At issue is a regulation that
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN When it came to light in January 2017, just days before Donald Trump took office, the so-called Steele dossier landed like a bombshell and sent shockwaves around the world with its salacious allegations about Trump and his supposed ties to Russia. The central allegations, that Trump conspired with the Kremlin to
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has joined with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to mark the groundbreaking of the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United States. Haaland said Thursday on Cape Cod that the Vineyard Wind 1 project is the first of many that will contribute to President Joe Biden’s goal
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La dieta 5:2, un tipo de ayuno intermitente, no es más eficaz que los enfoques tradicionales para la pérdida de peso, según lo que los investigadores dijeron que era el primer estudio del régimen en un “entorno de la vida real”. Sin embargo, los investigadores descubrieron que el enfoque, que implica
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced the appointment of former U.S. Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield to serve in a top agriculture position in Iowa. Greenfield, the Democratic nominee who lost to Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst last November, was named Thursday as Iowa director of rural development. The position is in
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — El director del Programa Mundial de Alimentos de las Naciones Unidas (WFP, por sus siglas en inglés) expuso un plan para destinar US$ 6.600 millones a la lucha contra el hambre en el mundo, una respuesta directa a un intercambio con el CEO de Tesla Elon Musk, quien
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two days before he was gunned down while buying cookies at his favorite bakery in Memphis, Tennessee, rapper Young Dolph visited a cancer center where a relative had received treatment. The 36-year-old who grew up on the Memphis streets was in town to hand out turkeys
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial has completed a third day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. Meanwhile, the judge has banned MSNBC from the courthouse after a network freelancer was accused of following the jurors’ bus. Two mistrial requests from
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A Cole County prosecutor has charged a Hartsburg woman with crimes after a chase with speeds in excess of 110 miles per hour began in Cole County ends in southern Boone County.
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A JPMorgan Chase subsidiary is facing backlash after pulling out of a business deal related to a political fundraiser featuring Donald Trump Jr. in Missouri. Conservative political action committee Defense of Liberty was using WePay for ticketing for the Dec. 3 St. Louis-area event. But an
Continue Reading WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man who was arrested after his suicidal roommate shot himself has been released from jail. Police arrested a 28-year-old Charles Burnham on Tuesday and held him on $500,000 bond on a possible first-degree murder charge. Investigators alleged that after a 27-year-old man shot himself, Burnham retrieved the gun and
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