By John Keefe and Rachel Ramirez, CNN Nearly 200 countries have pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the worst consequences of the climate crisis, but there is still a huge gap between what’s been promised and what scientists say is needed, according to a report by the UN Environment Programme. With just five
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LONDON (AP) — Climate activists in hard hats scaled a U.K. government building Tuesday, unfurling a banner demanding that countries attending the U.N. climate conference invest in plant-based alternatives to meat. The activists campaigning for Animal Rebellion climbed between 10 meters and 20 meters (32 feet to 65 feet) up the latticework decoration of the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced a $100 million initiative meant to beef up the U.S. relationship with Southeast Asian nations. Biden made the announcement at a virtual summit with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Tuesday. It’s the first time since 2017, when President Donald Trump participated in the summit,
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks held on to modest gains on Wall Street Tuesday, pushing the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average further into record heights. The S&P 500 added 0.2% and the Dow edged up less than 0.1%. The Nasdaq also rose less than 0.1%. Solid
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks held on to modest gains on Wall Street Tuesday, pushing the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average further into record heights. The S&P 500 added 0.2% and the Dow edged up less than 0.1%. The Nasdaq also rose less than 0.1%. Solid
Continue Reading FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man has pleaded guilty to killing a 14-year-old girl who authorities say was strangled and stabbed more than 20 times in a random attack outside a store in June. Arthur Kollie entered an Alford plea Monday in the death of Jupiter Paulsen. With the plea, the 22-year-old Fargo
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By The Associated Press The Bermuda Championship has the stage to itself in golf this week. The tournament usually is held opposite the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai. But that’s been canceled for the second straight year because of COVID-19 travel restrictions. The LPGA Tour is not playing its event in Taiwan. The European Tour and
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Roma puede que sea la ciudad eterna, pero sus artefactos antiguos están sometidos a los estragos del tiempo, la contaminación, la lluvia ácida y el sudor y el aliento de millones de turistas. El Arco de Septimio Severo en el Foro Romano, por ejemplo, tiene la suciedad de 18 siglos
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s ruling general says that the prime minister he deposed in a coup is being held for his own safety and will likely be released soon. But he warned Tuesday that other members of the dissolved government could face a trial. A day after the military seized
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Kat Von D’s move means the end of an era. The famed tattoo artist/reality star/musician and entrepreneur has announced she is shuttering her Los Angles based tattoo parlor, High Voltage. Von D, whose shop was the scene for the TLC reality series “L.A. Ink,” made the announcement on her verified
Continue Reading TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — Members of the Tuskegee University marching band are threatening to quit performing at school events to protest what they say is a lack of resources and support. WSFA-TV reports that concerned members of the Marching Crimson Pipers released a statement Saturday through the Tuskegee Student Government Association complaining about conditions within
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief is set to deliver his first budget statement since the Conservative government lifted most coronavirus restrictions across the U.K. On Wednesday Rishi Sunak is likely to use one of the most high-profile events in the country’s political calendar to paint a relatively rosy picture
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief is set to deliver his first budget statement since the Conservative government lifted most coronavirus restrictions across the U.K. On Wednesday Rishi Sunak is likely to use one of the most high-profile events in the country’s political calendar to paint a relatively rosy picture
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s manatees are dying, in unprecedented numbers this year, with 959 documented deaths as of mid-October. That’s already more than any full year in state records, and now colder weather could bring even more deaths. Scientists blame food scarcity. The so-called sea cows mostly eat
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police are looking for suspects in the shooting death of a man in a Kansas City parking lot near a hotel just south of Interstate 435 in the city’s Brindlespur neighborhood. Officers were called to the lot around 9:30 p.m. Monday and found the man with gunshot wounds. The man
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Mientras los equipos de bomberos trabajan para contener los incendios en el Complejo KNP, que ha destruido muchos de los icónicos árboles de secuoya de California, se ha determinado que 10.000 árboles son un peligro y deben ser retirados. El incendio forestal provocado por un rayo permanece activo desde principios
Continue ReadingBy Olivia Kalentek Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A postal worker found cats in a box on the side of the road in New Haven. He contacted three shelters before finding a home for them at the Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter. The shelter is now asking people to
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Hasbro brushed off global supply chain concerns and reported solid sales and earnings for the third quarter, thanks in large part to strong demand for its Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering role playing games. The toy giant said Tuesday that third quarter revenue was up 11%
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By Mark Morales, Dakin Andone, Aya Elamroussi and Amir Vera, CNN Opening statements began Thursday in the civil lawsuit filed against organizers of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia — four years after one person died and dozens were injured in the chaos that ensued as White nationalists, White supremacists and counterprotesters
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A United Nations agency reports that fresh pledges by governments to cut greenhouse gas emissions raise hopes but aren’t strict enough to avoid catastrophic global warming. A report by the U.N. Environment Programme on Tuesday found announcements by dozens of countries to aim for “net-zero” emissions by 2050 could limit a global
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