By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Grace has rapidly strengthened into a major Category 3 storm as it bears down on a second landfall in Mexico. This time it’s taking aim at the Gulf coast after crashing through the country’s main tourist strip. The storm had lost punch as it zipped
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN RONAYNE and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The leading Republican candidate is California’s recall election that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is denying that he brandished a gun during a heated domestic argument with his former fiancee. Talk radio host Larry Elder says “I have never brandished a
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON and EVENS SANON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s unusually close relationship between the living and the dead has helped hide, in part, the huge toll of Saturday’s earthquake: people in Haiti want to be close to their deceased relatives, to the point of sometimes burying themselves in their front
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON and EVENS SANON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — As if Haiti’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake, a tropical storm and the coronavirus pandemic weren’t enough, the temblor has also damaged the only medical oxygen plant in southern Haiti. The building that housed the oxygen concentrator machines that the region depended on partially
Continue ReadingBy STEVE McMORRAN AP Sports Writer WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — South Africa has offered to host all remaining games in the southern hemisphere’s Rugby Championship after a COVID-19 outbreak in New Zealand caused it to go into lockdown and cancel two homes tests against the Springboks. The All Blacks also will not immediately travel
Continue ReadingBy DAISY NGUYEN and ERIC RISBERG Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco became the first major city in the nation to require proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 on Friday for people dining inside restaurants, working out in gyms or attending indoor concerts. Restaurants and bars posted signs and added extra staff to
Continue ReadingBy DAISY NGUYEN and ERIC RISBERG Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco became the first major city in the nation to require proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 on Friday for people dining inside restaurants, working out in gyms or attending indoor concerts. Restaurants and bars posted signs and added extra staff to
Continue ReadingBy Rob McLean and Jill Disis, CNN Business OnlyFans is banning sexually explicit content starting in October, the company announced Thursday. “In order to ensure the long-term sustainability of the platform, and to continue to host an inclusive community of creators and fans, we must evolve our content guidelines,” the company said in a statement,
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Por primera vez desde que se tiene registro, las precipitaciones en la cumbre de Groenlandia, a unos tres kilómetros sobre el nivel del mar, cayeron en forma de lluvia, y no de nieve, durante el fin de semana. El pasado fin de semana, las temperaturas en el punto más alto de Groenlandia
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A Redmond man was arrested on assault, bias crime and several other charges in downtown Bend Thursday afternoon, accused of striking a construction worker with an object several times while saying racial slurs, then fleeing police.
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Ecudor’s Barcelona has joined three Brazilian clubs in the Copa Libertadores semifinals. The Ecuadorian club reached the last four on away goals after a 1-1 home draw with Brazil’s Fluminense following a 2-2 draw last week in Rio de Janeiro. Flamengo, Palmeiras and Atlético Mineiro
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appellate court has refused to delay implementation of a judge’s order reinstating a Trump administration policy forcing thousands to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling late Thursday. President Joe Biden suspended
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tyler O’Neill and Lars Nootbaar hit back-to-back home runs in a five-run fifth inning to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4. Nolan Arenado also drove in a pair of runs as St. Louis erased a three-run deficit to avoid a three-game sweep.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — Mientras el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos sigue manteniendo conversaciones diplomáticas de alto nivel con los talibanes en el entorno neutral de Doha, Qatar, como ha hecho durante el último año, las verdaderas negociaciones se han trasladado a las caóticas calles de Kabul en los últimos días, donde los
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Oregon’s hospitals are in crisis. Beds are filled with COVID-19 patients — more than ever before, and nearly all of them are unvaccinated. Health care workers are sounding the alarm that the current situation is untenable, but still forecast to get worse.
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN A former Trump administration official said Thursday evening that the Biden administration’s decision to stick with the US’ 2020 agreement with the Taliban is “why we are where we are now” and that the US has “literally pulled the rug out from under the Afghans.” “The Biden administration had an opportunity
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN A former Trump administration official said Thursday evening that the Biden administration’s decision to stick with the US’ 2020 agreement with the Taliban is “why we are where we are now” and that the US has “literally pulled the rug out from under the Afghans.” “The Biden administration had an
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN The California Department of Justice will launch an independent review into a former Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer’s role in the deadly shooting of Oscar Grant in 2009, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday. Grant, a 22-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on January 1, 2009, while lying face down
Continue ReadingBy Steve Large Click here for updates on this story EL DORADO COUNTY (KOVR) — Cal fire is short-staffed as it battles the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County. The state agency reports the main reason for the shortage is the Massive Dixie Fire burning to the north. The Dixie Fire, the second largest wildfire
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — Seguro se lo escuchaste decir a algún conocido: “No me ducho todos los días para cuidar el medio ambiente”. Y puede que alguno lo use como argumento porque le da pereza meterse bajo el agua, pero también hay quienes lo creen. Por eso les preguntamos a expertos: ¿es necesario saltearse
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