Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La primera mujer en ocupar el cargo de alcaldesa en una ciudad de Afganistán, Zarifa Ghafari, aseguró que está “esperando” a que los talibanes “vengan por gente como yo y me maten”. Así lo afirmó en una entrevista al medio británico inews desde las afueras de Kabul. La alcaldesa de
Continue ReadingALBANY, Ore. (AP) — Jason Christensen of Albany was on his way to work in Salem one day when he saw a man sleeping outside under the overhang of a business. And Christensen decided to do something about it. The Albany Democrat-Herald reports five years later, the result, Sleep Trailer, is now complete and ready
Continue ReadingBy JERRY CORNFIELD and ELLEN DENNIS The Daily Herald MONROE, Wash. (AP) — People say they’re feeling frustration, fear and anger as the state Department of Corrections moves to close units at the Monroe Correctional Complex and other prisons around the state. The Daily Herald reports one of two cell blocks of the Washington State
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spanish officials are seeking to justify their policy of sending unaccompanied child migrants back to Morocco. Their explanations come Tuesday as 28 human rights organizations write to the Spanish prime minister urging him to end the returns immediately. Hundreds of unaccompanied minors were among a surge of 10,000 people who tried to
Continue ReadingBy SHAH ABBAS Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir have fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse Shiite Muslims who attempted to participate in processions marking the Muslim month of Muharram. Dozens of people were detained. Hundreds of Muslims chanting religious and pro-freedom slogans took to the streets in the
Continue Readingjosemartinezgomez (CNN Español) — Los piratas informáticos se han mostrado activos en este año atacando objetivos gubernamentales y empresariales en Estados Unidos, el último de ellos a Accenture, una consultora que fue blanco de un ataque de ransomware por el grupo criminal LockBit. Antes de este, entre mayo y julio, se dieron a conocer varios
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN Phaethon, the source of the Geminid meteor shower, has intrigued scientists for years because it’s an asteroid that behaves like a comet. New research may reveal the reason why this oddball gets so bright as it approaches the sun. Asteroids and comets both orbit the sun, but asteroids are made of
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers have kept their trust in Joel Embiid. They signed the All-Star center to a multiyear contract that a person familiar with the situation says is a four-year, $196 million extension that takes Embiid through the 2026-27 season. The 27-year-old Embiid was NBA MVP
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans cut back on their spending last month as a surge in COVID-19 cases kept people away from stores. Retail sales fell a seasonal adjusted 1.1% in July from the month before, the U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday. It was a much larger drop than
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans cut back on their spending last month as a surge in COVID-19 cases kept people away from stores. Retail sales fell a seasonal adjusted 1.1% in July from the month before, the U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday. It was a much larger drop than
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — Presas dentro de sus hogares e invisibles en el espacio público. Así definió Amnistía Internacional el destino de las mujeres luego de que los talibanes asumieran el control de Afganistán en 1996 hasta 2001. Y aunque ahora han dicho que están dispuestos a garantizar algunos derechos a las mujeres, ya
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN If you want to visit one of America’s national parks, there’s an essential item you must bring: face masks. Showing that even wilderness areas aren’t free from the reach of the Covid-19 Delta variant, the National Park Service announced Monday that it is immediately enforcing mask rules. Visitors, employees and contractors
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN The federal government on Monday declared a water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time, triggering mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest, as climate change-fueled drought pushes the level in Lake Mead to unprecedented lows. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US by volume, has drained at
Continue ReadingCOLORADO BUREAU OF RECLAMATION By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The federal government on Monday declared a water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time, triggering mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest, as climate change-fueled drought pushes the level in Lake Mead to unprecedented lows. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US by
Continue ReadingCNN By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The federal government on Monday declared a water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time, triggering mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest, as climate change-fueled drought pushes the level in Lake Mead to unprecedented lows. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US by volume, has drained
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Mientras los talibanes, el movimiento islámico sunita que mantiene en vilo a Afganistán desde comienzos de la década de 1990, se encuentran nuevamente avanzando sobre las principales ciudades del país en medio de la retirada de las tropas de Estados Unidos, las miradas del mundo nuevamente están sobre este rincón
Continue ReadingEVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Court of Appeals has upheld a guilty verdict for an attorney who won a client almost a million dollars in a lawsuit and then stole from him to pay off her mortgage. Jeffrey Barrett suffered a traumatic brain injury when a drunk driver hit his vehicle in 1995.
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is raising its outlook for the year as Americans, coming out of hibernation, returned to shopping for back-to-school clothes and travel goods during the fiscal second quarter. Still, concerns are mounting over spending in the months ahead as the delta variant of COVID-19 surges
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Taylor, CTVNews.ca Writer and Genevieve Beauchemin, Montreal Bureau Chief, CTV National News Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — With the Taliban once more in control of Afghanistan and commercial flights out of Kabul halted, Canadian citizens and locals who helped the Canadian military wonder if they’ll make
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN First it was “Fear,” then it was “Rage,” now it is “Peril.” That is the title of the highly anticipated third book about President Trump from legendary journalist Bob Woodward, this time written with co-author Robert Costa, a Washington Post national political reporter. “Peril” is scheduled for release
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