GRANDVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Thousands of invasive Japanese beetles have been caught in the Lower Yakima Valley this summer and pose a threat to the agricultural industry. Last year, traps across the state caught three beetles. This year, more than 23,500 have been captured since late June. Most were found in the Grandview area but
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — More than $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went uncollected last year as the agency fully converted to all-electronic tolling. Turnpike records show the millions of motorists who don’t use E-ZPass have a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying under the “toll-by-plate” license
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — More than $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went uncollected last year as the agency fully converted to all-electronic tolling. Turnpike records show the millions of motorists who don’t use E-ZPass have a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying under the “toll-by-plate” license
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German police are investigating the source of a balloon that caused a massive blackout in and around the eastern city of Dresden. Authorities said the metal foil balloon caused a short-circuit at an electricity substation in Dresden on Monday. It provoked a power outage that affected hospitals, trams, factories and about 300,000
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German police are investigating the source of a balloon that caused a massive blackout in and around the eastern city of Dresden. Authorities said the metal foil balloon caused a short-circuit at an electricity substation in Dresden on Monday. It provoked a power outage that affected hospitals, trams, factories and about 300,000
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Prince Andrew’s legal team said Tuesday that a civil lawsuit alleging the senior British royal sexually abused Virginia Roberts Giuffre when she was 17 is baseless, and argued that legal papers in the case weren’t served properly. Los Angeles attorney Andrew Brettler, who appeared virtually during a
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN Español) — Este lunes, el director nacional de Bomberos de Bolivia informó sobre una explosión de combustibles en la localidad de Camargo, en el departamento de Chuquisaca, que pudo haber comenzado con el estallido de una garrafa, reportó la Agencia Boliviana de Información. En una primera explosión, resultó herida una mujer con
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Earlier this month, shares of Apple — the most valuable company in the world — hit an all-time high. The stock has slipped back a bit in recent sessions. Now, in the face of intense legal pressure and embarrassing security breaches, can it resume its ascent? If you ask Wall
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN It doesn’t seem like that long ago that private jets were considered completely out of reach for anyone who wasn’t obscenely rich or famous — both in some cases. But private aviation has become far more accessible over the years, and there’s been a particularly large shift since 2019. Not only has
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Despite the pandemic’s damage to air travel, Boeing says it’s optimistic about long-term demand for airplanes. Boeing said Tuesday that it expects the aerospace market to be worth $9 trillion over the next decade. That includes planes for airlines and military uses and other aerospace products and services. That
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Bogart, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story EDMONTON, Alberta (CTV Network) — Since advanced voting opened Friday, Elections Canada has been actively dispelling online claims that polling stations are using pencils that could be intentionally smudged or altered to spoil voters’ ballots. The claims have caused a somewhat misleading call-to-arms
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has elevated its top marketing officer to CEO as it ramps up preparations for the Games that are now less than seven years away. Kathy Carter started work for the committee in 2018 as its chief revenue officer and is
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has elevated its top marketing officer to CEO as it ramps up preparations for the Games that are now less than seven years away. Kathy Carter started work for the committee in 2018 as its chief revenue officer and is
Continue ReadingBy Daniele Hamamdjian CTV National News London News Bureau Correspondent and Christy Somos, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Residents of the United Kingdom can find their own little slice of Canada just two-and-a-half hours south of London. In Canada Common, U.K., visitors can walk on the
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business As Washington gets into yet another fight over raising the debt ceiling, billionaire investor David Rubenstein is hoping Congress gets rid of the federal borrowing limit altogether. “We should take a serious look at eliminating the debt limit. No other country in the world — none, zero — has a
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN Español) — La alta comisionada de Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Michelle Bachelet, reiteró su preocupación por el deterioro de los derechos humanos en Nicaragua, particularmente los derechos civiles y políticos, previo a las elecciones previstas para el 7 de noviembre. Bachelet presentó este lunes un informe actualizado sobre la situación
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH PISANI and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers Amazon is looking to offer an average starting wage of more than $18 per hour to fill some transportation and fulfillment roles, with some of the positions receiving up to $22.50 hourly. The wages are being offered so Amazon can try to fill an additional 125,000
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The leader of Norway’s Labor Party will start talks in an attempt to build a coalition after the center-left bloc beat the incumbent Conservatives and won Norway’s general election. The Labor Party and its two left-leaning allies the Socialist Left and the euroskeptic Center Party
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — A principios de este año, cuando el gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, buscaba el mensaje correcto para convencer a los demócratas desconectados de que votaran en contra del esfuerzo por derrocarlo en las elecciones revocatorias del martes, habría sido imposible imaginar un contraste más perfecto que el locutor de radio conservador
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The slaughter of 1,428 white-sided dolphins as part of a four-century-old traditional drive of sea mammals into shallow water in the Faeroe Islands where they are killed has reignited a debate in the small North Atlantic islands. Defenders of the hunt worry that this year’s slaughter will draw unwanted attention because
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