By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press New Hampshire has reached a $25 million settlement with Monsanto over what the state says has been widespread PCB pollution. The state alleged that Monsanto and spinoff companies Solutia and Pharmacia are responsible for contamination of public property, water and other natural resources. It also alleges that the PCB contamination
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To combat slumping ratings, the Academy Awards are undergoing a radical slimming down, with eight awards to be presented off-air during next month’s telecast. Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences President David Rubin wrote in a letter sent to members Tuesday about the change.
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — Roma coach Jose Mourinho has been banned for two games as punishment for his outburst during the latest setback when his team drew 2-2 with Verona in the Italian league. Mourinho, who was red carded, encroached onto the field in Saturday’s game to argue with the referee and then kicked the ball
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Pima County Medical Examiner says an autopsy determined that an unidentified male migrant died from multiple gunshot wounds over the weekend after reportedly being shot by Border Patrol personnel in southern Arizona. The agency says it will have no more information until the final examination report
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Daniel Treisman es profesor de ciencia política en la UCLA, miembro del Centro de Investigación Avanzada de Ciencias del Comportamiento de Stanford, y coautor de “Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century”. Las opiniones expresadas en el presente reportaje le pertenecen únicamente a su autor. (CNN)
Continue ReadingCNNEE Nota del editor: Wendy Guerra es escritora cubanofrancesa y colaboradora de CNN en Español. Sus artículos han aparecido en medios de todo el mundo, como El País, The New York Times, el Miami Herald, El Mundo y La Vanguardia. Entre sus obras literarias más destacadas se encuentran “Ropa interior” (2007), “Nunca fui primera dama”
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Luke Loewe has found his stride in his first and only season with Minnesota. The initiation into Big Ten play brought his share of struggles. The 3-pointer has become Loewe’s friend again. The 6-foot-4 guard went 6 for 10 from long range for the Gophers in
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN If someone said they’d pay you $1,800 to stay off social media for six years, would you do it? Could you? Sivert Klefsaas did just that. “I thought it was awesome,” Sivert told CNN Tuesday, “I thought, ‘Ah what’s 6 more years?’” In 2016, Lorna Goldstrand Klefsaas challenged her 12-year-old son
Continue ReadingBy TERRY WALLACE Associated Press One-time Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in a case arising from an altercation with his teenage daughter. The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office says Hamilton pleaded guilty Tuesday to unlawful restraint under a plea deal that dismisses a 2020 felony indictment for injury
Continue ReadingBy TERRY WALLACE Associated Press One-time Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in a case arising from an altercation with his teenage daughter. The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office says Hamilton pleaded guilty Tuesday to unlawful restraint under a plea deal that dismisses a 2020 felony indictment for injury
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press A top Southern Baptist committee has publicly apologized and agreed to a confidential financial settlement with a sexual abuse survivor. The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee chair made the announcement Tuesday during a meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. He says the committee “acknowledges its failure to adequately listen, protect and care
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Dolly Parton, Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett will be pulling double duty with special performances on top of their hosting duties at this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards. Country superstar and host Parton will be performing with fellow East Tennessee native Kelsea Ballerini on a song from Parton’s upcoming new album
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You have just a week left to visit ODOT’s online open house, closing at 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 28, and weigh in on how the agency should spend $400 million in flexible transportation funding.
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has interviewed at least three candidates for the Supreme Court. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition on anonymity. The White House on Tuesday reiterated that Biden remains on track to make a final
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has approved the deployment of 700 unarmed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., as the city prepares for trucker convoys that are planning protests against pandemic restrictions beginning next week. The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved the request from
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There were 29 newly reported COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon over the four-day Presidents Day weekend, one from Deschutes County, raising the state’s death toll to 6,485, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday pledged that his administration is using “every tool at our disposal” to limit the effect on gas prices in the US of sanctions he announced against Russia, acknowledging that Americans will likely see rising prices at the pump in the coming months. However,
Continue ReadingCNN By Maegan Vazquez and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday pledged that his administration is using “every tool at our disposal” to limit the effect on gas prices in the US of sanctions he announced against Russia, acknowledging that Americans will likely see rising prices at the pump in the coming months.
Continue ReadingBy ABIGAIL SNYDER Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Phil Martelli is all set to guide Michigan for the rest of the college basketball regular season. The 67-year-old Martelli will fill in while Wolverines head coach Juwan Howard serves a five-game suspension. Howard was penalized after hitting a Wisconsin assistant coach in the head
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Prosecutors hoping to keep a 15-year-old boy charged with fatally shooting four fellow students at his Michigan high school held in an adult jail say he also wrote of raping and killing a girl at the school. Text messages to a friend and journal items were offered by prosecutors Tuesday
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