NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ interior minister says repatriating migrants who have had their asylum applications rejected is essential to easing overcrowding at a migrant reception camp and quelling incidents of violence. Minister Nicos Nouris told state broadcaster CyBC on Wednesday that conditions at the Pournara migrants’ camp on the outskirts of the capital Nicosia
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Environmental groups are expressing alarm about a sharp increase in fires in Colombia’s Amazon region and they blame those on people clearing forest to make way for cattle ranches, coca fields and illegal roads. More than 150 academics and activists from Colombia, Brazil, France and Spain
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Lawyers for an Indigenous community in eastern Guatemala are making arguments before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that could have far-reaching implications for Indigenous communities throughout the Americas. The Maya community of Agua Caliente is demanding that the Guatemalan government give them title to
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said Wednesday that it has chosen Susan M. Collins, an economist and administrator at the University of Michigan, as its next president. The selection of Collins, who will become the first Black person to serve as president of the Boston
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said Wednesday that it has chosen Susan M. Collins, an economist and administrator at the University of Michigan, as its next president. The selection of Collins, who will become the first Black person to serve as president of the Boston
Continue ReadingBy Stella Chan and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN The Los Angeles County district attorney wants credit card companies to halt payments for online purchases of assemble-at-home kits for so-called ghost guns — untracked and untraceable firearms that are finding their way into communities across the country in increasing numbers. District Attorney George Gascón challenged credit card
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Algunas personas que padecen coronavirus presentan síntomas de la enfermedad que pueden persistir durante días, semanas o hasta meses. A esto se le conoce como el covid prolongado. ¿Cuáles son los síntomas? Y, ¿cómo saber si lo padeces? El Dr. Elmer Huerta aclara algunas de estas dudas en este
Continue ReadingRIVERSIDE, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge has declined to lift the expulsion or suspensions handed out to four suburban Kansas City high school students who were disciplined for their involvement in an online petition to “start slavery again.” Radio station KCUR reports that U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough ruled Tuesday that the four
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cooper Hoffman had never wanted to act. In elementary school, he joined in the plays but only helped out backstage. But the very first time that Hoffman, son of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, read in a casual, let’s-just-see, not-really-official audition for “Licorice Pizza” with
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A motorcyclist from Bend, riding on state Highway 31 in Lake County, was killed Tuesday afternoon when he failed to negotiate a curve, went off the road and struck a tree, Oregon State Police reported.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Microsoft is trying to persuade regulators to approve its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard with a series of new app store commitments that it says will put the company “on the right side of history” as policymakers worldwide debate new laws to force competition open in digital marketplaces. The 11-point
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Scientists say Oregon faces a potential nightmare scenario unless work is done to fortify its main fuel storage facility against a major earthquake. More than 90% of Oregon’s liquid fuels are stored at a facility next to the Willamette River in Portland. State lawmakers have begun taking steps to compel
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Scientists say Oregon faces a potential nightmare scenario unless work is done to fortify its main fuel storage facility against a major earthquake. More than 90% of Oregon’s liquid fuels are stored at a facility next to the Willamette River in Portland. State lawmakers have begun taking steps to compel
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Scientists say Oregon faces a potential nightmare scenario unless work is done to fortify its main fuel storage facility against a major earthquake. More than 90% of Oregon’s liquid fuels are stored at a facility next to the Willamette River in Portland. State lawmakers have begun taking steps to compel
Continue ReadingBy MATT KUPFERLE numberFire Player props can be useful in a variety of ways, from taking advantage of them straight up within the betting market to measuring a player’s potential to produce in daily fantasy football. Here we’ll focus on utilizing our projections and other tools on betting player props. Three players to focus on
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. The traffic to the cancellation page for Spotify Premium has jumped in recent weeks as the audio streaming company faces a wave of backlash over its support
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say artifacts found inside a cave in southern France show modern humans came to that part of Europe almost 10,000 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers say fossilized remains and tools discovered in the Mandrin Grotto also show that occupancy of the cave alternated between Neanderthals
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In Session 1 of men’s curling action, Norway opened its Games with a win over Switzerland.
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN A child’s tooth unearthed from a French cave has revealed the earliest evidence of humans — Homo sapiens — living in western Europe. The discovery of the molar from Grotte Mandrin, near Malataverne in the Rhône Valley in southern France, along with hundreds of stone tools dating back about 54,000 years
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Zotos Click here for updates on this story WEST ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — Sheila Mueller is living every parent’s worst nightmare. She is planning her son’s funeral, he was just 13 years old. “I can’t wrap my head around the fact that I have to put my baby in a casket
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