PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon gun rights group and a county sheriff have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a voter-approved ballot measure that is one of the strictest gun control laws in the nation. The Oregon Firearms Federation and Sherman County Sheriff Brad Lohrey filed the lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court contending the
Continue ReadingDJERBA, Tunisia (AP) — Canada has expanded its economic sanctions freezing the Canadian assets of Haitian political elites to now include former president Michel Martelly and former prime ministers Laurent Lamothe and Jean-Henry Céant. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly accused the trio this weekend of helping gangs undermine Haiti’s current government and called on international
Continue ReadingBy DANA BELTAJI and PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press SHARM el-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The decision Sunday by nations around the world to establish a fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet was one of the most significant since U.N. climate talks began 30 years ago. It was an unequivocal confirmation that
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Se espera que las fuertes nevadas continúen acumulándose en el oeste del estado de Nueva York hasta este domingo después de que una tormenta histórica hizo que el área de Búfalo registrara nevadas récord con un total de más de 1,8 metros (6 pies) en algunas áreas. Justo después de las
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press The operator of a natural gas storage well in Western Pennsylvania says workers have successfully plugged a leak that had been spewing massive amounts of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere for two weeks. Equitrans Midstream says the well at its Rager Mountain storage facility, located in a rural area about
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — “El 20 de noviembre, desde las seis de la tarde en adelante, todos los ciudadanos de la República tomarán las armas para arrojar del poder a las autoridades que actualmente nos gobiernan”. Este llamado de Francisco I. Madero marca lo que se considera como el inicio oficial de la
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press The operator of a natural gas storage well in Western Pennsylvania says workers have successfully plugged a leak that had been spewing massive amounts of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere for two weeks. Equitrans Midstream says the well at its Rager Mountain storage facility, located in a rural area about
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Joe Biden, quien cumple 80 años este domingo, tiene el récord Guinness a la persona más vieja en ser electa como presidente de Estados Unidos. Han corrido ríos de tinta sobre su edad, pero lo cierto es que a lo largo de la historia, fuera de las fronteras del
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El mundo no ha logrado llegar a un acuerdo para eliminar gradualmente los combustibles fósiles después de que varias naciones productoras de petróleo obstruyeran las maratonianas conversaciones climáticas de la ONU. Los negociadores de casi 200 países en la cumbre climática de la ONU COP27 en Egipto dieron el paso histórico
Continue ReadingNAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Lydia Ko never won more in one day than on Sunday in the CME Group Tour Championship. She claims the richest prize in women’s golf at $2 million with a victory that allowed her to win LPGA player of the year. Ko outlasted Leona Maguire of Ireland in the final round.
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students as they slept in a house near campus are asking for patience as detectives ended the first week with no arrests. Authorities on Sunday said they have no suspect or weapon a week after the
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Bob Dylan’s teenage love letters sold for a whopping $669,875 on Friday. The lot consists of 42 letters written by Dylan — then Robert Zimmerman — to his high school sweetheart, Barbara Ann Hewitt. The letters span 150 pages hand-written by the young musician. The “unprecedented archive” was sold by RR
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Powerful explosions from shelling shook Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, the site of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the global nuclear watchdog said Sunday, calling for “urgent measures to help prevent a nuclear accident” in the Russian-occupied facility. A heavy barrage of Russian military strikes
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Three weeks before Measure 114 is scheduled to go into effect, a federal lawsuit has been filed to block the voter-approved gun regulation measure, one of the strictest in the country, claiming it is unconstitutional in several ways.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Francia es, sin lugar a dudas, uno de los grandes favoritos de cara al Mundial de Qatar 2022. No sólo son los campeones vigentes, sino que buena parte de la plantilla que obtuvo el título de 2018 en Rusia sigue activa, y varios de sus jugadores llegan a la competencia
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden cumple 80 años este domingo, convirtiéndose en el primer octogenario en ocupar el cargo más alto de Estados Unidos. El hito único del cumpleaños de Biden se produce cuando el presidente enfrenta especulaciones sobre si organizará una carrera por la reelección y plantea preguntas sobre si es
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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., has teamed up with Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) to introduce the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act.
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn and Claire Colbert, CNN Crews are continuing the search for five migrants who went missing Saturday after a homemade vessel capsized about 50 miles off the coast of Florida near Little Torch Key, according to the US Coast Guard Southeast. At least 19 people were aboard the boat at the time it
Continue ReadingBy Nick Slater Click here for updates on this story BILLINGS, Montana (Billings Gazette) — Allyson Dredla lives her childhood dream every day. She is surrounded by birds, badgers and bears, and has even raised river otters in her bath tub. “That’s the life of a zoo keeper,” she said with a laugh. “You have
Continue ReadingBy Susannah Cullinane and Claire Colbert, CNN Heavy snow is expected to keep piling up in western New York state through Sunday after a historic storm saw the Buffalo area logging record snowfall totaling more than 6 feet in some areas. Just after 11 p.m. Saturday, the National Weather Service in Buffalo issued a special
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