Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — Temen por sus vidas. No tienen qué comer. Perdieron todo tras el paso de un huracán. Quieren reencontrarse con sus familiares. Millones de habitantes de América Latina —especialmente de México, El Salvador, Honduras y Guatemala— abandonan los países que los vieron nacer y emprenden un viaje a Estados Unidos, a
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The Oregon Fire Chiefs Association on Thursday welcomed the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon State University College of Forestry’s rollout of the Oregon Explorer Wildfire Risk Map.
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California may turn to fossil fuels to avoid blackouts during hot weather that strains the electric grid. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed legislation that gives the state broad power to buy energy in extreme situations. The Department of Water Resources would be allowed to purchase
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s climate change ruling on Thursday is likely to hinder President Joe Biden’s plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade and to make the U.S. a global leader again in the fight to slow global warming. In its
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in South Carolina say “Tiger King” star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle has been charged with buying or selling endangered lemurs, cheetahs, and a chimpanzee without the proper paperwork. The latest charges released Thursday are on top of money laundering counts, where authorities said Antle tried
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Katie Boulter was back on the grass at Wimbledon two days after the death of her grandmother. She wasn’t going to miss a chance to play at her grandma’s favorite tennis tournament. Her grandfather was right there on Centre Court watching every twist and every
Continue ReadingBy DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Assembly has approved a controversial bill allowing Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco to set up places where opioid users could legally inject drugs in supervised settings. The move Thursday follows months of debate. Proponents say it would save lives, while detractors say it
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Robert Wickens scored his first victory since his nearly career-ending spinal cord injury in 2018 by winning an IMSA sports car race last weekend at Watkins Glen. Now the Canadian returns to his native country seeking another trip to victory lane. Wickens will race Saturday at Canadian Tire
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis has improved his own outdoor world record by clearing 6.16 meters at the Stockholm Diamond League meet. Duplantis cleared the bar on Thursday with plenty to spare on his second attempt to better his previous mark of 6.15. That was set in Rome in 2020 when he
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer, Matthew Hoye, Joe Johns and Shawna Mizelle, CNN Rep. Judy Chu of California was among the more than 100 people arrested at an abortion rights protest in Washington, DC, on Thursday, according to a statement from her office. “When I first heard Roe was overturned, I immediately thought of who would be
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks fell again on Wall Street Thursday, closing out the worst quarter for the market since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020. The S&P 500 fell and is now down 21% since hitting a record high at the beginning of the year, having entered a bear market earlier in June.
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously overturned a man’s conviction for assaulting police officers, blasting a series of racist remarks by the prosecutor who handled the case. During jury selection in the trial against Joseph Zamora, Garth Dano, who was then the elected prosecutor in central
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously overturned a man’s conviction for assaulting police officers, blasting a series of racist remarks by the prosecutor who handled the case. During jury selection in the trial against Joseph Zamora, Garth Dano, who was then the elected prosecutor in central
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously overturned a man’s conviction for assaulting police officers, blasting a series of racist remarks by the prosecutor who handled the case. During jury selection in the trial against Joseph Zamora, Garth Dano, who was then the elected prosecutor in central
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle charges it falsified information about deliveries of international mail, including mail sent to U.S. soldiers overseas. The Justice Department said Thursday that Delta was under contract to the Postal Service when it falsified records about deliveries from 2010 to 2016. Federal
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — La delegación estadounidense que viajó a Venezuela esta semana no pudo asegurar la liberación de Matthew Heath, un veterano estadounidense detenido quien intentó suicidarse a principios de este mes, dijo su familia en un comunicado el jueves. “A pesar de los mejores esfuerzos de Roger Carstens, el Enviado Presidencial Especial para Asuntos de
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Your Covid-19 booster in the fall will likely look a little different going forward. The US Food and Drug Administration decided Thursday to advise manufacturers that when they update the Covid-19 vaccine booster they should add an Omicron BA.4/5 component to the current vaccine mix. This would create what’s known as
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A woman visiting the Yellowstone National Park was gored by a bison, the second incident of an animal injuring a park visitor this week, according to the National Park Service (NPS). Yellowstone National Park said on Thursday that a Pennsylvania woman, 71, was gored by a bull bison on Wednesday, just
Continue ReadingBy CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court ruling limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants could have far-reaching consequences for the energy sector — and make it harder for the Biden administration to meet its goal of having the U.S. power grid
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Starting in about two years, all new semi trailers in the U.S. will have to have stronger guards to stop cars from sliding under them in rear-end crashes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that it has finalized the requirement. Manufacturers will get time to design changes to strengthen the guards
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