By BARRY HATTON and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat illegal fishing by China, ordering federal agencies to better coordinate among themselves as well as with foreign partners in a bid to promote sustainable exploitation of the world’s oceans. On Monday, the White House
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Independence Day should be a holiday marked by freedom and fun – not forest fires, the U.S. Forest Service reminded Monday. Forest Service officials in the Pacific Northwest are asking everyone to celebrate safely and make fire safety a part of your weekend’s festivities. Fireworks – Don’t use them near anything flammable, including
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — El proyecto de reforma tributaria del gobierno que encabezará Gustavo Petro toma forma y es posible que se presente al Congreso el mismo día en que el presidente asuma sus funciones. El líder del Pacto Histórico ha insistido en que se necesita un sistema “más progresivo y justo”. ¿En qué
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Biden administration has suspended an order that had focused resources for the arrest and deportation of immigrants on those considered a threat to public safety and national security. The action over the weekend followed a ruling this month from a federal judge in Texas. Advocates and
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area sheriff has withdrawn from consideration for Immigration and Customs Enforcement director. In social media postings on Monday, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said he advised President Joe Biden on Sunday that he was “respectfully withdrawing from consideration for the post.” He cited Senate delays in his confirmation. The Senate has
Continue ReadingBy DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Assembly has approved Texas-style lawsuits over illegal guns, mimicking the Lone Star State’s law aimed at deterring abortions. The California bill would allow anyone to sue people who sell illegal firearms. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom sought the measure in opposition to the Texas law.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — “Top Gun: Maverick” alcanzó nuevas alturas. La secuela del éxito de taquilla de 1986, en la que Tom Cruise repite el famoso papel de Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, superó la marca de los US$ 1.000 millones en la taquilla mundial, según Paramount. “Maverick” es la primera película en los
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — En su primera entrevista desde la derogación de Roe vs. Wade el viernes, la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris dijo a Dana Bash de CNN que nunca creyó que los elegidos por el expresidente Donald Trump para la Corte Suprema, por quienes votó en contra en el Senado, preservarían la histórica ley
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Senior U.S. government officials have quietly traveled to Caracas in the latest bid to bring home detained Americans and rebuild relations with the South American oil giant as the war in Ukraine drags on, forcing the U.S. to recalibrate other foreign
Continue ReadingCNN By Katelyn Polantz and Evan Perez, CNN FBI seized the phone of former President Donald Trump’s election attorney John Eastman last week, according to a new court filing from the conservative lawyer. Eastman disclosed the search and seizure in federal court in a lawsuit that he filed in New Mexico on Monday, calling it
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN The US carried out a strike in Syria on Monday targeting a senior leader of Hurras al-Din, an al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist organization, according to a statement from US Central Command. The US is “highly confident” that the strike, carried out from a drone, killed Abu Hamzah al Yemeni,
Continue ReadingBy Jassar Al Tahat, Hadeel Ghaboun, Celine Alkhaldi, Caroline Faraj and Mostafa Salem, CNN A toxic gas that leaked out of a container in Jordan’s port of Aqaba, killing at least 12 people and injuring 260 others, was chlorine, Jordan’s emergency relief coordinating agency said late Monday. A video from a nearby CCTV camera released
Continue ReadingCNN By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Instagram is testing new ways to verify its youngest users’ ages, including by using artificial intelligence that analyzes a photo and estimates how old the user is. Meta-owned Instagram said in a blog post on Thursday that AI is one of three new methods it’s testing to verify users’
Continue ReadingCNN By Maegan Vazquez, Jasmine Wright and Devan Cole, CNN In her first interview since Roe v. Wade was overturned on Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris told CNN’s Dana Bash that she never believed former President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court picks, whom she voted against in the Senate, would preserve the landmark abortion law. “I
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A court in Paris found the French government guilty of wrongful negligence involving the former use of a banned pesticide in the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique but denied compensation to those affected. The long-awaited decision announced Monday was bittersweet for activists
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added two destinations to its “high” category for Covid-19 risk — including a Caribbean nation popular for its beaches. The Dominican Republic and Kuwait, a Middle Eastern country known for its cultural offerings, are both now listed as “Level
Continue ReadingCNN By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added two destinations to its “high” category for Covid-19 risk — including a Caribbean nation popular for its beaches. The Dominican Republic and Kuwait, a Middle Eastern country known for its cultural offerings, are both now listed as
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Four children in Mexico were buried in the years after the Spanish Conquest with rituals and grave offerings that suggest pre-Hispanic customs lived on for some time after the Aztec empire fell. The National Institute of Anthropology and History said Monday the burials of children ranging from a newborn to a
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN President Joe Biden’s pick to helm US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Ed Gonzalez, is withdrawing from consideration, Gonzalez announced in a tweet on Monday, leaving the agency without permanent leadership as the administration tries to usher forward its immigration agenda. Biden tapped Gonzalez to serve as ICE director last year. But
Continue ReadingCNN, KSAT, KABB, WOAI By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN President Joe Biden’s pick to helm US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Ed Gonzalez, is withdrawing from consideration, Gonzalez announced in a tweet on Monday, leaving the agency without permanent leadership as the administration tries to usher forward its immigration agenda. Biden tapped Gonzalez to serve as ICE
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