By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal officials and tribal nations have formally reestablished a commission to jointly govern the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. The agreement signed Saturday was previously set forth by the Obama administration in 2016. It marks one of the first times a national monument will
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA and ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — As Colombia’s voters put aside a longtime antipathy to leftists and chose one as their new president, they also carved out another milestone — electing the country’s first Black vice president. When former leftist rebel Gustavo Petro takes office as president on Aug.
Continue ReadingBy Bethlehem Feleke, CNN At least 200 civilians are believed to have been killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region by rebel group the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) on Saturday, according to reports, a rights group and local officials. Most of the victims are from the Amhara ethnic group, a police officer said. The attack on the
Continue ReadingVESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — Funerals for three people killed by a gunman during a church potluck dinner will be held this week in Alabama. The Rev. John Burruss announced Monday that the funeral services will take place at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, where Walter Bartlett Rainey, Sarah Sharon Yeager and Jane Pounds were fatally
Continue ReadingCNN By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Jeremy Herb, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot is set to hear live testimony from four witnesses during Tuesday’s hearing that will focus on how former President Donald Trump and his allies pressured state-level officials to overturn the 2020 election results. The committee will
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una ciudad de 3.400 años en expansión emergió en Iraq luego de que disminuyera rápidamente el nivel de agua de un embalse debido a la sequía extrema. Los arqueólogos kurdos y alemanes realizaron las excavaciones en el sitio arqueológico en el embalse de Mosul, a lo largo del río Tigris en
Continue ReadingDUBLIN (AP) — The vast majority of elite-level rugby players diagnosed with a concussion will not be able to return to play for 12 days as a result of changes being introduced by the sport’s world governing body from July 1. World Rugby is following recommendations by an independent Concussion Working Group following a review
Continue ReadingBy Zahra Ullah and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Viktoria Shishkina clutches her husband’s hand as she recounts what they lost in Ukraine and all the horrors they now carry with them. Four months ago, they were preparing for the birth of their first child. Now, they sit in an unassuming apartment turned hostel in the center
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers say they’ll investigate why the state’s gas prices are the highest in the U.S. Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced a bipartisan committee on Monday to investigate gas price gouging. The average price per gallon was $6.40 in California on Monday compared to the national
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers say they’ll investigate why the state’s gas prices are the highest in the U.S. Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced a bipartisan committee on Monday to investigate gas price gouging. The average price per gallon was $6.40 in California on Monday compared to the national
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Jason Hanna and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Yellowstone National Park could partially reopen as early as Monday as officials continue to assess the damage caused by historic flooding, which now threatens to hamper the peak of the summer tourist season. Heavy rains and rapid snowmelt caused rivers to swallow bridges, sweep away entire
Continue ReadingCNN: PARKER MANNING: STEVE RUPNO: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: KECI: KBZK: KTVQ: KTMF: KWYB: KFBB: TWITTER By Elizabeth Wolfe, Jason Hanna and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Yellowstone National Park could partially reopen as early as Monday as officials continue to assess the damage caused by historic flooding, which now threatens to hamper the peak of the summer
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — El mapa de las elecciones no deja duda alguna: los olvidados de Colombia, y aquellos que votaron “Sí” en el plebiscito por la paz, fueron los que definieron el destino del país, que con Gustavo Petro y Francia Márquez al frente tendrá por primera vez en su historia un Gobierno
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN The White House has kept the door open to a windfall profit tax on Big Oil but economist Mark Zandi is warning such a move could backfire. “I would not be supportive,” Zandi, the chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, told CNN in a phone interview. “You want energy companies to invest
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – La FDA autorizó la semana pasada las vacuna contra el covid-19 de Moderna y Pfizer/BioNTech para niños a partir del los 6 meses. Durante el fin de semana, los CDC recomendaron dichas vacunas, un paso importante en la implementación de jornadas de vacunación en una población clave: la infantil.
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor has signed legislation that will award more rights to private sector workers in the U.S. territory. In signing the measure Monday, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi defied a federal control board that said the move would be considered a violation of a federal
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor has signed legislation that will award more rights to private sector workers in the U.S. territory. In signing the measure Monday, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi defied a federal control board that said the move would be considered a violation of a federal
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The persistent heat dome which imposed oppressively high temperatures on the northern Plains and Midwest over the weekend will begin to shift further eastward this week, ending a short reprieve many states in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic have had in recent days. In the coming
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The persistent heat dome which imposed oppressively high temperatures on the northern Plains and Midwest over the weekend will begin to shift further eastward this week, ending a short reprieve many states in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic have had in recent days. In the
Continue ReadingBy AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors and a defense attorney for one of two former Minneapolis police officers who still face a state trial in George Floyd’s killing have made dueling requests for a new trial date. Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng are charged with aiding and abetting both murder
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