By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has shot past a key milestone — more than 50% higher than pre-industrial times — and is at levels not seen since millions of years ago when Earth was a hothouse ocean-inundated planet, federal scientists announced Friday. The National Oceanic
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente and Jacob Lev, CNN Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal advanced to the men’s French Open final on Friday, after opponent Alexander Zverev was forced to retire due to an injury. After losing the first set 7-6 (8) in a tie-break, Zverev was leading 6-5 in the second set of the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Casi la mitad de la superficie terrestre debe protegerse para frenar la crisis de biodiversidad, según un nuevo informe publicado este viernes en la revista académica Science. La investigación concluyó que unos 64 millones de kilómetros cuadrados, el 44% de la superficie terrestre, necesitan “atención de conservación” para evitar grandes pérdidas
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is set to meet his Chinese counterpart for the first time during a trip to Singapore for a major defense summit next week, a senior defense official said Friday. The date and time for the meeting between Austin and Chinese Minister of National Defense General Wei
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani health authorities have confirmed the seventh case of polio so far this year, saying it was registered in the country’s former Taliban stronghold in the northwest, a region bordering Afghanistan. The outbreak, after the first polio case of 2022 was registered in the same region in
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– La estrella del tenis Rafael Nadal avanzó a la final masculina del Roland Garros este viernes, luego de que su oponente Alexander Zverev tuviera que retirarse por una lesión en la pierna derecha. Luego de perder el primer set 7-6(8) en un desempate, Zverev lideraba 6-5 en el segundo set del partido
Continue ReadingBy ANDREA ROSA and INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Block-by-block fighting is raging in two key eastern Ukrainian cities on the 100th day of Russia’s war, grinding them to rubble. The governor of the Luhansk region says that fierce battles continue in Sievierodonetsk and that the Russians continue to pummel neighboring Lysychansk.
Continue ReadingBy KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story BEVERLY HILLS, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Music blared outside the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills as a crowd gathered to celebrate the start of Pride Month. The Community Services Department hosted the first Pride Night in the city’s history. Those
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says the police department’s low staffing in its sexual assault unit that has led to a backlog of dozens of stalled cases is “unacceptable.” Harrell made his comments Thursday following a report by The Seattle Times and KUOW-FM of an internal memo that showed the unit stopped investigating
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says the police department’s low staffing in its sexual assault unit that has led to a backlog of dozens of stalled cases is “unacceptable.” Harrell made his comments Thursday following a report by The Seattle Times and KUOW-FM of an internal memo that showed the unit stopped investigating
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN Gregory Ulrich, who killed one person and wounded four others in a mass shooting last year at a Minnesota health center, was found guilty Thursday of first-degree premeditated intentional murder, first-degree premeditated attempted murder and other charges, according to Wright County Attorney Brian Lutes. Ulrich, who opened fire and detonated improvised
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Novak Djokovic perdió la final de Wimbledon 2023 contra el español Carlos Alcaraz y, por tanto, el serbio tendrá que esperar para alcanzar el récord de 24 títulos de Grand Slam impuesto por la tenista australiana Margaret Court. Pese a ello, Djokovic se posiciona como el tenista masculino más
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About 300 St. Charles employees, including hospitalist Dr. Josh Plank, filed for union representation Friday, upset with St. Charles administrators’ decisions and seeking a greater voice in their workplace and future.
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday brushed off economic warnings from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon as he touted May’s jobs report, saying the nation is likely to see more moderate gains as his administration struggles to get a handle on high inflation. The President argued the
Continue ReadingPASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — A military veteran who once faked his own death to try to avoid criminal charges has been convicted of sexually assaulting a girl and impregnating her when he was 40 and she was 14. A jury convicted Jacob Blair Scott of Moss Point, Mississippi, on Thursday. Jackson County Circuit Judge Kathy
Continue ReadingBy JAKE BLEIBERG and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said there was “no excuse” for a video he watched of the deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene failing to reach prosecutors for another six months. But the Democrat maintained at a Thursday news conference that he could not have known
Continue ReadingBy Adrienne Moore Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A suspect sweet on rattlesnakes was busted for allegedly breeding and selling some of the most dangerous ones on the planet. “Rattlesnake trafficking itself is pretty rare,” said Captain Patrick Foy with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Wildlife officers say
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Tras el anuncio de que la reina Isabel II no asistiría al servicio de acción de gracias este viernes en la Catedral de San Pablo por su reinado de 70 años, surgen preguntas sobre la salud de la monarca del Reino Unido de 96 años. El Palacio de Buckingham dijo el
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blocked state funding for a new Tampa Bay Rays training facility partly because the baseball team spoke out against gun violence in the wake of back-to-back gun-related massacres in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, a source familiar with the internal conversations told CNN. DeSantis on Thursday
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Big 12 Conference is distributing a record $426 million of revenue to its 10 schools for the 2021-22 school year. That is a nearly 25 percent increase over last year and 10 percent higher than its peak before the pandemic. Texas Tech president Lawrence
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