By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Iran could now produce “one bomb’s worth of fissile material” in “about 12 days,” a top US Defense Department official said Tuesday. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl offered one of the most striking US government assessments to date of Iran’s “breakout time” as efforts to try to restore
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and David Williams, CNN A most welcome flight diversion. That’s a rarity for commercial airline passengers, but it’s what travelers on at least two flights got this week when their planes looped around to give everyone a good view of the northern lights. Also known as the aurora borealis, the natural phenomenon
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story Bensalem, Pennsylvania (KYW) — First responders in Bensalem announced a creative challenge for students. Kindergarten through eighth-grade students is being told to approach the township’s police officers and firefighters and ask them for their trading card. The mayor of Bensalem even has his own trading
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal regulators are urging freight railroads to reexamine the way they use and maintain the detectors along the tracks that are supposed to spot overheating bearings in the wake of the fiery Ohio derailment and several other recent crashes where faulty bearings are suspected to
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — La entrevista de Shakira con el periodista mexicano Enrique Acevedo, en la que habla sobre cómo la música la rescató tras su ruptura con el exjugador Gerard Piqué, dejó varias frases sobre su proceso de recuperación y de su música. Shakira en su primera entrevista desde la colaboración con Bizarrap:
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A bald eagle is getting lifesaving treatment after likely eating a rodent that was poisoned. The vet team at the New England Wildlife Center says the eagle was found in a cemetery in Arlington. She was weak and unable to fly. The
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Two people accused of stealing a car with a toddler inside now face kidnapping and several other charges. Jamie (O’Neil) Garrity and Adam Maksou, both 36 years old and from Methuen, will be arraigned Tuesday in Lawrence District Court. Police say
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for April delivery rose $1.37 to $77.05 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for April delivery rose $1.44 to $83.89 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for March delivery rose 6 cents to $2.43 a gallon. March heating oil was unchanged at $2.82 a gallon. April natural gas rose 2 cents
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Un sismo de magnitud 5,3 sacudió este martes el sur de Guatemala, de acuerdo al Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El foco sísmico estuvo localizado a 61,7 km de profundidad y el epicentro se ubicó a 45,9 kilómetros al norte de Puerto San José, en
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued mobile phones. Other Western governments are pursuing similar bans, citing espionage fears. A law China implemented in 2017 requires companies to give the government any personal
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued mobile phones. Other Western governments are pursuing similar bans, citing espionage fears. A law China implemented in 2017 requires companies to give the government any personal
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says a JetBlue pilot had to take evasive action while landing at Boston’s Logan International Airport when another aircraft crossed an intersecting runway. The FAA’s preliminary review found that the close call occurred at about 7 p.m. Monday when the pilot of a Learjet 60 took off without
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Endangered Mexican gray wolves are making more strides, as more breeding pairs and pups have been documented since reintroduction efforts began in the southwestern U.S. more than two decades ago, federal wildlife managers said Tuesday. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released the results of
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Krueger Click here for updates on this story DURHAM, North Carolina (WRAL) — More than 20 times this month, there have been threats – or weapons – found at local schools. On Monday, WRAL News learned the gun a 14-year-old brought Durham’s Jordan High School on Friday was loaded. According to the Durham
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Philadelphia Eagle and CBS NFL announcer Irv Cross has been diagnosed with the brain disease CTE. Cross was 81 when he died Feb. 28, 2021. Boston University researchers say Cross suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The researchers said he suffered from stage 4 CTE, which
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Lee says it would be “ridiculous” to conflate a recently surfaced yearbook photo of him wearing women’s clothing in high school to drag show performances currently under attack in Tennessee and other GOP-led states. Lee told reporters this week that he plans to
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STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Law enforcement officials seized dark clothing, medical gloves, a flashlight and other items from a Pennsylvania home where they arrested a graduate student charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death, according to newly unsealed court documents. The records were made public Tuesday, two months after Pennsylvania State Police
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By Aaron Thomas Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — A Raleigh car dealership is apologizing after racial slurs were printed on oil change stickers placed on customers’ vehicles. Leith Volkswagen of Raleigh says it’s now cut ties with a third-party cleaning crew it blames for tampering with Leith’s label
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, ADOBE STOCK, WHITE HOUSE, HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE, SCOTUS By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in two challenges to President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan, with several conservative justices appearing skeptical of the government’s authority to discharge millions of dollars in federally held loans.
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s choice of Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima as its first global fan ambassador five months before the Women’s World Cup was described Tuesday as “tone deaf” by the former leader of the soccer body’s task force for women’s soccer. Lima’s appointment to “develop, promote and participate
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