MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Environment Department promised to do more to protect the endangered vaquita marina porpoise Thursday, to head off trade sanctions by the international wildlife body CITES. The department said several steps will be taken, including controlling illegal gillnet fishing that can trap and kill the vaquita, which is the world’s most
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN The military identified 11 additional cases of traumatic brain injury following a series of rocket and drone attacks on US troops in Syria in late March, according to a spokesman for US Central Command. The new cases bring the number of US personnel wounded in the attacks to a total of
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El ministro de Seguridad de Argentina, Aníbal Fernández, afirmó en una entrevista con el canal C5N que las propuestas de gobierno de la oposición solo podrían llevarse a cabo “mediante la represión y que llenarían las calles de sangre y muertos”. Fernández no mencionó directamente a ningún partido, pero dos
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — En Ecuador, tres agentes que laboraban en el Complejo Penitenciario Guayas, en Guayaquil, fueron asesinadas frente a la prisión este jueves, informó el Servicio Nacional de Atención Integral a Personas Adultas Privadas de la Libertad y a Adolescentes (SNAI). El director general del SNAI, Guillermo Rodríguez, dijo a los medios
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative mega-donor Harlan Crow purchased three properties belonging to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his family, in a transaction worth more than $100,000 that Thomas never reported, according to the non-profit investigative journalism organization ProPublica. The 2014 real estate deal shines a new light on Thomas’s
Continue ReadingBy PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Viktor Hovland shot a 7-under 64 to take the first-round lead at the rain-delayed RBC Heritage. Masters champion Jon Rahm was eight shots back after a frustrating 1-over 72 and acknowledged the fatigue from his win at Augusta National affected him. Hovland also
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will soon no longer require unanimous jury recommendations for judges to impose death penalty sentences. The legislation passed Thursday is a reaction to the life sentence handed to the man who massacred 17 people at a Parkland high school. It will allow the death penalty
Continue ReadingFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A rapid spring snowmelt after an unusually wet winter is unleashing flooding from the Southwest to the Rockies, causing residents there and in the Upper Midwest to evacuate or stock up on sandbags amid surging creeks and rivers. In New Mexico, emergency crews rescued people from at least two vehicles from
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press DAISETTA, Texas (AP) — When the massive sinkhole first appeared in Daisetta in May 2008, some residents had feared it might engulf their small Southeast Texas town. But after growing close to 600 feet (183 m) across and 75 feet (23 m) deep, it stabilized, swallowing up some oil
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The judge who oversaw the sentencing of the Parkland massacre gunman won’t be able to oversee proceedings in another murder case involving the death penalty. The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Judge Elizabeth Scherer showed inappropriate sympathy for victims’ families and prosecutors. She hugged them after being left no
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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Prospects no longer will have limits on the number of schools they can officially visit during their college selection process. The NCAA Division I Council approved the policy change that will take effect on July 1. Prospects previously could make official visits to five schools. Prospects can only make one official
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thousands of Iowa residents are expected to lose Medicaid and food stamp benefits under a bill given final legislative approval and sent to Gov. Kim Reynolds. The state House approved the bill Thursday. It would change eligibility requirements and require more checks that people qualify
Continue ReadingFor the third consecutive day, Timberline takes first place for most accumulation. The mountains stayed dry today and that looks to continue to over the next couple of days, so we’ll keep our eyes on the base levels of the resorts to see how they’re affected.
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The chatting app Discord is one of the most popular ways gamers communicate online. Now it finds itself at the center of an investigation into the leak of classified documents about the war in Ukraine. The investigation is unfolding as Discord makes an
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General de México informó este jueves que tiene órdenes de aprehensión en contra de dos funcionarios del Instituto Nacional de Migración, por su “vinculación directa” con el incendio que el 27 de marzo dejó 40 personas muertas y decenas de heridas en un centro migratorio de
Continue ReadingBy Ed Lavandera, Andy Rose and Ashley Killough, CNN A rural Texas county voted Thursday afternoon to drop discussion for now of possibly defunding the county’s library system after a federal judge ordered it to return more than a dozen banned books to library shelves. By a unanimous vote, the Commissioner’s Court in Llano County,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York Red Bulls forward Dante Vanzeir was suspended for six games and fined by Major League Soccer for using racist language during a game against the San Jose Earthquakes. MLS says the Belgian forward is also prohibited from participating in the U.S. Open Cup, in exhibition matches or in the
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Three people were arrested and about 13,000 counterfeit Oxycodone fentanyl pills were seized in a series of recent raids around Deschutes County, wrapping up a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking from a supplier in Mexico, sheriff’s deputies said Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Boeing said Thursday that production and delivery of a “significant number” of its 737 Max planes could be delayed because of questions about a supplier’s work on the fuselages. Boeing said the supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, used a “non-standard manufacturing process” during installation of fittings near the rear of some 737s. Aircraft
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