By JUSTIN KABUMBA and JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo say at least 20 people were killed in a landslide in the country’s east. The landslide occurred in Bolowa village in Masisi territory on Sunday. About 25 mothers with their children were doing laundry in a stream at the foot
Continue ReadingBy TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota’s House lawmakers failed to override the governor’s veto of a bill that would have restricted teachers and staff from referring to transgender students by the personal pronouns they use. House lawmakers voted to override the veto Monday, but fell short of the two-thirds majority needed. This
Continue ReadingMADAWASKA, Maine (AP) — Volunteers in the state of Maine have reclaimed a world record in a category that few people know exists: The biggest ice carousel. A giant piece of ice estimated at 146,000 tons was cut in Long Lake in Madawaska, and it was set in motion like a slow-moving Lazy Susan to
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal court ruling that a Minnesota law prohibiting 18-to-20-year-olds from obtaining permits to carry handguns in public is unconstitutional remains on hold while the state pursues a potential appeal. U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez struck down the state law Friday, citing a landmark U.S.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The death toll in a fire last week at a migrant detention center in a Mexican border city has risen to 40, after one of the injured men died while being flown to a specialized hospital in Mexico City. The federal public safety department reported the death Monday. Mexico had previously
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man whose death last month at a Virginia mental hospital has sparked outrage and led to second-degree murder charges against 10 defendants, died of “positional and mechanical asphyxia with restraints,” a medical examiner’s office said Monday. Arkuie Williams, the administrative deputy
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN Oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico is belching out significantly higher levels of potent, planet-heating gas than previously thought, according to new research, which found the climate effects of the operations are twice that of official estimates. The report comes as the Biden administration last month put millions
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Former Indiana Hoosiers coach Bob Knight has been released from a hospital in Bloomington, Indiana. His son, Pat Knight, says he returned home after he was admitted with an illness over the weekend. Pat Knight issued a statement thanking people for their thoughts and prayers while asking them to
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek París (CNN) – Los residentes de París votaron a favor prohibir el alquiler de patinetes eléctricos en la capital francesa. Casi el 90% de los votantes en el referéndum organizado el domingo por la alcaldía de París votaron a favor de la prohibición. Sin embargo, la participación fue muy baja: solo el
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN The 28-year-old who killed three children and three adults at a Christian school in Nashville last week fired 152 rounds, Nashville police said Monday, adding that while they have yet to determine a motive, the shooter planned the attack “over a period of months” and studied other mass murderers. The shooter,
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Floridians will be able to carry concealed guns without a permit under a bill Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Monday, giving the governor another legislative victory as he prepares a campaign for president. The governor signed the bill in a private ceremony in his office. His
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s average game time dropped by 30 minutes during the first four days this season, stolen bases doubled and batting average increased by 16 percentage points from last year’s opening weekend. Games averaged 2 hours, 38 minutes through Sunday with the new pitch
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney CEO Bob Iger has said any retaliatory actions by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature against the company that threaten jobs or expansion at its Florida resort is not only “anti-business … but anti-Florida.” Iger spoke Monday in a response to a
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Construction season began Monday and will last for several months on a major culvert repair project along Oregon Highway 58, a key corridor between the southern Willamette Valley and Central Oregon, ODOT said.
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks has fired one of the workers who helped kick off a unionization effort at the company. Lexi Rizzo, an eight-year Starbucks employee and shift supervisor, was fired from her store in Buffalo, New York, on Friday. Starbucks Workers United, the union organizing Starbucks’ workers, said Rizzo was fired
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Steve Contorno, CNN Disney CEO Bob Iger fought back against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis‘ actions against his company, telling Disney shareholders on Monday that recent actions by the state were “anti-business.” The state of Florida has taken action to strip Disney of some of the powers it had over the land
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers principal owner Mark Attanasio offered a reminder that negotiations were still in the “early innings” as he discussed legislation on financing renovations to American Family Field. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issued a proposal earlier this year to spend $290 million on repairs to American
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Movie star Leonardo DiCaprio testified in federal court Monday morning as part of a trial involving international money laundering, bribery and a prominent rap artist. Prakazrel “Pras” Michel — a founding member of the iconic 1990s hip-hop group, The Fugees — is accused of funneling money from
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN LSU star Angel Reese defended the gesture she aimed at Iowa Hawkeyes’ Caitlin Clark near the end of the Tigers’ first NCAA women’s basketball national championship victory on Sunday, saying “I don’t take disrespect lightly.” Reese could be seen approaching Clark before moving her open hand in front of her face
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La Fiscalía General del estado de Quintana Roo informó que hay dos personas detenidas por su posible participación en la muerte de cuatro personas, cuyos cuerpos fueron encontrados este lunes cerca de un hotel de la zona turística de Cancún. El secretario de Seguridad Pública de Benito Juárez, municipio donde está dicha
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