Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un grupo de científicos identificó el yacimiento geológico que, según ellos, mejor refleja una nueva época propuesta denominada Antropoceno, lo que supone un gran paso hacia el cambio de la cronología oficial de la historia de la Tierra. El término Antropoceno, propuesto por primera vez en 2000 para reflejar hasta qué
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Brittney Sykes scored 26 points and the short-handed Washington Mystics beat the Seattle Storm 93-86 Tuesday night despite a record-tying nine 3-pointers from Jewell Loyd. The Mystics, who won two games in Seattle by seven and six points, led by 25 late in the third quarter and 84-67 near the midpoint of
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A police officer in Portland, Oregon, issued a video apology Tuesday for hitting a photographer in the head with a baton during the 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Prosecutors dismissed a related fourth-degree misdemeanor assault charge against Portland Police Bureau Officer Corey Budworth last week, KGW-TV
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea said that the intercontinental ballistic missile it launched on Wednesday, which flew for more than 70 minutes, was a Hwasong-18, marking a potential new round of confrontation with Washington and its allies. The 74-minute flight time represents a marginal advancement on
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea said that the intercontinental ballistic missile it launched on Wednesday, which flew for more than 70 minutes, was a Hwasong-18, marking a potential new round of confrontation with Washington and its allies. The 74-minute flight time represents a marginal advancement on
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A police officer in Portland, Oregon, issued a video apology Tuesday for hitting a photographer in the head with a baton during the 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Prosecutors dismissed a related fourth-degree misdemeanor assault charge against Portland Police Bureau Officer Corey Budworth last week, KGW-TV
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A police officer in Portland, Oregon, issued a video apology Tuesday for hitting a photographer in the head with a baton during the 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Prosecutors dismissed a related fourth-degree misdemeanor assault charge against Portland Police Bureau Officer Corey Budworth last week, KGW-TV
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile in three months on Wednesday, days after it threatened “shocking” consequences to protest what it called provocative United States reconnaissance activity near its territory. Some experts say North Korea likely launched its developmental, road-mobile
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A crane hoisted massive oak trusses from a barge and onto Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday in a spectacular operation to rebuild the fire-ravaged monument and bring it back to life by December 2024. With trusses weighing 7 to 7.5 tons, the delicate operation drew crowds along a bridge over the Seine
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix says it’s slowly clearing hundreds of people from a downtown camp of homeless people called “The Zone,” asking a judge to allow more time to clear the area and set up a safer, structured camp site for people living outside. City officials said during a trial Tuesday that portions of the
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Reynolds is passing the “Green Lantern” mantle over to Nathan Fillion. Fillion is set to star as a character who becomes the alien entity in DC Studios’ upcoming “Superman: Legacy,” the film’s studio confirmed to CNN on Tuesday. (CNN and DC Studios are both part of Warner Bros.
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — The oldest professional soccer player has decided he’s not old enough to call it quits just yet. Striker Kazuyoshi Miura is 56. He has signed a new loan deal in Portugal. The second-tier Oliveirense announced the extension on social media. Miura has been on loan from Japanese club Yokohama FC to Oliveirense
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has apparently behaved well enough during the first six weeks of her more than 11-year prison sentence for duping investors in her blood-testing hoax to be eligible for release nearly two years ahead of schedule, federal officials confirmed Tuesday. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons currently projects
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Mikala Jones, a Hawaii surfer known for shooting awe-inspiring photos and videos from the inside of massive, curling waves, has died after a surfing accident in Indonesia. He was 44. Jones had gone out into the ocean Sunday morning during a trip to the Mentawai Islands off
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — An inmate in Indianapolis allegedly used the chain of his handcuffs to choke a sheriff’s deputy who died shortly after, court documents obtained by a local station show. Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy John Durm was returning the detainee from a medical appointment Monday morning when he was attacked, the
Continue ReadingWTHR, MARION COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — An inmate in Indianapolis allegedly used the chain of his handcuffs to choke a sheriff’s deputy who died shortly after, court documents obtained by a local station show. Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy John Durm was returning the detainee from a medical appointment Monday
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El jurado que escuchó los argumentos sobre la disposición de la herencia de Aretha Franklin determinó este martes que una versión de 2014 de su testamento debe mantenerse como el documento de registro. Tras deliberar durante casi una hora, los miembros del jurado consideraron que el testamento escrito a mano, que
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CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, Ore. (KTVZ) — The scenic drive around the country’s deepest lake will be safer and smoother because of the Great American Outdoors Act Legacy Restoration Fund. A $56 million project, scheduled to start in Crater Lake National Park this summer, will improve about 19 miles of East Rim Drive and a portion of
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer The Los Angeles Angels drafted one of the Joyce brothers in 2022. They grabbed the other one on the final day of this year’s draft. The Angels selected Zach Joyce in the 14th round after they took his twin brother, Ben, in the third round of last year’s amateur
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The trouble between Ticketmaster and Taylor Swift’s“Eras” tour isn’t over — with the latest snafu affecting fans hoping to score tickets in France. On Tuesday, after some fans reported issues with accessing Ticketmaster’s site, sales for six of Swift’s upcoming shows in Paris and Lyon were abruptly postponed.
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