Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Con su histórica misión Chandrayaan-3, la India logró este miércoles un aterrizaje suave controlado en la Luna, convirtiéndose así en el cuarto país que consigue tal hazaña. Solo la antigua Unión Soviética, Estados Unidos y China han logrado el aterrizaje suave de una nave espacial en la superficie lunar. India
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un desfile de coacusados de Donald Trump acordando fianzas y entregándose en una cárcel de Atlanta está marcando un camino de rendición de cuentas que el expresidente y cabecilla de la supuesta conspiración de manipulación electoral seguirá este jueves, en uno de los días más discordantes en la historia presidencial.
Continue ReadingBy JAE BRATTON of NerdWallet The Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 of student loan debt per borrower, yet loan forgiveness is still possible for those pursuing Public Service Loan Forgiveness or income-driven repayment forgiveness. A one-time account adjustment that began in July 2023 is still ongoing and
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, Nadine Schmidt and Claudia Otto, CNN (CNN) — A mountain guide found the body of a man believed to have died more than 20 years ago on a glacier in Austria, police announced on Tuesday. The guide discovered the body on Friday on East Tyrol’s Schlatenkees glacier at an altitude of approximately
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Cabinet has approved a plan to ease legal changes of name and gender for transgender, intersex and nonbinary people. The justice minister said Wednesday that the legislation aims to make life easier for “a small group for which it has great significance” and addresses possible concerns.
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN Media, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Newly tested DNA evidence from the 1997 killing of a 70-year-old Pennsylvania woman indicates she was sexually assaulted and fatally beaten by an unknown man – and not by the three men who have spent over two decades behind bars for her murder, a forensics expert testified
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un conductor de moto acuática detenido por Corea del Sur por supuestamente ingresar ilegalmente al país es un destacado disidente chino que viajó cientos de kilómetros a través del mar para escapar de China, dicen activistas. El hombre, de unos 30 años, fue detenido el 16 de agosto cerca de
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Happy Wednesday, Central Oregon friends! The region will be dry and mild for a couple of days as an offshore system is pushed north of us by the extremely high pressure parked over the central eastern portion of the United States. Our main concern today, unfortunately, continues to be smoky conditions in the area. The
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Norway’s Karsten Warholm powered to victory in the 400-meter hurdles, then put on his trademark Viking horns to celebrate his third victory at the world championships. His win came only moments after pole vaulters Katie Moon of America and Nina Kennedy of Australia, in a
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The importance of a good night’s rest is not lost on American sprinter Gabby Thomas. She recently wrote a paper on the epidemiology of sleep for her master’s degree at the University of Texas. The 26-year-old who also majored in neuroscience at Harvard says she
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las fuertes inundaciones justo al sur de la entrada al Parque Nacional del Gran Cañón provocaron llamados para refugiarse en el popular destino turístico de Arizona este martes mientras los equipos de rescate en aguas rápidas acudían al área. Alrededor de 20 a 76 mm de lluvia azotaron el área
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a former commander of Russia’s forces in Ukraine who was linked to the leader of a brief armed rebellion, has been dismissed as chief of the air force, Russian state media reported Wednesday after weeks of uncertainty about his fate. Surovikin has not been seen in public since
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Angry protesters have raided the local offices of the ruling Baath party in a southern Syrian province. The raid comes as protests intensify against the government during a severe economic and financial crisis that has battered the war-torn country. Opposition activists said Wednesday that protesters also partially
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson and Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Hawaii-born Laulauga Tausaga-Collins took gold in the women’s discus at the 2023 World Athletic Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Tuesday. American Tausaga-Collins won the competition with a huge throw of 69.49 meters, beating her previous personal best by nearly four meters and winning the United States’
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. regulators on Wednesday announced a settlement with the company that runs Dollar Tree and Family Dollar aimed at improving worker safety at thousands of the bargain stores across the country. Labor Department officials cited hazards at the stores including blocked exits, unsafe storage of materials, and improper access to fire
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian prosecutors have dropped a potential criminal case against American actor Amber Heard over allegations that she lied to a court about how her Yorkshire terriers came to be smuggled into Australia eight years ago. Heard and her then-husband Johnny Depp became embroiled in a high-profile
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Advancing flames are devouring forests and homes in Greece as wildfires that have killed 20 people are raging. Blazes are also burning in neighboring Turkey and in Spain’s Canary Islands. Greece’s largest forest fire was burning out of control for the fifth day
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Police say a teenager armed with a knife has wounded an eight-year-old boy at a school in eastern Germany and then set himself alight. Police say the incident happened in Bischofswerda, east of the city of Dresden, on Wednesday morning. The boy was taken to a hospital by helicopter and is in
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Every year, a number of new vehicles are discontinued, generally due to poor sales. However, this year there are other factors at play. The automotive industry’s drive toward electrification is another reason why cars are getting the ax. Automakers typically don’t announce discontinuations, so if you are in the market for
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las fuerzas ucranianas parecen haber intensificado sus esfuerzos para debilitar la superioridad aérea rusa en la guerra atacando bases que albergan aviones de combate supersónicos en lo profundo del territorio ruso. Kyiv dijo que había llevado a cabo un ataque con drones contra la base aérea militar rusa de Shaykovka,
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