Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los incendios forestales apocalípticos que azotaron Maui se han cobrado al menos 111 vidas, un número devastador que se espera que aumente. Entre los muertos están cuatro miembros de la misma familia que intentaron escapar de las llamas, dijo la familia en un comunicado a Hawaii News Now, afiliada de
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for women until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials. The decision by the Switzerland-based federation FIDE has drawn criticism from advocacy groups and supporters of transgender rights.
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya’s rival prime ministers has warned that his government would not tolerate any further militia fighting, days after the year’s bloodiest bout of clashes rocked the capital, Tripoli, killing at least 45 people. Health authorities say that at least 45 people were killed in militia
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los jueces están siendo forzados a una situación sin precedentes y peligrosa en medio de una campaña presidencial ya tempestuosa debido a la creciente acritud sobre los juicios penales contra Donald Trump. Los fiscales que presionan para acelerar los juicios y los intentos del equipo de defensa del expresidente de
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Welcome to Thursday! Today we will see the low pressure system off the California coast continue to stream moisture into Southern and Central Oregon. Our area has been dealing with heavy wildfire smoke. Today conditions are “Very Unhealthy” in much of Deschutes and Crook counties, where Air Quality Advisories are in effect. In addition to
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El entrenador en jefe de la selección nacional femenina de fútbol de EE.UU. (USWNT), Vlatko Andonovski, renunció a su cargo después de que EE.UU. fuera eliminada del Mundial Femenino de Fútbol 2023, dijeron fuentes no identificadas a ESPN y The Athletic. Se espera que la noticia se anuncie este jueves,
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Oman has unveiled ambitious plans for a new 100,000-person “smart” city outside its capital, Muscat. Set across 14.8 square kilometers (5.7 square miles), Sultan Haitham City will be roughly equivalent in size to Beverly Hills — but with almost three times as many residents. The plan, which was shared
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Just a few days after the first GOP presidential debate of the 2024 cycle, two of the contenders will be hitting the same stage in front of the largest annual gathering of Republicans in early-voting South Carolina. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had already been set as
Continue ReadingBy Benjamin Brown (CNN) — The US has approved Israel’s request to sell the Arrow-3 missile system to Germany, the Israeli defense ministry said Thursday, in what will become Israel’s largest ever defense deal. The approval paves the way for Israel and Germany to sign a landmark $3.5 billion defense agreement, according to the Israeli
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister has traveled to Saudi Arabia. The trip Thursday to the kingdom marks the first by Tehran’s top diplomat in years after the two nations reached a détente earlier this year with Chinese mediation. The visit by Hossein Amirabdollahian comes as both
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Tinkering around one late mid-December night, Ryan Crouser ran some shot-put experiments after a training session. What if, the world record holder/mad scientist hypothesized, he shifted his starting position about 60 degrees clockwise inside the circle? What if he also executed a quick step early
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cientos de incendios forestales que arrasan partes de los Territorios del Noroeste de Canadá han llevado a las autoridades a emitir órdenes de evacuación y declarar el estado de emergencia mientras las llamas amenazan la ciudad capital de Yellowknife. El estado de emergencia permite más recursos para ayudar a las
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Neymar Jr. became the latest in a long line of players to make a move to the Middle East when he joined Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal from French giant Paris Saint-Germain, but the Brazilian superstar credits one of his rivals for starting the country’s soccer boom. “I
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is searching for ways to keep US forces and assets in Niger to continue anti-terror operations, even as it becomes increasingly unlikely that the military junta that overthrew the country’s government last month will cede power back to the democratically elected president. The
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv El voto nulo en Guatemala, ¿una protesta contra el sistema? El correísmo impugnó la candidatura de Zurita. España, por el título mundial. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1. ¿Qué pasó en Lagos de Moreno? En un mensaje difundido por la Fiscalía de Jalisco, Luis Joaquín Méndez Ruiz,
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Sha’Carri Richardson stamped her name on the long, illustrious list of American sprint champions earlier this summer and also set the stakes for the year ahead of her and the rest of the fast pack of 100-meter runners she’s going against. She says “I’m not
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A small aircraft lost control and crashed Thursday on a highway in Malaysia’s central Selangor state, killing all eight people on board and two on the ground, authorities said. Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said the six passengers and two crew members on the private chartered plane perished in
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Michael Parkinson, the renowned British broadcaster who interviewed some of the world’s most famous celebrities of the 20th century from Muhammad Ali to Miss Piggy, has died. He was 88. His family said in a statement to the BBC on Thursday that Parkinson died “peacefully at home
Continue ReadingBy ZANE IRWIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — More than 60 migrants are feared dead after a Spanish fishing vessel rescued a boat off Cape Verde that originally had more than 100 people aboard. The International Organization for Migration says seven bodies were found on the boat and an estimated 56 people are missing
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Novak Djokovic won his first singles match on American soil since 2021 as Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was forced to retire during their second-round contest at the Western & Southern Open. Djokovic had taken the first set 6-4 on Wednesday when Davidovich Fokina, who had taken a medical timeout in
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