By Hafsa Khalil, CNN London (CNN) — A home-making mason bee, a motherly possum’s midnight munchies and a macaque lying on a deer’s back are just some of highly commended images from this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Other images include a bison kicking up a flurry of snow, a pair of storks
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — Voters in one Iowa county have rejected a GOP-appointed auditor who had previously made social media posts that questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election, among other conspiracy theories. A Republican-leaning board appointed David Whipple to the post earlier this summer when the prior auditor,
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — In a major win for progressive Texas cities, a district judge in Texas on Wednesday ruled that a controversial new state law targeting local regulations is unconstitutional. The judge sided with the cities of Houston and San Antonio after they sued to block the measure, which stops
Continue ReadingBy FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press SAN FELIPE, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s Navy says it is planning to expand the area where it sinks concrete blocks topped with metal hooks to snag gill nets that trap vaquita marina porpoises. The Navy began dropping the blocks into the Gulf of California last year, in hopes it may
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — A solo días de que se conmemoren 50 años del golpe de Estado en Chile, el presidente, Gabriel Boric, presentó este miércoles el Plan Nacional de Búsqueda de Verdad y Justicia, que tiene como objetivo esclarecer las circunstancias de desaparición y/o muerte y destino de las víctimas de desaparición forzada
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The Bureau of Land Management has installed solar-powered Remote Off-Grid Kiosks that are designed to process card payments instead of cash at the Trout Creek and Mecca Flat Campgrounds on the Lower Deschutes Wild and Scenic River.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — En sus mejores años, Andrés Iniesta fue considerado uno de los mejores mediocampistas de la historia. El mediapunta contribuyó a revolucionar la forma de jugar al fútbol en todo el mundo y, como pieza clave de equipos históricos como el Barcelona y la selección española, ganó todo lo que se puede ganar
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mothers of some of 111,000 people who have disappeared in Mexico over decades of violence are marking the International Day of the Disappeared with protests and demands that the government do more to locate their loved ones. Most of those missing are believed to have been
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The list of boarding schools in the United States that once sought to “civilize” Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians is getting longer. The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition released a new interactive map Wednesday that includes 523 schools. The Minnesota-based group has spent years been
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s Congress, which is controlled by the currently governing party, on Wednesday refused to recognize the seven lawmakers from the Seed Movement party of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo, following the suspension of his party earlier this week. Lawmakers declared their Seed Movement colleagues independents in the
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jimmy Kimmel was ready to throw in the towel as the host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” but it seems the host has had a change of heart. “I was very intent on retiring right around the time where the strike started,” Kimmel said Wednesday on the debut episode of
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Native American children have attended at least 523 Indigenous boarding schools since the 19th century, including hundreds that were run by the federal government to assimilate children into White society, a non-profit group says. The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition released a new list of Indigenous boarding
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Are you using — or considering using — marijuana to help with anxiety, pain, muscle spasms, nausea during pregnancy, poor sleep and more? You may be surprised to discover there is little quality evidence on the benefits of marijuana, according to a new analysis of more than 100 clinical
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Mali’s military junta succeeded in kicking out the U.N. peacekeeping force, and on Wednesday its Russian allies scored yet another victory against the U.N.: They were able to terminate all U.N. sanctions on Malians and abolish a panel of experts which has been critical of
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A former sheriff’s deputy in Massachusetts has been indicted for allegedly threatening to blow up a courthouse and kill law enforcement officers. Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy said a federal grand jury on Wednesday had indicted Joshua Ford, 42, of Kingston, Massachusetts. on three counts of interstate transmission of a threatening communication.
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A nearly 200-year-old West Point time capsule that appeared to yield little more than dust when it was opened during a disappointing livestream contained hidden treasure after all, the U.S. Military Academy said Wednesday. It was just more hidden than expected. The lead box believed to have been placed by
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A school shooting that frightened students and left one faculty member dead at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has galvanized gun safety advocates. They rallied the grieving community Wednesday to fight for stricter state gun laws. A crowd of about
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Something interesting: Stephen Colbert has in his possession a pair of pants belonging to the late Nicaraguan dictator, Anastasio Somoza. It’s a long story but his mom dated Somoza when she was younger (before he became a dictator, says Colbert). Speaking of pants, Jimmy Kimmel once bought a pair of
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for Carlos de Oliveira – the Mar-a-Lago property manager charged alongside former President Donald Trump in the classified documents case – said Wednesday that special counsel Jack Smith was overplaying a potential ethical conflict in their representation of their client. “In short, not only is there a lack
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The remains of a Vermont World War II soldier who died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines in 1942 have been laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Army Pfc. Arthur Barrett, of Swanton, Vermont, was a member of the 31st Infantry
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