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Month: August 2023

The death toll from the Maui wildfires has climbed to 96. Here’s what we know about the deadliest US fire in over a century

CNN By Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Crews in west Maui are continuing the heart-wrenching work of sifting through the ashes of what used to be homes and beloved landmarks as the death toll from the deadliest US wildfire in more than 100 years is still rising. Ninety-six people have been confirmed

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Organizers of first Bend ‘Water Lantern Festival’ vow to help clean up Deschutes mess; BPRD says no more permits

Organizers of Bend’s first – and quite possibly last – Water Lantern Festival said Tuesday they are working with community groups to clean up the Deschutes River and remove dozens of lanterns that got away and sank, prompting an outcry from river-lovers and Bend Park and Rec to say it won’t approve any future park reservations.

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Dozens of news organizations condemn police raid on Kansas newspaper and call for seized materials to be returned

By Jon Passantino, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of news organizations on Sunday condemned a police raid on a Kansas newspaper and its publisher’s home, sending a letter to the local police department’s chief urging him to immediately return all seized materials. The four-page letter, sent by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to

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Dozens of news organizations condemn police raid on Kansas newspaper and call for seized materials to be returned

CNN, KWCH-DT By Jon Passantino, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of news organizations on Sunday condemned a police raid on a Kansas newspaper and its publisher’s home, sending a letter to the local police department’s chief urging him to immediately return all seized materials. The four-page letter, sent by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the

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¿Miedos exagerados a la IA? Un físico teórico califica a los chatbots de “grabadoras glorificadas”

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo Nueva York (CNN) — La ansiedad del público ante las nuevas tecnologías de Inteligencia Artificial (IA) es errónea, según el físico teórico Michio Kaku. En una entrevista con Fareed Zakaria, de CNN, el futurólogo afirmó este domingo que chatbots como ChatGPT, de OpenAI, beneficiarán a la sociedad y aumentarán la productividad. Sin embargo,

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Camp Lejeune water contamination cases increasingly becoming wrongful death claims as lawsuits proceed at a crawl

By Brianna Keilar and Margaret Given (CNN) — Last year, Eddie Peterson lost consciousness at his home in Memphis and stopped breathing. His wife, Lori, saved his life, performing CPR on him until paramedics arrived. Peterson has Parkinson’s. His 76-year-old body is failing him, and has been for decades, but his mind is almost as

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Comisión del FBI que ayudará en investigación de asesinato de Fernando Villavicencio ya está en Ecuador, informa el Gobierno ecuatoriano

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Una comisión del Buró Federal de Investigaciones de Estados Unidos (FBI, por sus siglas en inglés) que se involucrará en la investigación del asesinato del candidato presidencial Fernando Villavicencio, ya se encuentra en Ecuador, informó este domingo en conferencia de prensa el ministro del Interior, Juan Zapata. Según Zapata,

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Dictan prisión preventiva a padre de dos de los niños rescatados en la Amazonía colombiana por presunto abuso sexual de su hijastra

Marlon Sorto (CNN Español) — Un juez dictó prisión preventiva este sábado a Manuel Ranoque —padre de dos de los cuatro niños colombianos que sobrevivieron más de un mes en la selva del Amazonas tras un accidente aéreo en San José del Guaviare— por presunto abuso sexual de su hijastra de ahora 13 años, según

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Chicago mayor names the police department’s counterterrorism head as new police superintendent

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has named Larry Snelling, the police department’s counterterrorism head, as his choice for police superintendent of the nation’s third-largest city. The announcement on Sunday comes after a monthslong search led by the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability. The selection of Snelling, 54, to head the department

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