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Month: October 2023

The approved multistate wind-power transmission line will increase energy capacity for Missouri

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri regulators are allowing a multistate wind-energy power line to increase the amount of power to the state’s consumers. State regulators on Thursday gave permission for the Grain Belt Express to expand to bring as much as 2,500 megawatts of power to Missouri. That’s the equivalent

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‘Egyptian blue’ found on Parthenon sculptures at the British Museum

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Classical Greek marble sculptures today appear crisp and white. But they weren’t always that way, according to a new study, which found the famous 2,500-year-old Parthenon sculptures were colorful, painted with floral patterns and other elaborate designs. By using a noninvasive imaging technique, researchers at the British Museum — where

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Unpublished works and manuscript by legendary Argentine writer Cortázar sell for $42,120 at auction

By GUILLERMO GARAT Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A buyer from Argentina has paid $42,120 for a manuscript of works, including seven unpublished stories, by legendary Argentine writer Julio Cortázar at an auction in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. The bundle of 60-year-old sheets bound together with metal fasteners and bearing the inscription “Julio Cortázar.

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Una tormenta poderosa en Estados Unidos dejará nieve, mal tiempo y fuertes lluvias este fin de semana

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una poderosa tormenta atravesará casi 2.500 kilómetros de EE.UU. durante el fin de semana y dejará nieve, fuertes tormentas eléctricas y lluvias torrenciales a lo largo de su trayectoria, en lo que marca el octavo fin de semana lúgubre consecutivo en partes del noreste. La tormenta llevará la primera nevada significativa

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US says it found health and safety violations at a GM joint venture battery plant in Ohio

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Labor Department says investigators found 19 safety and health violations at a General Motors joint venture electric vehicle battery plant in Ohio during a two-week period this year. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fining Ultium Cells LLC $270,091 for the alleged violations at a recently opened

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Republicans tweak Brewers stadium repair plan to cut the total public contribution by $54 million

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have tweaked their plan to help fund repairs at the Milwaukee Brewers’ stadium to scale back the total public contribution by $54 million. A legislative committee approved the changes Thursday afternoon. Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says the full chamber will vote

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1 of 2 Colorado officers convicted in Elijah McClain’s death after neck hold, ketamine injection

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Jurors have convicted a Denver-area police officer and acquitted another of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing. Aurora police officer Randy Roedema was found guilty

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El Salvador is gradually filling its new mega prison with alleged gang members

By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press TECOLUCA, El Salvador (AP) — With tattoo-covered faces, wearing white shirts and shorts, gang members captured during El Salvador’s state of exception are gradually filling the country’s new mega prison. Unveiled earlier this year, the prison 45 miles southeast of the capital now holds some 12,000 accused or convicted gang

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Northwestern State football player shot and killed near campus, coach calls it ‘a tremendous loss’

NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — A Northwestern State University football player has been shot and killed near an apartment complex not far from campus in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Police found 21-year-old Ronald Caldwell with multiple gunshot wounds at around 1 a.m. on Thursday. No arrests have been made. A junior from Austin, Texas, he played safety and

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Gal Gadot, Amy Schumer y Jerry Seinfeld, entre los más de 700 líderes en el mundo del entretenimiento que apoyan a Israel en una carta abierta

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Más de 700 profesionales del mundo del entretenimiento firmaron una carta abierta en la que expresan su apoyo a Israel y condenan a Hamas mientras continúan los enfrentamientos en Medio Oriente. Gal Gadot, Amy Schumer, Mayim Bialik y Jerry Seinfeld son algunos de los firmantes de la carta que publicó este

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Prosecutor removed from YNW Melly murder trial after defense accusations of withholding information

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida judge has removed the lead prosecutor in the double murder retrial of rapper YNW Melly. The decision Thursday comes after defense attorneys claimed prosecutors didn’t reveal that the lead detective in the case had been previously accused of being willing to lie as he gathered evidence. The

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In the Amazon, millions breathe hazardous air as drought and wildfires spread through the rainforest

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Smoke from forest fires covered large swaths of the Brazilian Amazon as the region endures one of the worst droughts on record, with many rivers at historically low levels. In Manaus, the air quality ranked among the worst among cities worldwide, prompting suspension of college classes

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