Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En Gaza han muerto más trabajadores humanitarios de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) que en ningún otro conflicto en los 78 años de historia de la organización, según informó el organismo este lunes, un duro recordatorio de que el personal humanitario de las organizaciones mundiales no se ha librado
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The climate crisis is carrying a mounting health toll that is set to put even more lives at risk without bold action to phase out planet-warming fossil fuels, a new report from more than 100 scientists and health practitioners found. The annual Lancet Countdown report, released Tuesday, found that
Continue ReadingCNN By MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — US officials encountered a remarkable – even unprecedented – level of concern from their Beijing counterparts over how Chinese President Xi Jinping would be treated during his brief visit to the United States this week, people familiar with the matter said. Over months
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — US officials encountered a remarkable – even unprecedented – level of concern from their Beijing counterparts over how Chinese President Xi Jinping would be treated during his brief visit to the United States this week, people familiar with the matter said. Over months of
Continue ReadingBy Maija Ehlinger, CNN (CNN) — The government of Belize will suspend diplomatic ties with Israel over its refusal to implement a ceasefire in Gaza, adding to the list of countries in the Western Hemisphere voicing anger over the Israeli government’s war conduct. “The Government of Belize has repeatedly condemned the actions of the IDF
Continue ReadingBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia has begun the sterilization of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. Two male hippos and one female underwent surgical sterilization as part of a larger government’s effort to control the population of more than 100 of the mammals
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal judge has tentatively approved a portion of the newest plan to restructure $10 billion of debt owed by Puerto Rico’s power company amid heated negotiations between creditors and the U.S. territory’s government. The overall debt restructuring plan has been amended four times this year by a federal
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The Bend Sustainability Fund, a Visit Bend project, announced Tuesday the Visit Bend Board of Directors’ approval of the 2023 Bend Sustainability Fund grantees, awarding a total of $691,672 to eight projects around Central Oregon.
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan, Curt Devine and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — Hate groups and far-right internet trolls have seized on the tensions surrounding the Israel-Hamas war, while leveraging advances in artificial intelligence to further stoke antisemitism in the United States. The confluence of the conflict and the rapid development – and sheer accessibility – of
Continue ReadingBy Jake Tapper and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Washington (CNN) — A document recovered from a computer found inside a Hamas pickup truck outside Gaza, obtained by CNN from Israeli officials, shows a Hamas military commander requesting a scholarship for Hamas operatives to study engineering, physics and technology at universities in Iran. While it is widely
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling and David Close, CNN (CNN) — Chelsea FC women’s manager Emma Hayes has been named head coach of the US Women’s National Team, the US Soccer Federation announced on Tuesday. Hayes has been a huge success while leading the Blues for the past 11 seasons. She was named 2021’s Best FIFA Women’s
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer The Pac-12 is winding down to the finish of what may be its final football season before most of its members leave for other conferences next season. With two weeks left, the race for spots in the conference title game in Las Vegas on Dec. 1 is down to
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., voted to voted with the slim majority Monday to refer a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the House Homeland Security Committee, but Rep. Lori Chavez-Deremer voted with most Republicans against the move. However, they both want him out of office, and Chavez-DeRemer has called
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — The House Financial Services Committee has launched an investigation into Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chair Martin Gruenberg’s conduct at the agency, members of the committee announced on Friday. This comes after a Wall Street Journal investigation based on interviews with more than 100 current and former FDIC
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Army officials say they will overturn the convictions of 110 Black soldiers for a mutiny at a Houston military camp a century ago in a trial that had racial undertones. This comes after attorneys and advocates filed clemency petitions on behalf of the soldiers. Records of the soldiers will be corrected
Continue ReadingBy KMBC Staff Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KMBC) — An 18-year-old now faces a laundry list of charges in connection with a Sunday afternoon shooting inside the Oak Park Mall. The Johnson County District Attorney’s Office said 18-year-old Nery Alberto Gonzalez-Munoz has been charged with two counts of aggravated
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Offices belonging to top election officials in Kansas were evacuated after a suspicious letter was delivered to the building. Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab says the letter delivered Tuesday contained what he called a suspicious substance. He did not provide more details. The incident occurred
Continue ReadingRUSTON, La. (AP) — One of four women stabbed in what officials say was a random attack on a Louisiana college campus has died. Louisiana Tech University in Ruston announced that Annie Richardson died Tuesday evening, a day after the attack outside a campus recreation center. Authorities say two other women were hospitalized and a
Continue ReadingWAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A jury has convicted a Wisconsin woman of fatally poisoning her beautician friend’s water with eye drops five years ago. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the Waukesha County jury convicted 39-year-old Jessy Kurczewski of Franklin of first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of theft in connection with the death of Lynn
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN Español) — La muerte de Jesús Ociel Baena, primera persona no binaria en llegar a la magistratura del Tribunal Electoral de Aguascalientes y en América Latina, y la de su pareja, Dorian Daniel Nieves ―hallados sin vida este lunes en su domicilio― ha consternado a México. La indignación llevó a miles de
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