By Paul LeBlanc and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — Henry Kissinger, a former US secretary of state and national security adviser who escaped Nazi Germany in his youth to become one of the most influential and controversial foreign policy figures in American history, has died. He was 100. Kissinger died Wednesday at his home in
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Henry Kissinger, exsecretario de Estado y asesor de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos, falleció a los 100 años en su hogar en Connecticut, según un comunicado de su firma consultora Kissinger Associates. Tras escapar de la Alemania nazi en su juventud, Kissinger llegó a convertirse en una de las figuras de política
Continue ReadingBy HALLIE GOLDEN and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government is willing to help build enough new clean energy projects in the Pacific Northwest to replace the hydropower generated by four controversial dams on the Snake River, according to a leaked Biden administration document that is giving hope to conservationists who
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Twelve days after OpenAI fired Sam Altman as CEO, the company formally announced that it has hired him back. The company also said it has a new board, consisting of Chairman Bret Taylor, a former co-CEO of Salesforce; former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers; and Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, who
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer A South African company will make vaginal rings that protect against HIV, which AIDS experts say should eventually make them cheaper and more readily available. The Population Council announced Thursday that Kiara Health of Johannesburg will start making the silicone rings in the next few years, estimating that 1
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By HALLIE GOLDEN and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government is willing to help build enough new clean energy projects in the Pacific Northwest to replace the hydropower generated by four controversial dams on the Snake River, according to a leaked Biden administration document that is giving hope to conservationists who
Continue ReadingCNN By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk, in his first interview with mainstream media since his antisemitic post on X earlier this month, apologized Wednesday for what he called his “dumbest” ever social media post. But he lashed out at advertisers leaving his platform because of rising antisemitism on X. “I
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Sebastian Stan is… hired. Stan is set to star in an upcoming film titled “The Apprentice,” alongside Maria Bakalova and Jeremy Strong, CNN confirmed Wednesday via representatives for the film. The “Pam & Tommy” star is reportedly set to play a young Donald Trump in “The Apprentice,” according to
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Las autoridades mexicanas encontraron el martes a 87 migrantes indocumentados que viajaban en la caja de un tractocamión en Chiapas, en el sur del país, cerca de la frontera con Guatemala, de acuerdo con un comunicado del Instituto Nacional de Migración. Del total de migrantes hallados, 46 son adultos que
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(Update: Adding no sentencing date set; could face two-year sentence) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – After a two-day non-jury trial, a judge on Wednesday found a former longtime Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy and detective guilty of two counts of official misconduct and not guilty on two other charges involving intimate photos transferred from a dead man’s
Continue ReadingKANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — The U.S. Navy says underwater footage shows two points where a large plane is touching coral in a Hawaii bay. It’s been more than a week since the Navy plane overshot a runway and landed in shallow water just offshore of Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay. The Navy
Continue ReadingBy FOSTER KLUG Associated Press CHEORWON, South Korea (AP) — The alliance with the United States has allowed South Korea to build a strong democracy with citizens confident Washington would protect them if North Korea ever acted on its dream of unifying the peninsula under its own rule. But that certainty is fading. North Korea’s
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed U.S. calls for a return to diplomacy and lambasted condemnations of the North’s recent spy satellite launch, vowing more launches in violation of U.N. bans. During a U.N. Security Council meeting earlier this
Continue ReadingBy FOSTER KLUG Associated Press CHEORWON, South Korea (AP) — To the steady rat-tat-tat of machine guns and exploding bursts of smoke, amphibious tanks slice across a lake not far from the big green mountains that stand along the world’s most heavily armed border. Dozens of South Korean and U.S. combat engineers build a pontoon
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The nonprofit organization GivingTuesday estimates that donors gave $3.1 billion this year on what has become one of the most important fundraising dates for U.S. nonprofits, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Donations on GivingTuesday this year were up $20 million more than what was donated last year,
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El Senado de México rechazó este miércoles la terna de candidatas que el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador propuso para un asiento en la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN). En dos rondas de votación, ninguna de las tres aspirantes alcanzó la mayoría calificada que requería para ser nombrada
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — El Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos sancionó este miércoles a un servicio de criptomonedas acusado de ayudar a lavar millones de dólares para el régimen de Corea del Norte. La medida representa el último esfuerzo por tomar medidas enérgicas contra una fuente clave de financiamiento para los programas de armas
Continue ReadingLAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Maui officials are on standby to prevent ash from August’s deadly wildfire in Lahaina from flowing into storm drains. Forecasters say a winter storm could bring heavy rain and strong winds to the island. The National Weather Service says rain could trigger localized flooding over burn scars in Lahaina and Kula.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The air traffic controller on duty when FedEx and Southwest planes nearly collided earlier this year in Texas told investigators that he expected the airliner to take off more quickly — before the incoming FedEx plane reached the same runway. That is because in his four
Continue ReadingANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — An Iowa teen who is believed to be one of the earliest victims of a notorious California serial killer has been identified after 49 years. Long known simply as “John Doe,” the teen was identified Tuesday as Michael Ray Schlicht of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department in California
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