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Month: November 2023

Organizer of Russian journalist’s murder pardoned after enlisting to fight in Ukraine

By Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — A former Russian detective convicted for his role in orchestrating the 2006 assassination of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin after being recruited to fight in Ukraine, his lawyer told state media TASS. Sergey Khadzhikurbanov was sentenced to 20 years in prison for

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Disney says it has $40 billion economic impact in Florida as it battles DeSantis in court

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney has released a study showing its economic impact in Florida at $40.3 billion, directly and indirectly through its supply chain and employee spending. The study released Tuesday comes as Disney battles in courts with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his appointees over their takeover of

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Ningún lugar de EE. UU. está a salvo de la crisis climática, pero un nuevo informe muestra dónde es más grave

Aleja Páez (CNN) — Los efectos de un clima que se calienta rápidamente se están sintiendo en todos los rincones de EE. UU. y empeorarán en los próximos 10 años con el uso continuo de combustibles fósiles, según un nuevo y sombrío informe de agencias federales. La Quinta Evaluación Nacional del Clima, un reporte ordenado

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Jesmyn Ward’s ‘Let Us Descend’ is among the finalists for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence

NEW YORK (AP) — Jesmyn Ward’s slave narrative “Let Us Descend” and Jake Bittle’s exploration of climate change’s impact “The Great Displacement” are among the finalists for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in fiction and nonfiction. Ward’s novel is a fiction nominee, along with Amanda Peters’ “The Berry Pickers” and the mixed media “Denison

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Gov. Newsom says arson caused massive fire under I-10 freeway in Downtown LA

By DEAN FIORESI, MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — A preliminary investigation determined the destructive fire that indefinitely closed the I-10 Freeway in Downtown Los Angeles was intentionally started with “malice intent,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday afternoon. “They made a preliminary determination there was malice intent,”

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