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Month: December 2023

West accuses Iran of illegally testing missiles, transferring drones to Russia, enriching uranium

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Western powers in the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran are accusing Tehran of developing and testing ballistic missiles, transferring hundreds of drones to Russia, and enriching uranium to an unprecedented 60% level for a country without a nuclear weapons program — all in violation

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Confederate memorial removal at Arlington Cemetery is paused by federal judge

By Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday temporarily halted a planned removal of the Confederate Memorial at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia a day after two groups filed a lawsuit. US District Judge Ronnie D. Alston in Virginia granted a temporary restraining order barring the memorial’s removal after the groups Defend Arlington and

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China, Russia, Iran and Cuba all tried to meddle in 2022 US congressional elections, intelligence assessment finds

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Foreign government efforts to target the 2022 US midterm elections appeared to grow compared with the 2018 elections, according to a declassified intelligence assessment released Monday, with a “diverse and growing group of foreign actors” participating. There was no known order from any foreign leader to “undertake a

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Biden’s push for Ukraine aid stalls in Senate as negotiations over border restrictions drag on

By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s push to have Congress replenish wartime aid for Ukraine as part of a deal on border and immigration policy changes will almost certainly drag into next year. The Senate, which had postponed its holiday recess, returned to Washington on

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A group representing TikTok, Meta and X sues Utah over strict new limits on app use for minors

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A trade group that represents TikTok and other major tech companies has sued Utah over its first-in-the-nation laws requiring children to get parental consent to use social media apps. Two laws signed in March by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox prohibit minors from using social media

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“El sueño americano es salir de Estados Unidos”: TikTokers estadounidenses revelan cómo es la vida en el extranjero

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un mes de vacaciones pagadas. Vino con la comida un martes. Sin necesidad de dejar propina. En el video más popular de Kacie Rose Burns, la influencer repasa algunos de los mayores choques culturales que ha experimentado desde que se mudó de Estados Unidos a Italia. El TikTok de Burns, visto

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Mississippi local officials say human error and poor training led to election-day chaos

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The county election officials under whose watch ballot shortages hampered voting in Mississippi’s largest county said technical mishaps and insufficient training were to blame for election day chaos in November. Hinds County election commissioners met Monday with representatives from a coalition of statewide and

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Cinnamon applesauce investigation finds lead levels more than 2,000 times higher than proposed standards, FDA says

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Tests of cinnamon samples collected during a US Food and Drug Administration inspection of a facility in Ecuador linked with contaminated applesauce pouches turned up lead levels that were more than 2,000 times higher than proposed standards, the agency said Monday. The FDA continues to investigate high lead levels

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Estados Unidos anuncia una operación multinacional en el mar Rojo y el golfo de Adén tras los ataques hutíes al transporte marítimo

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, Lloyd Austin, anunció el lunes una nueva operación liderada por Estados Unidos centrada en los “desafíos de seguridad en el sur del mar Rojo y el golfo de Adén” tras los recientes ataques de las fuerzas hutíes al tráfico marítimo comercial en

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Madrid: ruta para mujeres en Navidad

CNNEspañol sjv Nota del editor: Wendy Guerra es escritora cubanofrancesa y colaboradora de CNN en Español. Sus artículos han aparecido en medios de todo el mundo, como El País, The New York Times, el Miami Herald, El Mundo y La Vanguardia. Entre sus obras literarias más destacadas se encuentran “Ropa interior” (2007), “Nunca fui primera

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OSU researchers find some coral species could be more resilient to climate change than previously thought

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Some coral species can be resilient to marine heat waves by “remembering” how they lived through previous ones, research by Oregon State University scientists suggests. The study, funded by the National Science Foundation, also contains evidence that the ecological memory response is likely linked to the microbial communities that dwell among

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Leaders seek to expand crime-fighting net of cameras and sensors beyond New Mexico’s largest city

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s largest city is blanketed with a network of cameras, license plate readers and special listening devices that hone in on the sound of gunfire. It forms a technological net of sorts that Albuquerque police say has been an integral part of a multimillion-dollar

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Hawaii governor’s first budget after Maui wildfire includes funds for recovery and fire prevention

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s governor is requesting $425 million from lawmakers during the next fiscal year to help Maui recover from August’s wildfires. Gov. Josh Green said Monday he is asking for millions more to reduce the risk of wildfires statewide. The proposed budget is Green’s first since a fast-moving

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