CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The World Health Organization says five countries in East and southern Africa are in the middle of outbreaks of the anthrax disease with more than 1,100 suspected cases and 20 deaths this year. A total of 1,166 suspected cases have been reported in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La ministra de Seguridad de Argentina, Patricia Bullrich, dijo este lunes que pidió al juez Ariel Lijo una “rápida investigación” sobre lo ocurrido este domingo, luego de que un hombre lanzó una botella que golpeó a uno de los miembros de la custodia del presidente Javier Milei tras su toma de
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A third family says they recently discovered a relative was buried in a Mississippi pauper’s cemetery without their knowledge. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump says it is the latest case in which families learned the whereabouts of a deceased loved one from news reports
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Estados Unidos anunció este lunes sanciones de restricción de visas contra cerca de 300 ciudadanos guatemaltecos, entre ellos más de 100 congresistas, a los que señala de “socavar la democracia en Guatemala”. En un comunicado, el Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. condenó “enérgicamente las actuales acciones antidemocráticas del Ministerio Público de
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who was recently cleared in the gruesome, fiery 1995 killing of a subway token booth clerk sued New York City and two detectives on Monday, saying that “a wanton and reckless” law enforcement culture subjected him to decades of wrongful imprisonment that left grave
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela have expressed their intentions to cooperate ahead of their meeting this week meant to address an escalating dispute over a region rich in oil and minerals. But their diametrically different positions over the role that the International Court of
Continue ReadingBy JASMINE ARENAS Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Denver is currently providing housing for more than 2,600 migrants. The city has aided nearly 30,000 who have come from the southern border at a cost of $33 million. One 74-year-old Colorado woman has made it her mission in life to aid
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An asteroid in our solar system will temporarily block the light of Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, Monday evening and early Tuesday morning. The rare cosmic event will be visible to millions who live within a narrow strip that encircles half the globe and
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In the past, when driving or walking through downtown Bend this time of year, twinkling lights on the street trees made it feel like a winter wonderland, but this year, the lights have been gone, and some business owners are not happy.
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Three months after a new joint legislative committee began public meetings to seek comprehensive solutions to Oregon’s drug and addiction crisis, amid many calls for either repeal or maj
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of Harvard faculty members are urging the Ivy League university to keep its president, Claudine Gay, in command as she faces calls from some lawmakers and donors to step down over comments at a congressional hearing on antisemitism. A petition signed by more than 600
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The National Football League is in an uncomfortable position. The sports and entertainment juggernaut is in talks to renew its $100 million deal with Elon Musk’s troubled social media platform, X, formerly known as Twitter, The Wall Street Journal reported in November. But Musk’s unhinged behavior and the surge in
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — The Texas Supreme Court on Monday reversed a lower court’s ruling that would have allowed a woman to obtain an abortion under the state’s “medical emergency” exception, though the woman’s attorneys hours earlier said she had left the state to have the procedure. Kate Cox sought
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The High Desert Food & Farm Alliance is pleased to announce the launch of the 2024 On-Farm Efficiency Grant (hdffa.org/ofeg) which invites Central Oregon farmers to apply for up to $3,000 in grant funds for on-farm improvements and purchases. Applications are open from December 1st, 2023, to January 15th, 2024. HDFFA
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jack Black surprised a Jonas Brothers audience on Saturday when he rose from beneath the stage to sing “Peaches,” the hit song from the “Super Mario Bros.” movie that earned a Golden Globe nomination on Monday. “This song goes out to my one and only true love, Princess Peach,”
Continue ReadingBy Jedd Rosche, CNN House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik had a sharp response to the news that University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill was stepping down from her position over the weekend: “One down. Two to go.” It was Stefanik’s line of questioning at a hearing last week before the House Committee on Education
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for a pregnant Texas woman who sought court permission for an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. say she has left the state to obtain the procedure. The announcement came Monday as
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Courts in several states are hearing challenges to abortion bans this week. The highest-profile one came when the Texas Supreme Court ruled against a woman’s request for immediate permission to end a pregnancy fraught with complications and health risks. An Idaho court is also considering whether to allow to move
Continue ReadingBy Bill Kirkos and Brad Parks, CNN (CNN) — The man suspected of opening fire at a Fourth of July parade – killing seven people and wounding dozens of others in suburban Chicago – is expected to represent himself when he goes on trial early next year. Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III is accused of
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Elon Musk has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on whether the Securities and Exchange Commission violated the Tesla CEO’s free-speech rights when it required, as part of a 2018 settlement, that some of his social media posts be vetted in advance. The petition appeared on the
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