TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Five companies have agreed to pay the federal government more than $7.2 million overall to resolve claims stemming from longstanding pollution in two adjacent creeks in the Maumee River watershed in northwestern Ohio. The settlement with Ohio Refining Co., Chevron USA, Energy Transfer LLC, Pilkington North America and Chemtrade Logistics was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A crash between a minibus transporting tourists and a truck in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia late Sunday night left 25 dead and 6 injured. The accident happened around 10:30 p.m. local time on a highway near the city of Sao Jose do Jacuipe. Newspaper Folha de S.Paulo
Continue ReadingSince starting in 2023, the Deschutes County Coordinated Houseless Response Office has experienced much change over the past few months. With the resignation of Executive Director Cheyenne Purrington, the office has faced much criticism and questions over what tangible impact it has made in reducing homelessness.
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A campaign to save Benito the giraffe from extreme temperatures and a small enclosure in Mexico’s arid northern border city of Ciudad Juarez has finally paid off, with officials promising to move him to a more spacious animal park 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) to the south.
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A significant winter storm will move through the area bringing very gusty winds to the Cascades and High Desert, along with several inches of snow. Snow will be measured in feet in the mountains. The event will begin in earnest before sunrise Tuesday and linger through early Wednesday. The wind and snow will combine for
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — OpenAI se opuso este lunes a la demanda presentada el mes pasado por The New York Times, que afirma que el gigante de la inteligencia artificial violó la ley de derechos de autor al utilizar el periodismo del NYTimes para entrenar sus sistemas. “The New York Times no está contando toda
Continue ReadingUPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — Federal investigators say they’re unable determine the exact cause of the crash of a medical helicopter that nose-dived over suburban Philadelphia two years ago. No one lost their lives as the pilot somehow avoided a web of power lines and buildings and crash-landed next to a church’s day-care center. The
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Reviews have been poor for Sunday’s 81st Golden Globes, but the telecast pulled in an average of 9.4 million viewers, up about 50% from last year, according to CBS. The ceremony had the benefit of an NFL lead-in, as well as an especially starry gathering
Continue ReadingSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Wander Franco, a shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays, was released Monday from a jail in the Dominican Republic amid an ongoing investigation into allegations he had a relationship with a 14-year-old girl. Franco paid 2 million Dominican pesos ($34,000) as a type of deposit required by a judge
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — Florida’s Republican Party has removed Christian Ziegler as party chairman amid a sex scandal and a sexual assault investigation. “No one voted for Christian Ziegler,” said Blaise Ingoglia, former Republican Party of Florida Chairman and current member of the Florida Senate. Ziegler, who has not been
Continue ReadingCNN By Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — Florida’s Republican Party has removed Christian Ziegler as party chairman amid a sex scandal and a sexual assault investigation. “No one voted for Christian Ziegler,” said Blaise Ingoglia, former Republican Party of Florida Chairman and current member of the Florida Senate. Ziegler, who has not
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Catherine Nicholls and Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis has called for a universal ban on surrogacy, calling the practice “deplorable” in a speech in Vatican City on Monday. “I deem deplorable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Opposition politicians in Italy on Monday demanded that the government, headed by far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni, explain how hundreds of demonstrators were able to give a banned fascist salute at a Rome rally without any police intervention. The rally Sunday night in a working-class neighborhood commemorated the
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El encuentro entre Lionel Scaloni, el entrenador de la selección de Argentina, y su capitán, Lionel Messi, que se esperaba se llevara a cabo mientras los dos se encontraban en el país austral, finalmente no se dio. Después de las declaraciones del DT campeón del mundo en Brasil donde puso en duda
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — United says it found loose bolts on door plugs of Boeing 737 Max 9 jets grounded since Alaska Airlines midair blowout.
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Senators on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee said Monday that they’ve started an investigation into the price of widely used asthma inhalers made by four pharmaceutical companies, seeking information about practices that they say may have reduced competition and kept costs artificially high. Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders,
Continue ReadingCNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere, Priscilla Alvarez and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina catapulted Joe Biden to the top of the Democratic primary in 2020, and on Monday, the president returned hoping the state – and its Black voters – can help recharge his reelection bid. The state’s February 3 Democratic primary is not competitive. But with
Continue ReadingCNN By Parija Kavilanz and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Tiger Woods has broken up with Nike after a protracted 27-year collaboration with the world’s largest sportwear company, the golf legend announced on Monday. “Over 27 years ago, I was fortunate to start a partnership with one of the most iconic brands in
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The president of the embattled National Association of Realtors, Tracy Kasper, announced on Monday she would step down, alleging blackmail, according to a statement from the association. Kasper — who has led the nation’s largest professional trade organization, with 1.5 million members, since August when she took
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El papa Francisco habló sobre la maternidad subrogada, una práctica a la que calificó de “deplorable”. “Considero deplorable la práctica de la llamada maternidad subrogada, que ofende gravemente la dignidad de la mujer y del niño; y se basa en la explotación de la situación de necesidad material de la madre.
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