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Month: January 2024

Zapatista indigenous rebel movement marks 30 years since its armed uprising in southern Mexico

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press OCOSINGO, Mexico (AP) — Members and supporters of the Zapatista indigenous rebel movement celebrated the 30th anniversary of their brief armed uprising in southern Mexico on Monday even as their social base erodes and violence spurred by drug cartels encroaches on their territory. Hundreds gathered in the remote community

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The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024

CNN By Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — The high-stakes presidential election has taken on increased significance for Democrats’ precarious path to holding power in the Senate. Why? Because of the map. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s decision not to run for reelection in West Virginia underscored how advantageous the 2024 playing field is for Republicans. But President Joe

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Paddleboarder rescued via airlift

By Jusolyn Flower Click here for updates on this story     COLLIER COUNTY, Florida (WBBH) — Multiple Collier County first responders aided in the rescue of a lost paddleboarder in the Ten Thousand Islands Saturday afternoon. A distressed paddleboarder called the Collier County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) at 1:42 p.m., reporting that he was lost in the

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‘Battle against time’ to find quake survivors as Japan lifts tsunami warnings and death toll rises

CNN By Helen Regan, Sahar Akbarzai, Chie Kobayashi and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN (CNN) — Scenes of devastation emerged along Japan’s western coast Tuesday as rescuers raced to save residents trapped in the rubble of a 7.5 magnitude quake that has triggered multiple aftershocks and killed dozens of people. The quake shook the Noto Peninsula in

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Israel’s Supreme Court overturns a key component of Netanyahu’s polarizing judicial overhaul

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul Monday, delivering a landmark decision that could reopen the fissures in Israeli society that preceded the country’s ongoing war against Hamas. The planned overhaul sparked months of mass

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