By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night, marking the nation’s first known execution using nitrogen gas. Smith, who was sentenced to death for his role in a 1988 murder for hire and already survived a botched execution attempt by lethal injection, was at the center of
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Officials say scores of sea turtles stunned by cold temperatures along the North Carolina coast have died. The North Carolina State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology says it took in 109 cold-stunned sea turtles from Cape Lookout on Sunday, but only 36 survived. Cape Hatteras National Seashore says the
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Four high school students in Las Vegas pleaded not guilty Thursday to second-degree in the deadly beating of their schoolmate in November. The fight left 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis Jr. dead and was captured on cellphone video that went viral. The students were indicted last week as adults. They’re also charged with
Continue ReadingTemperatures on the mountains are on the cool, not cold side in some areas. New additions to the snow have been welcomed over the past day or so. As I have heard, any snow is good snow as there may be a few flakes falling on the mountains overnight. The unfortunate aspect to the forecast
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump subió al estrado este jueves para testificar como parte de su defensa en el juicio civil que enfrenta por difamación en Nueva York. Durante su testimonio, que duró apenas cerca de tres minutos, el exmandatario señaló que se mantenía en sus declaraciones anteriores, hechas bajo juramento, con respecto a
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — En más de la mitad de los estados de Estados Unidos sigue vigente la pena de muerte, un castigo que durante décadas se ha aplicado únicamente por un delito: homicidio. Aquí, un repaso de lo que dice la legislación clave. Para el año 2021, según el Centro de Información
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump say the district attorney in the Georgia election interference prosecution should be removed from the case. They say Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis “inappropriately injected race into the case and stoked racial animus” in response to allegations of misconduct against
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFERY and LEE KEATH Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Health Ministry and witnesses said Israeli troops opened fire as a crowd of Palestinians gathered for humanitarian aid in Gaza City on Thursday, killing at least 20 and wounding dozens. The Israeli military said it was looking into the
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two federal agencies are looking to better protect endangered whales amid a surge in offshore wind farm development. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released final plans Thursday to protect endangered North American right whales. Only about
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The dry pattern will be short lived as the forecast is calling for some icy and snowy conditions to begin the last Friday of January. Snow is expected to develop before sunrise and change over to freezing rain during the early morning commute time frame. There may be an icy glaze over the roads, sidewalks,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La primera luna llena del nuevo año, conocida como Luna del Lobo, brillará en el cielo nocturno este jueves. La luna llena de enero alcanzó su máxima iluminación a las 12:54 p.m. ET, pero aparecerá llena hasta el viernes por la noche, según la NASA. Según EarthSky, el brillante orbe saldrá
Continue ReadingBy Jack Lowenstein Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — A land mine was successfully removed from a storage facility by U.S. military personnel in the area of Bear Creek in Jefferson County on Wednesday night. The land mine was found inside a unit that had recently been won at
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA says its little Mars helicopter has flown its last flight. The space agency announced Thursday that the 4-pound chopper named Ingenuity can no longer fly because of rotor blade damage, and its mission is officially over. Ingenuity logged 72 flights over three years
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Arit John, Alayna Treene, Kylie Atwood and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is growing more defiant in the face of Donald Trump’s efforts to push her out of the 2024 Republican primary race, poking and prodding at the former president and encouraging supporters to wear Trump’s
Continue ReadingBy Julia Falcon Click here for updates on this story FANNIN COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — Law enforcement is investigating a single-engine plane crash that happened in Direct, Texas, Wednesday night. The FAA says only the pilot, 23-year-old Logan Timothy James, was on board when the Cessna 172 crashed. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a woman and five children have died in a fire at a home in rural northwest Alaska. Troopers said Thursday that the remains of the six have been recovered. The home was in the Inupiat village of Noovik. The bodies have been sent to the state medical
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s attorneys are joining calls for the dismissal of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in the 2020 election subversion case against the former president and his co-defendants in Georgia, pointing to alleged misconduct between Willis and her lead prosecutor. In a filing in Fulton County Superior Court
Continue ReadingBy Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story SAN CLEMENTE, California (KCAL) — A landslide in San Clemente has brought train service through the area to a complete stop late Wednesday afternoon. Metrolink service between the Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo and Oceanside stations will suspended due to boulders and debris falling onto the tracks
Continue Readingmondemanola (CNN Español) –– La Cámara de Diputados dio media sanción este martes al paquete fiscal que contiene la nueva legislación en materia de impuesto a las ganancias en Argentina. Según la información oficial, el Impuesto a las Ganancias es un gravamen nacional que se deduce de los haberes o rentas obtenidos durante el año
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Strauss, Kristen Holmes and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — A Republican National Committee draft resolution that would have formally declared Donald Trump the Republican Party’s 2024 presumptive nominee was withdrawn Thursday amid pushback from the former president. David Bossie, the RNC committeeman from Maryland who recently endorsed Trump and introduced the resolution, withdrew it, according
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