By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a longer time with higher temperatures over larger areas, a new study finds. Since 1979, global heat waves are moving 20% more slowly — meaning more people stay hot longer
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Fresh off a record-breaking fundraiser, the Biden campaign released a digital ad Friday making a forceful appeal to voters who supported former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley – a coalition of Republicans and moderates turned off by Donald Trump that the Biden team is seeking to
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La justicia de Estados Unidos desestimó este jueves los cargos contra el empresario Alex Saab, aliado cercano del presidente de Venezuela Nicolás Maduro. Saab fue liberado por Estados Unidos en diciembre de 2023 a cambio de la liberación de 10 estadounidenses detenidos por diversos motivos en Venezuela. El empresario había
Continue ReadingWREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham, the fourth-tier Welsh team co-owned by actor Ryan Reynolds, has taken a step toward another promotion by beating Mansfield 2-0. Talismanic forward Paul Mullin scored both goals. He finished a cross in the first half and converted a penalty in the 67th minute at the Racecourse Ground. Wrexham remains third
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Scientists may have pinpointed a massive, oddly shaped volcano taller than Mount Everest on the surface of Mars — and it has been hiding in plain sight for decades, according to new research. The possible identification of a previously unknown Martian volcano has made waves across the planetary sciences community
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The Texas attorney general has opened an investigation into a key Boeing supplier that is already facing scrutiny from federal regulators over quality of parts that it provides to the aircraft maker. The office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said it began looking into Spirit
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — Dicen que se puede sacar a la chica de la música country, pero parece que no se puede sacar a la música country de la chica. Beyoncé, nacida en Houston, presentó el jueves por la noche su esperado álbum “Act II: Cowboy Carter”, que tardará algún tiempo en digerirse. Parte de
Continue ReadingBy Hugo Manu Correa, CNN (CNN) — Three people were arrested in Argentina on Wednesday for threatening Argentine footballer Ángel Di María and his family, Minister of Security Patricia Bullrich said. One of the suspects, who was under investigation for drug trafficking when he was arrested, confessed that he and two accomplices had made the threats against Di María’s family.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A lawsuit accuses the founder of Special Olympics Maine of grooming a 9-year-old boy for sexual abuse that spanned two decades in which he encouraged the victim to accompany him on business trips and provided him with employment. The lawsuit also says the victim was threatened
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated a message he has sounded in recent weeks: While the Fed expects to cut interest rates this year, it won’t be ready to do so until it sees “more good inflation readings’’ and is more confident that annual price increases
Continue ReadingBy GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tyla, who won the inaugural Grammy for African music performance last month, has released her self-titled debut album. Powered by “Water” which reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and trended on TikTok with the viral #WaterChallenge dance, the album boasts features from Tems,
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden says his record-setting fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall shows that Democrats are united in ways that Republicans can’t match. The Biden campaign says it took in a record-setting $26 million from Thursday night’s sold-out gathering. The event featured late-night
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Fellow actors and famous fans are paying tribute to Louis Gossett Jr. after his death at age 87. Gossett’s “The Color Purple” co-star Colman Domingo says he was kind beyond measure and lived a monumental life. Taylor Hackford, who directed Gossett in “An Officer and a Gentleman,” says his Oscar-winning role
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of high-tech surveillance cameras are being installed in the city of Oakland and surrounding freeways to battle crime, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday. Newsom, a Democrat, said in a news release that the California Highway Patrol has contracted with Flock Safety to install 480 cameras that can identify and
Continue ReadingSAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a 9-year-old boy was found dead inside a burning car after his father doused the vehicle with gasoline and set it on fire at a New Jersey high school following a domestic dispute at their family home. Forty-three-year-old Manuel Rivera of Sayreville was charged with aggravated arson, and additional
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump puso a la venta oficialmente un ejemplar patriótico de la Biblia cristiana tematizado con la famosa canción de Lee Greenwood, “God Bless the USA”. “¡Feliz Semana Santa!”, anunció Trump en las redes sociales el martes, durante el período más solemne del calendario cristiano, la última semana de
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy and Eoin McSweeney, CNN (CNN) — Ireland has become the latest nation to say it will intervene in the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, in a reflection of the country’s long-standing position of solidarity with the Palestinian cause. Ireland announced this week it would file its intervention, adding to
Continue ReadingDon’t count on a favorite store being open on Easter Sunday. Several stores will be closed March 31 in observance of the holiday. Walmart, Kroger and Meijer stores will be open. Target, Trader Joe’s, T.J. Maxx and others will be closed.
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.N. independent experts are denouncing chronic water cuts in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and say they are concerned about tap water pollution, excessive prices and attempts to silence critics. They noted that scientists and others who have spoken out are being censored. The experts on Thursday accused
Continue ReadingBy Ian Kerner, CNN (CNN) — Sex equals intercourse. If you’re not having sex like porn stars, you’re not having good sex. Scheduled sex is unnatural. We live in a society in which we are barraged with those sex myths. One of the most pernicious myths is that sexual desire is “an electric spark of
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