BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Regional authorities for Spain’s drought-stricken region of Catalonia say they will install a floating desalination plant to help the city of Barcelona guarantee its drinking water supply. Barcelona already relies on Europe’s largest desalination plant for domestic use to compensate over three years of below average rainfall. Now Spain’s second-largest city
Continue ReadingNo new snowfall to report for any of the ski resorts. It’s been on the dry side for the past few days. Sunny skies and mild temperatures are expected up in the mountains today. There is a slight chance for rain showers in the Cascades this weekend. There could be some snow in the highest
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — El Aeropuerto Internacional de Dubai, uno de los centros de aviación más concurrido del mundo, seguía sumido en el caos este jueves, después de que lluvias torrenciales sin precedentes obligaran a los aviones a sortear pistas inundadas. Aunque Emirates y Flydubai, los dos principales operadores del aeropuerto, habían reabierto la facturación,
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Cheyenne Tallmon is a mother to a toddler, Charlotte, and a fiancée. She is also a heart transplant recipient. At 26 years old and 32 weeks pregnant, her heart was failing. After an emergency C-section, Cheyenne was flown from Central Oregon
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s army says soldiers rescued a pregnant woman who was abducted by extremists a decade ago while she was a schoolgirl in the village of Chibok. Her three children were also rescued. The army said Thursday that Lydia Simon was rescued by Nigerian troops in the
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A man from Wilton was sentenced to prison this week for selling counterfeit works of art. Nicholas Hatch, 29, will serve 14 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who’s served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors as part of a plan to rob and kill people before fleeing overseas has been granted parole. James Parker was
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A hospital patient in Henry County stole an ambulance and led police on a chase before crashing in Clayton County Wednesday afternoon, according to the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect, identified as Ladarius Williams, was taken into custody, the sheriff’s
Continue ReadingNo new snowfall for any of our resorts over the past 24 hours. Sunny skies and mild temperatures are expected up in these areas today, along with some clear skies tonight. There could be some slight rain showers in the mountains over the weekend with some possible snow in the highest elevations. As the season
Continue ReadingBy La’Nita Brooks and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story MT. PLEASANT, Michigan (WNEM) — There was a rally on the campus of Central Michigan University as organizers shed light on what they say is racist behavior and anti-Black sentiment from some students and staff. A lot of hurt and disappointment filled
Continue ReadingBy Caleb Wethington Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, Tennessee (WSMV) — Update: A teen was arrested in connection to a burglary in a Lebanon subdivision over the week Tuesday night, according to Lebanon police. Police said 18-year-old Jonathan S. Drury was taken into custody after a Lebanon resident woke up and allegedly
Continue ReadingCNN By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, was out driving west of Moscow, Idaho, the night of the slayings, his attorney says, and the defense plans to offer a cell phone tower and radio frequency expert to partially corroborate this account, a court document supporting an
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Booming sales of cold drinks at Starbucks have created a problem: growing amounts of plastic waste from the single-use cups that Frappuccinos, Refreshers, cold brews and other iced drinks are served in. The coffee giant said Thursday it plans to alleviate some of that waste with new disposable cups
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The next time you order an iced coffee from Starbucks, it might not look that different — but there’s been a major change. The chain announced Thursday that the plastic cups for all sizes of its cold drinks have undergone an environmentally friendly redesign that uses up
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sales of previously owned homes in the United States fell in March as home prices climbed and mortgage rates held steady that month, reflecting the persistent pain of America’s affordability woes and undermining the crucial spring homebuying season. Existing home sales, which make up the majority of the
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Thousands of Taylor Swift’s UK fans have been duped into buying fake tickets for her upcoming Eras Tour concerts, according to a major British bank. More than 600 customers have reported being scammed so far, losing on average £332 ($414) each, and in some cases more than £1,000
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press When the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in 2010 and spewed many millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the disastrous spill damaged the economy, devastated the environment and required thousands of regular people to help clean it up. Those hired workers picked
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday that the world economy has proven surprisingly resilient in the face of higher interest rates and the shock of war in Ukraine and Gaza, but “there is plenty to worry about,″ including stubborn inflation and rising levels
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Police in London say they have infiltrated and disrupted a website that allowed international cyber fraudsters to trick up to 70,000 British victims into revealing personal information such as bank account details and passwords. Metropolitan police said Thursday that they seized the LabHost site that enabled more than 2,000 criminals to create
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A British man who targeted schools and businesses with threatening letters in a six-week terror campaign in 2013 has been sentenced to more than four years in prison and an additional five years over a sexual assault in 1988. Woolwich Crown Court in east London heard that Gary Preston sent 42 envelopes
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