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Month: April 2024

1 climber dies and 1 survives with traumatic injuries after 1,000-foot fall off mountain in Alaska’s Denali National Park

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A 52-year-old woman is dead and another was seriously injured after the two-person team fell 1,000 feet while ascending a mountain in Alaska’s Denali National Park on Thursday. Robbi Mecus, of Keene Valley, New York, died of injuries sustained in the fall, according to park officials. Her climbing partner, a 30-year-old woman from California, was rescued by National

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Finalizan las evacuaciones tras descarrilamiento de tren cerca de la frontera del estado de Nuevo México; algunos vagones transportaban propano

Sol Amaya (CNN) — Un total de 35 vagones de un tren descarrilaron en Nuevo México el viernes por la tarde, lo que generó evacuaciones que duraron hasta el domingo y obligó a cerrar un tramo de 50 kilómetros de la Interestatal 40. El Departamento de Bomberos y Rescate del Condado de McKinley fue enviado

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It’s 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa’s celebrations are set against growing discontent

By NQOBILE NTSHANGASE and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has marked 30 years since the end of apartheid with a ceremony in the capital. But any sense of celebration on the momentous anniversary was set against a growing discontent with the current government. President Cyril Ramaphosa presided over Saturday’s

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Migration roils US elections. Mexico sees mass migration too, but its politicians rarely mention it

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MARCOS MARTÍNEZ CHACÓN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Republican activists gathered in a school lunchroom last month to hear political pitches from candidates and agreed on the top issue in the Denver suburbs these days: immigration. The area has been disrupted by the arrival of largely Venezuelan migrants coming north

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