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Month: June 2024

2 rare Corpse Flowers bloom

By Pavlina Osta Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — When visitors walk into the Michell Park Domes, they are usually encased with the aroma of nature and beautiful-smelling flowers, but on Sunday, June 16, two rare Corpse Flowers bloomed and with it came with a very unusual smell. CBS58’s Pavlina

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De aliados en la Guerra Fría a socios en la actualidad: así han sido las persistentes relaciones entre Cuba y Rusia

Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Fue una de las relaciones diplomáticas más famosas del siglo XX, vidriera de la Guerra Fría y de la competencia entre grandes potencias, y persiste con fuerza en la actualidad: Cuba y Rusia mantienen una cercanía política desde el restablecimiento de las relaciones, en 1959, justo después de la Revolución

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Brooklyn preacher who boasted of ties to NYC mayor gets 9 years in prison for multiyear fraud

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A flashy Brooklyn preacher who played up connections to New York City’s mayor has been sentenced to nine years in prison for multiple frauds. Lamor Miller-Whitehead was sentenced Monday in Manhattan federal court. Judge Lorna G. Schofield said she didn’t see remorse from the Rolls Royce-driving

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Biden set to announce sweeping action shielding undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation

By Kevin Liptak and Lauren Fox, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is preparing to announce sweeping executive action Tuesday that would shield select undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation and allow them to work legally in the country as they seek citizenship, according to people familiar with the plans. The policy would

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Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik initially ruled

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Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik initially ruled

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