By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — The day after their CNN presidential debate, former President Donald Trump cited a wildly inaccurate figure about sea levels to mock President Joe Biden’s debate claim that “the only existential threat to humanity is climate change.” Trump said at a Friday rally in Virginia that “global warming is fine,” rejecting the view of
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Airport employees in Portland, Maine, were forced to clear out of the way when a Southwest Airlines jet on the morning of June 25 took off from a closed runway, according to air traffic control recordings. Controllers and pilots warned the crew of Southwest 4805 several times that the runway was closed, the
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Due to increasingly hot and dry conditions, as well as increased fire starts, the Deschutes National Forest, Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland, and Prineville District Bureau of Land Management will move into Stage 1 public use fire restrictions on Monday, July 1.
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man found guilty of murder for his role in the 2022 death of a police officer who was mistakenly shot by a sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Friday to 29 years in prison. A Clark County Superior Court judge sentenced Julio Segura of Yakima in the death of Vancouver
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man found guilty of murder for his role in the 2022 death of a police officer who was mistakenly shot by a sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Friday to 29 years in prison. A Clark County Superior Court judge sentenced Julio Segura of Yakima in the death of Vancouver
Continue ReadingCAMDEN, Maine (AP) — In a story published Jun. 19, 2024, about trees poisoned in Camden, Maine, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the median income in Camden is “just under $93,000.” The story should’ve specified that figure was the median household income.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s top education official has sparked outrage among some civil rights groups over his directive that public schools immediately begin incorporating the Bible into classes for grades 5 through 12. Republican Ryan Walters issued the order on Thursday to school superintendents across the state. He says the state department
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two astronauts are spending extra time at the International Space Station as NASA and Boeing troubleshoot capsule problems that popped up on the way there. The veteran astronauts expected to stay for a week or so at the space station during a test flight of Boeing’s new Starliner capsule,
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La Corte Suprema de EE.UU. dictaminó este viernes que el Departamento de Justicia se excedió al acusar por obstrucción a cientos de personas que el 6 de enero de 2021 se amotinaron en el Capitolio, reduciendo una ley que podría haber añadido años a las sentencias de cientos de acusados. La decisión
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Amazon is reviewing claims that the artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI is scraping content — including from prominent news sites — without approval. Amazon spokesperson Samantha Mayowa confirmed Friday that the tech giant was assessing information it received from the news outlet WIRED, which published an investigation earlier this month that said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — The city of Detroit has agreed to pay $300,000 to a man who was wrongly accused of shoplifting. It is also changing how police use facial recognition technology to solve crimes. The conditions are part of a lawsuit settlement with Robert Williams. His driver’s license photo was incorrectly flagged as
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The former CEO of Brazilian retail giant Americanas, Miguel Gutierrez, was arrested Friday in Madrid, and stands accused of participating in a 25 billion reais ($4.5 billion) fraud scheme. Brazil’s Federal Police added his name to Interpol’s red notice list after determining the company falsified financial results to inflate
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Environmentalists are challenging Michigan regulators’ approval of plans to encase a portion of an aging oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes. The Environmental Law & Policy Center and the Michigan Climate Action Network filed the appeal in a state appellate court Thursday. The groups argue the state Public
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El debate de la noche del jueves en CNN entre el presidente Joe Biden y el expresidente Donald Trump fue visto por 51,27 millones de espectadores por televisión, según cifras preliminares de Nielsen. El debate de 90 minutos, que conmocionó al mundo político, se transmitió simultáneamente a través de 22 cadenas.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The head of the national mine workers’ union is condemning an effort by House Republicans to block enforcement of a long-awaited federal rule directed at curbing workers’ exposure to deadly rock dust. United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts called the move “a direct attack on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal rules that impact virtually every aspect of everyday life, from the food we eat and the cars we drive to the air we breathe, could be at risk after a wide-ranging Supreme Court ruling Friday. The court rejected a 40-year-old legal doctrine colloquially known as Chevron, effectively reducing the
Continue ReadingBy Eric Zerkel and Sara Tonks, CNN (CNN) — Beryl is the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph with stronger gusts, according to a 5 p.m. EST update from the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane is located about 720 miles east-southeast of Barbados, moving west at 22 mph, and is expected to continue to strengthen
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa and Kara Devlin, CNN (CNN) — A man in northwest Iowa drowned in his basement during severe flooding that devastated the Midwest this past week, police said, bringing the death toll in the region to at least three. The body of 52-year-old Kyle Kreykes was discovered on Monday after he was reported
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Tres inmigrantes fueron encontrados muertos el miércoles en una zona desértica de Arizona, y la Patrulla Fronteriza dice que murieron debido calor excesivo. “Demasiadas personas que tomaron la decisión de poner sus vidas en manos de las organizaciones criminales han muerto por deshidratación y golpe de calor”, dijo el subjefe de patrulla
Continue ReadingBy Alex Arsenych Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — If you could make sunscreen with items found in your kitchen pantry, should you do it? Posts from social media influencers and bloggers including recipes to make your own sunscreen have been wildly circulated online, but the dermatologists who spoke to
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