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Month: June 2024

Apparent Gaza activists hurl paint at homes of Brooklyn Museum leaders, including Jewish director

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — People purporting to be pro-Palestinian activists have hurled red paint at the homes of top leaders at the Brooklyn Museum, including its Jewish director. Activists also splashed paint across the front of diplomatic buildings for Germany and the Palestinian Authority. The paint attacks early Wednesday have

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EU Commission asks 3 major porn sites to give details on kids’ protection measures under digital law

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission is asking three of the world’s biggest pornography sites to provide details of the measures they have taken to better protect minors from accessing their content and prevent gender-based violence. The EU’s executive branch said Thursday that it took the decision targeting Pornhub, XVideos and Stripchat under its trailblazing

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Police investigate possible bomb explosion at a Connecticut apartment building that displaced 150 people

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are investigating a blast caused by an explosive device that rocked a Bridgeport, Connecticut, apartment building early Thursday morning, damaging the structure and forcing around 150 people in the area to evacuate. “Despite the fact that there are no reported injuries, it’s a very serious incident and the

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Las “esferas de Dyson” se teorizaron como una forma de detectar vida extraterrestre. Los científicos dicen haber encontrado pruebas potenciales

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — ¿Cuál sería la solución definitiva a los problemas energéticos de una civilización avanzada? El célebre físico británico-estadounidense Freeman Dyson teorizó que sería un caparazón formado por espejos o paneles solares que rodeara completamente una estrella, aprovechando toda la energía que produce. “Cabría esperar que, en el plazo de unos pocos miles

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OSU study finds public more confident linking heat, wildfires with climate change than other extreme weather events

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State University researchers have found that U.S. adults are fairly confident in linking wildfires and heat to climate change, but less confident when it comes to other extreme weather events like hurricanes, flooding or tornadoes. The recent study found that politics and personal experience played significant roles in people’s responses:

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Biden nominates Christy Goldsmith Romero to lead FDIC at pivotal time for the banking regulator

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — President Joe Biden has nominated Christy Goldsmith Romero as chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The announcement comes after current FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg said he intended to resign once a successor is confirmed by the Senate following a scathing independent investigation detailing pervasive sexual harassment,

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Corte Suprema de EE.UU. rechaza impugnación de la píldora abortiva mifepristona, permitiendo que siga en el mercado

Paulina Nares (CNN) — La Corte Suprema de EE.UU. rechazó este jueves una demanda que impugnaba el enfoque de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA por sus siglas en inglés) para regular la píldora abortiva mifepristona con un fallo que seguirá permitiendo que las pastillas se envíen por correo a los pacientes

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Get your hand fans. Part 2 of ‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 will turn up the heat

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — New episodes of “Bridgerton” have debuted, with the promise of more scandal and romance, dear readers. Will-they-or-won’t-they friends Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton finally declared their love for each other, with Colin asking Penelope to marry him in a dramatic conclusion of the Season 3’s first four episodes. This

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NATO to finalize agreement giving alliance greater control over military aid to Ukraine

By Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — NATO defense ministers are expected to finalize an agreement on Friday that will give the alliance greater control over security assistance and training for Ukraine’s military, an attempt some officials say is meant to give Europe greater responsibility over the aid amid uncertainty over the outcome of the US

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