5 of the best dog breeds for people with allergies and anxiety
While true hypoallergenic dogs don’t exist, Pettable spoke to experts to learn which breeds may be better pets for people with anxiety and allergies.
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How four cities are cooling down creatively
Reasons to be Cheerful reports that cities around the world are trying everything from reflective paint to underground water channels to manage the hotter days ahead.
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History of third-party votes in US presidential elections
Stacker examined the history and challenges of third parties in U.S. presidential races using data from the Federal Election Commission, Pew Research, and other sources. This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces. To learn more, visit usdemocracyday.org.
Continue ReadingPeru declares 3 days of national mourning for former President Alberto Fujimori
Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s government has declared three days of national mourning over the death of former President Alberto Fujimori. The government also granted him a state funeral despite his convictions on human rights abuses and corruption. Fujimori, who governed the South American country with an increasingly authoritarian hand between 1990 and
Continue ReadingCNN verifica: Trump afirma falsamente que todas las encuestas dicen que él ganó el debate
Belén Liotti Washington (CNN) –– El expresidente Donald Trump regresó a una de sus antiguas tradiciones: citar encuestas online basura para afirmar que era el claro ganador de un debate presidencial que, según encuestas científicas, perdió. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Lo hizo en 2016, después de sus debates contra Hillary Clinton. Lo hizo en
Continue ReadingVenezuela llama a consultas a su embajadora en España tras declaraciones de la ministra de Defensa española
Mauricio Torres (CNN Español) –– El Gobierno de Venezuela llamó a consultas a su embajadora en España, Gladys Gutiérrez, en reclamo a que la ministra de Defensa española, Margarita Robles, dijo que el país sudamericano vive una “dictadura”. La cancillería de Venezuela dijo en un comunicado que las declaraciones de Robles son “insolentes, injerencistas y
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Show Us Your Garden: Three more lovely gardens that are worth a look
This week on Show Us Your Garden, we have three lovely gardens to display, the first a labor of love between a father and son with the construction of a wishing well. Another lovely garden has a metal sculpture of a butterfly in the foreground. And the third garden is defined by several box gardens
Continue ReadingSouth Korea was the world’s biggest ‘baby exporter.’ New evidence shows some mothers were forced to give up children
By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea has for decades been known as the world’s largest “baby exporter” – sending hundreds of thousands of children overseas after the country was ravaged by war and many mothers left destitute. Many of those adopted children, now adults scattered across the
Continue ReadingChina’s secretive space plane has returned to Earth. Its mission? Unknown
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese “reusable experimental spacecraft” believed to be the country’s secretive space plane has landed back on Earth after more than eight months in orbit – the latest development in a largely covert race between the United States and China to hone such technology. China’s spacecraft blasted
Continue ReadingBiden calls the landmark Violence Against Women Act his proudest legislative achievement
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling the Violence Against Women Act his proudest legislative achievement. Biden wrote and championed the law when he was a U.S. senator. It was signed into law in 1994 and turns 30 years old on Friday. At a White House event on Thursday to mark the
Continue ReadingPutin advierte que la OTAN estará “en guerra con Rusia” si permite que Ucrania use misiles occidentales de largo alcance contra ella
Andrea Saint Martin (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, dijo a los periodistas este jueves que permitir que Ucrania use misiles de largo alcance para atacar dentro de Rusia sería visto por Moscú como una entrada directa de la OTAN en la guerra. “Esto significará que los países de la OTAN —Estados Unidos
Continue ReadingNorth Korea gives a glimpse of a secretive uranium-enrichment facility as Kim pushes for more nukes
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea offered a rare glimpse into a secretive facility to produce weapons-grade uranium as state media reported Friday that leader Kim Jong Un visited the area and called for stronger efforts to “exponentially” increase its number of nuclear weapons. It’s unclear whether the site is at North
Continue ReadingLas coincidencias de Alberto Fujimori y Abimael Guzmán: murieron en la misma fecha y a la misma edad, tres años aparte
Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN Español) — Las biografías de los mayores protagonistas de uno de los capítulos más oscuros y violentos de la historia reciente de Perú volvieron a entrelazarse este miércoles, con la muerte del expresidente Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), quien falleció exactamente en la misma fecha, pero de 2024, que Abimael Guzmán, el sanguinario líder
Continue ReadingNearly $6 billion in funding for Ukraine will expire if Congress doesn’t act by the end of the month
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say nearly $6 billion in funding for aid to Ukraine will expire at the end of the month unless Congress acts to extend the Pentagon’s authority to send weapons from its stockpile to Kyiv. U.S. officials say the Biden administration has asked Congress to include the funding authority
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The new Pac-12: Four Mountain West teams are joining the conference in 2026
Last year, 10 teams left the Pac-12 for other conferences. On Thursday, it was announced that four new teams will join: Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State, and Fresno State.
Continue ReadingHall of Famer Joe Schmidt, who helped Detroit Lions win 2 NFL titles, dies at 92
DETROIT (AP) — Joe Schmidt, the Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Detroit Lions win NFL championships in 1953 and 1957 and later coached the team, has died. He was 92. The Lions said family informed the team Schmidt died Wednesday. A cause of death was not provided. One of pro football’s first great
Continue ReadingLa Gran Mortandad acabó con el 90% de la vida en la Tierra; una nueva teoría puede explicar por qué
Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un cataclismo asoló el planeta hace unos 252 millones de años y acabó con más del 90% de toda la vida. Conocida como la Gran Mortandad, la extinción masiva que puso fin al período geológico Pérmico fue el peor de los cinco eventos catastróficos globales en la historia de
Continue ReadingBrazil Indigenous group hails a sacred cloak’s homecoming after centuries in Europe
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Indigenous chants and the rattle of maracas resounded Thursday in a Rio de Janeiro park, where Brazil’s Tupinambá people gathered to celebrate the homecoming of a sacred cloak absent for some 380 years. Made of feathers from the scarlet ibis, the artifact from northeastern Brazil resided in Copenhagen
Continue ReadingCuatro civiles en una audaz misión de SpaceX completan la primera caminata espacial comercial
Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Una tripulación de cuatro civiles a bordo de la misión Polaris Dawn de SpaceX abrió la escotilla de su cápsula e hizo historia como el primer grupo de astronautas no gubernamentales en realizar una caminata espacial. SpaceX organizó una transmisión web en vivo del evento, también conocido como actividad extravehicular (EVA),
Continue ReadingRussia will be ‘at war’ with NATO if Ukraine long-range missile restrictions lifted, Putin warns
By Avery Schmitz and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned NATO alliance leaders that a move to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of longer-range Western missiles to strike deep inside his country would be considered an act of war. “This will mean that NATO countries – the United States and European countries – are
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