By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Last year was the hottest on record, oceans boiled, glaciers melted at alarming rates, and it left scientists scrambling to understand exactly why. They know the extraordinary heat was fueled by a number of factors, predominantly planet-heating pollution from burning fossil fuels and the natural climate pattern El Niño.
Continue ReadingBy Darren McDonald Click here for updates on this story SUDBURY, ONTARIO (CTV Network) — A man was severely injured Tuesday morning when he leaped onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled in the Far North community of Fort Severn, Ontario. A neighbour showed up soon after and shot the bear,
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — An African subsidiary of the consulting firm McKinsey & Company Inc. will pay a criminal penalty of more than $122 million to resolve a U.S. Justice Department investigation into a yearslong scheme to bribe South African government officials. The Justice Department says the scheme involved bribes to officials with South Africa’s state-owned
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it concluded more than 1,850 civil cases this year, a 3.4% increase over 2023, and charged 121 criminal defendants, a 17.6% increase over the previous year. The agency also issued $1.7 billion in financial penalties, more than double last year’s total. Thursday’s report was the
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(Update: adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 27-year-old Bend man was killed Wednesday evening in the fiery collision of two pickup trucks at the intersection of Dean Swift and Bear Creek roads in NE Bend amid freezing fog and icy road conditions, police said. Officers responded around 7:22 p.m. to the reported crash and
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon this decade amid a renewed international push for lunar exploration, is facing more delays. The agency said Thursday that a planned mission to land on the moon in 2026 will now take place no earlier
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Plans for hotels and pickleball courts at Florida state parks could be squashed before they get started — unlike earlier this year when Gov. Ron DeSantis faced bipartisan backlash over park development plans. Sen. Gayle Harrell filed a bill Wednesday that would focus recreation at state parks on trails rather than
Continue ReadingAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA announced more delays Thursday in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo. Administrator Bill Nelson said the next mission in the Artemis program — flying four astronauts around the moon and back – is now targeted for April 2026. It had
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a deal that would have let Boeing plead guilty to a felony conspiracy charge and pay a fine for misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Texas said
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Wenzke and Luzdelia Caballero Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) — The search continues for a 28-year-old lobster diver who went missing Wednesday night while freediving in Long Beach with two other men, authorities said Thursday. He disappeared while inside the water with the other divers near
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HAVANA (AP) — After a nationwide blackout left millions without electricity for several hours in Cuba, the power grid has been restored, authorities said, adding that scheduled power outages will now resume. The latest blackout, the third one of this severity in less than two months, occurred in the early hours of Wednesday,
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Harcourts The Garner Group invited the community to join in the holiday cheer Thursday evening for the annual tree-lighting ceremony in NorthWest Crossing.
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court has rejected a request from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to limit the number of days each week that he’ll have to testify when he finally takes the the stand in his years-long corruption trial. Netanyahu’s lawyers have made numerous requests to delay his testimony, which is now expected to
Continue ReadingASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay has accused a Chinese diplomat of interfering in its domestic affairs and given him 24 hours to leave the country, escalating tensions over the South American nation’s long friendship with Taiwan. Paraguay’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a brief statement on Thursday that it had revoked the visa of
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a plea agreement between Boeing and the US government after the company said it would plead guilty to deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration ahead of two fatal 737 Max crashes. The rejection by US District Court Judge Reed O’Connor citied his
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Woodrow Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The jury in the murder trial of Nima Momeni, who is suspected of fatally stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee last year, began deliberations on Wednesday. Momeni’s defense attorneys are hoping that the video they played of Lee allegedly doing drugs
Continue ReadingBy Heidi Alagha Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — Animal expert Marc Hammond is putting Tucson on the social media map by going viral on TikTok for his video with a rare elf owl. Hammond has owned Animal Experts, Inc. for the past 35 years and was called to a
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin burst on the scene after trust had withered in the financial system and Washington’s ability to protect people from it. Now, it’s Washington’s embrace of bitcoin that’s sending it to records. Bitcoin briefly surged above $103,000 after President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate Paul Atkins, who’s
Continue ReadingVerónica Calderón, CNN Español La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, dijo este jueves que espera llegar a un acuerdo con la administración del presidente electo de EE.UU., Donald Trump, para que envíe a las personas deportadas que no sean mexicanas directamente a sus países de origen. Sheinbaum reiteró que su Gobierno espera no enfrentar el
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The father of the victim in the fatal New York City subway chokehold case has sued defendant Daniel Penny as a Manhattan jury continues deliberating. Jordan Neely’s father, Andre Zachary, filed the suit Wednesday in New York Supreme Court. He accuses Penny of negligence, assault and battery, leading to
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