Sofía Barruti (CNN) — La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris ganó la candidatura presidencial demócrata, anunció el partido este lunes, lo que la convierte en la primera mujer negra y la primera estadounidense de origen asiático en encabezar una candidatura de un gran partido. El anuncio se produjo después de que el plazo para que los delegados
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid a mass uprising that left hundreds of people dead and pushed the South Asian nation to the brink of chaos. The decision, announced early Wednesday by Joynal Abedin, the press
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una investigación de las Naciones Unidas descubrió que nueve empleados de su principal agencia para la ayuda humanitaria palestina, la UNRWA, “pueden haber” estado implicados en el ataque del 7 de octubre y ya no trabajan en la agencia. La UNRWA tiene 14.000 empleados en Gaza. La investigación se inició
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Debby storm system could cause historic rainfall and flooding in parts of the Southeast, including Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina. Debby made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday, first hitting the small community of Steinhatchee. The storm was downgraded to a tropical
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby drenched coastal cities in Georgia and South Carolina, stirred up tornadoes and submerged streets with waist-high floodwaters Tuesday, just the beginning of a prolonged storm that could dump staggering rain totals of up to 25 inches (64 centimeters). Charleston and Savannah, Georgia, took the first blow,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrat Elissa Slotkin and Republican Mike Rogers have prevailed in their parties’ primaries for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan. Slotkin is currently serving her third term in the U.S. House and defeated actor Hill Harper. Rogers is a former U.S. representative who defeated several other Republican candidates
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell has defeated U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in a Democratic primary in St. Louis, marking the second time this year that one of the party’s incumbents has been ousted in an expensive contest that reflected deep divisions over the war in Gaza. Bush,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Human Rights Watch says Chad’s military was responsible for the deaths of several detainees who were arrested after protests in October 2022. Protesters had been holding demonstrations against interim leader Mahamat Deby Itno’s two-year extension of power. The unrest was unprecedented in Chad. The central African country had little
Continue ReadingAP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Not quite two years after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol, the threat of political violence would come for Nancy Pelosi’s husband at their home. The escalating political rhetoric and violence in America serves as the opening and closing message of Pelosi’s new book, “The Art of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kamala Harris introduced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to the nation at a raucous rally Tuesday in battleground Pennsylvania that was aimed at building momentum for the newly minted Democratic presidential ticket in the sprint toward Election Day. “He’s the kind of person who makes people feel like they belong and
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers The midflight blowout of a panel from a Boeing 737 Max jet was so powerful that it blew open the plane’s cockpit door and tore off the co-pilot’s headset, and federal investigators began questioning officials from Boeing and its key supplier on Tuesday to understand how the accident occurred. “It was chaos,”
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers Boeing factory workers say they were pressured to work too fast and asked to perform jobs that they weren’t qualified for, including opening and closing the door plug that later blew off an Alaska Airlines jet. Those accounts from inside the company were disclosed Tuesday, as federal investigators opened a two-day hearing
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — As a DJ spins music, the athletes twist, whirl and leap — each move a dizzying mix of fancy footwork and contorted limbs. It might seem more like an artform than a sport, but breakdancing — known professionally as breaking — is making its Olympics debut this month in
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Eating a couple more apples (and broccoli florets, cucumbers, bananas or green beans) may really help keep the doctor away — especially for people with high blood pressure at risk for heart and kidney disease, according to new research. “Patients with high blood pressure, the two big problems that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police said Tuesday human remains were found inside a large crocodile suspected of killing a tourist in Australia’s second fatal attack in about a month. The latest victim was 40-year-old doctor Dave Hogbin who fell from a steep bank Saturday into the Annan River south of Cooktown in Queensland
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As Chinese scientists analyzed the soil samples that their lunar probe brought back from the moon, they realized something groundbreaking: There was water found along with minerals in the soil. Finding water on the moon is, on its own, nothing new. NASA and Indian spacecraft have spotted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima officials urged world leaders Tuesday to stop relying on nuclear weapons as deterrence and take immediate action toward abolishment — not as an ideal, but to remove the risk of atomic war amid conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East and rising tensions in East Asia. They commented as
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum applauded a federal court ruling Monday that Google has violated US antitrust law with its search business. Here’s her statement: “I welcome the ruling today by Judge Mehta, of the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia, who, in his 277-page opinion, found: ‘Google
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Bend Police are inviting everyone to this year’s National Night Out event Tuesday from 4-8 p.m. at Bear Creek Elementary, with fun activities for the kids and a chance to get to know some officers in more relaxed, less stressful situations than their official duties.
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Money.ca reveals the greatest money regrets of four top investors and the lessons they learned.
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