By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese engineers on Thursday broke ground on a new super deep borehole that will burrow far into the Earth’s crust as the country steps up its search for natural resources hidden tens of thousands of feet underground. The hole will eventually reach 10,520 meters (34,514 feet) into
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Rex Heuermann fue acusado de matar a tres mujeres cuyos cuerpos fueron descubiertos a lo largo de un tramo de Gilgo Beach en Long Island en 2010, atados con cinturones o cinta y envueltos en yute. Heuermann, un hombre casado acusado por las autoridades de llevar una doble vida, enfrenta
Continue ReadingWBZ, NEW HAMPSHIRE ATTORNEY GENERAL, CNN By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A homicide case that went cold for more than 40 years has been solved with the help of forensic genetic genealogy technology, New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella said Thursday. Investigators sifted through hundreds of leads after 23-year-old Laura Kempton was found
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executed a man on Friday for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state resumed lethal injections after failed executions prompted the governor to order an internal review of procedures. James Barber, 64, was pronounced dead at 1:56 a.m. after receiving a lethal
Continue ReadingAUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, met with former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Friday to discuss ways to combat online hate and extremism. Emhoff is in Auckland leading a presidential delegation to the FIFA Women’s World Cup and meeting with officials. He will next
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COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Five members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front were convicted Thursday of misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot at a Pride event. A Kootenai County jury found Forrest Rankin, Devin Center, Derek Smith, James Julius Johnson and Robert Whitted guilty after about an hour of deliberation, news outlets
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Escondido en una estrecha arboleda del frente sur de Ucrania, un joven soldado ucraniano con un parche de la bandera estadounidense habla de lo aterradora que fue la primera vez que su equipo asaltó las posiciones rusas, densamente minadas, en la ofensiva lanzada hace un mes. “El primer día fue
Continue ReadingBy LUKE VARGAS Associated Press HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — Zambia’s coach is under investigation for sexual assault, its star player got banned from a key African tournament and at 77th the team has the lowest ranking of any at the Women’s World Cup. And yet the Copper Queens are coming off a surprise win
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Hun Sen has been Cambodia’s autocratic prime minister for nearly four decades, during which the opposition has been stifled and the country has moved closer to China. It’s hard to imagine dramatic change with his party virtually guaranteed another landslide victory in this Sunday’s election.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A homicide case that went cold for more than 40 years has been solved with the help of forensic genetic genealogy technology, New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella said Thursday. Investigators sifted through hundreds of leads after 23-year-old Laura Kempton was found dead in her Portsmouth apartment in
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Those who know him in Spain say that Alberto Núñez Feijóo doesn’t enter a political battle unless he has almost every chance of winning. The conservative Popular Party candidate to become Spain’s next prime minister is 61 and has never lost an election in his life.
Continue ReadingBy ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press DIMONA, Israel (AP) — The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem made their way to Israel from the United States in the 1960s. Now, dozens Black Hebrews of their members are facing the threat of deportation. The Black Hebrews, as the spiritual community’s members are commonly known, do not consider
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Kevin Mitnick, uno de los hackers más famosos en la historia de la ciberseguridad, murió el domingo después de una batalla de más de un año contra el cáncer de páncreas, dijo su familia en un obituario publicado. Tenía 59 años. Las correrías de Mitnick eran legendarias, y varias películas
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Lottery dreamers are setting their sights on the growing Mega Millions jackpot drawing on Friday after a ticket worth more than $1 billion was sold for the Powerball lottery. Here’s a look at how this drawing compares to other jackpots and why these winnings have become so high. HOW DOES
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted to a mixed closed but still marked another weekly gain. The S&P 500 eked out a gain of less than 0.1% Friday. The index had its eighth winning week in the last 10. The Dow edged up just 2 points and the
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAND HARBOR, Nev. (AP) — Tourism officials at Lake Tahoe were surprised when a respected international travel guide included the iconic alpine lake on a list of places to stay away from this year because of the harmful ecological effects of overtourism. But the warning from Fodor’s
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Two tourists who snapped selfies with dingoes have been fined more than $1,500 each for taking the “extremely dangerous decision” to interact with the native wild dogs following a recent spate of ferocious attacks, Australian authorities said. In a statement Friday, Queensland Department of Environment and Science compliance manager
Continue ReadingBy ANNA RUTH RIGGINS Associated Press BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — England goalkeeper Mary Earps says Nike’s decision to not sell her jerseys during the Women’s World Cup is “hugely disappointing.” After trying to negotiate behind closed doors for months, Earps went public ahead of England’s opener Saturday against Haiti in Brisbane. Earps says “I can’t
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Voters weary of economic pain and political turmoil handed Britain’s governing Conservatives two thumping defeats Friday in a trio of special elections that point toward likely defeat for the party in the next national election. The Conservatives avoided a wipeout by holding onto former
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — So what will North Korea do about the first U.S. soldier in decades to flee into its territory? Its official media have yet to mention Pvt. Travis King, there’s little precedent for his situation and guesses about the country’s next steps vary widely. Unauthorized crossings
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