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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Six unmanned Saildrones are heading out on a six-month voyage to face some of Earth’s most hostile ocean conditions, in hopes of improving climate change and weather forecast computer models. They will be collecting data within the Gulf Stream through the winter months in hopes of learning more about carbon
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — Ten people have been indicted in an ID theft conspiracy that included United States Postal Service mail carriers and netted more than $750,000, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced Wednesday. The alleged crimes were committed between January 2017 and August
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CONNECTICUT (WFSB) — A Connecticut woman’s Facebook post announcing her son’s miracle birth and her husband’s passing is going viral. Haley Parke shared the story of her son’s birth, delivering three weeks early, over the weekend on Facebook. Within the same post, she announced her
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s central bank is trying to restrain the rise of the yuan after the currency hit a 2 1/2-year high against the dollar. Commercial banks have been ordered to increase the amount of their foreign currency deposits that are held as reserves for the second time
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has opened the first White House Summit for Democracy by sounding an alarm about a global slide for democratic institutions. He’s calling for world leaders to “lock arms” and demonstrate that democracies can deliver. In making the case for action Thursday
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s energy ministry says Damascus will host an Arab energy conference in 2024. The announcement is the latest sign that Arab countries are moving to re-engage with the government of Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad. The statement followed a unanimous vote from members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
Continue Reading DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s energy ministry says Damascus will host an Arab energy conference in 2024. The announcement is the latest sign that Arab countries are moving to re-engage with the government of Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad. The statement followed a unanimous vote from members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
Continue Reading By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Maria Ressa, joint winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace prize says media worldwide should join forces in “fighting for facts” amid threats to press freedoms instead of competing with each other. Speaking at an Oslo press conference Thursday with fellow laureate Dmitry Muratov of Russia,
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Juan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — Las solicitudes semanales de subsidio de desempleo en Estados Unidos cayeron la semana pasada a un nuevo mínimo en varias décadas, según informó este jueves el Departamento de Trabajo. Con 184.000 solicitudes, ajustadas por los cambios estacionales, fue el nivel más bajo de solicitudes iniciales desde septiembre
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU. Joe Biden dio inicio a la Cumbre por la Democracia este jueves, calificando a la democracia como “el desafío definitorio de nuestro tiempo”, anunció nuevos compromisos y pidió la “autocorrección” y la “superación personal” a través de la cooperación internacional de más de 100 naciones representadas en el
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — “Estoy cabreado”, dijo un furioso Xavi a los periodistas tras la derrota del Barcelona por 3-0 ante el Bayern Múnich en la Champions League. “Esta es nuestra realidad y estoy cabreado”. Esa nueva realidad es que el Barcelona se encuentra ahora en la Europa League, la segunda competición europea de
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A relative of Milwaukee Common Council President Cavalier Johnson has been accused of a brutal attack at the Waukesha Public Library. Tuesday, Nov. 30, an 87-year-old woman told police she was robbed and had her car stolen while she stopped at
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey John Lennon died 41 years ago on Dec. 8 after being shot outside of his apartment building in New York City, Fans paid tribute to the late artist on social media. Lennon was 40 years old at the time of his death. Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono, wrote, “Over 1.5 million people have
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in 52 years, more evidence that the U.S. job market is recovering from last year’s coronavirus recession. Unemployment claims dropped by 43,000 to 184,000 last week, the lowest since September 1968,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Travis Scott told radio and talk show host Charlamagne tha God that he’s been on an “emotional rollercoaster” since 10 people died and many more were injured at his Astroworld Festival. The rapper, who has denied legal liability, sat down with Charlamagne for an almost hour-long interview that was posted
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CNN, WKBW By Rob Frehse A woman who was pulled from a car submerged in rushing water near the brink of Niagara Falls has died, New York State Park Police said Wednesday. The unnamed local woman in her 60s was pulled from the car by a rescue swimmer dangling from a US Coast Guard helicopter
Continue Reading By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Two lawsuits seeking $100 million each have been filed against a Michigan school district, its superintendent and others after four students were fatally shot and others wounded at Oxford High School. Attorney Geoffrey Fieger says the lawsuits were filed in Detroit federal court
Continue Reading By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister is in Cairo on a diplomatic visit aimed at strengthening ties and shoring up a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers. Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with Egypt’s president, foreign minister and intelligence chief on Thursday. The talks reflect budding ties
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With the holidays here often times people like to give the gift of a pet. However, the Palm Springs Animal Shelter (PSAS) is advising people to think twice before doing so. Right now PSAS is filled with furry friends waiting for a new home, and it hopes it can get these animals places somewhere during
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s national security advisor has tweeted that the last round of technical talks with the U.S.-led coalition has ended, signaling a new phase in U.S. involvement in the fight against the extremist Islamic State group. The official has said the last round of talks will formally
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