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By FELICIA FONSECA and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WINSLOW, Ariz. (AP) — The Biden administration says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will spend $14 billion on a variety of infrastructure and environmental restoration projects that promote social, economic and environmental justice. A flood control project in Winslow, Arizona, and the restoration of a tidal
Continue Reading By FELICIA FONSECA and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WINSLOW, Ariz. (AP) — The Biden administration says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will spend $14 billion on a variety of infrastructure and environmental restoration projects that promote social, economic and environmental justice. A flood control project in Winslow, Arizona, and the restoration of a tidal
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — State prosecutors will investigate the killing of a man outside a Southern California home where a holed-up gunman was shot by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies. A sheriff’s special enforcement team went into the home in Norwalk after a standoff early Friday and arrested the gunman inside. Deputies also found an
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Las fotos parecen sacadas de una escena de ciencia ficción: perros robot patrullando la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, escalando terrenos difíciles en busca de amenazas y contrabando. Pero estas imágenes son reales. El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional los presentó al público recientemente, ya que reveló detalles sobre cómo está
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By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Arbitrators have rejected a last-ditch request by American figure skaters to have their silver medals awarded before the end of the Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said early Sunday in Beijing that it dismissed the appeal by the nine skaters, who finished second
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR driver Brandon Brown is caught in the middle of a swirling culture war. “Let’s Go Brandon” flags dot Daytona International Speedway. The 28-year-old Brown unwittingly became entangled in this debacle when he won his first career NASCAR race in October in Alabama. The
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Few ancient wonders still stand, but their remnants captivate us with the promise of untold stories. The first excavations at Stonehenge began in the 1600s, and researchers have tried to unlock its secrets ever since. Generations of people labored to create the iconic stone circle 4,500 years ago, which still stands
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN There were seven gold medals up for grabs on Saturday at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Here’s a breakdown of who took home gold for their delegations on Day 15 of the Games. Bobsleigh Two-woman: Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi, Germany Cross-Country Skiing Men’s 50km Mass Start Free: Alexander Bolshunov, Team
Continue ReadingCNN By Katelyn Polantz, Marshall Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN Civil lawsuits seeking to hold Donald Trump accountable for the January 6, 2021, insurrection can move forward in court, a federal judge said Friday in a ruling outlining how the former President could conceivably be responsible for inciting the attack on the US Capitol. Trump’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Katelyn Polantz, Marshall Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN Civil lawsuits seeking to hold Donald Trump accountable for the January 6, 2021, insurrection can move forward in court, a federal judge said Friday in a ruling outlining how the former President could conceivably be responsible for inciting the attack on the US Capitol. Trump’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN After months of military buildup and brinkmanship on Ukraine’s border, Russia is ratcheting up pressure on its ex-Soviet neighbor, threatening to destabilize Europe and draw in the United States. Russia has been tightening its military grip around Ukraine since last year, amassing tens of thousands of troops, equipment and artillery
Continue Reading CNN By Liam Reilly and Laura Studley, CNN A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder after he allegedly followed a woman to her New York apartment and stabbed her dozens of times with a knife early Sunday, prosecutors say. Surveillance video from the entrance of the Chrystie Street apartment in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood shows
Continue Reading By Maya Brown, CNN Five current and former employees of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia, alleging that MPD management created a hostile work environment and retaliated against them for speaking out. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the US District Court for DC, is the
Continue ReadingBy Martin Goillandeau, CNN French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a longtime associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead in his prison cell, a spokesperson for the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Brunel was found alone, hanged with bedsheets, in his jail cell at the Santé prison in the French capital at around 1:30
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN To scroll through We The Diaspora is to meditate on the mundanities of Black life. Vintage photos show Black people splashing around in water, dancing in a nightclub, kissing their partner on a balcony. Portraits capture Muhammad Ali waiting in a hallway before an exhibition match, Prince playing basketball, Diana Ross
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Rep. Henry Cuellar already faced a difficult rematch in the March 1 Democratic primary against the progressive challenger who nearly defeated him two years ago. Then the FBI showed up in January to search his home here in Laredo and the building that houses his campaign office. Though
Continue Reading By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — American pairs skaters Brandon Frazier and Alexa Knierim said they were left alone to concentrate on their free skate while teammates appealed to stage a medal ceremony for their team silver left in limbo amid a Russian doping scandal. Frazier and Knierim said they have not been
Continue Reading KHOU, ONSCENE.TV, ARMANDO ALVAREZ, CNN By Emma Tucker and Rosa Flores, CNN Nine-year-old Arlene Alvarez, sitting in the backseat of her parents’ car, wore headphones to watch a movie on the way to a Houston restaurant for Valentine’s Day dinner. The girl’s father, Armando Alvarez, made a stop at a drive-thru ATM, where he witnessed
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi, Nathan Hodge, Tim Lister and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has recognized two separatist territories in eastern Ukraine as independent states, ordering the deployment of Russian troops there in a dangerous gambit that defies international law and risks a deadly military confrontation. The Kremlin’s decree recognizing the so-called Donetsk and
Continue ReadingCNN, ROMAN PERETYATKO By Tamara Qiblawi, Nathan Hodge, Tim Lister and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has recognized two separatist territories in eastern Ukraine as independent states, ordering the deployment of Russian troops there in a dangerous gambit that defies international law and risks a deadly military confrontation. The Kremlin’s decree recognizing the
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