By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Located along a remote stretch of Highway 395, the Fort Independence Travel Plaza touts a dozen gas pumps, clean restrooms and made-to-order meals for travelers visiting California’s Eastern Sierra. The facility, which provides revenue for a Paiute Indian tribe, is about to quadruple in size thanks to an $8
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Located along a remote stretch of Highway 395, the Fort Independence Travel Plaza touts a dozen gas pumps, clean restrooms and made-to-order meals for travelers visiting California’s Eastern Sierra. The facility, which provides revenue for a Paiute Indian tribe, is about to quadruple in size thanks to an $8
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Located along a remote stretch of Highway 395, the Fort Independence Travel Plaza touts a dozen gas pumps, clean restrooms and made-to-order meals for travelers visiting California’s Eastern Sierra. The facility, which provides revenue for a Paiute Indian tribe, is about to quadruple in size thanks to an $8
Continue Reading By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric stormed into Iraq’s parliament on Saturday, for the second time this week, protesting government formation efforts led by his rivals, an alliance of Iran-backed groups. The alliance showed signs of internal division, with some calling for
Continue Reading By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana state senators are set to meet in a rare Saturday session to vote on a near-total abortion ban, with passage sending the bill to the House after a contentious week of arguments over whether to allow exceptions for rape and incest. Indiana is one
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Ride-sharing apps like Uber, DiDi and Lyft may have driven across much of the globe, but they haven’t yet rolled into Venezuela. U.S. sanctions and years of hyperinflation and other woes made it difficult to operate there. So a handful of local entrepreneurs have started
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Ride-sharing apps like Uber, DiDi and Lyft may have driven across much of the globe, but they haven’t yet rolled into Venezuela. U.S. sanctions and years of hyperinflation and other woes made it difficult to operate there. So a handful of local entrepreneurs have started
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A medida que nos adentramos al verano boreal y suben las temperaturas, cada vez somos más los que nos lanzamos al agua en busca de una serie de beneficios para el cuerpo y la mente. ¿No te gusta correr? La natación puede ser no solo una buena alternativa, sino una más
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN A robot created at Stanford University in California is diving down to shipwrecks and sunken planes in a way that humans can’t. Known as OceanOneK, the robot allows its operators to feel like they’re underwater explorers, too. OceanOneK resembles a human diver from the front, with arms and hands and eyes
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Ashley Strickland, CNN A robot created at Stanford University in California is diving down to shipwrecks and sunken planes in a way that humans can’t. Known as OceanOneK, the robot allows its operators to feel like they’re underwater explorers, too. OceanOneK resembles a human diver from the front, with arms and
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An interviewer asked Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters to pick a “subversive thinker” whom people should know more about. Masters gave it some thought and came up with a risky response for someone running for elected office. He picked the Unabomber. “I’ll probably get in
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An interviewer asked Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters to pick a “subversive thinker” whom people should know more about. Masters gave it some thought and came up with a risky response for someone running for elected office. He picked the Unabomber. “I’ll probably get in
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An interviewer asked Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters to pick a “subversive thinker” whom people should know more about. Masters gave it some thought and came up with a risky response for someone running for elected office. He picked the Unabomber. “I’ll probably get in
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An interviewer asked Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters to pick a “subversive thinker” whom people should know more about. Masters gave it some thought and came up with a risky response for someone running for elected office. He picked the Unabomber. “I’ll probably get in
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — La carrera por el segundo premio mayor más grande de Mega Millions ha terminado, con un solo boleto vendido en el área de Chicago por la totalidad de US$ 1.337 millones. Un boleto comprado en Des Plaines ganó el primer premio en el sorteo del viernes por la noche, según la Lotería
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN England against Germany, a clash between two of the best national teams in the world, will be a fitting finale to what has been a record-breaking tournament at Euro 2022. After the two semifinal matches, a total of 487,683 fans have attended the games so far, more than doubling the previous
Continue Reading By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One month into his presidency, Joe Biden made clear his distaste for even naming the man he had ousted from the Oval Office, declaring, “I’m tired of talking about Trump.” “The next four years, I want to make sure all the news is the American people,”
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By Jason Hanna and Keith Allen, CNN The chase for the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot has ended — with a single ticket sold in the Chicago area for the whole $1.337 billion. One ticket bought in Des Plaines hit the top prize in Friday night’s drawing, according to the Illinois Lottery, securing the third-largest jackpot
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Chris Rock no ha dicho cómo se siente tras recibir una bofetada de Will Smith, pero sigue haciendo bromas sobre el incidente. El comediante estuvo en el escenario en Atlanta el viernes por la noche como parte de su gira “Chris Rock Ego Death World Tour”, horas después de que Smith
Continue Reading By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After riding high on a promise to bring 50 charter schools to Tennessee, the relationship between the president of Michigan’s Hillsdale College and Gov. Bill Lee has cooled over the past several months. Lee has been dogged by questions after leaked video showed that Larry Arnn
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