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By FABIANO MAISONNAVE RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Every day billions of people depend on wild flora and fauna to obtain food, medicine and energy. But a new United Nations-backed report says that overexploitation, climate change, pollution and deforestation are pushing one million species towards extinction. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Two years ago, movie theaters were suffering through the pandemic and many in Hollywood wondered if going to the movies would become a thing of the past. Now, halfway through 2022, the reports of the death of theaters appear to be greatly exaggerated. Audiences have returned to the cineplex for
Continue ReadingCNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business The God of Thunder still has some pop. “Thor: Love and Thunder,” the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, made an estimated $143 million domestically for its opening this weekend, according to Disney. That number is on par with industry expectations, which had the film making around $150
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By Camila Moreno-Lizarazo, CNN A Black man who spent six days in jail after police misidentified him for a 49-year-old White man with an outstanding felony charge, has won a $90,000 settlement from Las Vegas-area law enforcement agencies. Shane Lee Brown filed a federal lawsuit in January 2022 for at least $500,000 in damages but
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Highs have been relatively mild this week, but things are changing for the weekend. A ridge of high pressure across the central US will bring hotter than normal highs throughout the region. Because of this, areas to our East will be under an Excessive Heat Warning for Monday. Highs today will be close to seasonal
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police shot and killed a man who was allegedly armed with a knife Thursday evening, marking the third fatal police shooting in a week for the department. Few details have been released in each of the shootings this week. Last year, Los Angeles officers shot and killed 18 people
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Germany’s biggest landlord will turn down the heat for hundreds of thousands of residents in the coming months as Russia throttles supplies of natural gas. Vonovia, which bills itself as the biggest provider of housing in Germany with 1 million tenants, said Thursday it was trying “to save as much
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order aimed at protecting access to reproductive health services in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion. The executive order attempts to safeguard access to medication abortion and emergency contraception, protect patient
Continue Reading By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After polls closed in New Mexico’s primary last month, a worker returning ballots and other election materials to the clerk’s office in Santa Fe was followed by a partisan election observer driving so closely that mere inches separated their bumpers. The poll worker was
Continue ReadingBy Adam Winkler Click here for updates on this story UVALDE, Texas (KTRK) — More than six weeks removed and nearly 60 miles away from Robb Elementary School, J.J. Suarez still struggles to speak about the deadliest school shooting in Texas history. “Uvalde, we’re a tight-knit community,” Suarez said during an interview with ABC13 on
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a story published July 7, 2022, about Nicaraguan prisoners, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the leader of the president of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights. She is Vilma Núñez, not Wilma Nuñez.
Continue ReadingBy Jaclyn Schultz Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — An Arizona woman shares her tumultuous ordeal to obtain medical access for an abortion procedure, traveling across state lines to Nevada. Planned Parenthood estimates that 10,000 patients will travel to Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado for medical treatments, after dozens of
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI, CHISATO TANAKA and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech — an attack that stunned a nation with some of the strictest
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urielblanco (CNN) — Mientras las fuerzas rusas avanzan hacia Donetsk, más de 40 ciudades y pueblos en el Donbás han sido atacados en las últimas 24 horas, de acuerdo con el ejército de Ucrania. En tanto, las fuerzas ucranianas atacaron almacenes militares rusos en la región meridional de Jersón antes del amanecer del viernes. Además,
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Martha Stewart has a few crushes, one on a married man she knows. But there’s no scandal here. Stewart has assured Chelsea Handler she’s no homewrecker, even though she’s had the opportunity. The businesswoman and queen of the pool selfie recently joined Handler for a conversation on the comedian’s podcast “Dear Chelsea,”
Continue ReadingBy Lorraine Tosiek Click here for updates on this story Las Vegas (KVVU) — The Henderson Police Department (HPD) is cracking down on drivers violating the state’s “Move Over” law. A dozen officers held an enforcement event at St. Rose Parkway Thursday afternoon. Some officers pulled drivers over for speed, while others looked for drivers
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent A test rocket carrying a component for a future US nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile blew up 11 seconds after takeoff Wednesday night from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, according to a statement from the base. An investigation is underway and the debris only affected the immediate launch
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are swinging between small gains and losses as Wall Street works out what to make of surprisingly strong data on the U.S. jobs market released Friday. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% in midday trading after earlier veering from a loss of 0.9% to a
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are swinging betwen small gains and losses on Friday as Wall Street struggles with what to make of a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. jobs market. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in morning trading after erasing an early loss of 0.9%.
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — United States midfielder Luca de la Torre has agreed to join Celta Vigo in the Spanish league, the club said Friday. Celta said de la Torre will sign a four-year deal with the club based in northwest Spain. He arrives from Dutch club Heracles Almelo, where he made 64 appearances in the
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