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Juan Pablo Elverdin En el río Po, Italia (CNN) — La principal arteria que atraviesa el corazón de Italia, donde se produce el 30% de sus alimentos, es el río Po, de 650 kilómetros de longitud, que serpentea desde los Alpes hasta el mar Adriático en la costa noreste de Italia. Pero un invierno y
Continue ReadingBy Jared McNett Click here for updates on this story SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (Sioux City Journal) — No matter the speaker at Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra’s second-annual family picnic fundraiser at the Dean Classic Car Museum on Thursday, a common refrain could be heard and a common opponent was repeatedly named. Whether it was from
Continue ReadingCNN, WXMI, KDKA By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is on the front lines of protecting abortion rights in Michigan, where a court injunction is the only thing keeping the state from reverting to a 1931 law that banned and criminalized abortion. “I don’t think many knew that Michigan would
Continue ReadingBy Nora Mabie Click here for updates on this story FORT BELKNAP RESERVATION, Montana (Missoulian) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of allowing state law enforcement to prosecute non-Native people who commit crimes against Native people on reservation land. Experts and tribal leaders condemned the decision, saying it undermines tribal sovereignty.
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By STEVE PEOPLES and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — Stunning new revelations about former President Donald Trump’s fight to overturn the 2020 election have exposed growing political vulnerabilities just as he eyes another presidential bid. A former White House aide this week described Trump as an unhinged leader with no regard
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Exploring beneath the surface of other planets may be the key to determining whether life has ever existed outside of Earth. As other missions, including that of NASA’s InSight lander, have shown, drilling down through the surface of planets like Mars is tough — a little too tough to get more
Continue ReadingBy Nolan Lister Click here for updates on this story MISSOULA, Montana (Independent Record) — A Missoula doctor who was initially charged with committing sex crimes against patients in Helena was sentenced Thursday to at least five years of state supervision as part of a plea deal. James Haldeman Armstrong was initially charged with felony
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Jonny Hallam, Cristiana Moisescu, Julia Presniakova and Arnaud Siad CNN At least 21 people, including a child, were killed when Russia launched overnight missile strikes at a residential building and a recreation center near Odesa, southern Ukraine, officials said on Friday. The attack hit a housing block, killing 16 people, according to
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By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Last July, a federal judge in West Virginia heard closing arguments in the first lawsuit to go to trial over the U.S. opioid addiction epidemic. With an avalanche of documents that included transcripts of testimony and exhibits, Judge David Faber didn’t indicate when he would make
Continue Reading By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Last July, a federal judge in West Virginia heard closing arguments in the first lawsuit to go to trial over the U.S. opioid addiction epidemic. With an avalanche of documents that included transcripts of testimony and exhibits, Judge David Faber didn’t indicate when he would make
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Scientists have discovered a carnivorous plant that grows prey-trapping contraptions underground, feeding off subterranean creatures such as worms, larvae and beetles. The newly found species of pitcher plant was unearthed in the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. Like other pitcher plants, Nepenthes pudica has modified leaves,
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business The Department of Transportation announced Thursday that it will soon fund up to $1 billion in projects to reconnect city neighborhoods that have been scarred by highways. Urban experts say the investment pales in comparison to the long-running negative impacts of urban highways, but welcome the funding as a way
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Thousands have taken to the streets in Sudan’s capital of Khartoum, a day after nine people were killed in anti-military demonstrations. The United States and others have condemned the violence in this east African country which has been rocked by near-weekly protests since an Oct. 25 coup upended its fragile transition to
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — The global shortage of computer chips forced General Motors to build 95,000 vehicles without certain components during the second quarter. The Detroit automaker said in a regulatory filing Friday that most of the incomplete vehicles were built in June, and that it expects most of them to be finished and sold to
Continue Reading SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit in which the parents of Gabby Petito claim that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her before he returned home alone from their western trip. The decision Thursday by Sarasota County Circuit Judge Hunter Carroll means the lawsuit can proceed
Continue Reading By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Health authorities in Africa say they are treating the expanding monkeypox outbreak here as an emergency and call on rich countries to share the world’s limited supply of vaccines. Monkeypox has been sickening people in parts of central and west Africa for decades, but the lack
Continue Reading By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization’s Europe chief has warned that monkeypox cases across the region have tripled in the last two weeks and called on countries to take stronger measures to ensure the previously rare disease does not become entrenched on the continent. In a statement on
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are off to a weak start on Friday, continuing a dismal streak that pushed Wall Street into a bear market last month as traders worry that inflation will be tough to beat and that a recession could be on the way as well. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% in the
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are off to a weak start on Friday, continuing a dismal streak that pushed Wall Street into a bear market last month as traders worry that inflation will be tough to beat and that a recession could be on the way as well. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% in the
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “Stranger Things” has taken the idea of playing the long game to heart a bit too literally, capping its super-sized fourth season with two sprawling episodes that total nearly four hours. Whether that’s a reward to fans or self-indulgence by the producers rests in the eye of the beholder, but
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