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By Jaclyn Schultz Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — For millions of Nevadans voting, this week was a civic duty. But for one local couple Election Day was a family affair. The Larsens both ran for office at the same time. “My wife was my biggest fan,” said Flemming
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By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility is proposing a $216 million solar farm project in Kentucky atop a capped coal ash storage pit at a coal-fired power plant. The federal Tennessee Valley Authority voted Thursday to advance the initiative at Shawnee Fossil Plant in Paducah. The utility
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mayor of Mexico’s most iconic and beloved colonial-era city, Oaxaca, has made a desperate public plea for federal authorities to declare a public health emergency over the mounds of uncollected garbage piling up in the city’s cobblestone streets. Normally awash with tourists and known for its green-tinged stone buildings and
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Under gray clouds and pouring rain at Arlington National Cemetery, Vice President Kamala Harris told the nation’s veterans Friday their work makes America stronger, as the administration announced new support for children who live with wounded service members. “Every day, through your life’s work
Continue ReadingCNN By Allison Morrow, CNN Business The fallout from the spectacular implosion of crypto giant FTX has triggered a cascade of wide-reaching effects: It’s ensnared a number of celebrities who endorsed the now-bankrupt platform, and financial contagion is spreading across the vast crypto and digital-asset ecosystem. On Wednesday, the lending arm of crypto brokerage Genesis
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former model charged in the beating death of a California doctor whose body was found in a car trunk outside Las Vegas has accepted a plea agreement. Las Vegas media outlets reported this week 29-year-old Kelsey Turner will take an Alford plea to second-degree murder, according to court documents. Instead
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Alexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Mark Galeotti es director ejecutivo de la consultora Mayak Intelligence y profesor honorario del University College de Londres. Es autor de varios libros sobre historia rusa, el más reciente “Putin’s Wars: from Chechnya to Ukraine”. Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo le pertenecen únicamente a su autor. (CNN) — A
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the armed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s federal Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and forces of the previously dominant political party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). The Tigray conflict, which began in 2020, has left thousands dead, more than two million displaced
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Estados Unidos tiene la intención de comprar 100.000 proyectiles de artillería a fabricantes de armas en Corea del Sur para proporcionar a Ucrania, dijo un funcionario, como parte de un esfuerzo más amplio para encontrar armamento disponible para las batallas de alta intensidad que se desarrollan en Ucrania. Como parte del
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (KCTV) — The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office has charged an Independence man and woman after concerned community members contacted Independence police to report a video showing a child’s beating. Terry L. Watson is charged with first-degree domestic assault and abuse or neglect of
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Suspended Brooklyn guard Kyrie Irving and the Nets appear to be on a path toward reconciliation, though it remains unclear when the seven-time All-Star will return to the court. Nets owner Joe Tsai said Friday that he and his wife Clara spent time with Irving and his family, and
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Aunque Qatar, como otros países del golfo Pérsico, dio un salto impresionante en las últimas décadas de la mano del petróleo y el gas, levantando ciudades modernas de altísimos rascacielos en medio del desierto, su territorio ha estado poblado desde hace decenas de miles de años. El Qatar moderno se
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “The Fabelmans” allows Steven Spielberg to turn his coming-of-age memories into what amounts to a super-director origin story, recalling both his complicated family life and early love of movies and filmmaking. It’s a deeply personal chronicle from one of cinema’s greatest talents, yielding a movie that features wonderful moments within
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El valor del bitcoin superaba este viernes los US$ 16.000 por cada moneda, según el sitio CoinMarketCap, después de que el miércoles descendiera hasta los US$ 15.682, el precio más bajo desde que en noviembre de 2021 alcanzara los US$ 65.000. En El Salvador, el bitcoin es moneda de curso
Continue Reading By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan has won a full term representing part of New York’s Hudson Valley in Congress. Ryan defeated Republican challenger Colin Schmitt in a very close race. He is one of just a few Democrats in the suburbs around New York City who
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By HANNA ARHIROVA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president said Friday that special military units have entered Kherson, a major regional capital that Russian forces had captured early in the war. Residents took to the streets to celebrate Russia’s withdrawal, the latest pullback by Moscow as it faces intense resistance.
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president said Friday that special military units have entered the city of Kherson. In a video address hours after Russia said it had completed withdrawing troops from the strategically key city, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said: “As of now, our defenders are approaching
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Formula One team Mercedes says it has suspended its sponsorship deal with FTX, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges. FTX said earlier Friday that it is filing for bankruptcy. Mercedes signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with FTX in September 2021. At the time, the
Continue Reading By MARK STEVENSON and MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government is using video of homeless people and open-air drug users in Philadelphia’s embattled Kensington neighborhood in a national ad campaign to try to scare young people away from drugs. The spots never identify the city shown. But just how or
Continue Reading By MIKE BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is being forced out of his job leading the nation’s largest law enforcement agency as agents encounter record numbers of migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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