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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El informe preliminar del Grupo de Alto Nivel (GAN) de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) que visitó Lima, Perú, entre el 20 y 23 de noviembre recomendó —entre otras cosas— “iniciar una tregua política”, mientras se convoca al diálogo entre los actores y “se logra un consenso mínimo
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By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protect Agency on Thursday proposed restrictions that would block plans for a copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region that is home to the world’s largest sockeye salmon run. The regional EPA office said discharges of dredged or fill material into
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By Nick Valencia, CNN The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched an investigation into an Atlanta public elementary school after allegations the principal was assigning Black students to certain classes. In the letter provided to CNN, the Office for Civil Rights said it will investigate allegations of discrimination based on race and
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In the Coachella Valley, some locals are calling for support of updating the current US Food and Drugs Administration that could allow Gay and Bisexual men who have sex with men to have a similar process as someone straight to donate their blood. Check Out: FDA is considering a shift toward individual risk-based assessments for
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The College Football Playoff will include 12 teams, starting with the 2024 season. An expansion plan that was crafted for two years and haggled over for another 18 months finally cleared all the obstacles needed to go from idea to reality. The CFP announced Thursday that the
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG, SYVLIE CORBET and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron vowed to maintain a united front against Russia on Thursday amid growing worries about waning support for Ukraine’s war effort in the U.S. and Europe. Biden also signaled he might be willing to tweak aspects of
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY and BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Barack Obama is urging Georgia Democrats to keep pushing voting turnout for Sen. Raphael Warnock. The former president and the senator rallied Thursday in Atlanta ahead of Warnock’s Tuesday runoff with Republican challenger Herschel Walker. Voters have already cast more than 1.4 million ballots
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California water agencies that serve 27 million people will get just 5% of what they requested from the state to start 2023, water officials announced Thursday. The news of limited water comes as California concludes its driest three-year stretch on record and as water managers brace
Continue Reading By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Democrats who control the Illinois General Assembly have approved followup clarifications to their watershed criminal justice overhaul. The proposal passed Thursday appeases critics by adding numerous offenses to a list of crimes that qualify a defendant to remain jailed while awaiting trial. The House approved
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER, MEG KINNARD and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says Democrats should move past “restrictive” caucuses and embrace diversity in the order of their presidential nominating calendar, dealing a major blow to Iowa’s decades-long status to hold its leadoff spot in the process. In a letter to the
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COVID-19 infections continue surging in Los Angeles County, with the rising rates of new cases and hospital admissions again pushing the county into the “medium” COVID activity level, the public health director said today, adding that another indoor masking mandate could be imposed soon. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said the county is now
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN A Helena’s tree frog, camouflaged against bark except for its glowing golden eyes, has been named as the overall winner of this year’s British Ecological Society photography competition, organizers have announced. A close-up of pink-tipped daisy petals, a terrestrial hermit crab using a plastic bottle cap as its new home and
Continue Reading CNN By Nick Watt, CNN Ann Johnson gave birth in the spring of 1984 in the hospital at Camp Lejeune, the sprawling Marine base on the North Carolina coast. But doctors did not bring baby Jacquetta straight to her mom. “I guess they were trying to prepare me for what she looked like,” Johnson told
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona has agreed to a contract extension with football coach Jedd Fisch through the 2027 season. The deal announced Thursday is pending approval from the Arizona Board of Regents. The Wildcats went 5-7 in Fisch’s second season, the third-largest win increase in program history. A longtime NFL and college coach, the
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — An ex-convict who led police on a chase around Las Vegas before officers found the severed head and dismembered body of his friend in a stolen vehicle he was driving was sentenced Thursday to at least 18 years in prison. Eric John Holland said he was
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — An ex-convict who led police on a chase around Las Vegas before officers found the severed head and dismembered body of his friend in a stolen vehicle he was driving was sentenced Thursday to at least 18 years in prison. Eric John Holland said he was
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN The appeals court ruling throwing out the special master process that had been put in place for the Mar-a-Lago search was a major rebuke of former President Donald Trump‘s arguments for why the materials seized from his home should be subject to outside review. The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals
Continue Reading TULARE, Calif. (AP) — An armed man suspected of stealing a pickup truck from a business in central California was fatally shot Thursday by police officers and sheriff’s deputies after he failed to follow officials’ commands, authorities said. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the truck was stolen from a business
Continue Reading By Shimon Prokupecz and Matt Friedman, CNN The City of Uvalde has filed a lawsuit against Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell, alleging she is blocking the city’s independent investigator from accessing key evidence into the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. The city is asking a judge for an injunction requiring the
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California water agencies that serve 27 million people will get just 5% of what they requested from the state to start 2023, water officials announced Thursday. The news of limited water comes as California concludes its driest three-year stretch on record and as water managers brace
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