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By Caitlin Hu and Karol Suarez, CNN (CNN) — One month after four children vanished into the Colombian Amazon, a preliminary report by the country’s Civil Aviation Authority offers clues to how they could have survived the devastating airplane crash that killed every adult onboard. The extraordinary story of the missing children has drawn intense
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By JACQUES BILLEAUD and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to years of overuse and a multi-decade drought that is sapping its water supply. In a news conference Thursday, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the restrictions
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By JACQUES BILLEAUD and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to years of overuse and a multi-decade drought that is sapping its water supply. In a news conference Thursday, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the restrictions
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — Gelje Sherpa was on his way to the top of the world’s highest mountain when he spotted the climber clinging to the rope. They were in the “death zone,” an area near the summit of Mount Everest where temperatures are extremely low and where there isn’t
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wrap up work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wrap up work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are seeking to make good on campaign promises to reduce IRS funding through the proposed debt ceiling and budget cuts package passed by Congress. But Democrats are offering assurances that the spending cuts will have little impact on the federal tax collector. The
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are seeking to make good on campaign promises to reduce IRS funding through the proposed debt ceiling and budget cuts package passed by Congress. But Democrats are offering assurances that the spending cuts will have little impact on the federal tax collector. The
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Alex Bregman and José Abreu had two RBIs each and Kyle Tucker added three hits to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-2 win over Los Angeles on Thursday night in a game during which Angels manager Phil Nevin was ejected. The victory was the 2,126th
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The top-seeded Denver Nuggets cruised past the Miami Heat 104-93 to take Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night at Denver’s Ball Arena. After clinching the first NBA Finals berth in franchise history with a sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference
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By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wrap up work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President Joe Biden’s desk
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The Milwaukee Admirals took Game 4 over the Coachella Valley Firebirds, tying the Western Conference Finals at 2-2. Firebirds fall 5-2 to Admirals in Game 4. Series is now tied 2-2 with Game 5 Saturday in Milwaukee. Game 6 will also happen, Monday 7pm at @AcrisureArena. WCF becomes best of 3 series now. @Firebirds @KESQ
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The biggest newspaper chain in the country is about to be rocked by the biggest walkout of its staff in history. On Monday, hundreds of Gannett journalists plan to stage a one-day strike during the media company’s annual shareholder meeting. Their message: Gannett needs new leadership. The journalists want
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel was sentenced to three years in federal prison Thursday for storing files with classified information at his Florida home, the Department of Justice announced. Robert Birchum pleaded guilty earlier this year to unlawfully possessing and retaining classified documents relating to
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A man flying his personal drone helped authorities arrest a teenager accused of stealing about $30,000 from a home in the San Francisco Bay Area, police said. Police in Hercules, California, were called Sunday just before 6:30 a.m. local time to a home that a suspect had broken into
Continue Reading By JACQUES BILLEAUD and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to years of overuse and a multi-decade drought that is sapping its water supply. In a news conference Thursday, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the restrictions
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Dev Shah, a 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, correctly spelling the word ‘psammophile’ to take home the $50,000 first prize. Eleven students made the finals after 11 million people entered spelling competitions throughout the world. In an interview Friday on
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Los Angeles Angels manager Phil Nevin was ejected in the sixth inning against the Houston Astros on Thursday night after screaming at home plate umpire Stu Scheurwater after Taylor Ward struck out looking with the bases loaded. The Angels were trailing 4-2 when Ward was called
Continue Reading By BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Soft-spoken but brimming with confidence, Dev Shah asked precise questions about obscure Greek roots, rushed through his second-to-last word and rolled to the Scripps National Spelling Bee title Thursday night. Dev, a 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, had his spelling career interrupted by the pandemic, then
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Flower (CNN) — A district court judge in New Mexico on Thursday approved a settlement agreement in a February 2022 wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who was fatally shot on the “Rust” movie set in 2021, according to documents obtained by CNN. Hutchins’ family filed the
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