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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Economists calculate that the world’s corporations produce so much climate change pollution, it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they had to pay damages for what they put out. An author of a new study in Thursday’s journal Science estimates that the climate damage from publicly
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former customer service manager at a U.S. Postal Service office in Indianapolis has been sentenced to 40 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing hundreds of checks worth about $1.7 million that businesses had mailed. Forty-two-year-old James Lancaster fought back tears after a federal judge sentenced him Wednesday. WTHR-TV
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Russian geneticist living in Virginia has been sentenced to probation in federal court after pleading guilty to smuggling test tubes with DNA from endangered species into the U.S. Customs agents were alarmed when they discovered the test tubes last year at Dulles Airport on a
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As Israel’s first and only female prime minister, Golda Meir may have broken a glass ceiling. But she had a prickly relationship with feminism, a label she did not embrace. Still, argues director Guy Nattiv, the trajectory of Meir’s career — especially the nature of
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The head of a Russian mercenary group who launched a rebellion against Moscow’s military leadership in June is presumed dead after a mysterious plane crash. But much remains uncertain. A plane that authorities said was carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants from the Wagner Group went down northwest
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US mortgage rates surged again this week, rising to their highest level since 2001. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.23% in the week ending August 24, up from 7.09% the week before, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate was
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two telecommunication companies in Haiti say their fiber optic cables were severed this week, temporarily leaving customers without service. The interruptions are suspected to be acts of sabotage by criminal gangs. Digicel Haiti said one of its cables was cut on Thursday in the community of Martissant near the capital of
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican lawmakers have hit an impasse just a few days into a special session sparked by a deadly school shooting in March. The Senate’s decision Thursday to adjourn until Monday leaves little certainty about what lawmakers might ultimately pass. However, they have
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PASADENA, Texas (KTRK) — A new mugshot shows an 18-year-old charged with the murder of an 11-year-old girl whose body was found by her father, under a bed at a Pasadena apartment complex. The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana shared the photo of Juan
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP National Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Joscelyn Roberson’s always had her eye on the 2024 Olympics. The math just sort of worked. The Texan is going to be 18 next summer, an age long considered an athletic sweet spot for elite female gymnasts, at least in the United States. Each
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By Melissa Alonso and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Faced with an extreme, fast-spreading drought and blistering heat, Houston public officials announced Wednesday that outdoor water restrictions are now mandatory across the city as water pressure drops. The city will enter the second stage of its drought contingency plan on Sunday, August 27, Houston officials
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Wildfires in Canada that caused smoke to blanket parts of the United States in recent months were linked to a significant rise in emergency hospital visits related to asthma. Emergency department visits for asthma in the United States were 17% higher than expected when wildfire smoke occurred, according to
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man is dead after he and another person stopped to offer help to strangers in a stalled car in southwest Houston overnight. It’s a situation that police admit is confusing. Houston police said there were two people in a vehicle
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Un aparatoso accidente enlutó a una familia después que ayer a las 5:30 de la madrugada el conductor de un vehículo evadió las barricadas que las autoridades pusieron por el dañó que provocaron las inundaciones del pasado fin de semana en la intersección de la Dillon Road y la Avenida 15 cerca de Desert Hot
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN Business) — Washington plans to keep piling pressure on Russia through additional sanctions in a bid to force hard choices in Moscow, a senior US official tells CNN. The preparations of further economic punishments come as cracks emerge in Russia’s economy and society because of the war in
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Palm Springs Unified School District resumed classes Thursday morning after tropical storm Hilary put them on hold for a few days. Many valley roads are still closed after the storm, so many parents had to plan their routes to school ahead of time. The major road closures at Indian Canyon Drive, Gene Autry Trail, and Date
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La ciudad de Desert Hot Springs anunció que ayer desde la 1:15 de la tarde reabrieron en ambas direcciones el tramo de Pierson Blvd entre las calles Indian Canyon y Desert Terrace , pero el límite de velocidad cuando transitan por el puente es de 25 millas por hora. Mientras que la calle Indian Canyon
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fran Drescher believes that the walkouts that have shut down Hollywood are about something much bigger than the actors union she leads, or the writers striking alongside them, or the entertainment industry. Drescher told The Associated Press the moment is about the entire
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fran Drescher believes that the walkouts that have shut down Hollywood are about something much bigger than the actors union she leads, or the writers striking alongside them, or the entertainment industry. Drescher told The Associated Press the moment is about the entire
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La policía dio a conocer más detalles del tiroteo en el que murió un adolescente de 16 años en los apartamentos Cedar Springs ubicados sobre la calle Cesar Chávez cerca de la Avenida 53 en Coachella el pasado domingo a las 9 de la noche. Después de recibir el reporte de la balacera la policía
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