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Month: August 2023

Fyre Festival 2 tickets are now on sale – and selling out – according to embattled founder Billy McFarland

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Founder of the disastrous 2017 Fyre Festival Billy McFarland appears ready for round two. McFarland, who served time in federal prison for crimes related to his involvement in the 2017 fest that fell apart in grand fashion, announced on his Instagram page on Sunday that tickets for “Fyre Festival

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Canadian officials have eased wildfire evacuation orders in a scenic British Columbia region

By ROB GILLIES and JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian firefighters have begun easing evacuation orders in a scenic region of British Columbia, with the prospect of better weather raising hopes for the battle to contain wildfires. In Northwest Territories, a weekend of cooler temperatures, favorable winds and some rain allowed

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Libya’s stability at greater risk after deadly militia clashes, turmoil in Niger and Sudan, UN says

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Libya says the oil-rich North African country’s stability is at greater risk following recent militia clashes and amid the danger of spillover from the turmoil in neighboring Sudan and Niger. Abdoulaye Bathily told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that

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Indianapolis police release bodycam footage showing man fleeing police shot in back by officer

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has released body camera footage showing an armed man fatally shot in the back by an officer as he ran from a traffic stop. Forty-nine-year-old Gary Dwayne Harrell died Aug. 3 following the shooting on the city’s northeast side. The seven-minute video released by police Tuesday shows

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DeSantis’ appointees attack Disney over local employee perks and discounts

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Allies of Ron DeSantis have fired another shot at the Walt Disney Company as the Florida governor’s long-standing rivalry with the media company heats up again. DeSantis’ recently appointed Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, set up to oversee the 47-square-mile district that contains Walt Disney World Resort, submitted a

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Suprema Corte de México suspende la distribución de los libros de texto gratuitos en dos estados

macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El ciclo escolar 2023-2024 está a días de comenzar en México y la polémica por los nuevos libros de texto gratuitos federales sigue creciendo. Este lunes, la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación dictaminó una segunda suspensión de la distribución de los materiales educativos, ahora en el estado de Coahuila,

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Georgia school district is banning books, citing sexual content, after firing a teacher

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s second-largest school district says it has removed two books from 20 school libraries, saying the books had “highly inappropriate, sexually explicit content.” The announcement was sent in an electronic message to parents in some Cobb County schools on Monday. It comes days after the Republican-majority school

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News Channel 3 goes in-depth on fentanyl safety in local schools

Your back-to-school coverage continues with an in-depth look at how all three valley school districts are addressing the Fentanyl crisis.  I-Team Reporter Karen Devine has been covering the crisis extensively and this time Devine is showing us how educators are taking a proactive approach. Palm Springs, Desert Sands, and Coachella Valley Unified School Districts have all added

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Climate change doubled chance of weather conditions that led to record Quebec fires, researchers say

By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press A new analysis finds that climate change more than doubled the chances of the hot, dry weather that helped fuel the unprecedented wildfire season in eastern Canada. The analysis released Tuesday by World Weather Attribution looked only at Quebec but scientists say the same conditions likely are contributing to wildfires

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