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By Hilary Whiteman and Thomas Schlachter, CNN Sydney (CNN) — Before every Women’s World Cup game in Australia and New Zealand, the rhythmic tones of ancient songs rumble across the stadium to give thanks to the lands’ traditional owners. The co-hosts provided a world stage for Indigenous culture but some fear that when the lights
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By Isabelle Chapman and Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — A state agency delayed a water management company’s request to make more water available to fight the devastating wildfires on Maui earlier this month, according to letters obtained by CNN. Glenn Tremble of the West Maui Land Company, which manages water supply companies, complained in a
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — WeWork (WE) announced a new plan Friday to save its plummeting stock from getting kicked off the New York Stock Exchange, less than two weeks after telling investors it had doubts about its ability to stay in business. The troubled company, which operates co-working spaces, said it will proceed
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON and JULIE WATSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Hilary churned off Mexico’s Pacific coast Friday as a powerful Category 4 storm threatening to unleash torrential rains on the mudslide-prone border city of Tijuana before heading into Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years. Forecasters warned the
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON and JULIE WATSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Hilary churned off Mexico’s Pacific coast Friday as a powerful Category 4 storm threatening to unleash torrential rains on the mudslide-prone border city of Tijuana before heading into Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years. Forecasters warned the
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City drug dealer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for providing “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death. Irvin Cartagena was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams. In April, he pleaded guilty to a
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — An official of the West African bloc of nations says 11 countries in the region have agreed to commit troops to a military deployment aimed at restoring Niger’s democratically elected president following last month’s coup. The ECOWAS bloc previously announced its intention to deploy a force
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — New documents released in the impeachment case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton allege that he used multiple cellphones and an alias on a ride-sharing app to help conceal an affair. They also accuse him of pressuring top aides who later reported Paxton to the
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Canadian news outlets have been blocked on Facebook and Instagram because of a dispute with the Canadian government. That has made it difficult for people to access accurate information about fast-spreading wildfires that are closing in on Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories. Meta, the parent company of
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler has received a one-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for returning to the dugout area following his fourth-inning ejection during Tuesday’s home win over Tampa Bay. Kapler will serve his suspension Friday night when the Giants, 10 1/2 games back in the NL West but 1
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A U.S. Appeals Court has struck down a critical approval for a railroad project that would have allowed oil businesses in eastern Utah to significantly expand fossil fuel production and exports. Friday’s ruling is the latest development in the fight over the proposed Uinta Basin
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With Hilary on its way to the Coachella Valley, heavy rains are being predicted to come this weekend. One way experts are saying you can be prepared and protect your home is by using sandbags. With that, cities in the Coachella Valley are providing free empty sand bags and sand for pickup, all you need
Continue ReadingPONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Suburban Detroit police have fatally shot a motorist they awoke from sleep in a running car when he accelerated with an officer beside him and crashed the vehicle into a patrol car. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were dispatched shortly before 6 a.m. Friday to check a complaint that
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street limped to the finish line of its third losing week in a row on Friday. The S&P 500 barely budged as it ended the week with a loss of more than 2%, like other U.S. indexes. It edged down by 0.65, or less
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Marco Salomone (CNN Español) — Bernardo Mitnik, artista argentino conocido como Chico Novarro, falleció a los 88 años, según una publicación de su hijo, Pablo Novak, en su cuenta de X, antes conocida como Twitter. Novak publicó una foto de su padre y lo despidió con un mensaje: “Se fue mi papá, hermoso y amado”.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is trying to crack down on a travel hack. This week, American sued a website that sells tickets that let people save money by exploiting a quirk in airline pricing. Consumers book a flight with at least one stop, then get off the plane
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Former federal appeals court judge and New York Senator James Buckley has died at age 100. Buckley spent a single term in the 1970s in the Senate, where the conservative was one of the first Republican lawmakers to call for then-President Richard Nixon to resign during the Watergate scandal. Buckley’s death at
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The chair of Florida’s ethics commission has an ethics problem, but it’s due to working at The Mouse rather than being a rat. Glen Gilzean, the new administrator of Walt Disney World’s governing district, can’t continue to work in his new job and chair the Florida Commission on Ethics at
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El huracán Hilary, que se mueve por el Pacífico a lo largo de la costa oeste de México, en este momento al sur-suroeste de Baja California, y en probable trayectoria hacia la costa oeste de EE.UU., en California, podría causar una gran cantidad de lluvias torrenciales. Hilary hizo que las
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is making precautionary plans to evacuate two key drone and counter-terror bases in Niger if that becomes necessary under the West African nation’s new ruling junta, the Air Force commander for Africa said Friday. That planning includes looking for U.S.-allied nations in the Saharan and
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