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By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A state commission in Ohio has voted to approve fracking for oil and gas drilling in state parks and designated wildlife areas. The vote Wednesday comes amid an ongoing investigation into possibly fraudulent support for the measure in the form of identical letters urging
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Robotic explorers investigating Mars are currently out of touch with space agencies on Earth after hitting a giant communications roadblock. Mission controllers at NASA won’t send any commands to its fleet of orbiters and rovers, including Perseverance and Curiosity, for the next 10 days due to the Mars solar
Continue ReadingBy SARAH TETAUD Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar police have imposed a night-time curfew in the capital after the torching of some polling stations ahead of a presidential election set for Thursday. Protests organized by opposition leaders boycotting the election over alleged irregularities have intensified in recent weeks. The opposition leaders have urged
Continue ReadingBy NEAL RILEY Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSONVILLE, Vermont (WBZ) — Fall tourists are coming out in droves to a farm in Vermont to play with some golden retrievers. Golden Dog Farm recently went viral thanks to its Golden Retriever Experience, where dogs play and snuggle with guests while they drink cider
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Major social media companies must face allegations that their services addicted teen users and caused other mental health harms after a federal judge on Tuesday denied a motion to dismiss the bellwether lawsuit filed by a wave of consumer plaintiffs. The decision is a blow to tech giants Google, Meta, Snap and TikTok,
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Rich Moore, el excursionista de Colorado de 71 años encontrado muerto con su perro aún vivo a su lado después de estar desaparecido durante más de dos meses, murió de “exposición/hipotermia”, según el forense del condado de Archuleta, Bradley Hunt. Hunt dijo que no es posible determinar la fecha y hora
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian Kevin Hart has been chosen to receive the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in American humor. The honor caps a three-decade career that has seen the comic rise from the open mics of Philadelphia to become one of his generation’s most successful performers.
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A mistrial has been declared for a Texas police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in Austin. The mistrial for Austin Officer Christopher Taylor was declared Wednesday after jurors were unable to reach a verdict following five days of deliberations. Taylor has been on administrative leave since the
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La situación en Islandia continúa “sin cambios” desde el martes, mientras los funcionarios siguen anticipando la inminente erupción de un volcán cerca de la ciudad de Grindavík, dijo este miércoles la Oficina Meteorológica de Islandia. “En general, la situación parece no haber cambiado desde ayer. La probabilidad de una erupción todavía se
Continue ReadingSRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian officials say a passenger bus has slid off a Himalayan highway killing at least 39 people and injuring 17 others after rolling down a steep slope onto another road in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday. A civil administrator says the 42-seater bus was on the way to southern Jammu city from
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government’s flagship policy to send migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda is unlawful. The government is vowing to make some changes and press on with the controversial plan. Making the plan work has become a central pillar of Prime
Continue Reading By Macie Goldfarb and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The body of a 71-year-old hiker who went missing in August was found in the southern Colorado mountains and his loyal terrier, which had survived in the wilderness, was still at his side, a rescue group said. Rich Moore embarked with his Jack Russell Terrier, Finney,
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden asked a judge on Wednesday to approve subpoenas for documents from Donald Trump and former Justice Department officials related to whether political pressure wrongly influenced the criminal case against him. Biden’s attorneys allege there were “certain instances that appear to suggest incessant, improper, and partisan
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has signed an agreement with Volkswagen to gradually replace its auto fleet with electric vehicles. The announcement Wednesday does not give any details on the value of the deal or set a timetable for completing the switch to electric vehicles. The partnership falls under the
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer who was detained last month for allegedly violating the country’s mandatory headscarf law has been freed on bail. Reza Khandan, the husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, posted Wednesday on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, a photo of his wife and said she
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Raquel Willis has spent more than a decade working as both a journalist and activist for Black and LGBTQ people, championing these causes and uplifting voices. Now, she’s ready to share her own story. “The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation” is Willis’ first book, exploring
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Se espera que el gobernador republicano de Texas, Greg Abbott, firme un proyecto de ley que convertiría en un nuevo delito estatal la entrada ilegal en Texas y otorga a las autoridades policiales el poder de detener y ordenar a los inmigrantes que abandonen Estados Unidos. Tras más de nueve horas de debate,
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — An expert panel assembled to address a series of near collisions of commercial airliners at US airports has recommended several changes it said are necessary to keep air travel safe. Inconsistent funding, outdated technology, short-staffed air traffic control towers and onerous training requirements are among the
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s opposition leader warns that the country is “heading into a dangerous direction” as his party mourned an official abducted while campaigning for upcoming elections and later found dead. Tapfumaneyi Masaya was part of a team of Citizens for Change Coalition activists campaigning Saturday in the
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Department of Civil Rights filed a charge of discrimination against Studio 8 Hair Lab in Traverse City. The hair salon’s owner had posted on social media that anyone identifying as other than a man or a woman is not welcome at her business. The
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