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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One fall day in 2010, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor slipped into the courtroom where she worked for nearly 25 years to take in an “amazing” sight. The first — and for 12 years, the only — woman on the high court saw three women
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL, PETER PRENGAMAN and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, the president of this year’s United Nations climate talks said Saturday, a move that
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday night off the coast of the southern Philippine island of Mindanao and Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning. The quake struck at 10:37 p.m. at a depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were
Continue ReadingHUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia prison inmate whose infant daughter has been missing for more than two years has been indicted on murder and other charges. A grand jury indicted Shannon Patrick Overstreet on charges of murder; death of a child by a parent, guardian or custodian or other persons by child abuse,
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Kevin Durant moved up to No. 10 on the NBA’s all-time scoring list during the Phoenix Suns’ 119-111 loss against the Denver Nuggets on Friday. Durant went off for 30 points in the matchup to take his all-time points tally to 27,423 – overtaking NBA icon Moses Malone in
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — If you are in a 401(k) plan at work, you very likely have the option to invest in a so-called target date fund, which also may be called a retirement date fund or a lifecycle fund. At the end of 2020, the vast majority of plans (86%)
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling a small number of SUVs in the U.S. because the driver’s air bag inflators can blow apart in a crash, hurling metal shrapnel and possibly injuring or killing people. U.S. auto safety regulators say in documents Saturday that the recall covers 486 X3,
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Rights groups in Burkina Faso say a prominent human rights defender has been abducted by unknown individuals in what they say could be the latest attempt by the military government to target dissidents. According to a group he founded, Daouda Diallo — who won a high-profile
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — “Alternativa de difícil implementación, pero no imposible de llevar adelante”. Así se definió a la dolarización, una de las propuestas de la campaña electoral de Javier Milei, en un informe de Anker Latinoamérica, firmado por Luis Caputo, quien fue designado como futuro ministro de Economía por el presidente electo de
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN) — Amazon acaba de firmar un acuerdo con su principal competidor, SpaceX, dirigido por Elon Musk, para lanzar satélites con transmisión de Internet, una medida que se produce incluso cuando el fundador de Amazon, Jeff Bezos, persigue sus propios sueños espaciales con su propia compañía de cohetes, Blue Origin, y mientras SpaceX
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Es el niño que quedó abandonado a su suerte en la comedia navideña favorita de todos, y el viernes obtuvo cierto reconocimiento en Hollywood. Macaulay Culkin, protagonista de los clásicos de los 90 “Home Alone” y “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”, entre otros muchos títulos, recibió esta semana
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN) — Desde Nueva Hampshire hasta Oregon, investigadores intentan descubrir cuál es la causa de una enfermedad respiratoria infecciosa que está contagiando los perros y que, en algunos casos extraños, ha resultado mortal. La misteriosa enfermedad se describe como una “atípica enfermedad respiratoria infecciosa canina”, dijo el Departamento de Agricultura de Oregon en
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher and Ella Nilsen, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris announced new funding for climate action on Saturday at the COP28 summit in Dubai, where she touted American leadership on the climate crisis, including its recent investments in clean energy and efforts to make vulnerable communities more resilient to worsening
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has finalized a rule to significantly cut the US oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane, a powerful planet-warming gas that scientists and climate advocacy groups have pressed nations to rapidly reduce as global temperature soars. The announcement came amid a wave of commitments at the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Pinky Cole Hayes makes being nine months pregnant with her third baby, on a book tour, being a philanthropist and running a multimillion dollar business look easy. If it sounds like a lot, it is, but the founder of the meatless hamburger brand Slutty Vegan is so committed
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — Officials have secured the area around one of two 12th Century towers that have become symbolic of the northern city of Bologna, fearing its leaning could lead to collapse. The city on Friday announced 4.3 million euros ($4.7 million) in works to shore up the Garisenda tower, one of the so-called Two
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Munich’s airport has canceled all flights for the day after a winter storm dumped snow across southern Germany and parts of Austria and Switzerland, affecting travel across the region. Trains to and from Munich’s central station were also halted and Germany’s national railway advised passengers to delay or reroute their journeys. Other
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE and CARA ANNA Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel pounded targets in crowded southern Gaza on Saturday and ordered more neighborhoods designated for attack to evacuate, driving up the death toll as the United States and others urged it to do more to protect civilians a day
Continue ReadingBy TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI and NOEL SICHALWE Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Police and local authorities in Zambia say seven miners have been confirmed dead and more than 20 others are missing, presumed dead, after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging illegally at a copper mine. Police say
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has stated through its website that two of its forces stationed in Syria were killed in an Israeli airstrike. The report on the Guard’s news portal said the two were carrying out an advisory mission in Syria. Syrian state media, quoting an unnamed military official, said Israeli
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