By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The number of western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, likely due to how wet it was, researchers said Tuesday. Volunteers who visited sites in California and Arizona around Thanksgiving tallied more than 230,000 butterflies, compared to 330,000 in 2022, according
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The number of western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, likely due to how wet it was, researchers said Tuesday. Volunteers who visited sites in California and Arizona around Thanksgiving tallied more than 230,000 butterflies, compared to 330,000 in 2022, according
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine court has overturned labor rules proposed by President Javier Milei that would make it easier to fire workers, in a new blow to the leader’s efforts to shake up regulations that he says have hampered the country’s struggling economy. The appeals court already temporarily suspended the incoming president’s
Continue ReadingBy Jesse Sarles, Jennifer McRae Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — An Amtrak train with dozens of people on board derailed in Northern Colorado after hitting a semi truck that was obstructing the tracks. It happened on Monday night near Keenesburg in Weld County. Officials with Amtrak say the eastbound train
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Half of renters in the United States have found themselves paying more than they can afford, following years of surging rents. But an increase in the construction of multiple-unit buildings has boosted the supply of apartments, which is slowly beginning to rein in runaway rents. Nationally, rents
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Molly Manning Walker makes her directorial debut with “How to Have Sex,” a cheekily titled film about three British teens on a booze-fueled holiday trip in Greece. Tara (Mia McKenna-Bruce) and her two friends, Em (Enva Lewis) and Skye (Lara Peake) are looking to drink and dance and meet
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday vetoed a redistricting proposal that the Republican-controlled Legislature passed last week in a last-ditch effort to avert the drawing of legislative boundaries by the state Supreme Court. The veto came a day after five of Wisconsin’s Republican members of
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By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — The main pro-union party in Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), said Tuesday it had reached a deal with the UK government that would end its near two-year government boycott and mark a return to power-sharing in the province. Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the pro-UK DUP, made the announcement at a press conference in the early hours
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Groundbreaking aviator Amelia Earhart’s tragic and mysterious disappearance while flying over the Pacific Ocean has captivated the world for nearly 87 years, spurring on countless investigations and expeditions for answers on what happened to the beloved pilot. The most recent group to join the search — a team of
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In a story published Jan. 29, 2024, about U.S. Steel settling a pollution lawsuit, The Associated Press erroneously reported the amount U.S. steel is agreeing to spend. U.S. Steel is agreeing to spend $24.5 million to settle the lawsuit, not $42 million.
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general put his weight behind a legislative effort Tuesday to bring nitrogen gas executions to the state, joining what could be a national movement in pro-death penalty states to expand capital punishment on the heels of Alabama’s first use of the method
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The television audiences for the NFL playoffs and last Sunday’s conference championship games are the highest on record going back to 1988. According to the league and Nielsen, the first three weekends of the postseason averaged 38.5 million viewers on television and digital platforms, a 9% increase over last year. The
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The television audiences for the NFL playoffs and last Sunday’s conference championship games are the highest on record going back to 1988. According to the league and Nielsen, the first three weekends of the postseason averaged 38.5 million viewers on television and digital platforms, a 9% increase over last year. The
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission will likely be voting next week on how to implement a judge’s ruling allowing election clerks to accept absentee ballots that have partial witness addresses, a decision that is expected to expand the number of ballots that will be counted in battleground
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden called Donald Trump a “loser” as he raised money for his reelection campaign on his predecessor’s home turf in Florida. He told donors to “imagine the nightmare if Trump returned to office.” The first fundraiser was held in the wealthy
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Preliminary figures from Mexico’s National Statistics Institute show the country’s economy barely eked out a 0.1% increase in the fourth quarter, bringing estimated growth for 2023 to 3.1%. Services advanced 0.1% in the fourth quarter while agricultural output declined by the same amount. Manufacturing remained unchanged. Inflation declined to 4.66% by
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer McRae Click here for updates on this story PENROSE, Colorado (KCNC) — One of the co-owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose has bonded out of custody. Jon Hallford posted bond late Monday night. Earlier this month, a judge reduced his bond from $2 million to $100,000. Jon and Carie
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Tropicana Las Vegas, a Sin City landmark for more than six decades, is shutting its doors in the spring to make room for a $1.5 billion Major League Baseball stadium that will be home to the relocating Oakland Athletics. Bally’s Corp. made the announcement Monday, saying the closure
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin, who has donated more than $500 million to Harvard University over the years, has halted contributions to his alma mater and claimed elite schools produce “whiny snowflakes.” Griffin, one of the richest people in the world, joins a growing list of donors
Continue ReadingBy Amy Maetzold Click here for updates on this story BIG BEAR, California (KCAL) — Big Bear’s bald eagle couple, Jackie and Shadow, welcome their 2nd egg of 2024. Jackie laid the 2nd egg on Sunday, joining the first egg that was laid last week on Thursday. Experts say she could lay a third egg
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