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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — A five-month-long slumber party. A college dorm. An introvert’s hell. Those are just some of the words residents of Antarctica use to describe life in the world’s coldest, most mysterious continent. In 1959, 12 countries – including Chile, Japan, Australia and the United States – signed the Antarctic Treaty,
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El Departamento de Policía de Palm Springs respondió al bloque 2000 de N. Palm Canyon Drive el jueves por la mañana después de al menos cuatro informes de ventanas rotas en la zona. Imágenes de vigilancia borrosas mostradas a PSPD muestran un vehículo que viaja hacia el norte en Palm Canyon, pero se desconoce si
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El Museo del Aire de Palm Springs honrará a los soldados caídos durante el fin de semana del Día de los Caídos con un servicio y una entrega de flores. “Este es el 27º año que realizamos la entrega de flores”, dijo Fred Bell, director del Museo Aéreo de Palm Springs. “Los comentarios son siempre
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan says it will pay $2.58 million in compensation to the families of five Chinese engineers who were killed in March when a suicide bomber targeted the vehicle carrying them in the northwest. The Chinese were attacked as they were heading to Dasu Dam, Pakistan’s biggest, where they worked. The finance ministry
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Más de 20 personas a bordo de un vuelo de Singapore Airlines que sufrió fuertes turbulencias el martes permanecen en cuidados intensivos con lesiones medulares, cerebrales y craneales, según un hospital de Bangkok que atendió a algunos de los pasajeros. El hospital Samitivej Srinakarin de la capital tailandesa está tratando
Continue ReadingBy SEBABATSO MOSAMO, FARAI MUTSAKA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press LILANDA, Zambia (AP) — Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly threat behind them: some of the continent’s worst outbreaks of cholera.
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz refused on Wednesday to say whether he will unconditionally accept the results of the 2024 election, the latest in a series of comments by prominent Republicans that seek to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the upcoming presidential contest. “I think that’s actually a ridiculous
Continue ReadingSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Peyton Schulze homered twice and drove in five runs to lead to lead No. 6 seed California to a 7-5 victory over top-seeded Arizona at the Pac-12 Tournament on Thursday night. California (36-18) and Arizona (34-21) both advance to Friday’s semifinals. Cal moves on as one of three pool-play winners, while
Continue ReadingEBS, POOL, RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, COUNCIL OF FOREIGN RELATIONS, EUROPEAN UNION, WEF VIA EBU, RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES, AFPTV, TELEGRAM, VYACHESLAV GLADKOV, CNN, TELEGRAM/ VYACHESLAV GLADKOV By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Money generated by Russian financial assets frozen in Europe will soon start flowing
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Storms downed trees and power lines in Iowa, days after a destructive tornado ripped apart more than 100 homes in one small town, took the lives of four residents and injured at least 35 more. The National Weather Service’s office in Davenport
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Ballet, one of the world’s premier dance troupes, has been celebrating its 75th anniversary all year. But while the company founded by George Balanchine is getting older, its audience is skewing younger. And that’s all part of the plan, to ensure the
Continue ReadingTHANE, India (AP) — Officials say at least nine people have been killed and 64 are injured in an explosion and fire at a chemical factory in western India. The explosion in the factory’s boiler Thursday led to a fire that affected other nearby factories and houses in Maharashtra state’s Thane district. The blaze has
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Alex Morgan returned from injury for the San Diego Wave in a scoreless draw with Angel City on Thursday night in the National Women’s Soccer League. Morgan, who missed five games with a left ankle sprain, came into the game as a second-half substitute. Jaedyn Shaw started for the Wave (3-4-3)
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 people are believed to have been killed Friday in a landslide that buried a village in a remote, mountainous part of Papua New Guinea, and an emergency response is underway, the South Pacific island nation’s leader and news media said. The landslide hit
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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The wreck of one of the most storied US Navy submarines of World War II has been found in the South China Sea eight decades after its last patrol, the Navy’s History and Heritage Command said Thursday. The USS Harder lies under 3,000 feet (about 900 meters) of water
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Three-time defending national champion Oklahoma is one win away from going back to the Women’s College World Series. Alyssa Brito went 3 for 3 with two homers and the second-seeded Sooners beat No. 15 seed Florida State 11-3 in six innings in Game 1 of
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Airlines are struggling to keep flights on time heading into the Memorial Day holiday weekend, but at least cancellations have been relatively modest so far. The big test comes Friday, which is expected to be the busiest day of the weekend for air travel. The Transportation Security Administration predicts
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador swept into office nearly six years ago with a simple motto laying out his administration’s priorities: “For the good of all, first the poor.” His administration scrapped a host of existing social programs and installed their own, quickly increasing overall social
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press It began last month with the arrest of a Russian deputy defense minister. Then the head of the ministry’s personnel directorate was hauled into court. This week, two more senior military officials were detained. All face charges of corruption, which they have denied. The arrests started shortly before President Vladimir
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Leadoff batter Mia Brady hit two solo home runs, Jordan Woolery added a three-run shot and sixth-seeded UCLA cruised to an 8-0 six-inning victory over No. 11 seed Georgia in the first game of the Los Angeles Super Regional on Thursday night. UCLA (41-10) can eliminate Georgia (43-18) with a win
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