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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is standing in for California in a new film as Jamie Lee Curtis’ production company and others tell the story of a bus driver and a school teacher who rescued students during the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history. The 2018
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is standing in for California in a new film as Jamie Lee Curtis’ production company and others tell the story of a bus driver and a school teacher who rescued students during the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history. The 2018
Continue ReadingFORT NELSON, British Columbia (AP) — An intense wildfire could reach a town in western Canada this week, fire experts and officials warned, based on forecasts of winds that have fueled the out-of-control blaze, which has forced the evacuation of thousands of people. The British Columbia Wildfire Service said the wildfire was burning 2½ kilometers
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Recreational marijuana could be available for sale in Ohio by mid-June. That’s after new rules creating a dual licensing system that will allow medical marijuana dispensaries to also sell non-medical cannabis cleared a key legislative hurdle Monday. Adult-use sales have been in limbo in the
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base. The order forces the divestment of property operated as a crypto mining facility near the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base. It
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Impassioned supporters and opponents of a far-reaching Equal Rights Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution flocked to the State Capitol ahead of crucial votes aimed at putting it on the 2026 ballot. However, the state House adjourned without voting on the bill late
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams in South Africa are searching for any survivors still trapped under rubble a week after an apartment building that was under construction collapsed. Their hopes were boosted over the weekend when one of the construction workers was found alive after six days
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Roku will carry Major League Baseball games on Sundays beginning this week. Viewers will be able to watch for free and not be required to use a Roku device. Roku secured multi-year rights for MLB Sunday Leadoff games beginning with the Boston Red Sox at St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. The
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A firefighter was assessed for a minor medical complaint after a shed fire in Mecca Monday morning. The fire was reported at around 11:15 AM on the 91100 block of 5th Street. “Our units are on-scene of a fully involved shed to the rear of a structure,” a CAL FIRE spokesperson told News Channel 3.
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is standing in for California in a new film as Jamie Lee Curtis’ production company and others tell the story of a bus driver and a school teacher who rescued students during the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history. The 2018
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal energy regulators have approved a rule to expand the amount of renewable energy such as wind and solar power that is transmitted to the electric grid. Transmission of clean energy is a key part of President Joe Biden’s goal to eliminate carbon emissions economy-wide by 2050.
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Advocates for victims of abuse at Missouri boarding schools are urging the state’s attorney general to launch an investigation, work with local prosecutors and take other steps aimed at stemming the tide of abuse. Three Christian boarding schools in southern Missouri have shut down since 2020
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Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — Con más de 1.200 años de historia, el “hadaka matsuri”, o Festival del Desnudo, es una muestra de la masculinidad japonesa. De forma bastante literal. En todo Japón, durante el gélido invierno, miles de hombres se desnudan -excepto por un delicado taparrabos blanco que cubre la entrepierna- para corretear por sus
Continue ReadingSKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — European Union candidate North Macedonia is seeking to calm disputes with EU neighbors Greece and Bulgaria that flared following the landslide election victory of a conservative-backed coalition and president. North Macedonia changed its name from Macedonia after a 2018 landmark agreement with Greece that ended a yearslong quarrel over the
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Taylor Swift isn’t the only singer fans are flocking to Paris to hear. Lise Davidsen has become classical music’s biggest draw, attracting crowds to the Paris Opéra for her first performances in the title role of Strauss’ “Salome” during the same week Swift filled La Défense Arena
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The United Nations says nearly half a million Palestinians have been displaced in recent days by escalating Israeli military operations in both southern and northern Gaza. Palestinian officials say Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 12 people overnight and into Tuesday. Aid workers are struggling to distribute dwindling supplies
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into White House barriers and showed a Nazi flag before his arrest last year has pleaded guilty to damaging government property. Court records show that 20-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Aquí hay un vistazo de la historia de Israel, que declaró su independencia en 1948 y que, desde su fundación, ha experimentado conflictos con sus vecinos, principalmente países árabes y musulmanes, y palestinos. Datos básicos Según el World Fact Book de la CIA: Área: 20.770 kilómetros cuadrados (aproximadamente del tamaño de Nueva
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Cruise, General Motors’ autonomous driving technology subsidiary, will start taking its self-driving vehicles out on public roads again this week. The company had stopped testing last October following an incident in San Francisco in which a pedestrian was badly injured. Cruise’s vehicles will begin driving again in Phoenix, Arizona,
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The National Park Service is leasing the historic Michael Bushman and John Slyder houses on Gettysburg battlefield for overnight stays starting on May 24. “Our visitors will now have an extraordinary opportunity to stay in two of the battlefield’s historic homes,” Kristina Heister, superintendent of Gettysburg National Military Park,
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