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By NQOBILE NTSHANGASE and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press GEORGE, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams are continuing to search for dozens of construction workers who are believed to be buried in the rubble of an unfinished five-story apartment building that collapsed in South Africa on Monday. Seven workers have been confirmed dead, while authorities in
Continue ReadingBy Brian Maass Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — The City of Denver has authorized as much as $100,000 for an independent investigation into the Denver Fire Department command staff’s use of flex time, which first came to light via a CBS News Colorado investigation in April. According to a
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s doctors union has called off a national strike that had left patients in limbo for almost two months. The union secretary general Davji Atellah on Wednesday said they had agreed to trust the government to implement an agreement signed to ensure the labor issues that
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — As major floods engulfed entire cities in the northern part of the Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state last week, meteorologist Estael Sias knew the water would drain into capital Porto Alegre’s metropolitan region and that she would need to find
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled Arkansas cannot prevent two high school teachers from discussing critical race theory in the classroom but is stopping short of a broader prohibition against the state’s ban on teaching such subjects in the schools. U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky issued
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Canadian police say more than 60 people have been arrested and hundreds of charges filed in a series of investigations into child sexual abuse in Ontario. Provincial Police Det. Staff Sgt. Tim Brown said the investigations were carried out over 10 days in February and led to the arrest of dozens of
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, Tierney Sneed and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Civil rights groups urged the US Supreme Court to step into Louisiana’s fraught and potentially far-reaching redistricting battle on Wednesday, asking the justices to rule against some White voters who claim the state legislature violated the Constitution when it drew a second majority-Black district
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El consulado de Guatemala en Maryland, Estados Unidos, confirmó el martes que está en contacto con los familiares del trabajador guatemalteco fallecido en el colapso del puente Francis Scott Key en Baltimore el pasado 26 de marzo, según un comunicado de la cancillería del país centroamericano. De acuerdo
Continue ReadingBy Tori Mason Click here for updates on this story AURORA, Colorado (KCNC) — The state’s water plan projects a major gap in water supply by 2050. In order to meet future water demands in growing cities like Aurora, there must be aggressive conservation, water reuse and water storage. Projects like Wild Horse Reservoir are
Continue ReadingBy Michael Guise Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A driver intentionally ran over and killed seven Canada geese in York County, Pennsylvania, over the weekend, a wildlife center said. In a post on Facebook, the Raven Ridge Wildlife Center in Lancaster County said on Sunday that the family of Canada
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By Amy O’Kruk, Janie Boschma and Lou Robinson, CNN Police have arrested protesters on more than 50 college campuses in at least half of the states across the country. Many other schools have experienced protests without arrests. Pro-Palestinian protesters continue to face arrest on campus, nearly three weeks since the first arrests at Columbia University
Continue ReadingBy Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story May 8, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a significant development within the Houston Police Department, Chief Troy Finner has announced his retirement, effective as of 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. This announcement was confirmed by Mayor John Whitmire in a late-night email to city employees, following
Continue ReadingBy Richard Ramos Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — A Sacramento mom is accused of assaulting her 2-year-old child on a flight from Mexico to Seattle, prosecutors said Monday. Multiple people reported witnessing Breanna Mistler, 33, abusing her child on a May 1 Delta flight from Puerto Vallarta to the
Continue ReadingBy Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story May 8, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a decisive move by the Harris County legal system, Jerome Moore, a 25-year-old Houston resident, has been sentenced to … Jerome Moore In a decisive move by the Harris County legal system, Jerome Moore, a 25-year-old Houston
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — What appears to be a ghostly hand reaching across the universe toward a defenseless spiral galaxy in a new telescope image is a rarely seen cosmic phenomenon, according to astronomers. The Dark Energy Camera captured a stunning image of “God’s Hand,” a cometary globule 1,300 light-years from Earth in
Continue ReadingBy Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story May 8, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — General Motors announced a significant leadership transition at GM China, with Steve Hill, currently the Vice President of Global Commercial Operations, set to succeed Julian Blissett as President effective June 1. This change comes as Blissett, a key
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel amid concerns over their potential use in a Rafah incursion, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed on Wednesday. Austin said that the US is pausing the shipment of “high-payload munitions” due to Israel’s possible operations in Rafah without a plan for
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister has deplored the fact that some Western powers reportedly have set another condition ahead of Kosovo’s joining the Council of Europe. Kosovo media reported that France and Germany want Kosovo to take a significant step toward establishing an association of its Serb-majority municipalities
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press A record 30% of global electricity was generated from renewables in 2023, according to a report released by Ember, a think tank based in London. Solar was the main factor in adding clean energy to the global electricity grid. Ember predicted 2023 was likely the peak of fossil fuel electricity
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain says it is expelling Russia’s defense attaché after accusing him of being a spy. The move announced Wednesday was one of several measures taken by the U.K. against Moscow over what it said were malicious activities. Home Secretary James Cleverly accused the Russian
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