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Month: August 2024

Initiative to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri constitution qualifies for November ballot

Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters will decide in November whether to guarantee a right to abortion with a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state’s near-total ban on the procedure. The secretary of state’s office certified Tuesday that an initiative petition received more than enough valid signatures from registered voters to

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Putin promete “echar al enemigo de Rusia” mientras se extiende la incursión transfronteriza de Ucrania

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, prometió “echar al enemigo” del territorio de su país tras conocerse que las tropas ucranianas controlaban decenas de pueblos rusos y grandes extensiones de terreno una semana después de la incursión transfronteriza sorpresa de Kyiv. La magnitud de la incursión quedó clara el lunes, cuando

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Sheinbaum anuncia a Emilia Esther Calleja como la próxima directora de Comisión Federal de Electricidad; será la primera mujer en el cargo

Belén Liotti (CNN Español) — Emilia Esther Calleja Alor será la próxima titular de la Comisión Federal de Electricidad, y la primera mujer que dirigirá dicha paraestatal en su historia, anunció este lunes la ganadora de las elecciones presidenciales de México, Claudia Sheinbaum. La futura mandataria se refirió a Calleja Alor, quien formará parte de

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Lawyer for suspect in alleged plot against Taylor Swift concerts says allegations are exaggerated

VIENNA (AP) — A lawyer for the main suspect in an alleged plot to attack now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna says authorities’ presentation of the case is exaggerated and his client wouldn’t have been able to carry out plans the attorney described as “fantasies.” The lawyer made the comments on Tuesday. The 19-year-old man

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3 dead in grenade attacks on a store selling national flags ahead of Pakistan’s Independence Day

Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say suspected militants have hurled hand grenades at a house and store selling Pakistani national flags in the southwestern Baluchistan province, killing three people and wounding six others ahead of Pakistan’s independence day. A separatist group has claimed responsibility for the attacks in the provincial capital of Quetta.

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Humidity drying out a bit

Today we’re seeing those high dew point and humidity readings start to drop, running the 40s and 50s this morning, which is a big improvement from 24 hours ago. Monsoonal flow is easing to east as stronger northwest breezes kick in. Highs will be similar all week long, hovering near our seasonal norm of 109.

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US wholesale inflation cooled in July in sign that price pressures are continuing to ease

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale price increases in the United States eased in July, suggesting that inflation pressures are further cooling as the Federal Reserve moves closer to cutting interest rates, likely beginning next month. The producer price index — which tracks inflation before it reaches consumers — rose 0.1% from June to

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Man charged with attempted murder in stabbing of 11-year-old girl in a London tourism hot spot

LONDON (AP) — A man accused of stabbing an 11-year-old girl in London’s bustling theater district has been charged with attempted murder. Prosecutors say the man put the girl in a headlock and stabbed her eight times. The girl was seriously wounded. The 32-year-old Romanian citizen was held after appearing Tuesday in Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

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Russia says it thwarted a Ukrainian charge to expand its incursion. Kyiv says it won’t occupy land

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said Tuesday that its forces checked an effort by Ukrainian troops to expand a stunning weeklong incursion into the Kursk region, as a Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Kyiv has no intention of occupying Russian territory. Russian army units, including fresh reserves, aircraft, drone teams and artillery forces,

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