Associated Press CACONDE, Brazil (AP) — Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich soil does well at retaining moisture from rainfall and a nearby reservoir. Lately, though, water is scarce on Almeida’s modest farm in Caconde, a town in one of Sao Paulo state’s key growing regions.
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A record-setting week for Wall Street closed on a quieter note. U.S. stocks mostly pulled back from their highs hit during a worldwide rally the day before, even as the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up to another record. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% Friday, but it still
Continue ReadingAssociated Press IGUALA, Mexico (AP) — On Sept. 26, 2014, dozens of students from a teachers college in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero disappeared. After years of obfuscation and delays, government officials determined that they had been abducted by local, state and federal authorities, including the military. Since then, the investigation has seemingly come
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country. As the country prepares for its first election since then, many say they’re still waiting for change. As Sri Lanka sank into economic collapse in 2022, people
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Activists are gearing up for protests around the world to demand action on climate change just as a pair of major weeklong climate events were getting underway in New York City. The planned actions in Berlin, Brussels, Rio de Janeiro, New Delhi and elsewhere were being organized by the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Going into November’s election, neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump has a decisive edge with the public on the economy, turning an issue that was once a clear strength for Trump into the equivalent of a political jump ball. About 4 in 10 registered voters say Republican Trump would do
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In-person voting for this year’s presidential election began Friday, a milestone that kicked off a six-week sprint to Election Day after a summer of political turmoil. Voters lined up to cast their ballots in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia, the states with the first early in-person voting opportunities. About a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — The politics of immigration look different from the back patio of Ardovino’s Desert Crossing restaurant. That’s where Robert Ardovino sees a Border Patrol horse trailer rumbling across his property on a sweltering summer morning. It’s where a surveillance helicopter traces a line in the sky, and a nearby
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — The politics of immigration look different from the back patio of Ardovino’s Desert Crossing restaurant. That’s where Robert Ardovino sees a Border Patrol horse trailer rumbling across his property on a sweltering summer morning. It’s where a surveillance helicopter traces a line in the sky, and a nearby
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — The politics of immigration look different from the back patio of Ardovino’s Desert Crossing restaurant. That’s where Robert Ardovino sees a Border Patrol horse trailer rumbling across his property on a sweltering summer morning. It’s where a surveillance helicopter traces a line in the sky, and a nearby
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — The politics of immigration look different from the back patio of Ardovino’s Desert Crossing restaurant. That’s where Robert Ardovino sees a Border Patrol horse trailer rumbling across his property on a sweltering summer morning. It’s where a surveillance helicopter traces a line in the sky, and a nearby
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A paid passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that owned the Titan submersible testified before a U.S. Coast Guard investigatory panel Friday that the mission he took part in was aborted due to an apparent mechanical failure. The Titan submersible imploded last year while on another trip to the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are scrambling to ensure that the U.S. Secret Service has enough money and resources to keep the nation’s presidential candidates safe amid repeated threats of violence. It’s unclear, though, how much they can do with only weeks before the election, or if additional dollars would make an immediate difference.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TIXTLA, México (AP) — Clemente Rodríguez has been documenting the long search for his missing son with tattoos. First, it was an ink drawing of a turtle — a symbol of 19-year-old Christian Rodríguez’s school — with a smaller turtle on its shell. Then, an image of Mexico’s patron saint, the Virgin of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is set to execute its first inmate in 13 years after an unintended pause because the state could not obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections. Forty-six-year-old Freddie Eugene Owens is scheduled to die Friday evening at a Columbia prison. He was convicted of the 1997 killing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A closely watched First Amendment rights case in Wisconsin involves a former campus chancellor who was fired after making pornographic videos with his wife. Joe Gow argued Friday for keeping his tenured teaching position even as he faces removal for unethical behavior. He hopes to convince a personnel committee
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A lawyer for a mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 says insanity is the only explanation for the mass shooting. Kathryn Herold’s comments came Friday during closing arguments in the trial of Ahmad Alissa. She played a video in which Alissa said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer has pleaded guilty to all charges after a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy. Ian Cramer changed his plea Friday in the Dec. 6, 2023, death of Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Martin. The charges included homicide while fleeing
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Hoy comenzamos con reportajes especiales sobre la herencia hispana en donde resalta el gran trabajo de miembros del valle, quienes están marcando la pauta y haciendo la diferencia al poner en alto a nuestra comunidad hispana con sus respectivos trabajos. El Dr. Tonatiuh Signoret, el primer superintendente Latino del Distrito Unificado de Palm Springs, nos abrió las
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Animals from the Big Bear Alpine Zoo left the Living Desert and returned home after evacuation warnings were lifted for the Line Fire. Dozens of zoo animals were evacuated last week due to the threat of the Line Fire and air quality concerns. Animals evacuated included small mammals and birds, which tend to be more
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