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Month: November 2024

An environmental group files intent to sue a salmon farmer for pollution off Maine’s coast

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An environmental organization has served a notice of intent to sue one of the world’s largest aquaculture companies for violations of the Clean Water Act in Maine. The fish farmer ardently denies the allegations. Conservation Law Foundation contends Cooke Aquaculture’s salmon farming sites off the Maine coast pollute the

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Israeli troops make deepest incursion so far into southern Lebanon as Hezbollah considers fresh ceasefire proposal

By Mostafa Salem, Eyad Kourdi, Charbel Mallo, Niamh Kennedy and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — Israeli troops are understood to have made their deepest incursion into southern Lebanese territory since the recent offensive began on October 1, as the militant group Hezbollah considered its response to a fresh ceasefire proposal. On Friday night,

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Former Greek premier Samaras is expelled from the ruling conservative party

Associated Press ATHENS, GREECE (AP) — Former Greek Prime Minister and lawmaker Antonis Samaras has been expelled from the ruling New Democracy party over his persistent criticism of government policies. Samaras, 73, a hard-line nationalist, has criticized Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ approach to negotiations with Turkey, which he has likened to appeasement. He also strongly

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McDonald’s is investing $100 million to bring customers back after E. coli outbreak

McDonald’s is investing $100 million to bring customers back to stores after an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning tied to onions on the fast-food giant’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. The investments include $65 million that will go directly to the hardest-hit franchises, the company said. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said

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Kamala Harris raised $1 billion-plus in defeat. She’s still sending persistent appeals to donors

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party’s prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election. Democrats are sending persistent appeals to Harris supporters without expressly asking them to cover any potential

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Tropical Storm Sara drenches Honduras’ northern coast with flash flooding and mudslides in forecast

Associated Press SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara started moving slightly faster Saturday after it stalled over Honduras, drenching the northern coast of the Central American nation, swelling rivers and trapping some people at home. Sustained rain fell overnight and continued Saturday in the city of San Pedro Sula, where the storm

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