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Month: November 2024

Contained, extinguished and mopping up: Here’s what some common wildfire terms mean

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With destructive wildfires burning on both coasts, fire officials might use jargon unfamiliar to residents of states where such big blazes are relatively rare. Here’s an explainer of some wildfire terminology: Containment vs. extinguished Authorities will give daily updates about the percentage of containment that firefighters have reached. For example, when

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El Servicio Geológico Colombiano investiga “posible erupción” de volcán de lodo en Antioquia

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Autoridades de Colombia informaron este lunes que investigan una “posible erupción” de un volcán de lodo en la región de San José Mulatos en el departamento de Antioquia, en el noroccidente del país. La Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres (UNGRD) informó en su cuenta de la

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A pregnant woman sues for the right to an abortion in challenge to Kentucky’s near-total ban

Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman has filed a lawsuit seeking the right to an abortion in Kentucky. It’s the latest challenge to the state’s near-total ban on the procedure. The suit was filed Tuesday in state court in Louisville. It says Kentucky laws blocking abortions violate the plaintiff’s rights to privacy

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Wander Franco charged with illegally carrying a gun in the altercation that led to his arrest

Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominican Republic prosecutors say Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was charged with illegally carrying a gun in his vehicle during the altercation in a parking lot that led to his arrest over the weekend. The attorney general’s office in the Dominican Republic said Tuesday in a

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Officer injured at Ferguson protest shows improvement, transferred to rehab

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The police officer from Ferguson, Missouri, who was critically injured during a protest on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death has been moved to a rehabilitation hospital. A family friend says Officer Travis Brown is showing significant improvement. More than 100 officers and first responders from several St. Louis-area departments

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Colegio Nacional de Periodistas condena pase a juicio de Ana Carolina Guaita, reportera digital acusada de terrorismo e instigación al odio

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El Colegio Nacional de Periodistas (CNP) informó en sus redes sociales que este lunes concluyó la audiencia de la periodista del medio digital La patilla.com, Ana Carolina Guaita, en la que se determinó que pasará a juicio acusado de instigación al odio, terrorismo y obstrucción de la vía

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Certifying this year’s presidential results begins quietly, in contrast to the 2020 election

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Local officials are beginning to certify the results of this year’s presidential election in a process that, so far, has been playing out quietly, in stark contrast to the tumultuous certification period four years ago that followed then-President Donald Trump’s loss. Georgia was the first of the presidential battleground states

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Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows’ request to move Georgia election subversion case to federal court

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to let Mark Meadows move his Georgia election subversion case to federal court, effectively barring the former chief of staff during Donald Trump’s first term from claiming immunity from those charges. Meadows, a former North Carolina congressman who served as White House chief of

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