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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions, including a rule aimed at banning sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035. The incoming Trump administration is likely to try to reverse the action. The California rule is
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — In one of its last major actions on climate, the Biden administration on Wednesday finalized a key waiver allowing California to set its own vehicle pollution controls – effectively allowing the nation’s most populous state to implement its 2035 ban on selling new gasoline cars. The Biden EPA also
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon report says China is expanding its nuclear force, has increased military pressure against Taiwan and has strengthened its ties with Russia over the past year. Those actions are accelerating key areas of conflict with the United States. The report also notes that the recent rash of corruption allegations
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — If all goes to plan, Virginia will be the site of the world’s first grid-scale nuclear fusion power plant, able to harness this futuristic clean power and generate electricity from it by the early 2030s, according to an announcement Tuesday by the startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems. CFS, one of
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Asheville Police Department’s therapy dog, Officer Kora, is the 2024 winner of the First Responder Paws Therapy Dog Award. This national award by FHE Health was awarded to Kora after almost 8,500 people voted for their favorite therapy dog
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Max Rego, CNN (CNN) — The US has moved detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay to Kenya and Malaysia, the Pentagon announced this week. Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu was transferred to Kenya nearly three years after a Periodic Review Board determined the “continued law of war detention
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Por EFE “El 47”, de Marcel Barrena, con 14 nominaciones y “La infiltrada” de Arantxa Echevarría, con 13, son las favoritas para la 39 edición de los Premios Goya del cine español, seguidas por “Segundo premio”, de Isaki Lacuesta y Pol Rodríguez (11) y “La habitación de al lado”, de Pedro Almodóvar (10). Sin embargo,
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Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer has had not guilty pleas entered for him in court. Axel Rudakubana, 18, who has refused to speak in court was read the charges Wednesday
Continue Reading Por Matt Egan La Corporación Federal de Seguro de Depósitos (FDIC, por sus siglas en inglés) fue creada durante la Gran Depresión para restaurar la confianza en un sistema financiero sacudido por la quiebra de miles de bancos. Actualmente, en una época de desconfianza en el Gobierno, la FDIC se destaca entre los reguladores bancarios
Continue ReadingBy TRACY GLADNEY Click here for updates on this story NEW BOSTON, Texas (KTBS) — A New Boston mother has been convicted for child neglect and failing to protect her children from sexual abuse from her husband. Brittany Barnes, 38, agreed to a plea deal that sentenced her to 40 years. The Bowie County District
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have spotted seven new examples of a cosmic phenomenon known as dark comets that could help scientists determine whether the celestial bodies helped deliver vital elements like water to Earth early in the planet’s history. The discovery doubles the known number of these mysterious celestial objects across our
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — A shortlist of Oscar contenders in ten categories has been revealed. “Emilia Pérez” leads among films with potential nominations in six categories. “Wicked” follows with four. Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on January 17, with the ceremony set to take place on March 2. Below
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer The last meteor shower of the year — the Ursids — peaks Sunday, a few days before Christmas. While usually not as bright as the Geminids, the Ursid meteor shower can yield surprises. “The Ursids are generally a sparse meteor shower,” producing about 5 to 10 visible meteors per hour under ideal
Continue ReadingThe killing of a senior Russian general in a bombing outside his apartment building in Moscow was the boldest assassination yet of a top military officer and again brought the war in Ukraine to the streets of the capital. Some things to know about the attack and who is suspected of being behind it: What
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KIRYAT GAT, Israel (AP) — Ilana Gritzewsky is fighting a battle against time to save her boyfriend from Hamas captivity. While there appears to be progress toward a deal to free the remaining captives in phases, Matan Zangauker would likely not be released in the first stage since he is a young man.
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian navy speedboat has crashed into a ferry carrying over 100 people to a popular tourist destination off Mumbai, killing at least 13 people. A navy statement says 99 ferry passengers were rescued. They were on their way to Elephanta Island when the speedboat circled and collided with the ferry
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The Palm Springs International Airport is prepared for the busy holiday season. Between December 21-26 they expect to see more than 40,000 passengers. The busiest days are anticipated to be Sunday the 22nd, Monday the 23rd, Thursday the 26th, which each day brining in more than 7,300 passengers. To avoid any stress during holiday travel,
Continue ReadingBy Jeremiah Estrada Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — A 68-year-old e-bike rider is in critical condition after getting hit by a car on Kapiolani Boulevard and Waialae Avenue. Honolulu EMS responded to the man who was struck in the Kaimuki area near Market City Shopping Center. A 38-year-old male driver
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — They clustered around water taps, rare sources of electricity and each other. Four days after the strongest cyclone in nearly a century ripped through the French island territory of Mayotte off the coast of Africa, survivors recalled the horror of the storm that caught many by surprise. Associated Press
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