CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, composed of sculptures of the faces of former Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Facts The monument is located on Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum selected the four presidents
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — British and Spanish maritime officials say a fishing boat carrying 27 people has sunk nearly 200 miles off the Falkland Islands, leaving at least six people dead and seven people missing. Spanish authorities said Tuesday that 14 people made it onto a life raft and were rescued by
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Alberto R. Gonzales, the first Latino US attorney general. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1955 Birth place: San Antonio, Texas Birth name: Alberto R. Gonzales Father: Pablo Gonzales, migrant worker and construction worker Mother: Maria (Rodriguez) Gonzales Marriages: Rebecca (Turner) Gonzales (August
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters against the Gaza war staged a sit-in at a congressional office building Tuesday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress, with Capitol Police making multiple arrests. Netanyahu arrived in Washington Monday for a visit that includes meetings with President Joe Biden and a Wednesday speech before
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Texas woman who pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $109 million from a youth development program for military families has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Janet Yamanaka Mello, a former civilian employee of the U.S. Army at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio was sentenced Tuesday in federal court after pleading
Continue ReadingAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla’s second-quarter net income fell 45% compared with a year ago as the company’s global electric vehicle sales tumbled despite price cuts and low-interest financing. The Austin, Texas, company said Tuesday that it made $1.48 billion from April through June, less than the $2.7 billion it made in the
Continue ReadingCALGARY, Alberta (AP) — A necropsy has shown that a polar bear who died after rough play with a fellow bear in a zoo in western Canada drowned after his throat was crushed. The male bears Baffin and Siku were roughhousing in a pond in front of visitors to the Calgary Zoo on Friday morning
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of five people charged with attempting to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for the acquittal of defendants in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases has pleaded guilty. Abdimajid Mohamed Nur pleaded guilty to one count of bribery of a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — For the second time in weeks, a Missouri prison has ignored a court order to release an inmate whose murder conviction was overturned. Just as in the case of Sandra Hemme, actions by the state’s attorney general are keeping Christopher Dunn locked up. St. Louis Circuit Judge Jason Sengheiser
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have no intention of granting star receiver Brandon Aiyuk his trade request and remain committed to getting a long-term extension done with one of their most important offensive players. General manager John Lynch said there are no absolutes but that the 49ers
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA All-Star Game drew a record number of viewers with 3.44 million people watching the contest in Phoenix on Saturday night. The game, which saw the WNBA All-Stars beat the U.S. Olympic team 117-109, easily topped the 1.44 million that viewed the 2003 contest. Saturday’s game peaked with more than
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman and Emmanuel Miculita, CNN Paris (CNN) — A Russian national has been detained and placed under preliminary investigation in Paris over fears he was preparing to disrupt the Olympic Games, the local prosecutor’s office told CNN Tuesday. French authorities conducted a search of the man’s residence under an administrative order, during which
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Treasury Department is ordering the nation’s banking industry to start disclosing its holdings of Russian assets, with the goal of eventually seizing those billions of dollars in assets and selling them to aid the devastated Ukrainian economy. The disclosure is required under a new law passed by
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s corporate parent posts another quarter of steady growth amid AI-driven shift in its dominant search engine.
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Citlalli Ortiz is about to live out a lifelong dream. Ortiz will represent Mexico in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. “I’m very excited. I think it’s a big accomplishment, being an Olympian in general,” Ortiz said. The 24-year-old boxer was born in Rancho Mirage at Eisenhower Hospital and graduated from Coachella Valley high school in
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Two people were killed and at least 13 injured Tuesday when an elevated walkway collapsed in a condemned Italian slum notorious for its links to organized criminal groups. The Italian Fire Brigade said a 29-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman were killed in the collapse at the
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The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning until 4:00 p.m. for Twentynine Palms. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning until 4 p.m. for Twentynine Palms. ⚠️🌧When encountering flooded roads, turn around, down drown. 🚗#weatherupdate pic.twitter.com/5XsIUKVH5s— SBCounty (@SBCounty) July 23, 2024 Flash flood warning until 4pm. #MBSheriff #turnarounddontdrown pic.twitter.com/GyUHC5fxZL— Morongo
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tesla’s second-quarter net income tumbled 45% as the company’s global electric vehicle sales fell despite price cuts.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Three registered voters in North Carolina are suing the State Board of Elections, alleging that it violated their constitutional rights. At issue is the board’s rejection last week of a petition seeking recognition for a political party that would put Cornel West on the presidential ballot. Democratic board chair
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Nearly 200 men and women are alleging they were sexually abused as children while at a Chicago youth detention facility. A pair of lawsuits filed this week in the Illinois Court of Claims are the latest to detail harrowing instances of abuse at the hands of employees of juvenile detention
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