By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Some 220 flamingos have been found dead in the province of Catamarca in northwestern Argentina due to an outbreak of avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu, an official told local media. Bird flu is a highly contagious and deadly viral disease that naturally spreads through wild aquatic birds, such
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland and Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have used the remains of some 500 people to create a series of “bone biographies” that provide a glimpse inside the ordinary lives of plague survivors of the English city of Cambridge. The skeletons, which came from a series of archaeological digs that began in
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council has voted to end its political mission of a few hundred people dedicated to ending the civil war in Sudan. Russia abstained from the unanimous vote to end UNITAMS, the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan. The United States’
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal jury in Illinois has delivered a verdict of $17.7 million in damages to several major food manufacturing companies who sued egg producers over a conspiracy to limit the supply of eggs in the U.S. years ago. That amount is tripled to more than $53 million
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Sara Weisfeldt and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ordered Texas to remove its border buoys from the Rio Grande, in another victory for the Biden administration in its ongoing battle over border policy with Gov. Greg Abbott. In a 2-1 decision, the conservative
Continue ReadingBy Victoria Butenko, Maria Kostenko and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s Security Service is responsible for explosions on two trains traveling along a strategic rail route in eastern Russia this week, a Ukrainian defense source claimed Friday. The first explosion occurred Wednesday along the Baikal-Amur railway as the train passed through the Bessolov Severomuyskiy
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has released bodycam video of a deputy-involved shooting in Thousand Palms back on October 18. The video may be considered graphic, therefore, viewer discretion is advised. The video shows the moments after a deputy was dispatched to the area of Ramon Rd. and Robert Rd. to contact the suspect
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Following a recent cyberattack at a Pennsylvania water utility, federal officials have confirmed that multiple additional water utilities in the US running the same industrial equipment have been breached by hackers, two people briefed on the matter told CNN. The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency briefed Senate and
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer in 2021 has waived her arraignment in a separate case, pleading not guilty to a charge of carrying a gun into a Santa Fe bar. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed had been set to appear in court next
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former National Security Adviser and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Personal Birth date: May 27, 1923 Death date: November 29, 2023 Birth place: Furth, Germany Birth name: Heinz Alfred Kissinger Father: Louis Kissinger, teacher Mother: Paula (Stern) Kissinger Marriages: Nancy (Maginnes) Kissinger (March 30, 1974-November
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of award-winning actor Dick Van Dyke. Personal Birth date: December 13, 1925 Birth place: West Plains, Missouri Birth name: Richard Wayne Van Dyke Father: Loren “Cookie” Van Dyke, a traveling salesman, Sunshine Biscuit Company Mother: Hazel (McCord) Van Dyke Marriages: Arlene (Silver) Van
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic senator from New York and a former Democratic presidential candidate for 2020. Personal Birth date: December 9, 1966 Birth place: Albany, New York Birth name: Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik Father: Douglas Paul Rutnik, attorney and lobbyist Mother: Polly (Noonan)
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of General (ret.) Jim Jones, former National Security Adviser to President Barack Obama. Personal Birth date: December 19, 1943 Birth place: Kansas City, Missouri Birth name: James Logan Jones Jr. Father: James L. Jones Sr. Mother: Charlotte Ann (Ground) Jones Marriage: Diane (Johnson)
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of activist and award-winning actress Jane Fonda. Personal Birth date: December 21, 1937 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda Father: Henry Fonda, actor Mother: Frances Ford Seymour (Brokaw) Fonda, socialite Marriages: Ted Turner (December 21, 1991-May 22, 2001,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of award-winning actress, singer and dancer Rita Moreno. Personal Birth date: December 11, 1931 Birth place: Humacao, Puerto Rico; raised in New York, New York Birth name: Rosita Dolores Alverio Father: Paco Alverio, a farmer Mother: Rosa Maria Alverio, a garment worker Marriage: Leonard
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. December 21, 1988 – Pan Am Flight 103 explodes 31,000 feet over Lockerbie, Scotland, 38 minutes after takeoff from London. Two hundred fifty-nine people on board the New York-bound Boeing 747 were killed, along with 11 people on the
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — So many migrants are crossing from Mexico into the United States around remote Lukeville, Arizona, that U.S. officials say they will close the port of entry there so that the operations officials who watch over vehicle and pedestrian traffic going both ways can help Border Patrol agents
Continue ReadingPANAMA CITY (AP) — Canada’s First Quantum Minerals Ltd. has announced it will start arbitration proceedings to fight the closure order of an open-pit copper mine in Panama, or possibly obtain damages. First Quantum says one arbitration was filed under the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement. It says it has also started proceedings before the International
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison 22 times by a former gang leader and one-time FBI informant who told investigators he targeted the ex-Minneapolis police officer because of his notoriety for killing George Floyd, federal prosecutors said Friday. John Turscak was charged with attempted murder a
Continue ReadingBy Ethan Cohen and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A Florida appeals court on Friday upheld the state’s congressional map advocated by Gov. Ron DeSantis, which was enacted after the 2020 census and dismantled a Black-majority district in the northern part of the state. The decision reversed a lower court ruling, which had found that the new map had
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