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Month: September 2023

Offshore wind projects need federal help to get built, six governors tell Biden

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Six Democratic governors are warning the Biden administration that offshore wind projects need more federal funding and planning assistance. Offshore wind is cornerstone of strategies to fight climate change by moving away from burning fossil fuels. The governors wrote to Biden on Wednesday asking him

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Investigadores reportan el caso más largo de un trasplante exitoso de un riñón de cerdo a un humano

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un riñón de cerdo funcionó con éxito en un cuerpo humano durante aproximadamente dos meses, lo que constituye el caso documentado más largo de un xenotrasplante de este tipo. En julio, investigadores de NYU Langone Health trasplantaron un riñón de cerdo genéticamente modificado al cuerpo de un hombre de

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Prosecutors in DC election case concerned about harassment, ‘intimidation’ from Trump, judge says

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors in the case charging Donald Trump with scheming to overturn the 2020 presidential election are alleging that the former president has targeted individuals with threats, harassment and inflammatory statements, a judge says. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan made the revelation Friday in an order permitting

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In San Francisco, Kenya’s president woos American tech companies despite increasing taxes at home

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president is wooing American tech companies, promising a business-friendly environment — even though he has raised taxes on businesses at home. President William Ruto made the appeal in an address to leading U.S. technology companies and investors on Friday in San Francisco, highlighting investment opportunities

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New Mexico governor amends order suspending right to carry firearms to focus on parks, playgrounds

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday narrowed an order that broadly suspended the right to carry firearms in and around Albuquerque to apply only to public parks and playgrounds where children and their families gather. The governor’s announcement Friday came days after a

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¿Por qué algunos decían que Botero pintaba figuras “gordas” y qué respondía el artista sobre su estilo?

macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El pintor y escultor colombiano Fernando Botero, quien falleció este viernes a los 91 años, fue uno de los artistas más célebres del mundo y era conocido por las figuras voluminosas que protagonizaban sus obras. Fernando Botero, el gran pintor colombiano de inconfundibles figuras voluminosas Botero reconocía que se le ubicaba

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Biden to meet with Netanyahu at UN General Assembly for first face-to-face meeting since Israeli PM returned to office

By Donald Judd (CNN) — President Joe Biden next week will hold his first face-to-face meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the Israeli leader came back into office. Biden will meet Netanyahu on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, before hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington later in the week.

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Tucker Carlson erupts into Argentina’s presidential campaign with Javier Milei interview

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentinian candidate Javier Milei has railed against socialism and praised Donald Trump in an interview with U.S. host Tucker Carlson. The interview has underlined how global attention is focusing on Argentina since Milei emerged as the country’s presidential frontrunner. In the interview posted Thursday on

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US military orders new interviews on the deadly 2021 Afghan airport attack as criticism persists

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s Central Command has decided to interview roughly two dozen service members who were at the Kabul airport when suicide bombers attacked during the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal but weren’t included in the military’s initial investigation. The decision, according to officials, does not reopen the administration’s

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Progressive Councilmember Freddie O’Connell wins Nashville mayor’s race

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville metro councilmember Freddie O’Connell has resoundingly won the race to become the next mayor of the Democratic-leaning city. Unofficial results from the Davidson County Election Commission show the progressive candidate defeated conservative Alice Rolli in Thursday’s runoff election by a wide margin, with all precincts

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Connecticut alderman facing charges in Jan. 6 riot defeats incumbent GOP mayor after primary recount

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press A Connecticut city alderman facing criminal charges that he entered the U.S. Capitol with a mob of rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, has narrowly won the Republican mayoral primary in Connecticut’s smallest city. The final results were announced following a recount on Friday. Gino DiGiovanni Jr. upset Republican Mayor Richard

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Why health officials aren’t calling new COVID-19 vaccines boosters anymore

By Megan DeLaire/CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — For many Canadians, the time has come to get another COVID-19 vaccination. If the language around the jab seems particularly confusing this fourth pandemic fall, it’s because it’s shifting again. When the United States Food and Drug Administration approved

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A Canadian instrument made NASA’s asteroid retrieval possible – and its job is still not over

By Alexandra Mae Jones/CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — In a little over a week, samples from the asteroid Bennu will streak down to Earth, a landmark achievement which couldn’t have been achieved without Canadian help. On Wednesday, scientists with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) dove into

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Justice Jackson implores Americans to ‘own even the darkest parts of our past’ in speech commemorating 60th anniversary of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday implored Americans to “own even the darkest parts of our past” in a speech commemorating 60 years since the deadly 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. “History is also our best teacher. Yes, our past is filled with too much violence, too

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Louisiana moves juveniles from adult penitentiary but continues to fight court order to do so

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana officials say they have moved juvenile detainees from a former death row building at the state’s sprawling adult penitentiary. The state’s Office of Juvenile Justice says the youths were transferred Friday morning to a juvenile facility in Jackson Parish in north Louisiana. The office’s news

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Deteriorating Colorado public schools need $17 billion in repairs, state treasurer calls lack of funding a “crisis”

By KATI WEIS Click here for updates on this story     COLORADO (KCNC) — There’s a $17 billion need to fix deteriorating Colorado school buildings right now, according to the Colorado Department of Education, but CBS News Colorado has learned there’s no more money left to go around. State Treasurer Dave Young calls it a “crisis

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Biden sending aides to Detroit to address autoworkers strike, says ‘record profits’ should be shared

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he’s dispatching two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the strike by unionized autoworkers. Biden expressed sympathy Friday for the union by suggesting the Big 3 automakers should share their “record profits.” The Democratic president says “no one wants to

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Sioux Falls pauses plan to ditch arsenic-contaminated taxidermy display at state’s largest zoo

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The Sioux Falls mayor announced a “strategic pause” in the city’s plans to ditch an arsenic-contaminated menagerie of more than 150 taxidermy animals that fill a now-closed natural history museum at the state’s largest zoo. Mayor Paul TenHaken says Friday in a news release that he has created a group

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Twitter turned over at least 32 direct messages from Trump’s account to special counsel

By Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Twitter turned over at least 32 direct messages from former President Donald Trump’s account – @realDonaldTrump – to special counsel Jack Smith earlier this year as part of the federal election subversion investigation, according to newly unsealed court filings. In seeking the messages, prosecutors

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Railyard explosion in Nebraska isn’t expected to create any lingering problems, authorities say

JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities don’t expect any lingering problems related to Thursday’s explosion of a railroad shipping container carrying an acid used to make explosives because the chemical largely burned off and any residue was contained. No one was hurt in the blast at Union Pacific’s massive railyard in

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Wisconsin impeachment review panel includes former GOP speaker, conservative justice

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justices tapped to investigate impeaching a current member of the court for taking Democratic Party money himself accepted donations from the Wisconsin Republican Party. He was also investigated after a physical altercation with a liberal justice. David Prosser is

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Ataque cibernético aún afecta a 25 portales del Gobierno de Colombia

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El ataque cibernético que sufrió IFX Networks, la empresa proveedora de telecomunicaciones del Gobierno colombiano que afectó el funcionamiento de 25 portales de entidades públicas, todavía no tiene una fecha de resolución, informó la presidencia de Colombia. “La empresa proveedora de servicio se comprometió con las entidades públicas afectadas

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Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti as tensions rise on island both countries share

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press DAJABON, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic has shut all land, air and sea borders with Haiti over a dispute about construction of a canal on Haitian soil, as armed Dominican soldiers patrol entry points and military planes roar overhead. Flights have been canceled and

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IMF warns Lebanon that the country is still facing enormous challenges years after a meltdown began

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has warned that Lebanon is still facing enormous economic challenges four years after the country’s historic meltdown began. The IMF issued a statement on Friday at the end of a four-day visit to Lebanon by a delegation from the financial agency. The IMF

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One American, two Russians blast off in Russian spacecraft to International Space Station

MOSCOW (AP) — One American and two Russian space crew members blasted off Friday aboard a Russian spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub lifted off on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft at 8.44 p.m.

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Texas Senate begins deliberations in impeachment trial for state AG Ken Paxton

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s political fate is now in the hands of the state Senate, which began private deliberations in Paxton’s impeachment trial just before noon Central time Friday after House impeachment managers and the attorney general’s defense attorneys delivered their closing arguments. It’s not yet clear when

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Un vuelo de United Airlines desciende 28.000 pies en 8 minutos por un “problema de presurización”

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un vuelo de United Airlines con destino a Roma regresó a Nueva Jersey poco después de la medianoche de este jueves “para solucionar una posible pérdida de presión en la cabina”, según un comunicado de la aerolínea. Los datos del sitio de seguimiento FlightAware muestran que el avión descendió rápidamente durante

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