By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Amplify Energy’s emergency response plan for a major oil spill like the one unfolding in coastal Southern California depended heavily on a quick shutdown of its pipeline if sensors pick up a sudden loss of pressure. Federal investigators said Tuesday that’s not what happened. They say the Houston-based company waited
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Amplify Energy’s emergency response plan for a major oil spill like the one unfolding in coastal Southern California depended heavily on a quick shutdown of its pipeline if sensors pick up a sudden loss of pressure. Federal investigators said Tuesday that’s not what happened. They say the Houston-based company waited
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By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN More than a week after subpoenaing former Donald Trump aide Dan Scavino to cooperate with its investigation into the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, the House select committee investigating the attack has been unable to physically serve the subpoena to him, according to multiple
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By Eric Levenson, CNN A leak in an oil pipeline caused a major spill off the coast of Southern California, sending oil spewing into the local environment and potentially harming wildlife and nearby human residents. The volume of the spill pales in comparison to some of the US’ largest such incidents, such as the 1989
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un estudio publicado este lunes confirma que la pandemia afectó mucho más a los estadounidenses negros, indígenas y latinos que a los blancos desde el principio, terminando con la vida de una mayor proporción de estos grupos. Las personas de estos grupos tenían más probabilidades de morir por cualquier causa, covid-19
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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Neither the St. Louis Cardinals nor the Los Angeles Dodgers wanted to be playing in the NL wild-card game. But neither won their division, so they’ll square off in the winner-take-all game at Dodger Stadium. Forty-year-old Adam Wainwright starts for the Cardinals against 37-year-old Max
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HORIZON CITY, Texas — A Horizon City man was arrested during a raid by federal agents on accusations of operating a “dangerous” human smuggling network, authorities said Tuesday. Homeland Security officials said 47-year-old Roberto Benavidez was the target of a year-long investigation by federal authorities. During that time, Benavidez allegedly harbored and transported more than
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks welcome the Rams this week with an offense led by coordinator Shane Waldron, who had the same role with LA the previous four seasons. Waldron was hired in the offseason to replace Brian Schottenheimer. Seattle was hoping he could merge what worked
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Corbin Burnes will start Game 1 of the NLDS with the Atlanta Braves on Friday. The Brewers say Burnes will start the opening game and that right-hander Brandon Woodruff will start Game 2 on Saturday. The Braves are going with right-hander Charlie Morton for Game 1 and left-hander Max
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By Sarah Dean Anti-Semitic graffiti has been found at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, staff from the museum said in a statement on Tuesday, denouncing the incident as “an outrageous attack” on the memorial site. The vandalism, some of which was anti-Semitic, was sprayed in English and German on nine wooden barracks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The 106-win Los Angeles Dodgers put their season on the line in the NL wild-card game against the red-hot St. Louis Cardinals. No team has ever won so many games and failed to win its division, but LA couldn’t catch the 107-win San Francisco Giants, forcing the club into the one-game
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Mike Pence demostró este lunes por la noche que está dispuesto a decir casi cualquier cosa para volver a quedar bien con Donald Trump. El exvicepresidente fue cuestionado en su aparición en el programa de Sean Hannity en Fox News sobre su relación con el 45º presidente, particularmente a la luz
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — K-pop superstars BTS have raised $3.6 million and generated millions of tweets during four years of teaming up with the U.N. children’s agency to fight violence, abuse and bullying and promote self-esteem in young people. The agency, called UNICEF, is announcing those numbers Wednesday. The “Love
Continue Reading BASTROP, Texas (AP) — The oldest living former major league player has died at age 100. The Texas Rangers say former big leaguer and general manager Eddie Robinson died Monday night at his ranch in Bastrop, Texas. Robinson was the GM of the Rangers from 1976-82 after being GM of the Atlanta Braves from 1972-76.
Continue Reading BASTROP, Texas (AP) — The oldest living former major league player has died at age 100. The Texas Rangers say former big leaguer and general manager Eddie Robinson died Monday night at his ranch in Bastrop, Texas. Robinson was the GM of the Rangers from 1976-82 after being GM of the Atlanta Braves from 1972-76.
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says Democrats are considering a change to the Senate’s filibuster rules in order to quickly approve lifting the nation’s debt limit. Biden told reporters late Tuesday at the White House, “It’s a real possibility.” The president off-the-cuff remarks interject a new urgency to
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — ¿Cómo no quedar paralizado si WhatsApp, Facebook e Instagram fallan? Aquí, una guía de siete consejos que puedes aplicar ahora mismo para que un apagón masivo de las aplicaciones no te agarre desprevenido y te deje incomunicado. 1 – Descarga una aplicación de mensajería alternativa de antemano Aplicaciones de
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By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Environmentalists are dismissing plans by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for New Mexico to become a hydrogen fuel hub. A coalition of groups sent the Democrat a letter on Tuesday. They call the hydrogen hub effort a “distraction” that could perpetuate the fossil fuel industry. Hydrogen
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say four companies will pay nearly $78 million to clean up contaminated groundwater at two Los Angeles-area toxic waste sites. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that settlements approved last month will provide money to clean up the Montrose Chemical Corp. and Del Amo Superfund sites south of downtown Los
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants battled the Los Angeles Dodgers until the end of the season to claim the NL West crown. Now they get some down time as they wait for Wednesday’s NL wild-card game between the Cardinals and Dodgers to determine the Giants’ next
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Jamie Lee Curtis parece creer firmemente en la belleza natural. En una entrevista publicada recientemente por Fast Company, la estrella de “Halloween Kills” compartió su opinión sobre la cirugía plástica y los cambiantes estándares de belleza de Hollywood. “Probé la cirugía plástica y no funcionó. Me hizo adicta al Vicodin”, dijo
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Robert Altman, a photojournalist who captured San Francisco’s burgeoning counterculture of the 1960s and became chief staff photographer at Rolling Stone magazine, has died. He was 76. Altman estate executor Felicia McRee says Tuesday he was found dead in his San Francisco home on Sept. 24 after a long battle with
Continue Reading By Liz Stark, CNN The Treasury Department sent a warning to Arizona’s Republican governor Tuesday about the state’s use of federal Covid-19 relief funds for grant programs that circumvent school mask requirements. Gov. Doug Ducey announced over the summer that Arizona would use the federal money to increase the funding available to public school districts
Continue Reading Getting a vaccine ready for kids 5 to 11 is one of the FDA’s top priorities as they prep for a busy month ahead.
Continue Reading WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 22 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the sixth consecutive day. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 34,194 confirmed COVID-19 cases from the virus since the pandemic began more than a year ago. The known death toll remains at 1,447.
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BONNE TERRE, Missouri — A Missouri man has been put to death for killing three workers while robbing a convenience store nearly three decades ago. The execution was carried out over objections from racial justice activists, lawmakers and even Pope Francis. Ernest Johnson died from an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams had the NFL’s top defense in 2020, and a certain amount of regression was almost inevitable this year. Losing a brilliant coordinator, four starters and a couple of key backups will do that. Four games into an otherwise successful season,
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — El torbellino del bitcoin continúa. El precio de la criptomoneda más valiosa del mundo se disparó por encima de los US$ 50.000 este martes por la mañana, el nivel más alto en casi cuatro semanas. Aunque no hubo un catalizador específico que impulsara la reciente subida del bitcoin,
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By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal agent shot and killed by an Amtrak train passenger in Arizona is being remembered as a revered leader with a career spanning almost two decades. The Drug Enforcement Administration formally identified Group Supervisor Michael Garbo in a statement Tuesday, calling him “universally loved and respected.”
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin is launching a campaign to challenge Republican Sen. Mike Lee in Utah. McMullin is a former CIA agent and congressional aide. He announced his third-party candidacy Tuesday in the conservative state where he made inroads with voters uncomfortable with
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