MIAMI (AP) — A coalition of engineers says Florida should consider requiring high-rise buildings near the coast to undergo safety inspections every 20 years with follow-ups every seven years. The report was issued four months after the Champlain Towers South collapsed in Surfside, killing 98 people. Champlain Towers South was undergoing its 40-year inspection when
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By Stella Chan, CNN Two families whose loved ones were killed when a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and others crashed on a California hillside have reached a tentative settlement over allegedly leaked photos of the scene. Lawyers representing Los Angeles County have offered $1.25 million each to the Altobelli and Mauser families. John Altobelli, 46,
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Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Los estadounidenses ya están sufriendo al ver los precios en la tienda de comestibles y al cargar gasolina. El siguiente paso: las facturas de la calefacción. Los hogares estadounidenses que dependen del gas natural para la calefacción gastarán una media de US$ 746 para calentar sus casas este
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En un jardín de los Países Bajos florece una rara planta con una forma alta y fálica. Se le conoce como “planta de pene”, y es solo la tercera vez que la especie florece en Europa desde 1997, según el jardín botánico de la Universidad de Leiden, Leiden Hortus Botanicus. La
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Fintech giants Square and PayPal are taking Main Street by storm. More consumers, especially younger ones, are using services like Square’s Cash App and PayPal’s Venmo for mobile payments. But banks and other traditional financial services firms are fighting back — and investors have taken notice. Goldman Sachs
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By TERRY TOWERY Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Rutgers visits Illinois on Saturday. The Scarlet Knights are still looking for their first Big Ten win of the season and are 3-4 overall so far. Illinois is coming off one of the season’s biggest upsets: A nine-overtime win at Penn State. Coach Bret Bielema says
Continue Reading By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Old Dominion and Sun Belt Conference officials say their partnership makes perfect sense with the new wave of conference realignment underway. The move of Texas and Oklahoma to the Southeastern Conference has started a trickle-down effect that has triggered another shift in the college football landscape. The Monarchs
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Halloween spending is breaking records! The National Retail Federation estimates Americans will spend more than $10 billion
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Where zombies are grotesque, werewolves are unsophisticated and mummies are mindless, bloodthirsty vampires have style, intelligence and storytelling potential in spades. For centuries, the bloodsuckers have fascinated and frightened us, occupying the most macabre corners of our collective imagination. There’s a reason we’re so drawn to them, says one expert of
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer The NFL has instituted some policy changes to the Rooney Rule designed to further enhance diversity, equity and inclusion in hiring practices. The rule has been expanded to require teams to interview at least two external minority candidates for general manager/executive of football operations positions, and all coordinator
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Todos tuvimos que encontrar nuestras propias formas de hacer frente a los confinamientos pandémicos del año pasado. Algunas personas compraron elementos para hacer ejercicio en casa como bicicletas Peloton y hornearon pan. Otros tomaron una ruta un poco menos saludable. Las ventas de cigarrillos en Estados Unidos aumentaron el año pasado
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By Alex Rogers, Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN At least a dozen of the House GOP’s most prized recruits for the midterms have sown doubts about the 2020 elections, embracing former president Donald Trump’s deceitful battle cry as they seek to flip the chamber next year. The National Republican Congressional Committee announced this month
Continue Reading By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said Tuesday that the recent backlash from Tesla’s fanbase towards a newly-appointed federal safety advisor is a deliberate attempt to shift away from safety questions about the automaker’s technology. Tesla’s fans and its CEO Elon Musk have spoken out against
Continue Reading By JOHN TRANCHINA Associated Press STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — One play here or there could have made a difference for No. 15 Oklahoma State in its 24-21 loss to Iowa State last week, the first defeat of the season. TheCowboys want to be sure that they don’t overlook a pesky Kansas squad that nearly pulled
Continue Reading By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. authorities have returned about 250 antiquities to India in a long-running investigation of a stolen art scheme. The items are worth an estimated $15 million and were handed over Thursday during a ceremony at the Indian Consulate in New York City. The centerpiece is a
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A group of Democratic lawmakers is urging the Biden administration to enact emergency protections for gray wolves in the U.S. West. Twenty-one U.S. senators asked Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Thursday to shield wolves from being killed for 240 days while permanent protections are considered. The
Continue Reading CNN By Shawna Mizelle and Chandelis Duster, CNN A bipartisan group of congressional members and the Washington press corps returned to the field on Wednesday to face off in the Congressional Women’s Softball Game after months of delay, a collegial event that carried a message of hope and awareness. The game, typically held in June
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winless Detroit Lions are desperately seeking a victory against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at home. Detroit hast lost 11 straight for the NFL’s longest active slump, dating to last season. The Eagles are 2-2 as visitors this season and have the fourth-highest road winning percentage since 2000. Philadelphia quarterback
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By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of restaurant owners, chefs, waiters and bartenders are protesting in cities across Bulgaria against the government’s decision to impose a mandatory COVID-19 health pass on people seeking to enter indoor venues. Restaurant and hospitality associations organized the protest, calling the health certificates “inadequate” and “discriminatory.”
Continue Reading By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of restaurant owners, chefs, waiters and bartenders are protesting in cities across Bulgaria against the government’s decision to impose a mandatory COVID-19 health pass on people seeking to enter indoor venues. Restaurant and hospitality associations organized the protest, calling the health certificates “inadequate” and “discriminatory.”
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on two Lebanon businessmen and a politician saying they have profited from corruption in the crisis-hit country. The businessmen targeted Thursday are influential contractors in Lebanon who have taken over major infrastructure contracts in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Derrick Henry has won the last two rushing titles. Jonathan Taylor is trying to chase him down. On Sunday, two of the league’s top running backs will take center stage in Round 2 of the Titans-Colts clash. Henry ran for 113 yards in the Titans’ 25-16 victory last month. But Taylor
Continue Reading By MELINDA DESLATTE and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Senate has created a special committee to dig into complaints about the use of excessive force by the State Police. The move comes after troopers have been documented in a series of beatings of Black men that have drawn attention
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer Longtime Texas A&M women’s basketball coach Gary Blair says this season will be his last with the Aggies. The 76-year-old is retiring at the end of the season. Blair has been at Texas A&M since 2003 and led the Aggies to a national championship in 2011. The Aggies have
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer Longtime Texas A&M women’s basketball coach Gary Blair says this season will be his last with the Aggies. The 76-year-old is retiring at the end of the season. Blair has been at Texas A&M since 2003 and led the Aggies to a national championship in 2011. The Aggies have
Continue Reading By Stella Chan, CNN Remains found in a San Bernardino County desert earlier this month belong to Lauren Cho, who went missing in June, authorities said in a news release. Determination of the cause and manner of death is pending toxicology results, the San Bernardino County Coroner’s Division said in a news release Thursday. “No
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN In a Netherlands garden blooms a rare plant with a tall, phallic shape. It’s known as the “penis plant,” and this is only the third time the species has flowered in Europe since 1997, according to the University of Leiden’s botanical garden, Leiden Hortus Botanicus. The six-year-old penis plant — the
Continue Reading By Christina Carrega and Holly Yan, CNN The families of nine people fatally shot in 2015 at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, have reached an $88 million settlement with the Justice Department in their lawsuit over the shooter’s weapon purchase, according to agency officials and a news release Thursday. The settlements range
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Continue Reading BY BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints coach Sean Payton says running back Mark Ingram is slated to practice with New Orleans on Friday and is “absolutely” expected play against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this weekend. The Saints and the Houston Texans have agreed to a trade sending Ingram back to
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