PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A crewless robotic boat retracing the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower has landed near Plymouth Rock. The sleek Mayflower Autonomous Ship met with an escort boat as it approached the Massachusetts shoreline Thursday, more than 400 years after its namesake’s historic journey from England. It was towed into Plymouth Harbor
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Goalie Craig Anderson is putting off retirement for now, returning to the Buffalo Sabres for a one-year contract. The 41-year-old Anderson also played for Buffalo last season, going 17-12-2 and leading the team in wins despite missing a lengthy stretch with a neck injury. The Illinois native has 308 career victories,
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By JESSICA GRESKO and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday the Biden administration can scrap a Trump-era immigration policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration courts, a victory for a White House that still must address the growing number of people seeking refuge at
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By Tierney Sneed and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday gave President Joe Biden the green light to end the controversial “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy that originated under the Trump administration. Since the beginning of his administration, Biden has tried to wind down the policy, which sends certain non-Mexican citizens who entered
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The rust-colored tower rising from an industrial site near the banks of Berlin’s Spree river looks nothing like the sleek flasks Germans use for coffee, yet its purpose is similar: to provide some warmth throughout the day, especially when it’s cold outside. With a height of 45
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos dio este jueves luz verde al presidente Joe Biden para poner fin a la controvertida política migratoria conocida como “Remain in Mexico” o “Permanecer en México, originada bajo la administración Trump. El programa “Permanecer en México” o “Remain in Mexico” se dio a conocer
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By Ben Morse, CNN Former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has said he would “take a bullet” for Vladimir Putin and called the Russian President a “first-class person.” When asked on British TV show Good Morning Britain if President Putin was still a friend of his, the 91-year-old Englishman said on Thursday: “I’d still take
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish Parliament-appointed commission has harshly criticized the country’s government for its decision to cull millions of healthy mink at the height of the coronavirus pandemic to protect humans from a mutation of the virus. The 2020 decision to wipe out Denmark’s entire captive mink population had stirred strong controversy, particularly
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates eased back this week after shooting up nearly three-quarters of a point in recent weeks. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year rate fell to 5.70% this week from 5.81% last week. One year ago, the average 30-year rate
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants, a major defeat for the Biden administration’s attempts to slash emissions at a moment when scientists are sounding alarms about the accelerating pace of global warming. In addition, the
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UPDATE: The Supreme Court has handed down both decisions. The court said the Biden Administration can end the controversial Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy, while it put limitations on the EPA’s authority to aggressively regulate carbon emissions. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court is expected to hand down two consequential decisions Thursday morning, regarding immigration
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. By a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, the court said that the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Olivia O’Brien says you can add her to the list of women Pete Davidson has dated. During the “BFFs with Dave Portnoy, Josh Richards, and Brianna Chickenfry” podcast that started streaming Wednesday, Portnoy surprised O’Brien by asking what “was going on: with her and Davidson. “Where did you hear that?”
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By Olga Voitovych, Anna Chernova and Tim Lister, CNN Russian troops have left Snake Island in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian Armed Forces said Thursday, after they carried out what they said was a “successful” operation. The small but strategic territory was the scene of one of the opening salvos of the war in Ukraine,
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt and Ben Church, CNN There has been some high drama at Wimbledon this week — but some off-court sniping has, thankfully, been resolved. France’s Harmony Tan nipped Serena Williams’ hopes of a Wimbledon renaissance in the bud, dramatically knocking the tennis great out in a three-hour first-round epic. But after receiving plaudits
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MADRID (AP) — Biden backs changing Senate filibuster rules to pass abortion, privacy protections as well as voting legislation. This is a developing news story. Download the KVIA news app to get alerts the moment news breaks.
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and New Zealand say they have concluded a free trade deal after four years of negotiations. According to the EU, trade with New Zealand is expected to increase by 30% as a result of the deal, with removing tariffs alone saving businesses €140 million in duties per year. The
Continue Reading BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer The Federal Emergency Management Agency is releasing the largest update to its mobile application in a decade, the agency announced today. FEMA is releasing the app at the beginning of a hurricane season that experts predict will be above average and a wildfire season that’s already devastating, for example,
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Lori Garver spearheaded the NASA program that paved the way for SpaceX to return human spaceflight to the United States after a decade-long wait. In her new book and in a recent interview she reflects on that success, the controversial cast of characters driving this new space race, and the
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Former NBA point guard Rod Strickland is the new men’s basketball coach at Long Island University. Strickland has been hired to replace Derek Kellogg, who led the Sharks to a 16-14 record last season. He had been serving as the program director for the NBA G League Ignite, evaluating and mentoring
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By Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein, Phil Mattingly and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would support making an exception to the filibuster — the 60-vote threshold in the Senate needed to pass most legislation — in order to codify abortion rights and the right to privacy through legislation passed by
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — There will be eight American men in the third round of Wimbledon for the first time since 1995. That’s also the largest group for the country at that stage of any Grand Slam tournament since the U.S. Open a year later. Brandon Nakashima, Taylor Fritz
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Royal accounts show the British monarchy’s publicly-funded spending rose by 17% to 102.4 million pounds ($124 million) in the past year, with the renovation of Buckingham Palace taking up a large part of the expenses. Critics described the spending figures released Thursday as excessive amid Britain’s cost-of-living
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges has been arrested in Los Angeles on the eve of NBA free agency after a warrant was issued, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Details of the arrest first reported by TMZ were not immediately available. Bridges was the Hornets’ leading scorer last
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Metro Phoenix’s Maricopa County had among the biggest population growth in white, Black, American Indian and Hispanic residents last year, as well as the biggest increase overall of any U.S. county. Meanwhile, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in California’s Inland Empire also had some of the largest jumps in Hispanic
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John Walton, CNN Now is the summer of our discontent, Shakespeare didn’t exactly write in “Richard III,” but for airline travelers in the US and Europe that’s exactly what this summer is shaping up to be. Flights are vanishing from the schedules — some at the last minute as airlines fail to offer the services
Continue Reading By David Wright, CNN Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said she is “absolutely confident” in blockbuster testimony from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, and that the January 6 committee welcomes information from the Secret Service related to the incidents Hutchinson described. In an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that aired Thursday, Cheney
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Business) — Un indicador de inflación seguido de cerca por la Reserva Federal (Fed) mostró que los precios al consumidor se mantuvieron estables en mayo, lo que indica que la inflación aún no disminuye, a pesar de los esfuerzos iniciales del banco central por calmar la economía. Los estadounidenses hacen frente a la
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Después de un paréntesis de ocho años, Cameron Diaz está haciendo películas de nuevo. La actriz, que confirmó oficialmente su retiro de Hollywood en 2018, está lista para protagonizar la nueva película de Netflix “Back in Action”, junto a Jamie Foxx. Ambos protagonizaron previamente juntos “Annie”, de 2014, la última
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.3% in May from a year earlier, unchanged from its level in April. Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department provided the latest evidence that painfully high inflation is pressuring American households and inflicting
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