BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state judge has ruled that thousands of documents related to security during the construction in North Dakota of the heavily protested Dakota Access Pipeline are public and subject to the state’s open records law. The ruling by South Central District Judge Cynthia Feland is a victory for The Intercept news
Continue Reading The Associated Press Slumping technology stocks left the S&P 500 slightly lower on Wall Street Tuesday, even as the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 blue-chip companies marked another record high. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell. Microsoft, Apple, and major chipmakers like Nvidia sank, even as banks and other sectors rose. Bond yields continued to climb.
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By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A rural Alaska man who threatened to kill Alaska’s two U.S. senators in a series of profanity-laced voice messages left at their offices in Washington has pleaded guilty to making the threats in exchange for having other charges dropped. Jay Allen Johnson entered his guilty pleas
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By Phyllis L. Fagell, CNN While a seventh grade boy taught an eighth grade boy how to start a knitting row, a seventh grade girl put the finishing touches on her knit bunny and a diverse group of middle schoolers streamed into a classroom in Washington, DC, for knitting club. As the pandemic drags on,
Continue Reading By ALEJANDRA ZÚÑIGA Associated Press LA PAZ, Mexico (AP) — COVID-19 infections are rising across Mexico, especially in two states home to major tourism destinations on the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean that were busy during the holiday season. According to data from the federal government, Quintana Roo, where tourists flock to Cancun, Tulum and
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Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — El presidente del FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, dio positivo por covid-19, anunció el club en un comunicado este martes, y no participará de dos viajes previstos a Linares y Granada. “El presidente se encuentra bien y sin síntoma alguno”, informó el club, y agregó que se hizo la prueba tras
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Sen. Tim Kaine on Tuesday recounted his hours-long journey on a Washington-area highway after a winter storm crippled the region and left hundreds, including the Virginia Democrat, stranded for hours on roads. “At some point it switched from a miserable travel day into kind of a survival mode
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CNN, TWITTER @TIMKAINE By Chandelis Duster and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Sen. Tim Kaine on Tuesday recounted his hours-long journey on a Washington-area highway after a winter storm crippled the region and left hundreds, including the Virginia Democrat, stranded for hours on roads. “At some point it switched from a miserable travel day into kind of
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — The French national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into a car explosion last week ahead of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia that left French driver Philippe Boutron seriously injured. The office says it will investigate an “attempted murder in relation to a terrorist enterprise.” Boutron is recovering at a
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PARIS (AP) — The French national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into a car explosion last week ahead of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia that left French driver Philippe Boutron seriously injured. The office says it will investigate an “attempted murder in relation to a terrorist enterprise.” Boutron is recovering at a
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a 30-year-old man who alleged that the image of him nude as a baby on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” is child pornography. Judge Fernando Olguin granted the motion by Nirvana’s attorneys to dismiss the case
Continue Reading By Devan Cole and Ariane de Vogue, CNN All nine Supreme Court justices have received a Covid-19 booster shot, the court said Tuesday. The announcement comes as the US grapples with a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases nearly two years into the pandemic largely due to the highly contagious Omicron variant. Health officials have in
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts is asking the Washington Football Team to take action after narrowly escaping harm when fans fell onto the field because a railing in the corner of FedEx Field gave way as the Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback was walking into the tunnel after Sunday’s game. Hurts avoided the railing and calmly helped
Continue Reading ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan outside linebacker David Ojabo is entering the NFL draft. Ojabo announced his decision Tuesday to turn pro and skip his senior season with the Wolverines. The second-team All-American and All-Big Ten player had 11 sacks as a redshirt sophomore. He helped Michigan win its first Big Ten title since
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un destacado experto que ayudó a crear la vacuna contra el covid-19 de Oxford-AstraZeneca dijo este martes que no es factible dar a todos los habitantes del mundo vacunas de refuerzo varias veces al año. “No podemos vacunar al planeta cada cuatro o seis meses. No es sostenible ni asequible”, dijo
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians won’t be able to water their lawns for 48 hours after rainstorms or let their sprinkles run onto the sidewalk under new mandatory water restrictions. The rules adopted Tuesday by the State Water Resources Control Board are designed to spur conservation. Those who don’t comply
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians won’t be able to water their lawns for 48 hours after rainstorms or let their sprinkles run onto the sidewalk under new mandatory water restrictions. The rules adopted Tuesday by the State Water Resources Control Board are designed to spur conservation. Those who don’t comply
Continue Reading By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — About 1,000 sexual abuse victims of a University of Michigan sports doctor would get a window to sue the school for damages under pending bills in the state Legislature, as lawmakers revive efforts to ensure the athletes and others face no barriers in court. Similar legislation
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new federal court order says a Mississippi city must allow construction of a mosque. A judge filed the order Monday, two months after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a discrimination lawsuit against the city on behalf of two Muslim men. The lawsuit said
Continue Reading By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — About 1,000 sexual abuse victims of a University of Michigan sports doctor would get a window to sue the school for damages under pending bills in the state Legislature, as lawmakers revive efforts to ensure the athletes and others face no barriers in court. Similar legislation
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — The Texas state climatologist says last month was the hottest Texas December since at least 1889. In a Texas A&M University news release issued Monday, John Nielsen-Gammon says temperatures from Dallas through Abilene to Del Rio averaged 5 to 9 degrees above normal. Nielsen-Gammon, who is the school’s regents professor
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The most powerful space telescope ever built is keeping its cool in space. The James Webb Space Telescope, which launched on Christmas Day, successfully completed the deployment of its 70-foot (21-meter) sunshield on Tuesday. This critical milestone is one of several that must occur for the NASA observatory to function properly
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Kirby Smart and Georgia get a chance to snap their losing streaks against Alabama in the biggest game of the season. The third-ranked Bulldogs have lost the last seven meetings, including all four since Smart left Nick Saban’s staff in Tuscaloosa for Athens. Beating ’Bama for some five-star recruits
Continue Reading CNN, SPECTRUM NEWS ALBANY, STATE OF NY, GETTY IMAGES, CBS NEWS, TIMES UNION, CBS News/Times Union By Kristina Sgueglia, Melanie Schuman, Eric Bradner and Sonia Moghe, CNN A New York district attorney will not prosecute former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on a misdemeanor sex crime charge of forcible touching, despite finding Cuomo’s accuser “cooperative” and “credible.”
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) — Este lunes, seis apicultores instalaron 25 cajas con panales de abejas frente al Palacio de La Moneda, en el centro de Santiago, Chile, a modo de protesta por la grave sequía que afecta al país austral y también por la falta de financiamiento y políticas públicas que protejan a estos insectos.
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop and Omar Jimenez, CNN As the Chicago Teachers Union prepares to vote late Tuesday on whether to return to virtual teaching as Covid-19 cases surge, a move that potentially could trigger an “electronic lockout” by the school district, the district’s CEO pleaded with the union to keep schools open. “There is no
Continue Reading A Texas pediatric hospital is seeing a large spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations.
Continue Reading President Biden held a Tuesday afternoon briefing about his administration’s efforts to contain the Omicron surge. The president said kids are safe to remain in school.
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