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Month: August 2024

Inadequate inspections and lack of oversight cited in West Virginia fatal helicopter crash

Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Federal regulators say inadequate inspections and a lack of oversight are partly to blame for the crash of a Vietnam-era tourist helicopter that killed six people in West Virginia two years ago. The National Transportation Safety Board released a final report Tuesday in the June 2022 crash. The helicopter

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“El océano se está desbordando”: ONU lanza un SOS global ante informes de que el nivel del mar en el Pacífico sobrepasa la media mundial

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una “catástrofe mundial” pone en peligro las islas del Pacífico y el mundo debe responder a los impactos devastadores y sin precedentes de la subida del nivel del mar “antes de que sea demasiado tarde”, advirtió el jefe de las Naciones Unidas. El secretario general de la ONU, António Guterres, lanzó el

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Mexico pauses relations with US and Canadian embassies

By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is halting diplomatic relations with the US and Canadian embassies after their ambassadors criticized his proposal to have judges elected by popular vote. López Obrador announced the move during his daily press conference on Tuesday, saying the “pause” is with the embassies and not the countries. He said relations

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Fact check: Trump, reversing reality, keeps saying ‘everybody’ wanted Roe overturned

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump keeps lying that “everybody,” including Democrats, wanted the Supreme Court to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that had guaranteed abortion rights around the country since 1973. “Every Democrat, every Republican, everybody wanted Roe v. Wade terminated and brought back to the states,” Trump,

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