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Year: 2024

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket cleared to fly again with two high-profile missions ahead

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The world’s most frequently launched rocket — the SpaceX Falcon 9 — is cleared to fly again, federal regulators announced Friday evening, putting the vehicle back on track for two high-profile human spaceflight missions. The Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, grounded SpaceX’s rocket on August 28,

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“No hay ni para el papel higiénico”: trabajadores de canal incautado Gamavisión en Ecuador inician huelga por falta de pago

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La situación interna del canal Gamavisión de Ecuador, que inició operaciones en el país en 1977 y que fue incautado durante el Gobierno de Rafael Correa en 2008, ha llegado a un momento “grave y dramático”, según sus trabajadores. La falta de pago de los salarios de los empleados

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Navajo Nation adopts changes to tribal law regulating the transportation of uranium across its land

Associated Press The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. The move is in response to the revival of a uranium mining operation just south of the Grand Canyon that has drawn much criticism

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Navajo Nation adopts changes to tribal law regulating the transportation of uranium across its land

Associated Press The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. The move is in response to the revival of a uranium mining operation just south of the Grand Canyon that has drawn much criticism

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Kosovo shuts down 5 Serbian governing structures in the north and US reacts with alarm

Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo authorities have closed the ethnic Serb minority’s so-called parallel institutions in five northern municipalities. The move was immediately denounced by the United States and may further raise tensions with neighboring Serbia. Elbert Krasniqi, Kosovo’s minister of local administration, confirmed the closure of five so-called parallel institutions in the

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Ukrainian defense minister tells CNN ‘I hope we were heard’ after presenting list of targets inside Russia to US officials

By Michael Conte and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov told CNN the Biden administration is still considering his request to lift restrictions on Ukraine using long-range weapons to strike deeper inside Russian territory and confirmed he’d presented a list of targets in meetings with senior officials in Washington on Friday

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Group sues Texas over law banning state business with firms “boycotting” fossil fuels

The Texas Tribune A progressive business group sued Texas on Thursday over a 2021 law that restricts state investments in companies that, according to the state, “boycott” the fossil fuel industry. The American Sustainable Business Coalition filed suit against Attorney General Ken Paxton and Comptroller Glenn Hegar, alleging that the law, Senate Bill 13, constitutes

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Jewish students at Columbia faced hostile environment during pro-Palestinian protests, report finds

Associated Press A new report from Columbia University’s antisemitism task force describes a hostile climate for Jewish and Israeli students at the New York City institution during the last school year. The report released Friday also recommends university-wide training and better reporting measures. The report comes days before the start of a new school year,

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Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make possession a crime again

Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday. A new law set to take effect then makes so-called personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail. Voters passed a first-in-the-nation decriminalization measure in 2020. Millions intended for addiction services were slow

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Trump solicita aplazar de nuevo la sentencia por el pago de dinero por silencio en Nueva York, esta vez citando una nueva acusación de subversión electoral

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El equipo legal de Donald Trump está pidiendo que se retrase la sentencia y cualquier otra acción sustantiva en el caso de los pagos por silencio mientras se desarrolla un nuevo esfuerzo para trasladar el caso a un tribunal federal, según una carta obtenida por CNN. La petición al juez de la

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Israeli strike kills at least four Palestinians leading aid convoy in Gaza

By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli strike on a humanitarian vehicle in Gaza has left four people dead amid confusion over the convoy’s travel plans through the war-torn Palestinian enclave, according to aid organization American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera). The victims were all local Palestinians involved with a transportation company contracted by Anera,

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Gov. Maura Healey, D-Mass.; Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas; Teamsters President Sean O’Brien; Mitch Landrieu, co-chair of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.

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California aprueba un proyecto de ley que prohíbe seis sustancias químicas relacionadas con problemas de conducta en los niños

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La Legislatura de California aprobó un proyecto de ley con apoyo bipartidista que prohíbe el uso del colorante rojo nº 40 y otras cinco sustancias químicas presentes en los alimentos que se sirven en las escuelas públicas. El jueves, el llamado Estado Dorado se convirtió en el primero del país en

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A measure to repeal a private school tuition funding law in Nebraska will make the November ballot

Associated Press Nebraska’s top election official says organizers have collected enough signatures to ask voters to repeal a new law that uses taxpayer money to fund private school tuition. Organizers of Support Our Schools announced in July that they had gathered more than 86,000 signatures of registered voters. That is well over the nearly 62,000

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Borderland Blitz: Week 1 schedule & scores

EastlakeBel Air10am at Bel Air (Sat.)AmericasCoronadoCancelledChapin Franklin 9am at Franklin (Saturday)Pebble Hills 0Canutillo 77:30pm at CanutilloEastwood 14St. John Bosco 717pm PT Bellflower, CAMontwoodDel ValleCancelledAndress 7El Dorado 497:30pm at SAC 1Horizon 28Socorro 206:30pm at SAC 2BurgesBowieCancelledAustin El Paso1pm at El Paso (Saturday)Jefferson 15Fabens 137pm at FabensIrvin 20Hanks 437pm at HanksYsleta 34Parkland 207pm at ParklandRiverside Big Spring

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