Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to surface illegal miners who remain under a disused gold mine. The move signaled the government was taking a more conciliatory approach compared to earlier this week.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — For the past three months, residents of Socorro have been battling a pesky pest -an infestation of the red flour beetle. It’s problem that’s caused emotional and financial hardships for many. Sunday on ABC-7 Xtra, host Mark Ross speaks with two men who have been on the front lines of
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — With the expectation that a caravan of around 3,000 migrants will soon arrive at the border, local shelters in Juárez are aware they need to prepare to receive more people. ABC-7 went to one of the biggest migrant shelters South of the border, La Casa del Migrante. It has a maximum
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, his choice to head the Interior Department, will also lead a newly created National Energy Council that will seek to establish U.S. “energy dominance” around the world. Burgum, in his new role, will oversee a panel that crosses all
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani has relinquished dozens of watches and a Mercedes once owned by movie star Lauren Bacall to two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him. Giuliani’s lawyer says in a letter filed Friday in Manhattan federal court that the watches and a
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El martes 29 de octubre a las 8 de la noche, hora local, miles y miles de celulares vibraron y pitaron a la vez en la Comunidad Valenciana. Se trataba de la alerta que el Centro de Coordinación de Emergencia (Cecopi) enviaba de forma masiva a la ciudadanía para advertir
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La elección por parte del presidente Donald Trump de Robert F. Kennedy Jr. como secretario del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE.UU. “es una elección extraordinariamente mala para la salud del pueblo estadounidense”, advirtió el jueves el Dr. Ashish Jha, decano de la Escuela de Salud Pública de la
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CNN By Ali Main, Annie Grayer and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Friday that he does not think a House Ethics Committee report on allegations related to Matt Gaetz should be released and is “going to strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report.” Johnson called on
Continue Reading By Kit Maher, Michael Williams and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday elevated two of his campaign’s spokespeople to top communications roles in his incoming administration. Trump named his campaign’s spokesman, Steven Cheung, as his White House communications director. His campaign’s national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt,
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By Olivia Tyler Click here for updates on this story ANKENY, Iowa (KCCI) — Sherry Kubalsky is turning a hobby into a holiday gift. While most people want shiny new things, this pickleball player is re-inventing the old. “It just came to mind one day when I was looking at a cracked pickleball, and I
Continue Reading OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A stolen portrait of Winston Churchill that was swapped with a forgery during the pandemic has returned to its rightful place, after two Ottawa police detectives traveled to Rome to retrieve it. Police said ”The Roaring Lion” was stolen from the Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa, sometime between Christmas Day
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has consistently targeted civilians and their communities as a form of collective punishment in the country’s southeast since the army seized power in early 2021. That’s according to a rights group’s new report Friday. Documented airstrikes on villages examined by researchers from the Karen Human Rights Group are emblematic of
Continue Reading By Lydia Blackstone Click here for updates on this story SAVANNAH, Georgia (WJCL) — Transitioning out of military service can be a challenging and uncertain time for many veterans, especially after dedicating years of service to their country. Combat Boots 2 The Boardroom, a program founded in 2018, offers veterans the resources and guidance they
Continue Reading Paulina Nares Roma (CNN) — El antiguo Coliseo de Roma ha sido testigo de algunas batallas históricas, con multitudes vestidas con togas que una vez llenaron el gigantesco lugar para ver a los gladiadores enfrentarse a oponentes, incluidos leones y babuinos. Pero a pesar del paso del tiempo, aparentemente los días de lucha no han
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Update (December 5, 2024): Contractors have “partially completed” repairs on the sinkhole, county officials say. “Waterline repairs have been completed, as well as trench backfill and compaction activities,” a county spokesperson state Thursday. “The next phase of the project involves the reconstruction of approximately 300 linear feet of roadway and 30 linear feet of concrete
Continue Reading Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs had hoped fellow Democrats would make enough gains during this month’s election to flip one or both chambers of a state Legislature Republicans narrowly controlled, easing the path for her policy agenda ahead of a 2026 reelection campaign. Instead, the opposite happened. Rather than lose their
Continue Reading Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s chancellor says Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazrom will cut off supplies early Saturday to Austrian utility OMV. Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Friday that his country’s underground gas storage is full and that it has alternative non-Russia supplies. The cutoff follows OMV’s announcement that it would stop paying for
Continue Reading Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Utility regulators in North Dakota have approved part of a carbon dioxide pipeline that would span five Midwestern states. Friday’s decision by the state’s Public Service Commission is a key victory for Summit Carbon Solutions, a company that has faced vociferous landowner objections and various setbacks in its plans.
Continue Reading PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California city will pay $5.9 million to compensate Black and Latino families who were displaced from a neighborhood in the 1960s and decades later led a fight for restitution. The Palm Springs City Council approved the deal in a unanimous vote Thursday. The council also approved $10 million
Continue Reading Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan appeals court has overturned the order freeing journalist José Rubén Zamora and ordered his return to jail. Zamora, founder of El Periódico newspaper, had spent more than two years in jail awaiting trial before a judge granted him house arrest in October. Prosecutors appealed the order and
Continue Reading Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two Missouri police officers were indicted separately this week and accused of similar crimes — pulling over women and searching their phones to find nude photos. The indictments of former Missouri State Highway Patrol officer David McKnight on Tuesday and former Florissant, Missouri, officer Julian Alcala on Wednesday were
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three daughters of Malcolm X have accused the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others in a $100 million lawsuit Friday of playing roles in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader. In the lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court, the daughters — along with the
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Picture this — thousands of screenshots, unopened texts and emails, and a looming notification that your phone’s storage is almost full. For many, such is the new reality in the digital age. But if your device is filled with too much digital clutter, it could be affecting your mental
Continue Reading By Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Paul Skenes’ historic rookie season continued on Thursday as he was named to the 2024 All-MLB First Team. The honors only add to what has been an incredible first professional season as he also was the National League All-Star Team’s starter, a
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Despite decades of calls for more attention to patient safety in hospitals, people undergoing surgery still have high rates of complications and medical errors, a new study finds. More than a third of patients admitted to the hospital for surgery have adverse events related to their care, and at
Continue Reading By Wakisha Bailey Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — “If you look at this holiday season, there’s about 1.3 billion pounds of pumpkins that actually end up in landfills,” Fox Chase Farm Administrator Dr. Mandy Manna said. Students from the School District of Philadelphia undertook a challenge to help cut into
Continue Reading AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light” is about as rich a movie experience as you’ll find this year. The film, which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, is an intoxicatingly atmospheric portrait of life in Mumbai — of its dreams, its illusions and its
Continue Reading By CBS 58 Newsroom Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A group of soldiers recently graduated from a biomedical equipment training program in Waukesha. A partnership between the Army and GE Healthcare gives soldiers skills they can use after they retire from service. “The Army is able to support their
Continue Reading By Ali Main, Annie Grayer and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Friday that he does not think a House Ethics Committee report on allegations related to Matt Gaetz should be released and is “going to strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report.” Johnson called on the
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Jake Paul tiene un estatus indiscutible de celebridad del siglo XXI. Comenzó a crear contenido para redes sociales y en un vistazo horas antes de su pelea contra Mike Tyson se le pueden contar más de 27,2 millones de seguidores en su perfil de Instagram y 20,8 millones
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