SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Every member of Congress from Georgia signed a letter calling for a study to determine whether the busy shipping channel to the Port of Savannah needs to be deepened again after a $937 million harbor expansion that was just completed in 2022. The offices of Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Rep. Buddy Carter on Tuesday …
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Record rainfall, triple-digit winds, hundreds of mudslides. Here’s California’s storm by the numbers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The slow-moving atmospheric river still battering California on Tuesday unleashed record rainfall, triple-digit winds and hundreds of mudslides. Here is the historic storm by the numbers: ___ DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES In just three days, downtown Los Angeles got soaked by more than 8 inches (20.3 cm) of rain — more than half of the 14.25 inches …
Read More »Daño a tubería submarina deja sin agua potable a isla griega; sospechan sabotaje
ATENAS (AP) — Los residentes de la isla griega de Egina llevan varios días sin agua potable en sus hogares luego que un presunto acto de sabotaje inutilizara una tubería submarina desde el continente, informaron las autoridades de Atenas el martes. Las autoridades indicaron que una carga explosiva probablemente cortó el suministro de agua potable que es transportada a lo …
Read More »Everyone hopes the Chiefs-49ers Super Bowl won’t come down to an officiating call
San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York was asked the other day what comes to mind when he thinks back to his team’s Super Bowl loss to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs four years ago, and he quipped: “I mean, I remember Nick Bosa getting held on third-and-long — and that not getting called.” So perhaps it would be …
Read More »Georgia politicians urge federal study to deepen Savannah’s harbor again
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Every member of Congress from Georgia signed a letter calling for a study to determine whether the busy shipping channel to the Port of Savannah needs to be deepened again after a $937 million harbor expansion that was just completed in 2022. The offices of Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Rep. Buddy Carter on Tuesday …
Read More »Dani Alves faces day two of sexual assault trial in Barcelona. Police say accuser wants ‘justice’
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — After being escorted in handcuffs into the Barcelona courtroom, Dani Alves sat in silence and listened to a stream of witnesses give testimony during the second day of his sexual assault trial on Tuesday. Alves is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the bathroom of an upscale Barcelona nightclub early in the morning of Dec. …
Read More »Honda is recalling more than 750,000 vehicles to fix faulty passenger seat air bag sensor
DETROIT (AP) — Honda is recalling more than three quarters of a million vehicles in the U.S. because a faulty sensor may cause the front passenger air bags to inflate when they’re not supposed to in a crash. The recall covers certain Honda Pilot, Accord, Civic sedan, HR-V and Odyssey models from the 2020 through 2022 model years, as well …
Read More »Who will run the US House in 2025? Once again, control could tip on California swing districts
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heavily Democratic California might appear an unlikely national battleground, but a string of competitive U.S. House contests is again poised to play a crucial role in determining control of the chamber as Republicans look to maintain their fragile majority in a deeply divided nation. The state that was once home for Republican Presidents Richard Nixon and …
Read More »Appeals court weighs whether to let stand Biden’s approval of Willow oil project in Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An appeals court panel is deciding whether to let stand the Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil project in a federal petroleum reserve on Alaska’s North Slope. Environmentalists and a grassroots group called Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic are seeking to have last March’s approval overturned. Arguments before a 9th U.S. Circuit Court …
Read More »Zelenskyy dice que es inminente la reestructuración del liderazgo militar de Ucrania
KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — El presidente ucraniano Volodymyr Zelenskyy dijo que analiza la destitución del jefe del ejército como parte de una reestructuración más amplia en el liderazgo militar, una posibilidad que ha conmocionado a un país que combate la invasión de Rusia y que ha preocupado a los aliados occidentales de Kiev. En una entrevista publicada el domingo por …
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