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Crammed with tourists, Alaska’s capital wonders what will happen as its magnificent glacier recedes

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:43:49 GMT

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of tourists spill onto a boardwalk in Alaska’s capital city every day from cruise ships towering over downtown. Vendors hawk shoreside trips and rows of buses stand ready to whisk visitors away, with many headed for the area’s crown jewel: the Mendenhall Glacier.A craggy expanse of gray, white and blue, the glacier gets swarmed by sightseeing helicopters and attracts visitors by kayak, canoe and foot. So many come to see the glacier and Juneau’s other wonders that the city’s immediate concern is how to manage them all as a record number are expected this year. Some residents flee to quieter places during the summer, and a deal between the city and cruise industry will limit how many ships arrive next year.But climate change is melting the Mendenhall Glacier. It is receding so quickly that by 2050, it might no longer be visible from the visitor center it once loomed outside.That’s prompted another question Juneau is only now starting to contemplate: Wh...

6 months after a devastating earthquake, Turkey’s preparedness is still uncertain

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:43:49 GMT

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Dust and rubble fill the street as an excavator tears off chunks of concrete from an old apartment building. Bystanders and former residents watch from afar as construction equipment tears down the structure. Among the bystanders is Ibrahim Ozaydin, 30, a former resident. He watches the demolition not with worry, but with relief, as his building was marked by officials as unsafe months ago. Ozaydin and his family were shocked to learn that the municipality deemed his building uninhabitable. “We decided to build our own house,” he told The Associated Press as he watched his former home being torn down. “Instead of living in a poorly built house, let us take our own precautions.”The sight of construction vehicles demolishing buildings became engrained in Turkish minds six months ago today, after a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Kahramanmaras and 10 other provinces in southern Turkey on the morning of Feb. 6.Over 50,000 people died, and hundreds of tho...

Acusan a mujer de Arizona de intentar matar a su esposo envenenando su café

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:43:49 GMT

(CNN) — Una mujer de Arizona está acusada de intentar matar a su esposo envenenando su café todos los días durante meses.Melody Felicano Johnson, de Tucson, Arizona, fue acusada formalmente por un jurado investigador de cargos de intento de asesinato en primer grado, intento de cometer agresión agravada y envenenamiento de alimentos o bebidas.Los documentos judiciales obtenidos por KVOA, afiliada de CNN, indican que el esposo de la sospechosa, Roby Johnson, comenzó a notar un mal sabor en su café en marzo, mientras él y Melody Johnson vivían en Alemania.Roby Johnson sirve en la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos, según la policía. La declaración de causa probable dice que los Johnson todavía vivían juntos con su hijo, pero que estaban en proceso de divorcio.Johnson usó tiras de prueba para piscinas para descubrir que su cafetera “mostraba altos niveles de cloro”, dice el documento judicial.Acusan a una dermatóloga del condado de Orange de envenenar a su esposo con un limpiador...

6 months after a devastating earthquake, Turkey’s preparedness is still uncertain

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:43:49 GMT

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Dust and rubble fill the street as an excavator tears off chunks of concrete from an old apartment building. Bystanders and former residents watch from afar as construction equipment tears down the structure. Among the bystanders is Ibrahim Ozaydin, 30, a former resident. He watches the demolition not with worry, but with relief, as his building was marked by officials as unsafe months ago. Ozaydin and his family were shocked to learn that the municipality deemed his building uninhabitable. “We decided to build our own house,” he told The Associated Press as he watched his former home being torn down. “Instead of living in a poorly built house, let us take our own precautions.”The sight of construction vehicles demolishing buildings became engrained in Turkish minds six months ago today, after a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Kahramanmaras and 10 other provinces in southern Turkey on the morning of Feb. 6.Over 50,000 people died, and hundreds of tho...

Jake Paul wins unanimous decision against Nate Diaz

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:43:49 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Jake Paul won a unanimous decision against Nate Diaz in a cruiserweight fight Saturday night.Paul, the 26-year-old social media YouTube personality who has turned himself into a prizefighter, clearly held the advantage for much of the 10-round fight. Diaz, a mixed-martial arts fighter who left the UFC in 2022, appeared on the verge of a knockout at various moments.Paul (7-1) showed he was better conditioned throughout the fight as he bounced back from his first career loss — a split-decision against Tommy Fury in Saudi Arabia in February. The three judges scored this fight 97-92, 98-91, and 98-91.“He’s tough, that’s what he’s known for,” Paul said of Diaz. “Of course (I expected to win the decision). I knocked him down.”The 38-year-old Diaz, making his pro boxing debut, struck several blows near the end of the third round, briefly leaving Paul wobbly before the bell. Diaz continued his offensive in the fourth round, landing several jabs to the roars of the decidedly pr...

Jueza le prohíbe a Trump compartir en redes sociales pruebas en caso sobre intervención electoral

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:43:49 GMT

WASHINGTON DC – La jueza federal que encabeza el caso sobre la presunta intervención del expresidente Donald Trump en las elecciones de 2020 le prohibió al exmandatario publicar en sus redes sociales las pruebas que ha recabado la fiscalía en su contra. Trump fue imputado el jueves por presuntamente tratar de anular las elecciones de 2020 y haber instigado el asalto al Capitolio.La magistrada Tanya Chutkan dio el visto bueno a la petición hecha por el fiscal especial Jack Smith, quien solicitó una orden de confidencialidad después de que el republicano hiciera varias publicaciones en redes sociales sobre su proceso judicial.“El acusado y sus abogados no divulgarán la evidencia a ninguna persona o entidad que no forme parte de su defensa o que no sean posibles testigos”, escribió la jueza en un documento judicial consultado este sábado por EFE. Trump retoma su campaña electoral y bromea acerca de su reciente acusación Trump p...

From high office to high security prison for ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan after court sentencing

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:43:49 GMT

ATTOCK, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan awoke Sunday as an inmate in a high-security prison after a court handed him a three-year jail sentence for corruption, a development that could end his future in politics. The court ruled Saturday that national cricketing hero Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April 2022 but remains the country’s leading opposition figure, had concealed assets after selling state gifts.The prison sentence could bar him from politics under a law that prohibits people with a criminal conviction from holding or running for public office. He could also lose the chairmanship of the party he founded, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or PTI.Critics say efforts to put Khan behind bars are politically motivated and have intensified ahead of elections due to be held later this year.They argue that Khan’s popularity and a large support base, combined with his ability to mobilize massive crowds, pose a threat to the ruling coalition and...

Tropical storm hits Japan’s Okinawa islands again, unleashing torrential rain

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:43:49 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — A meandering storm was headed again toward southwestern Japan on Sunday, prompting fresh warnings about dangerously heavy rainfall after the same area was hit several days ago. Tropical Storm Khanun, which means jackfruit in Thai, was returning to the southernmost group of islands of Okinawa moving slowly northward, packing winds of up to 30 meters per second (67 miles per hour) and hovering over Okinawa through Monday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki warned residents to brace for torrential rains and mudslides.“This could mean that the dangers about to hit the area where you are living are unusual and on a scale you have never experienced,” he said of the storm. He asked people to prepare escape routes to safety in advance. “Do not let your guard down,” he said. Large parts of Okinawa, including the main city of Naha, was being slammed by extremely heavy rainfall, according to weather reports.The storm hit the same area last week,...

Shooting kills 2 men and a woman and wounds 2 others in Washington, DC, police chief says

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:43:49 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A shooting on a street in the nation’s capital left three people dead and two others hospitalized Saturday night, police said.Officers responded to the sounds of gunshots around 8 p.m. in the 1600 block of Good Hope Road Southeast and found five victims who had been shot. Two men and a woman were pronounced dead at the scene and two men were transported to area hospitals, Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department Acting Chief Pamela Smith said during a news conference at the scene.The conditions of the hospitalized victims were not immediately known.“This kind of gun violence is not acceptable in the District of Columbia. This is not a war zone. We want our residents to feel safe,” Smith said. Smith asked for help from the public in collecting information about what she called a disturbing fatal shooting.“We realize that there may be others who may have been injured tonight. We are asking you to come forward,” Smith said, adding that the community need...

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra seen in video at Cambodian leader’s birthday party

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:43:49 GMT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra attended a birthday party for outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, according to video posted online Sunday, a day after Thaksin said he would delay plans to return to Thailand following years of self-imposed exile.Thaksin’s appearance in Cambodia came at a politically sensitive time in neighboring Thailand, as Pheu Thai, the latest in a string of parties affiliated with Thaksin, is seeking to win enough support in Parliament for one of its members to become the next prime minister almost three months after a general election in May.Thaksin said on Saturday on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that he would delay a planned return to Thailand next Thursday for “no longer than two weeks,” citing a doctor’s appointment.His daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who campaigned for prime minister with Pheu Thai in the latest election, had said nearly two weeks ago her father would return to T...