Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of last year’s severe drought in the Amazon that sent rivers to record lows, required deliveries of food and drinking water to hundreds of river communities and killed dozens of endangered dolphins, researchers said Wednesday.
Both climate change and El Niño contributed about equally to a reduction in rainfall. But higher global temperatures were the biggest reason for the drought, according to World Weather Attribution, an
Movie Review: ‘Miller’s Girl’ with Jenna Ortega is an airless, cold affair that fails to spark
stark rise as Gen Z’s goth-glam princess takes a pointless, awkward turn in “Miller’s Girl,” a new romantic horror movie about cerebral people that’s simply tiresome.
Written and directed by newcomer Jade Halley Bartlett, the movie retells the classic story of a teenage girl smitten by her older teacher and a tumble into seduction. It wants to be close to Vladimir Nabokov, but it’s more “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” by The Police.
Ortega stars as
Quebec environmental group seeks court injunction against EV giant Northvolt
MONTREAL — A Quebec environmental group was in court Wednesday against Swedish manufacturer Northvolt, arguing that the province allowed work to begin on the company’s electric vehicle battery plant without proper analysis of the impact on the area’s biodiversity.
The Centre québécois du droit de l’environnement began presenting its case in Quebec Superior Court, where it’s seeking two injunctions to suspend work on the site of the future $7-billion facility southeast of Montreal.
The group’s lawyer presented a number
New documentary to air on deadly, illegal cosmetic clinic in Vaughan
On a cold April morning in 2017, 23-year-old Chanel Stebens entered a Vaughan home to receive a cosmetic butt injection from Anna Yakubovsky-Rositsan, a registered nurse who investigators say was operating an illegal underground cosmetic clinic.
Hours after she arrived, Stebens left on a stretcher. She was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead. It was later determined she had been injected with liquid silicone and mineral oil, substances that her autopsy revealed lead to her death.
That was the beginning
Oklahoma superintendent faces blowback for putting Libs of TikTok creator on library panel
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s new Republican superintendent of public schools is facing bipartisan criticism for appointing a right-wing social media influencer from New York to a state library advisory committee.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters announced Chaya Raichik’s appointment to the committee on Tuesday, saying she is “on the front lines showing the world exactly what the radical left is all about — lowering standards, porn in schools, and pushing woke indoctrination on our kids.”
Raichik’s Libs of TikTok account on
Proud Boys member sentenced to 6 years in prison for Capitol riot role after berating judge
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow Proud Boys extremist group members was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in prison after he berated and insulted the judge who punished him.
Marc Bru repeatedly interrupted Chief Judge James Boasberg before he handed down the sentence, calling him a “clown” and a “fraud” presiding over a “kangaroo court.” The judge warned Bru that he could be kicked out of the courtroom if he continued to disrupt the proceedings.
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Despite 2 losses, Nikki Haley tries to claim victory thus far in the Republican presidential race
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Despite losing both Iowa and New Hampshire to is nevertheless trying to frame those losses as a victory and vowing to head off a “coronation” of Trump as the 2024 Republican nominee.
The path through the next states to vote, however, may not be any easier.
“We were thrilled,” Haley said during a rally before hundreds of sign-waving fans on Wednesday night in North Charleston, South Carolina, casting her second-place New
Algerian opposition parties call for a political dialogue in presidential election year
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria is gearing up for an election year with an aging president and an opposition that is yet to present a candidate.
The oil-rich north African country faces mounting political and economic challenges as public dissatisfaction rises. Yet it remains unclear whether Algeria’s presidential election, likely to be held in December, will inspire serious campaigning.
The Rally for Culture and Democracy, among the rare opposition parties maintaining a notable public presence in ‘s Algeria, this week called on the government to
Who are No Labels’ donors? Democratic groups file complaints in an attempt to find out
WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, the centrist group No Labels has stockpiled cash and diligently worked to secure ballot access for a , striking fear among allies of that the effort could siphon away votes and hand the White House to .
Now, with a two Democratic-aligned groups this week filed campaign finance complaints, hoping to crimp No Labels’ pipeline of campaign cash and force the group to follow the same rules as formal political parties.
The complaints, filed by the groups End Citizens United and Accountable.US,
New York Philharmonic will play excerpts from ‘Maestro,’ with Bradley Cooper conversation to follow
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Philharmonic will play excerpts of music from the on the life of former music director Leonard Bernstein, on Feb. 14. the movie’s star and director, will participate in a post-performance conversation at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall.
Metropolitan Opera music director who coached Cooper and led music for the soundtrack, will conduct the performance in his New York Philharmonic debut and join the conversation, the orchestra said Wednesday.
The program will include excerpts from “Candide