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From blackouts to food shortages: How US blockade is crippling life in Cuba | Explainer News
A US oil blockade is causing a severe energy crisis in Cuba, as the government has been forced to ration fuel and cut electricity for many hours a day, paralysing life in the communist-ruled island nation of 11 million. Bus stops are empty, and families are turning to wood and coal for cooking, living through near-constant power outages amid an…
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Hawaiʻi Storm Latest: State Shuts Down, 1,000s Lose Power
High winds whipped the islands as a storm came through on Sunday, with more expected overnight and into Monday. UPDATE: This story has been updated with additional details. Public schools and libraries will be closed on Monday, the Legislature will not meet, courts won’t open and all non-essential workers have been ordered to stay home as intense winds and rain…
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Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporters said Sunday, as Tehran cracks down on all dissent following nationwide protests and the deaths of thousands at the hands of security forces. The new convictions against Mohammadi come as Iran tries…
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Iran again rules out giving up uranium enrichment, suggests US not taking talks seriously
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday ruled out Tehran ever giving up uranium enrichment in its negotiations with Washington, insisting it will not be intimidated by the threat of war with the United States. Araghchi told a forum in Tehran that Tehran had little trust in Washington, and even doubted that the US side was taking renewed negotiations seriously.…
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From New York to New Mexico: new Epstein files shed light on his sprawling ranch outside Santa Fe | Jeffrey Epstein
For years, Jeffrey Epstein took respite at a sprawling ranch in the desert scrub outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. Epstein’s nearly 10,000-acre (4,000-hectare) property – known as Zorro ranch – was dotted with cholla cactus and Angus cattle, and came to include a 26,700 sq ft mansion, as well as a private runway and hangar. For years, Epstein abused teenage…
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How long before Cuba collapses?
For days, a cold weather front had brought polar air to Cuba, causing temperatures to drop below freezing on some parts of the island for the first time in recorded history. But the frosty air hasn’t been the only thing bearing down on Cuba from the north. The United States, after attacking Venezuela — Cuba’s closest ally — and abducting…
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Did a popular acne medication drive a Texas teen to shoot his friends?
It was just before 9 p.m. on Dec. 23, 2023, when police arrived on scene in Friendswood, Texas. OFFICER (bodycam): What happened? CONNOR HILTON: I screwed up so bad. OFFICER: Somebody hurt? CONNOR HILTON: (nods to affirm) Bodycam video shows Connor Hilton, 17, center, sitting on the curb outside his Friendswood, Texas, home, on Dec. 23, 2023. He is holding…
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Councilmember Nithya Raman to run for L.A. mayor, challenging onetime ally Karen Bass
For a few fleeting hours, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass seemed to be facing a clear path to reelection, after several high-powered challengers pulled out or declined to enter the race. But just three hours before the filing deadline, progressive City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a onetime Bass ally, launched a mayoral bid, shocking the city’s political establishment and upending the…
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Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit says
An 18-month-old baby held with her parents at a South Texas immigration detention center became so ill last month that she was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening respiratory failure — then sent back to detention days later, where she was denied daily medication doctors prescribed, according to a federal lawsuit filed Friday. The toddler, Amalia, remained in detention for…
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SANCTUARY CALAMITY: DHS and ICE Urgently Call on Gavin Newsom and Sanctuary California to Not Release 33,179 Criminal Illegal Aliens Including Murderers, Sex Offenders, and Drug Traffickers from Jails Back into California Communities
There are currently 33,179 aliens in California’s custody with active detainers. The crimes of these aliens include 399 homicides, 3,313 assaults, 3,171 burglaries, 1,011 robberies, 8,380 dangerous drugs offenses, 1,984 weapons offenses, and 1,293 sexual predatory offenses WASHINGTON — The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons sent a letter to California Attorney General Rob Bonta calling on…
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