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Azotada por la sequía, esta isla se está quedando sin agua potable 11/19/2023 03:27am • (CNN)-- Cuando Racha Mousdikoudine abre el grifo de la cocina, nunca sabe lo que sucederá."Tal vez no obtenga agua en absoluto", le dijo a CNN. “Quizás tome 30 minutos de agua. Quizás el agua solo llegue después de horas de espera”.Durante los últimos cuatro meses, Mousdikoudine y sus dos h Gov. Moore taps seasoned government officials for new Maryland climate posts 11/18/2023 11:04pm • Gov. Wes Moore (D) moved to fulfill a campaign pledge this week when he announced his administration had hired two seasoned public officials to fill the positions of chief resilience officer and chief sustainability officer for state government. Moore has tapped Michael Hinson, the director of th Loudoun Co. to launch emergency eviction assistance program 11/18/2023 10:15pm • Residents of Loudoun County, Virginia, struggling to pay rent will be able to apply for emergency eviction assistance starting Monday at noon. Loudoun County said residents can apply for the assistance by submitting an online prescreening application to the nonprofit Loudoun Cares. The goal of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, the face of the AI boom, for lack of candor with company 11/18/2023 05:57pm • ChatGPT-maker Open AI said Friday it has pushed out its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman after a review found he was “not consistently candid in his communications” with the board of directors. “The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI,” the artificial intell After Drew Allar goes out, No. 12 Penn State runs streak vs. Rutgers to 17 straight with 27-6 win 11/18/2023 05:02pm • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Kaytron Allen is a man of few words. Most of his teammates consider him one of the shyest players on Penn State’s roster. When he pulls on his football helmet, however, Allen’s personality emerges. Allen, all smiles and full of trash talk, bruised his way for two touc Ford and Stellantis workers join those at GM in approving contract settlement that ended UAW strikes 11/18/2023 04:18pm • DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union overwhelmingly ratified new contracts with Ford and Stellantis, that along with a similar deal with General Motors will raise pay across the industry, force automakers to absorb higher costs and help reshape the auto business as it shifts away from gaso Officials stock up on overdose antidote naloxone after fentanyl-laced letters disrupt vote counting 11/18/2023 12:50pm • SEATTLE (AP) — The suspicious letters sent to vote centers and government buildings in six states this month were undeniably scary, some containing traces of fentanyl or white powder, accompanied by not-so-veiled threats and dubious political symbols. Harkening back to the anthrax attacks that kil Fears of political violence are growing as the 2024 campaign heats up and conspiracy theories evolve 11/18/2023 11:53am • The man who bludgeoned former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer last year consumed a steady diet of right-wing conspiracy theories before an attack that took place with the midterm elections less than two weeks away. As the 2024 presidential campaign heats up, experts on extremism f Estonia's Kallas is reelected to lead party despite a scandal over husband's Russia business ties 11/18/2023 09:58am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s ruling Reform Party reelected Prime Minister Kaja Kallas as its chairperson Saturday and confirmed her staying on as the Baltic nation's leader amid widespread calls by opposition and voters for her to resign over a scandal involving her husband's business deali Metro train strikes shopping cart, trapping passengers and causing delays 11/18/2023 07:00am • A Metro train on the Red Line struck a shopping cart on Friday night, trapping over a hundred passengers for nearly an hour and causing delays. Around 8 p.m., a train traveling between the Rhode Island Avenue and Brookland stations became disabled after it struck a metal shopping cart that was le The world's attention is on Gaza, and Ukrainians worry war fatigue will hurt their cause 11/18/2023 12:45am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When Tymofii Postoiuk and his friends set up an online fundraising effort for Ukraine, donations poured in from around the globe, helping to purchase essential equipment for Ukrainian armed forces. As the fighting with Russia wore on and war fatigue set in, the donations slowe El Salvador's Miss Universe pageant drawing attention at crucial moment for president 11/18/2023 12:09am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Video montages of sash-clad pageant contestants strolling beaches in El Salvador, snapping selfies in front of fireworks and wandering the streets of downtown San Salvador speckled social media this week as celebrations for the Miss Universe 2023 pageant kicked off in the Centra South Dakota tribe to declare state of emergency due to rampant crime on reservation 11/18/2023 12:01am • The leader of a South Dakota tribe is expected to declare an emergency on the state’s largest Native American reservation because of rampant crime that he said hasn’t been curbed due to the U.S. government’s inadequate funding for law enforcement. The state of emergency declaration planned for A Texas woman convicted of killing pro cyclist 'Mo' Wilson is sentenced to 90 years in prison 11/17/2023 06:59pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday sentenced a woman to 90 years in prison for the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in a case that sent investigators on a 43-day international search for the killer. Jurors deliberated for just over three h Woman convicted of killing pro cyclist Anna 'Mo' Wilson gets 90 years in prison. What happened? 11/17/2023 06:53pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The murder trial of a Texas woman charged in the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna “Mo” Wilson has ended with a guilty verdict and a 90-year prison sentence. It took jurors only two hours to convict Kaitlin Armstrong of murder on Thursday and just