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Un volcán entra en erupción en Islandia tras semanas de terremotos 07/11/2023 07:27am • (CNN) -- Una erupción volcánica al sur de la capital de Islandia, Reykjavik, está enviando columnas de humo a través de una región conocida por sus extensos campos de lava, volcanes y actividad geotérmica.La Oficina Meteorológica de Islandia (IMO, por sus siglas en inglés) dijo que la erupci EU faces cliffhanger vote on major bill protecting nature and fighting climate change 07/11/2023 06:55am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Protesters and legislators converged on the European Union parliament Tuesday as the bloc prepared a cliffhanger vote on protecting its threatened nature and shielding it from disruptive environmental change, in a test of the EU's global climate credentials. Spurred on by climate a White House lays out effort against animal sedative xylazine but doesn't call for new restrictions 07/11/2023 06:12am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Tuesday called for more testing and research on xylazine, the powerful animal sedative that’s spreading through the nation’s illicit drug supply, but they stopped short of recommending new restrictions on the veterinary medication. A six-point plan fro Indonesia warns nuclear weapons put Southeast Asia a 'miscalculation away' from a catastrophe 07/11/2023 05:10am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's top diplomat warned Tuesday of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is “one miscalculation away from apocalypse” and pressing for world powers to sign a treaty to keep the region free from such arms. Indonesian Foreign Minister R 'We are in a state of emergency' — DC's push to pass an emergency crime bill 07/11/2023 04:44am • The mayor of D.C. and several members of the council are putting their support behind an emergency crime bill that is aimed at curbing a spike in violent crimes in the nation’s capital. The legislation was introduced by Ward 2 council member Brooke Pinto. “We are in a state of emergency right Sweden's rocky road from neutrality toward NATO membership 07/11/2023 02:21am • VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — When long-neutral Sweden applied for NATO membership together with Finland, both expected a quick accession process. More than a year later, Finland is in, but Sweden is still in the alliance’s waiting room. New entries must be approved by all existing members and as NA An already full-tilt movie franchise turns it up a notch in 'Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning' 07/11/2023 12:15am • NEW YORK (AP) — There are, as a rule, only so many places you can go as an action movie after leaving Tom Cruise clinging to the side of an Airbus A400M and flinging him out a cargo plane at 25,000 feet. But in the kinetic, headlong world of “Mission: Impossible,” the pressure to keep upping t Today in History: Alexander Hamilton’s fatal duel with Aaron Burr 07/11/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Tuesday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2023. There are 173 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Hamilto Relentless rain causes floods in Northeast, prompts rescues and swamps Vermont's capital 07/10/2023 11:37pm • ANDOVER, Vt. (AP) — Rescue teams raced into Vermont on Monday after heavy rain drenched parts of the Northeast, washing out roads, forcing evacuations and halting some airline travel. One person was killed in New York's Hudson Valley as she tried to escape her flooded home. Mike Cannon of Vermont Reluctant Twitter users, influencers and others are flocking to Meta's new Threads app 07/10/2023 11:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Celebrities, lawmakers, brands and everyday social media users are flocking to Meta's freshly minted app Threads to connect with their followers, including many Twitter refugees tired of the drama surrounding Elon Musk’s raucous oversight of that platform. But the real question Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin's commanders met Putin after short-lived mutiny, pledged loyalty 07/10/2023 10:17pm • Just five days after staging a short-lived rebellion, mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin 's commanders met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and pledged loyalty to the government, a senior government spokesman said Monday, the latest twist in a baffling episode that has raised questions about the 7 Best Psychedelic Stocks to Watch in 2023 07/10/2023 08:00pm • The psychedelic stock sector may still be in its infancy, but positive factors are taking root and growth-minded investors would be wise to take notice. In 2022, for example, two U.S. states -- Oregon and Colorado -- established dates to legalize specific psychedelic substances. In late 2023 and in Aid to Syria's rebel-held northwest from Turkey certain to continue — but for 6 or 12 months? 07/10/2023 07:19pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest from neighboring Turkey is virtually certain to get a green light to continue from the U.N. Security Council — but the big question is for how long. The council’s current authorization for aid deliveries t Number of wildfires surges in British Columbia after weekend of lightning strikes 07/10/2023 07:04pm • VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Lightning strikes over the weekend triggered more than 100 new wildfires in British Columbia, raising the total above 300 and leading authorities to order on Monday a ban on campfires for most of the province. The wildfire danger was high to extreme across most o Pilot charged for illegal Grand Teton National Park landing blames bad weather 07/10/2023 05:29pm • A helicopter pilot faces up to $10,000 in fines and a year in jail for making an illegal lakeside landing in Grand Teton National Park. But whether he was justified by a weather emergency or set down just to have a picnic is in dispute. Peter Smith, owner of air tour company West Elk Air, landed Jun