Author: chiara
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Opera featuring nuns, sex and a lot of blood leaves 18 needing medical treatment
Opera featuring nuns, sex and a lot of blood leaves 18 needing medical treatment
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Andrea Vidaurre sees her work as ‘personal’ as she spearheads clean air policies
Goldman Environmental Prize winner Andrea Vidaurre said her award-winning efforts to improve air quality in California are very much tied to her own experiences. Vidaurre, who is Peruvian American, was born and raised in California’s Inland Empire, which is east of Los Angeles and has some of the country’s worst air quality. Vidaurre, 29, has family…
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10 LGBTQ celebrities who have come out in 2024
There are many commemorations that mark important milestones for queer people and their allies: Pride Month, LGBTQ History Month, Lesbian Visibility Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance, among many others. The festivities surrounding many of these events often turn them into a headline-grabbing display of communal pride. But on National Coming Out Day, recognized annually…
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Jon Tester pushes for ticket-splitters in a Montana Senate race that appears to be slipping away
Sheehy has eschewed interviews with local and national reporters, and there is little evidence of a significant grassroots campaign. The Montana GOP’s website lists only three events for the entire month of October, none of them including Sheehy. The events Sheehy does hold are by invitation only and not open to the media. His campaign…
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Florida begins Milton recovery and Obama stumps for Harris: Morning Rundown
Florida communities grapple with destruction after Hurricane Milton. One person died and 23 were rescued after an elevator malfunction inside a tourist mine. And Barack Obama talks about “real strength” at a rally for Kamala Harris. Here’s what to know today. Florida embarks on road to recovery after Milton At least 16 people have been…
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Cities seek more than $750K in unpaid bills for Trump campaign events since 2016
Former President Donald Trump held a third rally last month in Erie, Pennsylvania, which sits in the northwest corner of a swing state that could decide who wins the White House. Like the two other times Trump has been to Erie to rev up his supporters, he left without paying the bill. City officials haven’t…
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New York family sues funeral home after 96-year-old woman’s casket is sent to wrong country
A New York City family is suing a funeral home for mistakenly sending their mother’s casket to another country for burial. Carmen Maldonado died two days after her 96th birthday. Her wish was to be buried in Ecuador next to her husband. Her family, who lives in Queens, was preparing for the funeral in Ecuador…
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Trump to rally out West; Walz to swing through Michigan
Share Obama tells men Trump doesn’t represent ‘real strength’ Reporting from Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH — Rallying for Harris, former President Barack Obama spoke directly to American men and characterized Trump as mendacious and self-centered, saying he doesn’t represent “real strength.” “I’m sorry, gentlemen, I’ve noticed this especially with some men who seem to think some of Trump’s…
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Musk unveils $30,000 Tesla self-driving Cybercab and Robovan
After a decade of unfulfilled promises about driverless vehicles, Tesla CEO Elon Musk hyped the company’s Cybercab concept on Thursday night, showing off a low, silver two-seater with no steering wheels or pedals. Rolling up to the stage in a Cybercab almost an hour after the company’s “We, Robot” event was supposed to begin, Musk said the company had…
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Taiwan says four Foxconn staff detained in China under ‘strange’ circumstances
TAIPEI — Four employees of Taiwan‘s Foxconn, the world’s largest iPhone assembler, have been detained in China under “quite strange” circumstances, Taiwan’s government said. Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, in a statement to Reuters on Thursday, said the four employees had been detained in China’s Zhengzhou, home to a major Foxconn plant assembling Apple’s iPhones, on…