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Cuba’s efforts to restore power to the island were derailed for a third time late on Saturday, authorities said shortly before midnight, leaving millions in the dark and raising fresh questions over the viability of the government’s bid to re-establish electrical services. Cuba’s national electrical grid first crashed around midday on Friday after the island’s […]
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government on Saturday said that some electricity was restored on the island after one of the country’s major power plants failed and left millions without electricity for two days. Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said the country had 500 megawatts in its electrical grid early Saturday, as compared to […]
Entire provinces have gone without light for hours, and many locations outside Havana go with less than six hours of electricity a day. (AFP pic) HAVANA/HOUSTON: Cuba’s communist-run government shut down schools and non-essential industry and sent most government workers home on Friday in a bid to conserve energy and stem blackouts that now exceed […]
Fighting Francis Ngannou is a frighteningly daunting prospect, but he’s ensured the risk will be worth the financial reward for his rivals. Ngannou will make his long-awaited mixed martial arts (MMA) return on Saturday when he faces towering Brazilian heavyweight Renan Ferreira in the main event of PFL’s Super Fights series. 2 Ngannou is days […]
The use of a crowdfunding platform marks an unorthodox response to crises from a political campaign. Former President Donald Trump‘s campaign is using GoFundMe to rally its network of deep-pocketed backers and everyday donors around the survivors of his July assassination attempt and Hurricane Helene’s destruction, bucking more traditional avenues of emergency relief. Source link
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The leading private prison company in the U.S. has spent more than $4.4 million to settle dozens of complaints alleging mistreatment — including at least 22 inmate deaths — at its Tennessee prisons and jails since 2016. More than $1.1 million of those payouts involved Tennessee’s largest prison, the long-scrutinized Trousdale […]
CHICAGO — Loretto Hospital’s former CEO has joined the list of ex-executives there charged in a large conspiracy to get millions from the safety-net hospital, prosecutors said. George Miller was indicted by a federal grand jury with conspiracy to commit bribery, prosecutors announced Friday. They say he accepted more than $769,000 in return for sending […]
CNN — As the US attempts to wean itself off its heavy reliance on fossil fuels and shift to cleaner energy sources, many experts are eyeing a promising solution: your neighborhood big-box stores and shopping malls. The rooftops and parking lot space available at retail giants like Walmart, Target and Costco is massive. And these […]