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President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Sunday the cancellation of the La Parota hydroelectric dam to instead double down on an alternative plan featuring radial wells, rehabilitated pumping systems and elevated tanks to supply water to the Acapulco area. “Yesterday I informed the entire rural area of Acapulco that we are no longer going to do [the dam project] because it would have greatly affected the communities,” Sheinbaum said. The hydroelectric dam project, which saw fierce opposition throughout the state of Guerrero since it was announced in 2003, would have displaced upwards of 25,000 inhabitants of northern Acapulco. (Carlos Alberto Carbajal/Cuartoscuro) The…
A judge ruled that singer D4vd must stand trial for allegedly killing and dismembering a 14-year-old girl. On Monday, Los Angeles Judge Charlaine Olmedo determined during a preliminary hearing that there is enough evidence for the case to go to trial. “The people have met their burden on all counts,” said Olmedo during the conclusion of the hearing, reports AP. D4vd, whose real name is David Burke, will continue to be held without bail. The preliminary hearing began last Tuesday with prosecutors showing grisly photos taken from the crime scene where the body of the victim, Celeste Rivas Hernandez, was…
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The independent Bazooka! Fest is returning to Brooklyn next month, with Destroyer’s Dan Bejar set to headline alongside previously announced performers Stephin Merritt, Joanna Sternberg, Times New Viking, and Sad13. Check out the full lineup below. This year’s edition takes place on August 22 and 23 at the Meadows and the Wood Shop.Founded by former Matador A&R director Jake Whitener, Bazooka launched in 2025 with an initial slate of Elf Power, the Moles, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, James McNew of Yo La Tengo, and more. In a statement, Whitener spoke about the decision to start the festival in…
July sees hundreds of thousands of visitors arriving in Oaxaca to celebrate (and photograph) the traditions of Guelaguetza. Many are on the hunt for the best mezcal, and there are many events to provide just that, ranging from tasting seminars to street parties. The principal event in Oaxaca City is the Feria del Mezcal, hosted at the Centro Cultural y de Convenciones de Oaxaca (CCO) in Santa Lucía del Camino. This is a multi-day extravaganza concluding July 28. Although many treat the event like the world’s largest open bar, it is much more than that. It is an agro-industrial, cultural…
The Trump administration’s deadly military strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats have not reduced the amount of cocaine entering the United States, but they’re prompting criminal organizations to develop new strategies and tactics and undermining traditional investigative methods, according to a previously unreported assessment by the Drug Enforcement Administration, a closed-door congressional briefing and interviews with current and former U.S. and foreign officials.
Whoopi Goldberg, Jenifer Lewis, Vanessa Williams and Vivica A. Fox are set to star in the comedy Women Like Us as Netflix gets back in business with Higher Ground, the now-independent media company run by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. Women Like Us is set to start production this fall in New York City. “When a recently widowed woman is dragged to the Hamptons by her lifelong best friends and sister on what should have been her 30th anniversary, the weekend becomes a reckoning, with grief, with marriage, with the sisterhood that’s carried them throughout the years, and with the…
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DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Drones launched at Saudi, Jordan and Iraq suggest Iran, or linked groups, may be testing US as it mulls new strategy.Published On 27 Jul 202627 Jul 2026Saudi Arabia has reported intercepting drones that targeted oil facilities in its eastern province and Riyadh.Saudi’s Foreign Ministry said it “reserves the right to respond” to the attack, which it attributed to Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq.Separately, Yemen’s Houthi rebels said in a statement on Monday that they had targeted Saudi crude oil transport infrastructure.It remains unclear whether the two incidents were coordinated or separate.The attack comes amid a lull in…
News The European Central Bank’s shortlist for the Euro banknote redesign also includes prints of Ludwig van Beethoven, Miguel de Cervantes, and Marie Curie. Myrsini Vardopoulou’s design proposal featuring Leonardo da Vinci on the 100-euro banknote (all images courtesy the European Central Bank) Leonardo da Vinci could appear on the 100-euro banknote in a few years, and you can help make that happen. On Thursday, July 23, the European Central Bank (ECB) revealed 10 shortlisted design proposals for euro banknotes centered on either the theme of “European culture” or “rivers and birds” — marking the first full redesign of the…