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“Frutas, semillas y agua” fueron fundamentales para mantener con vida a cuatro niños en la selva amazónica

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:06:41 GMT

(CNN) — Cuando la semana pasada encontraron a cuatro niños indígenas después de 40 días en la selva amazónica de Colombia, sus rescatistas se dieron cuenta de que la mayor, Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy, de 13 años, tenía algo escondido entre los dientes.“Descubrimos que tenía un par de semillas masticadas lentamente entre las mejillas y la mandíbula”, explicó Eliecer Muñoz, uno de los cuatro guardias indígenas que establecieron el primer contacto con los niños.Muñoz dijo a CNN que las semillas eran de una palmera nativa del Amazonas llamada Oenocarpus Bataua, coloquialmente conocida como “milpesos” en Colombia.Sus frutos son ricos en grasa y las tribus amazónicas los utilizan para hacer un aceite vegetal, pero las semillas de Leslie aún no estaban maduras cuando la encontraron, dijo Muñoz.Eliecer Muñoz (al centro), uno de los guardias indígenas que encontraron a los cuatro niños, habla durante una conferencia de prensa en Bogotá, el 15 de junio de 2023. (...

Tiroteo en California deja una persona muerta durante celebración de Juneteenth

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:06:41 GMT

SAN DIEGO, California – Una persona murió y otra resultó herida después de que estalló un tiroteo en un parque de Liberty Station durante una celebración de Juneteenth el sábado por la noche, según la policía de San Diego.Ocurrió en el parque NTC.La policía dijo que el tiroteo fue reportado alrededor de las 6:45 p.m., y surgió de una disputa entre dos personas. La víctima fue pronunciada muerta en el lugar de los hechos. Al menos otra persona resultó herida y fue transportada a un hospital. La condición de salud no se conoce al momento, y la policía no ha proporcionado ninguna información sobre el sospechoso. Hay una investigación en curso. Al menos una persona muerta y 19 heridos deja tiroteo en un estacionamiento en Chicago Tiroteo en Chicago deja una persona muerta y 20 heridos Source

Brittney Griner misses second straight game with hip injury

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:06:41 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Brittney Griner sat on the bench in warmups for the second straight game, sidelined by a hip injury she suffered earlier this week.The All-Star center worked out about an hour before the game against New York on the court and looked good doing an array of post moves and jumpers. She told The Associated Press when she walked in the arena that she hoped to play. Instead she sat on the bench cheering on her teammates, being ruled out about 20 minutes before the game after being listed as questionable on the injury report. It was Griner’s first game in New York since being detained in Russia for nearly 10 months last year.Before the game Griner signed autographs and posed for photos with fans, one of whom had a sign that read “NY (hearts) BG”. She also caught up with USA Basketball teammate Breanna Stewart and other Liberty players pregame. Stewart wore a Griner jersey walking into the arena and the two exchanged a hug and chatted for a while during warmups. Liberty coac...

US has 2 men’s tennis players in top 10 after Tiafoe beats Struff for 1st grass title

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:06:41 GMT

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — There will be two American men’s tennis players ranked in the top 10 for the first time in more than a decade after Frances Tiafoe beat Jan-Lennard Struff on Sunday to win the Stuttgart Open for his first grass-court title.Tiafoe won 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (8) after saving a match point in the deciding tiebreaker and will move up to a career-high ranking of 10th on Monday, up from 12th.Along with Taylor Fritz in eighth, the U.S. has two men in the top 10 for the first time since Mardy Fish and John Isner were ninth and 10th in May 2012, the ATP tour said.Tiafoe failed to convert his first match point at 6-5 in the decisive tiebreaker when he hit into the net after the longest rally of the match. Struff then had a match point of his own at 7-6, which Tiafoe saved with a backhand. A miscued return cost Tiafoe his second match point before a hectic finish on his third when he hit a smash only for Struff to somehow return it, before Tiafoe finished off the win...

5 places to watch the sunset in San Diego

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:06:41 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego's coastline is a spectacle to be enjoyed, especially as the sun descends into the Pacific horizon.Sunset seekers, sky gazers and dusk dwellers can agree that Southern California makes for great days end viewing. From beaches, piers, mountaintops and skyscrapers, here are five places to watch the sunset in San Diego. Monsoon Season begins in San Diego this June Mount SoledadThis spot offers incredible 360 degree panoramic views of San Diego and the West Coast. Located on an 822-foot hilltop southeast of La Jolla Shores, this well known landmark and national veterans memorial site has a 29-foot tall cross that sits on top of a 14-foot tall stepped platform. Whether you take a seat on its steps or lay a blanket in the grassy area in front of the memorial, this sunset view is one to be remembered.Sunset at Mount Soledad in San Diego's La Jolla area. (Adobe Stock Photo)Silver Strand State BeachThis beach offers sandy views of both the Pacific Ocean and San D...

Search continues for missing hiker at Three Sisters Falls

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:06:41 GMT

JULIAN, Calif. -- Authorities are searching for a missing hiker at Three Sisters Falls in Julian.According to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, deputies with the Julian Sheriff's Substation received a call for help just before 5 p.m. Friday.Authorities say two people were swimming at the middle level of the falls when one went underwater and did not resurface. How ‘burn scars’ could create disaster during monsoon season in Southern California Deputies, CAL FIRE San Diego crews and volunteers with Sheriff's Search and Rescue (SAR) responded to the area to look for the missing 27-year-old man. A San Diego Sheriff Special Enforcement Detail (ASTREA) helicopter also helped with the search, SDSO confirmed.A search operation was conducted around the waterfalls until sunset. According to authorities, the darkness and amount of water flowing into the waterfalls made it too dangerous to continue with the search.The dam that feeds water to Three Sisters Falls, which is controlled b...

Shooting in St. Louis kills 1, injures 9 young people

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:06:41 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — An overnight shooting in a downtown St. Louis office building killed a 17-year-old and wounded nine other teenagers, the city’s police commissioner said Sunday. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Commissioner Robert Tracy identified the victim who was killed as a 17-year-old.Tracy said victims ranging in age from 15 to 19 suffered gunshot wounds. Some were shot just once or grazed; others were hit multiple times. A 17-year-old girl was trampled as she fled, seriously injuring her spine, Tracy said.Police believe teenagers were having a party in an office space on 14th Street and Washington Avenue when the shooting broke out around 1 a.m. Sunday. Shell casings from AR-15-style rifles and other firearms were scattered on the ground.The Associated Press

Netflix hypes ‘The Last Airbender,’ ‘One Piece’ at starry fan event

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:06:41 GMT

Netflix gave audiences first looks at some planned and upcoming projects including “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” “One Piece” and the third season of “Bridgerton” at a fan event on Saturday.The event, called “Tudum,” was live-streamed from São Paulo, Brazil with the participation of talent like Kevin Hart, Chris Hemsworth, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Boyega and Gal Gadot.The streamer announced the addition of Linda Hamilton to the “Stranger Things” season 5 cast, a third “Extraction” movie and more of the cast for “Squid Game” season two, including Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Sung-hoon and Yang Dong-guen. They will join returning cast Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-Hun, Wi Ha-jun and Gong Yoo.Lily Collins also teased some details about the fourth season of “Emily in Paris,” which she said will bring her ex-pat to Rome. The live-action “Avatar: The Last Airbender” is one of the most eagerly anticipated series in the bunch. It stars Gordon Cormier as Aang, Kiawentiio as Katara, Ian Ousley ...

Ugandan border town buries victims of rebel massacre that left 42 dead, mostly students

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:06:41 GMT

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A bereaved Ugandan border town on Sunday began burying the victims of a brutal attack on a school by suspected extremist rebels that left 42 people dead, most of them students, as security forces stepped up patrols along the frontier with volatile eastern Congo.One of eight people wounded in Friday night’s attack, in which 38 students were killed, died overnight, said Selevest Mapoze, mayor of the town of Mpondwe-Lhubiriha.“Most of the relatives have come to take their bodies” from the morgue, he said. In addition to the 38 students, the victims include a school guard and three civilians. At least two of them, members of the same family, were buried Sunday. Some students were burned beyond recognition; others were shot or hacked to death after militants armed with guns and machetes attacked Lhubiriha Secondary School, co-ed and privately owned, which is located about 2 kilometers (just over a mile) from the Congo border. Ugandan authorities believe at le...

Man critically injured in Scarborough fire

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:06:41 GMT

One person has suffered critical injuries in a two-alarm townhouse fire in the West Hill neighbourhood of Scarborough.Fire crews were called to the complex on Ling Road in the area of Lawrence Avenue East and Morningside Avenue just after 1:30 p.m. Sunday. When they arrived they were met with smoke coming out of the entrance to the building. Firefighters rescued one man from the building who was absent vital signs at the time. Paramedics tell CityNews the man was transported to a trauma centre in life-threatening condition. Police later upgraded the man’s condition to serious and non-life threatening. Fire officials say no other injuries have been reported.