this week. The militant group called it a goodwill gesture aimed at reviving mediated efforts to end the 19-month war.
Apache Stronghold sued in federal court to block it. With the change in administrations to President Joe Biden, the Agriculture Department, which includes the Forest Service,to further consult with Native American tribes.
But the suit proceeded and a year ago, the federal appeals court in San Francisco split 6-5 to allow the land transfer to go forward, rejecting Apache Stronghold’s arguments about religious freedom and its invocation of a 1852 treaty between the U.S. government and the Apaches.The five dissenting appeals court judges described the outcome as a tragic error that would result in “the utter destruction” of the sacred site.The Forest Service already has provided the 60 days notice that it intends to re-issue the environmental review, as required by a court order. A judge
in May to pause the transfer, but only until the Supreme Court weighed in.Associated Press writer Lindsay Whitehurst contributed.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that it sold advanced artificial intelligence and cloud computing services to the Israeli military during the war in Gaza and aided in efforts to locate and rescue Israeli hostages. But the company also said it has found no evidence to date that its Azure platform and AI technologies were used to target or harm people in Gaza.
on Microsoft’s corporate website appears to be the company’s first public acknowledgement of its deep involvement in the war, which started after Hamas killed about 1,200 people in Israel and has led to the deaths of tens of thousands in Gaza.She wipes a tear as she watches a video she recorded of the destruction near San Pedro Sula. In the video, she scans each room of her once spotless home, painted a bright lime color, and now splattered in dirt. Then she stares into the camera and says: “All I have is mud and more mud and more mud.”
In this November 2020 image provided by Ana Morazan, mud from hurricanes Eta and Iota cover her home near San Pedro Sula, Honduras. (Ana Morazan via AP)In this November 2020 image provided by Ana Morazan, mud from hurricanes Eta and Iota cover her home near San Pedro Sula, Honduras. (Ana Morazan via AP)
The couple said since leaving, they have been attacked, kidnapped, and robbed, keeping them on the move. Now she and Juarez are among tens of thousands of Central Americans in Mexican border cities seeking to request asylum in the U.S., but they are blocked by a pandemic-related health order that was invoked by the Trump administration and has continued under President Joe Biden.While fear of violence keeps them from trying to return to Honduras, even if they did go back, they would have no place to live. If Eta and Iota had not hit, it would not have started a chain reaction of other things that forced them to flee.