CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The widow of a U.S. Marine killed in a bombing in Afghanistan in August has given birth to a baby girl. A Facebook post by the baby’s grandmother says Levi Rylee Rose McCollum was born early Monday at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California. Jiennah Crayton is the widow of
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By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Last December, when advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration met to consider whether the agency should authorize Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, it was generally understood that the answer would be yes. Nine months later, those advisers are meeting to discuss booster shots, and the situation is very
Continue Reading SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A group of 44 evacuees from Afghanistan have arrived in North Macedonia to receive temporary shelter, as part of an international effort to assist people considered to be at risk under Taliban rule. Most of the evacuees worked for the “Turquoise Mountain” charity co-founded by Britain’s Prince Charles to teach
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By The Associated Press The New York Giants visit Washington on Thursday night looking to win a sixth meeting in a row between the NFC East rivals. Quarterback Daniel Jones is 4-0 against Washington and 4-19 against the rest of the NFL. The Giants swept the series in Joe Judge’s first season as coach in
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protests outside a Jewish synagogue in Michigan are protected by the Constitution’s First Amendment. That’s the opinion of a federal appeals court. The court declined to stop the demonstrations or set restrictions outside Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor. The protests have occurred on a weekly
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El rapero puertorriqueño Bad Bunny y el presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, fueron algunos de los latinos seleccionados en la lista anual de los 100 más influyentes de la revista Time de 2021. En el listado de los 100 más influyentes de Time este año también aparecen el
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WICHITA, Kansas (AP) — A 7-year-old Arizona girl was killed in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 50 in in southwest Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says that the child, Isabella Rodriguez-Rivera, was a passenger in a Volkswagen Tiguan that tried to pass a vehicle Tuesday at around 1:50 p.m. near the highway’s intersection with
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — A new poll suggests Swiss voters are on track to vote yes in a “marriage for all” referendum, which supporters see as a key step for equal rights, but opponents fear could erode traditional family values. The latest poll for public broadcaster SSR before the Sept. 26 referendum released Wednesday found that
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By Hannah Ryan, CNN This year has seen Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex take part in a groundbreaking interview with Oprah Winfrey and welcome their second child into the world, all while scandals have swirled around the royal family they left behind. Now, they can add another major moment to their 2021 diary
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit contends the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners was created and maintained for the discriminatory purpose of denying Black residents their right to control the police department. The lawsuit filed Tuesday by Gwen Grant, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, also alleges that
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cool with lows in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the mid-upper 80s. EXTENDED: We’re about 5-10 degrees cooler behind the cold front that moved through the area overnight, leaving us with temperatures in the upper 50s for many areas overnight. As
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Partido Maorí de Nueva Zelandia comenzó una petición para cambiar el nombre oficial del país a Aotearoa, su nombre en la lengua maorí te reo. La campaña también pide a la Cámara de Representantes que restablezca los nombres maoríes de todos los pueblos, ciudades y topónimos, según un comunicado en
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By Kerry Flynn, CNN Business A contentious union election that determines the fate of future newsroom organizing came to an end Tuesday night. The results of the election for the Writers Guild of America, East council favored candidates who endorsed future organizing of and support for the digital media industry, prompting digital media workers to
Continue Reading By MEG KINNARD Associated Press South Carolina officials who have been sued over a law banning school districts from issuing face mask mandates say that they should be removed from pending litigation. That’s the argument made in recent court filings from Gov. Henry McMaster, Attorney General Alan Wilson and others being sued by the American
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Southern California finally made the coaching change that seemed to be on the verge of happening for three years. Clay Helton is out and USC will begin searching for a replacement with 12 weeks left in the college football season. On the latest AP Top 25 College
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Legia Warsaw has scored in stoppage time to beat Spartak Moscow 1-0 in the opening game of this season’s Europa League group stage. Spartak created far more chances than the Polish visitors but couldn’t solve Legia’s 41-year-old goalkeeper Artur Boruc. Legia took full advantage to snatch three points with a 91st-minute goal
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El papa Francisco evitó tomar partido en el debate sobre si los políticos católicos que apoyan el aborto deben recibir la comunión, al decir que es una decisión que debe abordarse de manera pastoral y no política, durante ante la prensa en el vuelo que regresaba de Eslovaquia a Roma este
Continue Reading SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president has called a third parliamentary election this year that will be held on Nov. 14 after two previous votes failed to produce a government. Authorities said Wednesday that parliament will be dissolved and a new caretaker government will be appointed in the European Union nation of 7 million. Bulgaria
Continue Reading By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s attorney general says a civil rights investigation begun amid outrage over the death of Elijah McClain has found that the Aurora Police Department has pattern of racially biased policing. Attorney General Phil Weiser’s office made the announcement on Wednesday morning. The investigation was announced
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Scott Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) — The learning garden at Abbotts Creek Elementary School is the first of its kind in the county giving students the opportunity to really understand how foods get from the roots to the table. Tuesday, a group of 3rd-graders were the
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