HUMBOLDT, Tenn. (AP) — Two people were shot, one fatally, following a pair of basketball games Tuesday night at a Tennessee high school. Humboldt Police Chief Reynard Buchanan Sr. told the Jackson Sun, “We know of one who was deceased, and another was flown to The Med in Memphis and was in surgery last I
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN One of the top trends this year is towards self-care, loosely defined as focusing on your own health and wellness in a calming, holistic and preventive way. But just what does that mean? If you look at self-care products to buy this holiday season, you’ll find an emphasis on warm baths
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration in its new HIV/AIDS strategy is calling racism “a public health threat” that must be fully recognized as the world looks to end the epidemic. The strategy released Wednesday on the annual commemoration of World AIDS Day is meant to serve as a framework for how
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By CNN Sport staff LeBron James was sidelined by the NBA’s Covid-19 health and safety protocols and, as a result, missed Tuesday’s game against the Sacramento Kings, a team spokesperson confirmed to CNN. It is unclear if James had tested positive for Covid-19 or whether he had come into close contact with someone who had.
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By Allie Malloy, Paul LeBlanc, Donald Judd and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden marked World AIDS Day on Wednesday by unveiling a new national HIV/AIDS strategy with the goal of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030. During a speech at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, the President said the new strategy “centers around
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to uphold a Mississippi law that bars abortion after 15 weeks, but it is less clear if there is a clear majority to end the right to abortion nationwide, although conservative justices expressed skepticism about the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has arrived in South Korea for annual security talks expected to bolster the countries’ decades-long military alliance in the face of North Korean nuclear threats and mounting challenges from China. Austin tweeted after landing that “The U.S.-South Korea alliance “is
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TODAY: We’ll see clearing skies into the morning. Partly cloudy skies return this afternoon. Temperatures will climb back into the 60s today. TONIGHT: Skies remain mostly clear, temperatures drop into the mid-40s. EXTENDED: It’s a warm start to meteorological winter with temperatures climbing near 70 on Thursday! A front to our north will stall out on Friday and
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Judge Kim Shaw denied bond for Todd Nesbitt Jr. during a morning hearing. He had previously been jailed on a $5,000 cash-only bond. He remained in the Boone County Jail on Wednesday.
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Un agente de policía de Tucson fue despedido el martes después de aparecer en un video en el que se le ve disparando fatalmente a un hombre en una silla de ruedas motorizada, dijeron las autoridades. El video, publicado por el Departamento de Policía de Tucson, muestra partes de la confrontación fatal
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A Cole County judge ruled last week that non-elected officials, including public health directors, are violating the constitution when they issue health orders like those meant to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. migration agency says the coronavirus pandemic has “radically altered” mobility around the world, projecting in a new report that the growth in the number of international migrants is likely to remain weaker as long as travel and other restrictions remain. The International Organization for Migration
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. migration agency says the coronavirus pandemic has “radically altered” mobility around the world, projecting in a new report that the growth in the number of international migrants is likely to remain weaker as long as travel and other restrictions remain. The International Organization for Migration
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has asked international airlines to stop taking new reservations for all flights arriving in the country until the end of December in a further tightening of already strict border controls. The transportation ministry says the request is an emergency precaution. The move by
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By Amir Vera, Taylor Romine, Kelly McCleary and Mallika Kallingal, CNN School bells were replaced by police sirens Tuesday after a shooting at Michigan’s Oxford High School left four students dead. Six other students and a teacher were wounded by gunfire. A 15-year-old suspect is in custody and has been charged as an adult, authorities
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are mostly higher amid nervous trading due to worries over the newest coronavirus variant. Shares rose in Paris, Frankfurt and London after most markets in Asia also finished higher. The detection of the omicron variant in Japan and other countries is raising fears that
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are mostly higher amid nervous trading due to worries over the newest coronavirus variant. Shares rose in Paris, Frankfurt and London after most markets in Asia also finished higher. The detection of the omicron variant in Japan and other countries is raising fears that
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Police say four people are dead, including a police officer and the shooter, after officers responded to a domestic disturbance call Tuesday in Clayton County, south of Atlanta. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says Clayton County police Officer Henry Laxson was killed when a man started shooting at officers when they arrived.
Continue Reading By RAF CASESRT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A European Union official says the bloc has decided against holding a special remote summit of EU leaders on the omicron coronavirus variant for the time being. The official said Wednesday that the EU’s 27 health ministers will first assess the situation next Tuesday before it will
Continue Reading By RAF CASESRT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A European Union official says the bloc has decided against holding a special remote summit of EU leaders on the omicron coronavirus variant for the time being. The official said Wednesday that the EU’s 27 health ministers will first assess the situation next Tuesday before it will
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