Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Dos personas con leucemia lograron la remisión durante más de una década tras recibir una infusión de células CAR-T, células inmunitarias modificadas en laboratorio, según un nuevo estudio. Los resultados sugieren que este enfoque podría ser una terapia a largo plazo para la leucemia, y algunos investigadores lo describen como una
Continue ReadingBy ROB POLANSKY, SHARON JOHNSON Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — An altercation between a teacher and a student at a magnet school in New Haven led to the teacher being charged. Police said they charged 49-year-old Jennifer Wells-Jackson with risk of injury to a minor and second-degree breach
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Christian Pulisic was benched as U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter changed seven starters for a World Cup qualifier against Honduras in chilly St. Paul, where the temperature at kickoff was 3 degrees (minus-16 Celsius) with a minus-14 windchill. Right back Reggie Cannon, central defender Walker Zimmmerman, midfielders Kellyn Acosta, Jordan Morris,
Continue ReadingBy JIANI NAVARRO Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Another truck got stuck in the Bankhead Tunnel Wednesday morning, making it the second time in three days. The semi-truck was stuck for a few hours in the tunnel’s eastbound lane, a wreaker having to lift heavy metal poles from the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Salud de Uruguay formó un equipo técnico para “dar respuesta inmediata” a los padres de 158 niños que recibieron parte de una dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19 de Sinovac en vez de Pfizer. Este miércoles, en declaraciones a medios locales, Gabriel Peluffo, pediatra encargado de
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Officials are attempting to locate a missing Buncombe County teenager. The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office says 16-year-old Frances Buckner was last seen at her Swannanoa residence around 3 p.m. on Feb. 1. She was driving a black 2005 Mercury
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he will create a state-owned company to mine lithium and appears to suggest he will seek to cancel one of the few existing permits held by a Chinese company. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had said in October he wants to declare lithium a “strategic mineral,” but it
Continue ReadingBy MARY ALICE ROYSE Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Nashville Police charged rapper Young Buck with vandalism, according to an affidavit. According to the arrest affidavit, officers responded to a domestic disturbance involving 40-year-old David Darnel Brown on Rockland Trail. Authorities said that Brown’s ex-girlfriend reported that early
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By Lauren Fox and Manu Raju, CNN Sen. Kevin Cramer had just arrived at the US Capitol on Monday night when he found Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on the floor of the Senate. His message to the GOP leader: Avoid a messy confirmation fight for President Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court pick. McConnell agreed.
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Los enfrentamientos registrados este miércoles en un pabellón de la Penitenciaría Litoral, una de las cárceles más grandes de Ecuador en la ciudad costera de Guayaquil, se encuentran bajo control, según informó el Servicio Nacional de Atención Integral a Personas Adultas Privadas de la Libertad y a Adolescentes Infractores del
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The biggest challenge at the Super Bowl might not be on the field. Los Angeles-area officials are urging fans to follow strict mask rules throughout the outdoor game on Feb. 13, and to keep them in place except for eating or drinking. They acknowledged it
Continue ReadingBy IYANI HUGHES Click here for updates on this story DECATUR, Georgia (WGCL) — DeKalb County School District police responded to a large fight at Towers High School in Decatur Wednesday afternoon. Authorities said measures were taken by the school resource officer to control the situation, including discharging pepper spray. EMS treated those who were
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government will end its quarantine requirements for incoming travelers and reopen its borders. The change is welcomed by thousands of citizens abroad who have endured long waits to return home. Since the start of the pandemic, New Zealand has enacted some of the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — La Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua canceló este miércoles la personalidad jurídica de 14 organizaciones civiles sin fines de lucro, incluidas cinco universidades privadas independientes. Entre las universidades afectadas por la medida se encuentran la Politécnica de Nicaragua (Upoli), perteneciente a la Convención Bautista y considerada bastión de las protestas antigubernamentales
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Most of NBC’s announcers for the Winter Olympics in Beijing are going to be stationed stateside. NBC isn’t alone in keeping its announcers home. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has almost all its analysts and announcers working out of studios in Toronto and Montreal. The British Broadcasting Corporation is keeping
Continue Reading SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady’s family has pleaded guilty to fraud. Scott Spina Jr. entered the plea Tuesday in Santa Ana federal court. Prosecutors say
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee State’s president says Jackson State’s decision to withdraw from the Southern Heritage Classic “insensitive and irresponsible.” President Glenda Glover issued a statement Wednesday saying Tennessee State learned of Jackson State’s decision through a national scheduler. Glover says it’s even more disappointing that there was no discussion or courtesy call with
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By Nick Valencia, Maria Cartaya and Christina Maxouris, CNN Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday called the actions of state troopers involved in Ronald Greene’s death “criminal” and rejected a recent report alleging that he purposefully did not speak out against false narratives by state police about the death. Greene, a 49-year-old Black man,
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By Mostafa Salem and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN Three hostile drones were intercepted over the United Arab Emirates at dawn on Wednesday, the country’s defense ministry said. The drones managed to penetrate Emirati airspace but were destroyed away from populated areas, the ministry said on Twitter. It’s unclear to whom the drones belonged. Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi
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By Ryan Young and Devon M. Sayers, CNN In a growing number of American cities, if you call the police, there are fewer officers taking the call. Police departments across the nation are raising concerns about current and future staffing levels. CNN reached out to nearly 20 departments nationwide, along with other key stakeholders including
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