By Daniel Dale, CNN A former Democratic congressional candidate went viral on Twitter over the weekend with a false claim that Tennessee has banned Plan B, a pregnancy-preventing emergency contraceptive known as a “morning-after pill.” Pam Keith’s inaccurate tweet came five days after Politico revealed a February draft opinion in which a Supreme Court majority
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN A former Democratic congressional candidate went viral on Twitter over the weekend with a false claim that Tennessee has banned Plan B, a pregnancy-preventing emergency contraceptive known as a “morning-after pill.” Pam Keith’s inaccurate tweet came five days after Politico revealed a February draft opinion in which a Supreme Court majority
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By Kaitlan Collins, CNN US officials found Russian President Vladimir Putin muted and subdued when he delivered his Victory Day address on Monday, further obscuring their attempts to ascertain the Russian leader’s ultimate objectives in Ukraine. Officials inside the Biden administration have been contemplating ways Putin could exit his unprovoked war should he choose to
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By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A hearing will begin Tuesday in federal court in Cleveland that will result in a judge determining how much CVSHealth, Walgreens Co. and Walmart Corp. should pay two northeast Ohio counties to help them abate the continuing opioid crisis. A jury in November concluded that the three
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By Jen Christensen, CNN With waning immunity and a coronavirus that seems to become more infectious with each new variant, the Biden administration predicts that up to 100 million more people could get Covid-19 in the fall and winter. That estimate makes it crucial that as many people as possible get booster shots of Covid-19
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Since Covid-19 vaccines became widely available, there has been a wide gap in deaths between the vaccinated and unvaccinated. But recent Covid deaths are much more evenly split as highly transmissible variants take hold, vaccine protection wanes and booster uptake stagnates. Breakthrough infections have become more common in recent months, putting
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By Hannah Ryan, CNN There’s now a 50:50 chance that the world will surpass a critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming in the next five years, a new World Meteorological Organization report shows, warning of heating that could have devastating impacts on systems like coral reefs as well as Arctic ice. The
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Roma and Feyenoord have each been allocated 4,000 tickets for their fans at the Europa Conference League final in Albania. UEFA says three quarters of the tickets are being given free to reward fans for their loyalty through the pandemic. The stadium capacity is just 20,000 in the National Arena in
Continue ReadingVerónica Ojeda (CNN) — La Casa Blanca condenó este lunes “la violencia, las amenazas o el vandalismo” después de que manifestantes protestaran frente a las casas de los jueces conservadores de la Corte Suprema durante el fin de semana. La secretaria de prensa de la Casa Blanca, Jen Psaki, reiteró el apoyo del gobierno de
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government has fired the director of the country’s top intelligence agency following the hacking of politicians’ cellphones. The National Intelligence Center, or CNI, has been under fire for its role in spying on Catalan separatists. The agency also has faced criticism for taking a full
Continue Reading By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Pfizer is starting to put its COVID-19 cash influx to use by spending $11.6 billion to venture deeper into a new treatment area. The New York vaccine and cancer drug maker said Tuesday it will use cash on hand to buy the remaining portion of migraine treatment developer Biohaven
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged authorities to take stronger action to prevent wildfires and increase coordiation between various official agencies in dealing with them. Speaking in Tuesday’s video call with federal and regional officials, Putin emphasized that wildfires that hit Russia last year were the most massive in years and asked
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By Henry Klapper, CNN Two Russian reporters appeared to post at least 30 articles on Monday that criticized President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. CNN reviewed the articles, which were taken down almost immediately after they were published on a pro-Kremlin news site. Some were pegged to the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s defeat
Continue Reading By Henry Klapper, CNN Two Russian reporters appeared to post at least 30 articles on Monday that criticized President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. CNN reviewed the articles, which were taken down almost immediately after they were published on a pro-Kremlin news site. Some were pegged to the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s defeat
Continue ReadingVerónica Ojeda (CNN) — Empiezas por la ubicación: una ladera verde y exuberante de plantas selváticas que da a las aguas azules del océano PacÃfico. Luego añades los servicios: más de 50 elegantes y modernos bungalows y villas repartidos en 33 verdes hectáreas. Acceso a una playa privada de arena con servicio de bebidas. Pájaros
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By Brad Lendon, CNN A Russian bomber fired three hypersonic missiles at the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Monday night, Ukrainian officials said, as part of a barrage that leveled a number of civilian targets including hotels and a shopping mall. It is not the first time Moscow has deployed its Kinzhal hypersonic
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By Reuters Tennis great Chris Evert has completed her sixth and final chemotherapy session to treat stage 1 ovarian cancer, the former world No. 1 said on Monday. The 18-time grand slam champion revealed she had been diagnosed with the disease in January. “I’m a little out of it (meds) but nonetheless, thankful and relieved
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La búsqueda a nivel nacional de una excarcelera de Alabama y el recluso con el que desapareció terminó este lunes cuando Vicky White murió después de ser hospitalizada por una herida de bala autoinfligida, dijeron las autoridades. Vicky White, de 56 años, y Casey White, de 38, fueron capturados por
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By Sean Lyngaas and Zachary Cohen, CNN The Biden administration is building out a nascent White House office for strengthening federal cybersecurity policy and strategy by hiring a prominent Microsoft executive and a former CIA official, multiple people familiar with the matter told CNN. They are some of the biggest hires yet for the Office
Continue Reading By KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet Traveling with kids is expensive — and hard. You need to budget for extra airfare, a bigger rental car and additional lodging, plus account for naps, snacks, tantrums and blowouts when packing and planning your itinerary. Some money-saving travel tips suggest booking last-minute, piling into cramped accommodations or jumping through
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