By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says U.S. military airstrikes in eastern Syria were a message to Iran and Tehran-backed militias who targeted American troops earlier this month and several other times over the past year. Defense undersecretary Colin Kahl tells reporters the strikes overnight on facilities used by militias
Continue Reading By KATIE TAM Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A tropical storm was forecast to make landfall in southern China later Thursday after bringing rain and stiff winds to Hong Kong overnight as it passed to the south of the Asian financial center. China’s National Meteorological Center said Tropical Storm Ma-on was heading northwest at
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe and Nouran Salahieh, CNN New York’s highest court has agreed to hear disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s appeal challenging his 2020 conviction on sex crime charges, according to a copy of the court filing provided by Weinstein’s team. Appeals Chief Judge Janet DiFiore’s ruling will allow Weinstein’s lawyers to argue their case
Continue Reading ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has indicated that the case of a transgender inmate suing North Carolina for gender affirming medical care may be likely to proceed. Kanautica Zayre-Brown sued North Carolina’s Department of Public Safety in April, claiming the prison system has failed to regularly dispense Zayre-Brown’s prescribed hormones and has denied
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN)– El compuesto psicodélico psilocibina, comúnmente conocido como “hongos” o setas mágicas, puede ayudar a las personas que luchan contra la dependencia del alcohol a controlar mejor su consumo, según un nuevo estudio. En lo que los investigadores denominan el primer ensayo aleatorio publicado para examinar los efectos de la psilocibina en cualquier
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores and Rosalina Nieves, CNN On the banks of the Rio Grande, Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber pointed at the spot where just a day earlier a 3-year-old boy had drowned. “Medical attention (was) provided,” Schmerber said. “He died anyway.” The boy’s white t-shirt had a murky tinge in a post-mortem photo. Schmerber
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores and Rosalina Nieves, CNN On the banks of the Rio Grande, Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber pointed at the spot where just a day earlier a 3-year-old boy had drowned. “Medical attention (was) provided,” Schmerber said. “He died anyway.” The boy’s white t-shirt had a murky tinge in a post-mortem photo. Schmerber
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By Amy Cassidy, CNN A 17-year-old has become the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small aircraft on Wednesday after first taking off on March 23, according to Guinness World Records (GWR). British-Belgian national Mack Rutherford touched down earlier in the day in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, where his journey
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By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s widow was awarded $16 million as part of a $31 million jury verdict Wednesday against Los Angeles County for deputies and firefighters sharing grisly photos of the NBA star, his 13-year-old daughter and other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash. The nine jurors
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Twenty20 World Cup organizers have had to release standing-room-only tickets for the India-Pakistan group-stage encounter after all seats at the Melbourne Cricket Ground were sold out within five minutes. Organizers say an additional 4,000 tickets will be sold for the Oct. 23 blockbuster for areas where standing is the only option
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it found four new fever cases in its border region with China that may have been caused by coronavirus infections, two weeks after leader Kim Jong Un declared a widely disputed victory over COVID-19. North Korean state media said Thursday that health
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By Tami Luhby, CNN President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief plan is expected to help mainly working and middle class borrowers, an updated report from an influential research group found. That’s a shift from its earlier projection that more higher-income borrowers would benefit from basic loan forgiveness. About 75% of the benefit will go
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly, Katie Lobosco and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced historic new steps to address student loan debt, which includes forgiving up to $20,000 for millions of borrowers and extending the payment freeze one final time until the end of the year. “Education is a ticket to a better life.
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Sylvester Stallone asegura él y su esposa Jennifer Flavin se divorciarán “amistosamente y en privado”. “Amo a mi familia. Abordamos estos problemas personales de manera amistosa y privada”, dijo Stallone en un comunicado a CNN. Flavin presentó su petición en el condado de Palm Beach, Florida, el viernes, “para
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Cal Quantrill shut down his former team through seven brilliant innings, All-Star José Ramírez homered in consecutive at-bats and the Cleveland Guardians beat the San Diego Padres 7-0. Rookie Oscar Gonzalez also homered for the AL Central-leading Guardians. Cleveland swept the two-game set and won
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A federal judge in Idaho has barred the state from enforcing a strict abortion ban in medical emergencies over concerns that it violates a federal law on emergency care. The ruling Wednesday evening came after a federal judge this week in Texas made the opposite call, barring the federal government
Continue Reading By Amy Cassidy, CNN A 17-year-old has become the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small aircraft on Wednesday after first taking off on March 23, according to Guinness World Records (GWR). British-Belgian national Mack Rutherford touched down earlier in the day in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, where his journey
Continue Reading By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde school district fired police chief Pete Arredondo on Wednesday under mounting pressure in the grieving Texas town to punish officers over letting a gunman at Robb Elementary School remain in a fourth-grade classroom for more than an hour with an AR-15 style rifle as
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN A US district court on Wednesday evening granted a Biden administration request, temporarily blocking Idaho’s ban on abortion in situations where the ban conflicts with federal standards for emergency care. “This Court is not grappling with” the larger questions about a right to an abortion, US District Judge B. Lynn Winmill
Continue ReadingBy Carter Williams Click here for updates on this story PROVO (KSL) — Kevin Shurtleff’s first experience with Utah Lake came as a teenager, when he went to water ski on the lake in the 1970s. He points out there were harmful algal blooms back then much like there are now, though, perhaps not as
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