By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — An author is raising alarms this week after she found new books being sold on Amazon under her name — only she didn’t write them; they appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence. Jane Friedman, who has authored multiple books and consulted about working in the
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered an indefinite suspension of 22 major land reclamation projects in Manila Bay to allow a study of their environmental impact and legal compliance. Marcos’s order came after the United States expressed public concern over environmental damage from the projects
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — As drug shortages near record levels in the United States, a new survey shows how widespread — and serious — the effects are. About 99% of health care system pharmacists who were surveyed — the vast majority of whom work in hospitals — say that they are experiencing drug shortages, including
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States, United Kingdom, and Canada have slapped sanctions on Lebanon’s embattled ex-central bank governor and a handful of close relatives and associates over allegations of corruption. U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday that Riad Salameh “abused his position of power … to enrich himself and his
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM and BRITTANY PETERSON and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press LUDLOW, Vermont (AP) — The crack of a summer thunderstorm once comforted people in Ludlow, Vermont. But that was before a storm dropped eight inches of rain on the village of 2,200 in two days last month. And it was before the devastation of
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By Alex Stambaugh and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Australian TV anchor Cheng Lei, who will have spent three years in detention in China as of Sunday, said in a rare message that she misses her family and life in Australia. “I miss the sun. In my cell, the sunlight shines through the window but
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una madre que alega que su bebé fue decapitado durante el parto en un hospital de Georgia el mes pasado presentó una demanda este miércoles contra el hospital y otras personas involucradas en el parto, según documentos legales. La demanda presentada en el condado de Clayton, en Georgia, alega que
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a host of lawmakers, and numerous mourners poured in the statehouse rotunda to mourn the late Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver. The U.S. flag-draped casket lay in state Thursday, just over a week since Oliver died after a hospital stay for an
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The lawyer of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan says he was allowed a brief visit by his wife at the high-security prison in eastern Punjab province where he is being held. It was the first time Bushra Bibi saw her husband since the 70-year-old opposition
Continue ReadingBy COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Police in northern Greece have detained seven Romanian men carrying knives and protective gear, amid concerns that a deadly soccer-related attack this week could attract more groups of violent supporters from around Europe. They were arrested near the Greek border with Bulgaria after
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story GENESEE CO., Michigan (WNEM) — A Clio man has been charged for allegedly killing his girlfriend’s pet duck to intimidate her following an argument. Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson said last weekend, Michael Lee Humphries got into argument with his girlfriend during a concert in
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — One of the world’s biggest law firms says it is separating from the Chinese firm that was part of its global network for eight years, citing changes in cybersecurity and other rules that have rattled foreign companies. The decision by Dentons follows warnings by business groups
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Prosecutors in Sicily are investigating the capsizing of a boat that left 41 migrants missing in the Mediterranean Sea. Four passengers survived after finding an empty smugglers’ boat in the waters. The four young migrants, rescued by a passing merchant ship, have told authorities that waves swamped
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press The federal government is shutting down the harvest of a species of marine invertebrate in a national wildlife refuge during the spawning season to try to give the animal a chance to reproduce. Fishermen harvest horseshoe crabs so the animals can be used as bait and so their blood can
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press DUCHESNE, Utah (AP) — One of the United States’ biggest rail investments in more than a century could be an 88-mile line in Utah that would run through tribal lands and national forest to move oil and gas to the national rail network. State and local officials in Utah think
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — When Mark Stefl and his wife Michele learned their Hawaii home was swallowed by vicious flames, it brought back a horrific feeling they knew too well. Five years ago, the couple’s home turned into ashes when winds from Hurricane Lane helped fuel a fire that encroached onto their property
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — La familia del español Daniel Sancho, quien se encuentra en prisión provisional en Tailandia acusado del asesinato del cirujano colombiano Edwin Arrieta, emitió un comunicado en el que afirma que lamenta “mucho el fallecimiento de Edwin” y pide discreción a los medios de comunicación. El comunicado íntegro, leído por
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CNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The lifestyle Justice Clarence Thomas has enjoyed over the last three decades bankrolled by gifts and hospitality from his wealthy friends is more extensive than previously known, according to a new ProPublica report, and has included numerous flights on private planes, skybox tickets to sporting events, stays at
Continue ReadingBy Caleb Wethington Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — There’s a champion in Mt. Juliet that you may not know about, but his hair is speaking for itself. Wilson County Schools touts that one of its second graders has one of America’s top 25 ranked mullets. “It’s definitely not your
Continue ReadingCHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A recreational vehicle blew a tire on an interstate highway in Pennsylvania, crossed the median and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer, killing four people in the RV and the truck driver, authorities said. The crash occurred around 8:50 p.m. Wednesday on northbound Interstate 81 near Chambersburg, in south-central Pennsylvania, state police
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