CNN By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A new study suggests people taking popular injected medications for weight loss, including Wegovy, Ozempic, Saxenda and Victoza, may be at higher risk for serious digestive problems such as stomach paralysis, pancreatitis, and bowel obstructions, compared with those taking other types of weight loss medications. The study found
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD RAMOS, BRADY HALBLEIB Click here for updates on this story GRANITE BAY, California (KOVR) — The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said one of its helicopters lost its door over a Granite Bay neighborhood as it was returning from a rescue drill Tuesday afternoon at Folsom Lake. The sliding door started to detach mid-flight
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By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The largest health care strike in US history is now in its second day after more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers began walking off the job on Wednesday. The striking employees, who work across California, Colorado, Washington and Oregon, are represented by a coalition of unions that comprise 40%
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia has successfully tested an experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, while also warning that the country’s parliament could revoke its ratification of a treaty banning nuclear tests. In a speech at a forum of foreign policy experts, Putin announced that Russia has effectively completed the development of the
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy has shown remarkable resilience but still bears deep scars from the coronavirus pandemic, the war in Ukraine and rising interest rates. That’s according to the head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva. She spoke Thursday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, ahead of next
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Hurricane Sandy, which was also called “Superstorm Sandy.” According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Hurricane Sandy affected 24 states and all of the eastern seaboard. Causing an estimated $85.9 billion in damages, it was the fifth-costliest US storm behind Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Hurricane
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is defending his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall. The Democratic president says he had no choice but to use the Trump-era funding for the barrier to stop
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CNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Alisha Reed took it as a sign that times were tough in New Orleans a couple of weekends ago when her local Costco store hired a brass band and the Zulu marching crew to distract crowds of customers standing in long lines. Bottled water was the hot seller.
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By Gregory Krieg, Mark Morales and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The former campaign treasurer for New York Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States by committing one or more federal offenses. Nancy Marks, a veteran GOP operative, oversaw the campaign’s finances for the Long Island
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Joel Embiid will wear red, white and blue in Paris next summer — not rouge, blanc and bleu. The NBA’s reigning MVP and scoring champion has told USA Basketball that, after more than a year of deliberating, he has picked the Americans over France as his team for the
Continue ReadingBy Josh Furlong Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSL) — Five brand new Ram 1500 Big Horn trucks lined the south end zone of Rice-Eccles Stadium on Wednesday afternoon as the University of Utah’s officially endorsed collective, the Crimson Collective, had an announcement for the football team. Former Utah
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Attorneys for Texas are asking federal appeals court judges to let the state keep in place a floating barrier to block migrants from crossing the Rio Grande. Three judges with the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments Thursday morning. Texas Gov. Greg
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — A British man who broke into Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow and planned to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II has been handed a nine-year jail sentence. Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, was arrested on Christmas Day 2021 within the grounds of the royal residence, where the late monarch was
Continue ReadingKTRK, ANONYMOUSLY SHARED BY TEACHER, HISD, CNN By Lileana Pearson Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A school handout meant to be distributed to eighth-grade students as a reading assignment has Houston ISD teachers sounding an alarm. ABC13 is told this isn’t the only mistake to make it to the
Continue ReadingBy Lileana Pearson Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A school handout meant to be distributed to eighth-grade students as a reading assignment has Houston ISD teachers sounding an alarm. ABC13 is told this isn’t the only mistake to make it to the classroom, but it is one of the
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some background information about the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen on October 12, 2000. Facts In October 2000, the USS Cole was attacked by suicide bombers, while in port in Aden, Yemen, for refueling. The attack was attributed to al Qaeda and foreshadowed the attack on
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — The Girl Scouts are discontinuing a popular cookie just a year after its debut sparked a frenzy. Raspberry Rally won’t be sold this upcoming cookie-sales season, which runs January to April 2024, Girl Scouts of the USA has announced. The Rallies was introduced last year as
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who wants to run for Congress next year is suing the state over one of its requirements. He takes issue with candidates having to sign a nominating petition including the affirmation “so help me God.” James Tosone is seeking office as a Libertarian. Tosone identifies as
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP, LOLITA C.BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Thursday the U.S. military shot down an armed Turkish drone that came within 500 meters (yards) of American troops in northeastern Syria, in a rare use of force by one NATO member against another. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — X, formerly known as Twitter, has stopped showing headlines on articles shared on the platform. Now, X only displays an article’s lead image and a link to the story. Plans for the change were first reported by Fortune in August, when owner Elon Musk confirmed in a post that he thought
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