Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Comer menos carne y lácteos es una de las formas en que podemos tener un impacto positivo en el futuro del planeta, como han demostrado múltiples estudios sobre el cambio climático. Pero, como puede decir cualquiera que tenga una suscripción al gimnasio sin usar, lograr mantener un nuevo hábito no es
Continue ReadingBy Dorcas Marfo CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — A recent study has found 1 in 20 people in the U.S. who contracted COVID-19 used non-evidence based treatment, such as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, due to beliefs in vaccine-related misinformation. The findings were shared in a study published
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — A group of orcas that inhabit Canadian waters are known to harass and kill porpoises without eating them. Known as the southern resident killer whales, the predominately salmon-eating community spends much of its time off the coast of
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Tras días de estancamiento, el Congreso de Estados Unidos aprobó este sábado un proyecto de ley provisional para mantener abierto el Gobierno hasta mediados de noviembre, con lo cual evitó por poco un cierre que podría haber tenido efectos devastadores. El presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Kevin McCarthy, obtuvo un
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — The US government has barely avoided a shutdown. With just hours to spare, the House, defying its most conservative Republican members, passed a short-term funding measure with the support of a majority of Democrats and Republicans. The Senate quickly moved to pass it, and President Joe Biden signed
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of the European Parliament says she has conveyed the legislative body’s support for the appointment of a U.N. envoy to evaluate the chances of resuming stalemated talks to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus. Roberta Metsola said she personally communicated the position of the European Union’s legislature to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio
Continue ReadingBy MOHAMED SHARUHAN Associated Press MALE, Maldives (AP) — Jailed former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has been transferred from prison to house arrest, fulfilling the campaign promise of his party candidate who won the presidential election runoff. Yameen is serving a prison term for bribery and money laundering during his presidency from 2013 to 2018.
Continue ReadingOpinion by Michelle Stern (CNN) — Commander Biden, the first family’s 2-year-old German Shepherd, committed his 11th known biting offense this past week. Coming on the heels of the relocation of Major, another Biden pet, for similar sins, this pattern of behavior begs the question: WTH? Why are these dogs struggling in the White House? On the surface, there
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By Eva Rothenberg, CNN (CNN) — A coalition of eight unions representing 75,000 employees of Kaiser Permanente said late Saturday that is has not reached an agreement with the company, setting the stage for the largest healthcare strike in US history on Wednesday. The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, which has workers at hundreds of
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — In a historic first, Harvard University inaugurated new president Claudine Gay on Friday, the first Black person and second woman to lead the university. “I stand before you on this stage with the weight and the honor of being a first,” Gay told an audience huddled under umbrellas and
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CNN By Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn’t know whether the House could avoid a government shutdown when he met with his divided Republican conference on Saturday morning. But behind closed doors, McCarthy’s unexpected decision to take on his conservative critics quickly came
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CNN By David Culver, CNN Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico (CNN) — The smell of burning wood and plastic hits us as we step out of the van. Smoke from campfires meets the cloud of dirt kicked up by our tires, stinging our eyes and leaving a scratch in our throats. In the near distance, you can
Continue Reading By David Culver, CNN Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico (CNN) — The smell of burning wood and plastic hits us as we step out of the van. Smoke from campfires meets the cloud of dirt kicked up by our tires, stinging our eyes and leaving a scratch in our throats. In the near distance, you can hear
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a move a lawyer representing dozens of child sexual abuse survivors says is an attempt “to evade accountability.” The filing comes as a new law is set to take effect in Maryland October 1,
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Generation X, the roughly 65 million people born between 1965 and 1980, witnessed many innovations: MTV, web browsing, digital music downloads and smartphones, to name just a few. They were also the first generation to enter the workforce after the shift from employer-run pension plans
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Generation X, the roughly 65 million people born between 1965 and 1980, witnessed many innovations: MTV, web browsing, digital music downloads and smartphones, to name just a few. They were also the first generation to enter the workforce after the shift from employer-run pension plans to
Continue Reading By Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to attempt to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the role this week after the House leader worked with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown on Saturday. Speaking with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union,” the Florida Republican said he intends to file
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump has Pennsylvania’s voting rules in his sights, and it’s a familiar target. Trump has never stopped attacking mail-in ballot changes made through the courts during the pandemic and he falsely claimed it was one reason for his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden in
Continue ReadingOpinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — The title on the cover of Cass R. Sunstein’s 2021 book, “This is not normal,” is printed upside down. If it were a US flag, the inverted positioning would signal “distress or great danger.” The legal scholar and behavioral economics pioneer starts his book with the idea that
Continue ReadingBy AVET DEMURYAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Azerbaijan’s prosecutor general says the country has issued an arrest warrant for former Nagorno-Karabakh separatist leader Arayik Harutyunyan. Harutyunyan led the breakaway region, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but was largely populated by ethnic Armenians, between May 2020 and the beginning of September.
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