By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Hormone replacement therapy may protect the female brain from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia — if hormones are taken in the 40s and 50s when menopausal symptoms begin, according to a recent meta-analysis. The degree of protection appears to differ by hormone type, the report found. The average age of
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Measures to adapt to climate change in the developing world are slowing on all fronts even as the impacts of the crisis are accelerating, creating a widening gap that leaves billions of people increasingly vulnerable to extreme heat, worsening storms and sea level rise, a UN report published Thursday
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By Kristen Holmes, Kate Sullivan and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has made mocking President Joe Biden and questioning his mental fitness for office a core part of his campaign speeches – even as he experiences his own recent series of gaffes and verbal slips on the campaign trail. “He’s always looking around,
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Words by Nell Lewis, video by John Lewis, CNN (CNN) — The ‘akikiki, a small, gray bird native to Hawaii, may not look remarkable, but its rarity is. Only five are thought to remain in the wild and, according to the state’s Department of Land and Natural Resources, the species could go extinct within months.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As drought in Mid-Missouri continues, despite some recent rainfall, many counties are still in drought stricken areas. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor from Oct. 31, counties like Morgan, Moniteau, Cooper, Pettis, Benton and much of Cole, Camden and Miller counties are in severe drought stricken areas. Nearby counties seeing moderate drought
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By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — A helicopter drops you off on the edge of a mountain. You stand at the tee perched on the precipice as a pride of lions stalk an unsuspecting antelope a sheer 430-meter (470 yard) drop below. Golf is nothing like an extreme sport – but it absolutely is in
Continue ReadingBy Robert Shackelford, Laura Paddison, Joseph Ataman and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Paris (CNN) — Storm Ciarán has brought hurricane-strength winds to France, the Channel Islands and southern England, leaving more than a million people without access to electricity and forcing hundreds of schools to close. The storm has claimed at least four lives, two in
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Para los fervientes fans de Starbucks, las fiestas empiezan oficialmente esta semana con la llegada de sus vasos para la temporada. A partir del jueves, los clientes de los establecimientos de EE.UU. podrán disfrutar de sus bebidas calientes en uno de los cuatro vasos festivos “revestidos de rojo navideño y
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Tigers (7-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) head to Athens, Georgia, this weekend to take on the Georgia Bulldogs (8-0, 5-0) for an SEC East game. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday. In the first College Football Playoff rankings that were released on Tuesday, the Bulldogs were picked as the No.
Continue ReadingBy ANGELA CHARLTON and ED DAVEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Record-breaking winds in France and across much of western Europe left at least seven people dead and injured others. Storm Ciarán charged through the continent Thursday. Vast numbers of people were plunged into darkness, homes were devastated and travel was disrupted in several countries.
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti Este cubrimiento ha finalizado. Para más información sigue las noticias en vivo de la guerra entre Israel y Hamas aquí. Un convoy militar israelí avanza a lo largo de la frontera entre Israel y Gaza el 2 de noviembre de 2023, en medio de batallas en curso entre Israel y el movimiento palestino
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TODAY: Thursday is our first day out of the 40s since this recent cold snap. Temperatures are forecast to reach the upper 50s and possibly even low 60s for some under mostly sunny skies. The air is dry and the winds are breezy from the southwest in the 10-20 mph range. This will allow for
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La Universidad de Cornell canceló las clases de este viernes en reconocimiento de la “extraordinaria tensión” a la que se ha visto sometido su campus luego de que uno de sus estudiantes fuera acusado de proferir violentas amenazas antisemitas contra personas judías en la universidad, donde el malestar por la
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Major international aid agencies are warning of chaotic and desperate scenes among Afghans who have returned from Pakistan, where security forces are detaining and deporting undocumented or unregistered foreigners. The crackdown on illegal migration mostly affects Afghans because they are the majority of foreigners living in Pakistan, but the government in Islamabad
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A group of volunteer doctors in Chicago is spending their Saturdays providing street medicine for the growing number of migrants. The doctors are mostly students from Chicago universities and visit police stations and airports where the new arrivals live until they can be placed in a city-run
Continue ReadingBy DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer All the chairs in the waiting room were filled by dozens of newly arrived migrants waiting to be seen by a Cook County health worker at a clinic in Chicago. Julio Figuera, 43, was among them. He didn’t want to talk much about traveling to Chicago from Venezuela, where
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Stand-up comedian Taylor Tomlinson has been announced as the host of CBS’ new late-night show “After Midnight,” taking over the time slot following “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” “After Midnight” will air in the 12:37 am ET time slot, previously helmed by James Corden and
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un turista intentó evitar chocar a un animal salvaje en un parque nacional y tuvo un accidente de coche. Pero no fue un oso ni un bisonte lo que hizo que el conductor se asustara: fue una tarántula. Según un comunicado de prensa emitido por el Parque Nacional del Valle
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops battling Hamas militants encircled Gaza City on Thursday, the military said, as the Palestinian death toll rose above 9,000. U.S. and Arab leaders raised pressure on Israel to ease its siege of Gaza and at least briefly
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nippon Steel has dropped its lawsuit against Toyota over a patent for a technology used in electric motors, saying wrangling among Japanese companies was not beneficial to keep the nation competitive. Japan’s top steelmaker said Thursday such internal disputes were not fitting during a period of
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