By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden says “enough is enough” on the issue of children being killed by firearms. The first lady and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona brought school principals from around the country to the White House on Thursday to launch a gun safety initiative. The event
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By Devan Cole and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — Peter Navarro was sentenced Thursday to four months in jail for contempt of Congress after defying a subpoena related to the congressional investigation into the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack. Navarro was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress in September for not
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Scientists say they are closer to understanding the best way to make the human body receptive to an organ donation from another species, an effort that could help solve an ongoing shortage of organs. More than 100,000 people in the US are on the transplant waiting list, and an
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Gov. Mike Parson gave his final State of the State address in the House chamber Wednesday afternoon.
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TODAY: Thursday is another foggy day, with dense fog advisories across the entire region until 12 p.m. We expect reduced visibilities all morning. Rain returns by 9-10 a.m. in the south, spreading areawide by noon. This rain continues through the evening, wrapping up by 10 p.m. in the far north. Most have a chance at
Continue ReadingBy PHILIPP JENNE Associated Press KREMS, Austria (AP) — An Austrian man who had kept his daughter captive for 24 years and raped her thousands of times, fathering seven children with her, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison. A court ruled on Thursday that 88-year-old Josef Fritzl will have to attend
Continue ReadingBy JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police say a governing party lawmaker is being treated for lacerations at a Seoul hospital after being attacked by an unidentified man who struck her in the head with a rock-like object. A police official says a suspect was arrested at the scene
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia and Ukraine are trading accusations over the crash of a military transport plane that Moscow said was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war and was shot down by Kyiv’s forces. It was another heated episode in the information war that has been a feature of the conflict. Though investigators reportedly found
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — ¿No sería útil tener una idea de cuándo puede estar en camino una migraña debilitante? Es posible que pueda hacerlo, según ha demostrado un nuevo estudio. “El principal hallazgo de este estudio fue que los cambios en la calidad del sueño y la energía del día anterior estaban relacionados con la
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — An official says one of five children hospitalized in Cyprus after being rescued from a rickety boat carrying 60 Syrian migrants has died. The migrants were rescued by Cyprus police on Wednesday. They apparently ran out of food and water after sailing from Lebanon for six days. A government health spokesperson
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Un incendio se produjo este miércoles en un edificio de uso mixto en el sureste de China, matando al menos a 39 personas e hiriendo a otras nueve en el segundo incendio mortal que involucra a estudiantes en una semana, informaron los medios estatales. El incendio comenzó en el sótano del
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press U.S. Biathlon national champion Joanne Reid was sexually harassed and abused for years by a ski-wax technician while racing on the elite World Cup circuit, a watchdog group that oversees sex-abuse allegations in Olympic sports found. When the two-time Olympian complained, she says she was told his behavior was just
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden pasó oficialmente página este miércoles a las elecciones generales, de cara a una carrera contra el expresidente Donald Trump que pondrá a prueba su capacidad para revitalizar aspectos clave de su coalición ganadora en una carrera que su equipo considera nada menos que una lucha por la
Continue ReadingBy KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — It’s a tiny Pacific island nation, one of the world’s smallest. But on Friday elections in Tuvalu will be watched from Beijing to Canberra, as voters choose a 16-seat parliament and, after negotiations, a prime minister. A big part of the international attention is linked to the
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower on Friday despite upbeat news on the U.S. economy, with Japan’s benchmark falling after the latest data showed inflation has been slowing faster than expected. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 declined 1.1% to 35,847.71 in morning trading as a key measure of inflation
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Decenas de miles de embarazos han sido el resultado de violaciones en estados donde el aborto no es una opción legal, estiman los investigadores en un nuevo estudio. En el estudio, publicado este miércoles en la revista JAMA Internal Medicine, investigadores de Planned Parenthood, Resound Research for Reproductive Health e instituciones académicas
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Un adolescente sospechoso de un asesinato en 2020 escapó de la custodia este miércoles mientras era trasladado a un hospital de Filadelfia, y los investigadores lo están buscando, dijeron las autoridades. Shane Pryor, de 17 años, escapó poco antes del mediodía mientras lo enviaban desde el Centro de Servicios de Justicia
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A bipartisan delegation from the United States Congress is reaffirming support for Taiwan following its election of a new president. The delegation’s visit is the first by U.S. lawmakers to the island since the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party won a third-straight term in the election. China
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Brayden Schenn scored at 1:54 of overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Jake Neighbours had a goal and an assist for St. Louis. Alexey Toropchenko and Pavel Buchnevich also scored, and Joel Hofer made 29 saves. Pius Suter had his second career
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press AL-MAZRA’A ASH-SHARQIYA, West Bank (AP) — The fatal shooting of an American-Palestinian teen driving a pickup truck in the occupied West Bank was unprovoked, the sole passenger told The Associated Press, describing apparent Israeli fire hitting the back of the vehicle before it overturned several times on a dirt road.
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