By Akanksha Sharma, CNN (CNN) — An unprecedented and highly contagious bird flu outbreak in the sub-Antarctic has spread to mammals, British officials said Thursday, as experts warned the disease poses a significant threat to the region’s fragile ecosystem. It comes after the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in October confirmed the first case of Highly
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press A Democratic military veteran is seeking North Dakota’s sole U.S. House seat. Trygve Hammer is aiming for an upset in a state where Republicans hold every statewide and congressional office and Democrats haven’t won a statewide election since Heidi Heitkamp’s U.S. Senate victory in 2012. Hammer is challenging incumbent Rep. Kelly Armstrong,
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fruit Stripe Gum, something of a childhood icon for many gum chewers over the past five decades, will soon head over the rainbow with its multicolored zebra mascot Yipes — seemingly for good. The manufacturer of Fruit Stripe Gum, the Chicago company Ferrara Candy Co., gave the magazine Food & Wine
Continue ReadingBy Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — The man who attacked three New York City police officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve in 2022 has pleaded guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault, the United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York announced Thursday. Trevor Bickford, 20, pleaded guilty
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By John King, CNN Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) — For five months, Betsy Sarcone has been adamant: Iowa Republicans who don’t want Donald Trump as the GOP nominee better be willing to compromise and consolidate around one alternative candidate. She came to the CNN debate Wednesday night pushing Nikki Haley as the best option, but
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CNN, POOL, FOX NEWS By John King, CNN Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) — For five months, Betsy Sarcone has been adamant: Iowa Republicans who don’t want Donald Trump as the GOP nominee better be willing to compromise and consolidate around one alternative candidate. She came to the CNN debate Wednesday night pushing Nikki Haley as
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, MISS. (AP) — Mississippi health officials told residents in the state’s capital to boil their tap water Thursday after traces of E. coli bacteria were found in the city’s supply — a result the manager of Jackson’s long-troubled water system disputed while calling it a devastating setback
Continue ReadingBy ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tyreek Hill has spent the past week trying to stay positive. The Miami Dolphins receiver rushed home from practice last Wednesday as firefighters doused the roof of his burning South Florida home with water. Investigators later found the fire was started by a child
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Two stubborn fasteners trapped invaluable material sampled from an asteroid — but after a monthslong process, it has finally been released, NASA announced Thursday. The space agency already harvested about 2.5 ounces (70 grams) of rocks and dust from its OSIRIS-REx mission, which traveled nearly 4 billion miles to collect
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Un rapero de Houston secuestró a una mujer embarazada y la mantuvo cautiva en su sórdido garaje durante más de cuatro años a pesar de los repetidos intentos de ella por escapar, según la policía. Lee Carter, de 52 años y cuyo nombre artístico es Viper, fue detenido la semana pasada
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido lanzaron el jueves ataques contra múltiples objetivos hutíes en áreas de Yemen controladas por este grupo, una respuesta significativa después de que el gobierno de Biden y sus aliados advirtieran que el grupo militante respaldado por Irán sufriría las consecuencias de los repetidos ataques con drones
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley revived some of the debate-stage critiques she leveled against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as she campaigned in Iowa on Thursday, even as some of her supporters said they didn’t think her performance the night before had been her strongest. With just
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Missouri agriculture is varied like our weather patterns, and it will also change with the warming climate. Shifting precipitation and temperatures will have sweeping effects on the environment and the food we can grow locally. Over recent decades Missouri has seen less extreme winter cold and hotter summers that change what plants can thrive in
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The US military has launched strikes against multiple Houthi targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, a US official told CNN.
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. The U.S. Air Force’s Mideast command
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La audiencia de formulación de cargos contra Nicolás Petro Burgos, hijo del presidente de Colombia Gustavo Petro, por los presuntos delitos de enriquecimiento ilícito y lavado de activos empezó este jueves en la ciudad de Barranquilla, en el norte del país. Nicolás Petro, quien se encuentra con el beneficio de libertad
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand, Kevin Liptak, Alex Marquardt, MJ Lee and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US and UK militaries launched strikes against Houthi targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Thursday, marking a significant response after the Biden administration and its allies warned that the Iran-backed militant group would bear the consequences of its attacks
Continue ReadingPANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s government has inspected a huge copper mine shut down after the country’s Supreme Court ruled in November that the government’s concession with a Canadian mining company was unconstitutional. The deal had triggered widespread street protests. The administration of President Laurentino Cortizo has promised to carry out an orderly closure of
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An Airbus plane operated by United Airlines cut short a flight after crews got a door-indicator warning, according to a spokesperson for the airport in Tampa, Florida. United said Thursday that the plane took off later “after the issue was addressed.” The incident involves a different kind of plane from the
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An FBI agent says investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches deep on the floor and maggots. Agent Andrew Cohen testified Thursday that 23 of the
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