By Megan Thomas, CNN (CNN) — Ashley Judd feels the presence of her late mother in what she describes as “winks” or “small nudges.” She has followed those gentle impulses to the greeting card aisle at Walgreens, where Judd will stop and look at the cards from mothers to daughters and pick out the one
Continue ReadingBy KENYA HUNTER AP Health Writer Nearly 21 million children in the U.S. and its territories are expected to receive food benefits this summer through a newly permanent federal program, the United States Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. Thirty-five states, all five U.S. territories and four tribes opted into the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer program,
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Planet-warming pollution in the US decreased nearly 2% in 2023 even as the economy grew, according to new data from the nonpartisan Rhodium Group. The falling emissions, driven largely by retirements of dirty, coal-fired power plants, put US climate pollution at its lowest level since 1991, Rhodium analyst Ben
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By Clare Foran, Priscilla Alvarez and Annie Grayer, CNN The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday held its first impeachment hearing focused on Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas as Republicans push to impeach the top Biden administration official over the border crisis. Republicans lambasted Mayorkas during the hearing over what they claim is a dereliction of duty
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 21 million low-income kids should have an easier time affording food this summer, thanks to a new federal program that aims to reduce child hunger when school is not in session. The Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer program, known as Summer EBT, will provide families with $120 per eligible
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Economic Forum says false and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence is the top immediate risk to the global economy. In its latest Global Risks Report, the organization says misinformation and disinformation as the most severe risk over the next two years. The
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TODAY: Clouds will clear faster than the snow this morning. Expect slick conditions behind yesterday’s storms, as icy conditions remain this morning, after falling well below freezing overnight. Temperatures will climb from the teens, to near 40 this afternoon, with sunshine and southwest winds. Existing snow pack may keep most of us in the mid-to-upper
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say two migrants have been killed and 30 others rescued in Greece after a dinghy crashed into rocks in high winds on the island of Lesbos. Many of those rescued were found in a remote area on land near the accident site, facing the nearby coast of Turkey, apparently
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese authorities have resumed landfill work at the planned new site of the U.S. military base on Okinawa despite protests by island residents that it tramples on their rights. The site for the base on the eastern coast of Okinawa has been at the center of a
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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The founder and boss of gambling company Bet365 earned a salary of around $281 million (£221 million) in the last financial year – ending March 26, 2023. The figure was described as not “sensible and proportionate” by one campaign group. Denise Coates, the joint-chief executive and majority shareholder of Bet365,
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El presidente ucraniano, Volodymyr Zelensky, realizó una visita no anunciada a Lituania, un aliado clave de Kiev en su lucha contra la invasión rusa. El presidente lituano, Gitanas Nauseda, dijo en un comunicado que le daba la bienvenida a Zelensky a Lituania y que los dos hombres discutirían la guerra en
Continue Reading By Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes, Melanie Zanona and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — A subtle message from the Trump campaign has Republican lawmakers in Washington and across the country eager to show their loyalty to former President Donald Trump before it may be too late. A spate of recent endorsements from various members of Congress and
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, Niamh Kennedy and Stephanie Halasz, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made an unannounced visit to Lithuania, a key ally of Kyiv as it battles Russia’s invasion. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said in a statement he was welcoming Zelensky to his country, where the two leaders would discuss the war
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — More than 50 countries that are home to half the planet’s population are due to hold national elections in 2024, but the number of citizens exercising the right to vote is not unalloyed good news. The year looks set to test even the most robust democracies and
Continue Reading By Heather Chen and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Thailand’s new government is moving ahead to pass new legislation banning cannabis for recreational use in a major reversal 18 months after the country became the first in Asia to decriminalize the plant. The relaxed laws saw a lucrative cannabis industry catering to locals
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many of Germany’s train drivers has started a nearly three-day strike in a rancorous dispute with the country’s state-owned main railway operator over working hours and pay. Train travel across the country and in many cities came to a near standstill early Wednesday, with
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE, WAFAA SHURAFA and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to seek governance reforms. It’s part of a plan to rally the region behind a postwar vision for Gaza that includes concrete steps toward a Palestinian state.
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Un importante actor israelí, mejor conocido por su papel de soldado de las fuerzas especiales en la exitosa serie de Netflix “Fauda”, resultó gravemente herido en Gaza mientras luchaba para el ejército de Israel contra Hamas , según su familia y el hospital donde está siendo tratado. Idan Amedi, de 35
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares advanced Thursday on the back of Wall Street’s climb to a near-record high, as Tokyo’s benchmark surged to its highest level since 1990. The yen has weakened against the U.S. dollar, boosting export-related shares in a New Year rally that took the benchmark Nikkei
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a minivan explosion in the Afghan capital that killed at least three people. The militant group says it detonated an explosive late Tuesday hidden on a vehicle belonging to employees of Afghanistan’s main prison in Kabul, killing and wounding about 10 people. That’s according
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