By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature has kicked off debate on whether to join the list of states that allow physician-assisted suicide. A House health committee took the unusual step Thursday of giving the bill a hearing even before the legislative session formally convenes Feb. 12. The lead
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Dos activistas por los derechos de los animales del grupo Personas por el Trato Ético de los Animales (PETA, por sus siglas en inglés) interrumpieron este jueves un servicio de oración presidido por el papa Francisco en Roma, hablando en contra de las corridas de toros antes de ser escoltados
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with rain exiting after sunset. Patchy dense fog remains with cloudy skies and lows in the upper 30s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with morning fog, highs in the mid-40s. EXTENDED: Temperatures remain in the upper 30s into Friday morning, with patchy dense fog possible through mid-morning. We’ll make it back into the mid-40s
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Nearly a third, or 28%, of Gen Z adults in the United States identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, a larger share than older generations, according to a new report by PRRI, a nonprofit that conducts research on religion, values and public policy. The report, titled “A political and cultural glimpse into America’s future,” sought to highlight
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — After completing 72 historic flights on Mars over three years, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter mission has ended. Originally designed as an experiment, Ingenuity became the first aircraft to operate and fly on another world, lifting off on April 19, 2021. Imagery and data returned to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Las acciones de Tesla se desplomaron hasta un 12% después de la apertura del mercado el jueves, eliminando US$ 80.000 millones del valor de mercado de la compañía horas después de que advirtiera sobre la desaceleración del crecimiento en las ventas de automóviles eléctricos y una amenaza de la
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night, marking the nation’s first known execution using nitrogen gas. Smith, who was sentenced to death for his role in a 1988 murder for hire and already survived a botched execution attempt by lethal injection, was at the center of
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SHELBY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper was shot on Wednesday evening in Clarence during an exchange of gunfire with a man who was chased by the patrol, according to a social media post from MSHP. Erik Prange, 51, of Moberly, was charged on Thursday with four counts of first-degree assault and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Officials say scores of sea turtles stunned by cold temperatures along the North Carolina coast have died. The North Carolina State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology says it took in 109 cold-stunned sea turtles from Cape Lookout on Sunday, but only 36 survived. Cape Hatteras National Seashore says the
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Four high school students in Las Vegas pleaded not guilty Thursday to second-degree in the deadly beating of their schoolmate in November. The fight left 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis Jr. dead and was captured on cellphone video that went viral. The students were indicted last week as adults. They’re also charged with
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump subió al estrado este jueves para testificar como parte de su defensa en el juicio civil que enfrenta por difamación en Nueva York. Durante su testimonio, que duró apenas cerca de tres minutos, el exmandatario señaló que se mantenía en sus declaraciones anteriores, hechas bajo juramento, con respecto a
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump say the district attorney in the Georgia election interference prosecution should be removed from the case. They say Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis “inappropriately injected race into the case and stoked racial animus” in response to allegations of misconduct against
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two federal agencies are looking to better protect endangered whales amid a surge in offshore wind farm development. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released final plans Thursday to protect endangered North American right whales. Only about
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La primera luna llena del nuevo año, conocida como Luna del Lobo, brillará en el cielo nocturno este jueves. La luna llena de enero alcanzó su máxima iluminación a las 12:54 p.m. ET, pero aparecerá llena hasta el viernes por la noche, según la NASA. Según EarthSky, el brillante orbe saldrá
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Four current members of the National Hockey League and a former NHL player have been charged with sexual assault. The allegations stem from their time on Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team. Attorneys for Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils, Dillon Dube
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By Jack Lowenstein Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — A land mine was successfully removed from a storage facility by U.S. military personnel in the area of Bear Creek in Jefferson County on Wednesday night. The land mine was found inside a unit that had recently been won at
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA says its little Mars helicopter has flown its last flight. The space agency announced Thursday that the 4-pound chopper named Ingenuity can no longer fly because of rotor blade damage, and its mission is officially over. Ingenuity logged 72 flights over three years
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By Eric Bradner, Arit John, Alayna Treene, Kylie Atwood and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is growing more defiant in the face of Donald Trump’s efforts to push her out of the 2024 Republican primary race, poking and prodding at the former president and encouraging supporters to wear Trump’s
Continue ReadingBy Julia Falcon Click here for updates on this story FANNIN COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — Law enforcement is investigating a single-engine plane crash that happened in Direct, Texas, Wednesday night. The FAA says only the pilot, 23-year-old Logan Timothy James, was on board when the Cessna 172 crashed. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s attorneys are joining calls for the dismissal of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in the 2020 election subversion case against the former president and his co-defendants in Georgia, pointing to alleged misconduct between Willis and her lead prosecutor. In a filing in Fulton County Superior Court
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