Opinion by David Zurawik (CNN) — As wrongheaded as it was on so many levels, NBC’s decision to hire former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Ronna McDaniel as a contributor might actually have done the nation a favor. The highly controversial move has helped drive a crucial conversation about the role of media in our
Continue ReadingOpinion by Mary Ziegler (CNN) — It isn’t looking good for the plaintiffs challenging access to mifepristone, a drug used in the majority of US abortions, at the Supreme Court. With very few exceptions during Tuesday’s oral argument in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, the conservative justices on the high court seemed to think that the plaintiffs didn’t have
Continue ReadingBy Jenna Ebbers Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — It was still drizzling in Wood River as the sun rose, but the sandhill cranes passing through the area didn’t mind the rain. And neither did Vernon Williams. The 90-year-old Lincoln man watched in awe as hundreds of cranes
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! PowerPoint parties are a thing among young people. They are inviting friends over and asking them to present a slideshow on any topic at all — “the sillier, the better.” So get your presentation on the 10 most attractive animated characters ready. It’s a great
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Lady Gaga knows her listeners are eager for updates on her upcoming seventh studio album. On Tuesday, while speaking with YouTuber NikkieTutorials, the “Bad Romance” singer assured her fans, known as Little Monsters, that “I’m working as fast as I can” to finish it. “I will say that I
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Medicare shelled out $5.7 billion on Ozempic and other similar diabetes drugs in 2022, up from $57 million in 2018, according to a new KFF analysis. The pricey medications, which include Mounjaro and Rybelsus, have become super popular for the treatment of diabetes and for weight loss. But Medicare
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — North Carolina pastor Mark Harris has won the Republican nomination for North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District, making him the likely next member of Congress from this red district some five years after his apparent victory in an earlier House election was thrown out over ballot
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ferrera Click here for updates on this story SPRINGVILLE, New York (WKBW) — A Springville school bus driver went above and beyond to make a 10-year-old boy’s dreams of “riding the big bus” come true. Aiden Morrison is driven to and from school every day by “Mr. Ben.” However, Aiden rides a bus
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Advocates for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse say they will ask Louisiana’s Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that wiped out 2021 legislation giving them a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits. The ruling bucked a trend. Advocates say 24 other states have laws that
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — When doctors told Katrina Barry that she had a rare and serious condition called pulmonary arterial hypertension or PAH, they warned her not to Google it. Come on, she thought; they wanted a young woman who was bound for graduate school, who had survived a transatlantic plane flight while
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A criminal case — that accused a former Mexico, Missouri, elementary school teacher of child abuse — was dismissed on Thursday, according to Audrain County Prosecutor Jacob Shellabarger. Katrina Dukes was charged with child abuse and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. “Our office did not believe we could prove the elements of
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal court has dismissed an attempt by conservative Pennsylvania lawmakers to overturn automatic voter registration, along with lawmakers’ other challenges to actions designed to boost voter access. Pennsylvania U.S. District Judge Jennifer Wilson wrote in her decision Tuesday that the lawmakers did not have legal standing in their filing. The
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa attorney general’s office said it is still working on an audit of its victim services that has held up emergency contraception funding for victims of sexual assault. Attorney General Brenna Bird, a Republican, paused the funding while awaiting the results of the audit
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Two former officials of a Massachusetts veterans home where at least 76 people died during the COVID-19 pandemic will avoid jail time in the case. Bennett Walsh, the former superintendent of the Veterans’ Home in Holyoke, and Dr. David Clinton, its former medical director, settled their criminal
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A mountain lion killed a man and seriously wounded his brother last weekend in northern California. But such attacks on humans are rare. The mauling last weekend was the first fatal encounter with a mountain lion in the state in two decades. The big cats that
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Manuel Estuardo Rodríguez Valladares, director general del Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración, anunció este martes en un comunicado la renuncia irrevocable a su cargo ante el presidente Bernardo Arévalo. El ahora exfuncionario ocupó ese puesto durante dos años y medio, según confirmó el Instituto a CNN. En el escrito,
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press The bridge that collapsed into a Maryland river after a ship strike was iconic. It was erected almost five decades ago, named after the author of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and part of the very fabric of Baltimore. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore calls its loss Tuesday unprecedented and heartbreaking. Erected in
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The newly public company trading on the Nasdaq with the ticker “DJT” has one dominant shareholder: Donald John Trump, the cash-strapped former president of the United States. That a fledgling, unprofitable social media platform can make the former president billions of dollars on paper is a marvel
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The securities fraud case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is over after nine years. He will stay in office under an agreement announced in a Houston courtroom on Tuesday. The deal with special prosecutors abruptly ends the long-running criminal case, which at one time
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Manuel Rosales parece ser la carta que le queda a la oposición en Venezuela. Después de que Corina Yoris no pudiera inscribir su candidatura en reemplazo de la inhabilitada María Corina Machado —ganadora de las primarias—, Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT), uno de los partidos políticos que había apoyado a Machado,
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