By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Drug regulators in Europe have found no evidence that popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are linked to a higher risk of suicidal thoughts or actions. The European Medicines Agency regulatory committee announced the results of its review on Friday. It’s the latest group to conclude
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — A 33-year-old man has been charged in the slaying of a woman whose leg was found on the beach of a lakefront park near Milwaukee. A criminal complaint filed Friday in Milwaukee County circuit court charges Maxwell Anderson with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and arson in the death of Sade
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By Eve Brennan and Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Social media giant Meta has lowered the minimum age required to use WhatsApp in Europe to 13 from 16, sparking criticism from children’s rights advocates. The new age restriction came into force in the European Union Thursday. The new minimum age of 13 was also
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) –El director ejecutivo de Tesla, Elon Musk, y el presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, hablaron sobre la necesidad de mercados libres y espíritu empresarial durante las conversaciones celebradas en Texas este viernes, dijo el portavoz presidencial de Argentina, Manuel Adorni. Milei, un economista de derecha, visitó la planta industrial de Tesla en
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press The U.S. Coast Guard says three men stranded on an uninhabited Pacific atoll survived for over a week before being rescued. The fishermen got in trouble after their boat hit a coral reef and took on water. They spelled out “HELP” with palm fronds on a beach, enabling Coast Guard
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press The Democratic-controlled Maine Legislature has approved a bill that would protect health care workers who provide abortion and gender-affirming care from legal action brought in other states. If signed by Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, Maine would join more than a dozen states that shield medical providers and others from out-of-state
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — The Brazilian Supreme Court has ruled that the state must compensate victims of stray bullets during military and law enforcement operations. The ruling means that the state is now civilly liable for deaths or injuries resulting from raids by either the police or armed
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been found guilty of raping a woman a year before he was charged with kidnapping and killing a school teacher who was on an early morning run. A jury in Memphis convicted 40-year-old Cleotha Abston of kidnapping and raping the woman in September 2021. According to the
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Fort Pierce, Florida (CNN) — A federal judge appeared dubious of efforts by former President Donald Trump’s two co-defendants in the classified documents case to get the charges against them thrown out and to get more information from prosecutors about the charges. The hearing in Fort
Continue ReadingBy LEKAN OYEKANMI and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — A Texas semitrailer driver rammed a stolen 18-wheeler through the front of a public safety building where his renewal for a commercial driver’s license had been rejected, killing one person and injuring 13 others, authorities said Friday. The intentional crash into the single-story
Continue ReadingCésar López (CNN Español)– Yulimar Rojas anunció que no estará en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024, tras ser sometida a una operación en el tendón de Aquiles de su pierna izquierda, según explicó la deportista este viernes en un comunicado publicado en la red social X, antes Twitter. Rojas confirmó que fue operada con éxito
Continue ReadingBy DAVE BRYAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday. He was 93. MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to his
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — When Susan Downey and Amanda Burrell were initially approached to co-executive produce HBO’s new Vietnam war-era spy thriller “The Sympathizer,” they didn’t immediately say yes. And if you’re familiar with author Viet Thanh Nguyen’s book, it’s easy to understand why. The gorgeously nuanced complexities of this sprawling tale can
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By Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story GREENVILLE COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — Deputies in Greenville County, South Carolina corrected information released on Wednesday. They said previous information :”indicated that Mcgreer presented a firearm resulting in the victim being shot, however, according to investigators Puckett presented the firearm.” Two Greenville County men
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By Andy Rose and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A man drove a stolen 18-wheeler into a Texas Department of Public Safety building Friday, killing one person and injuring 13 others, according to local officials. The driver of the stolen 18-wheeler was identified as Clenard Parker, 42, from Chappell Hill, law enforcement officials said in
Continue ReadingBy Nick Bohr Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (WISN) — Thursday afternoon, the state told the court is does not think Morgan Geyser should not be released at this time. One of the Waukesha middle schoolers who became world famous for stabbing their friend nearly to death in 2014 in the
Continue Reading By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Democrats are exploring their options to get President Joe Biden on the ballot in Alabama and Ohio after top Republican elections officials warned that he would miss the deadline to be certified as the Democratic nominee in both states. The offices of Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s national wildlife agency says eight buffaloes walked into low-lying power lines in the country’s west and were electrocuted. The incident happened at the Lake Nakuru National Park. The Kenya Wildlife Service says Friday the power lines were lying low on the ground after a wooden support pole broke. The country’s
Continue Reading By Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — White House advisers are looking to one economic indicator in particular for signs that the economy is heading in the right direction amid persistent inflation, high interest rates and lackluster wage gains. Consumer sentiment — a gauge of how average Americans feel about their financial situation and purchasing power —
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Taylor Swift’s eagerly anticipated album “The Tortured Poets Department,” a family of ducks is coaxed into flying south for the winter in the kid-friendly animated movie “Migration” and Conan O’Brien makes himself the brunt of jokes in his new travel show “Conan O’Brien Must
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