By JOHN HANNA, TOM MURPHY and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records. A spokesperson for Ascension says
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA, TOM MURPHY and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records. A spokesperson for Ascension says
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana officials asked the Supreme Court on Friday to intervene in the ongoing legal fight over the state’s congressional districts, urging the high court to quickly resolve a dispute that has essentially left the state without a viable map for this year’s election. The emergency appeal came days after civil rights
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Newly announced financial incentives to farms to help stem the spread of bird flu in dairy cattle drew mixed reviews Friday, as some farmers said they were grateful for money to help buffer the economic impact but advocates for farm workers questioned whether the money paid to workers would
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER, AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says Israel’s use of U.S-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law. But the administration says wartime conditions in the Palestinian territory prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes. The administration’s findings of “reasonable”
Continue ReadingOpinion by Fareed Zakaria (CNN) — When President Joe Biden made clear that he was going to run for reelection, I had a sense of what his election strategy was and thought it was an intelligent path to victory. After the chaos of Covid-19 and the administration of former President Donald Trump, Biden would stand for normalcy and a rising
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teenage sex-trafficking victim convicted of fatally stabbing a man whom she accused of abusing her has absconded from her probation, authorities said in court records. The Iowa Department of Corrections issued a nationwide warrant for the arrest of Pieper Lewis this month after learning she had been removed
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge is awaiting trial in Texas for allegedly shooting at parked vehicles and then rear-ending a woman in traffic. Now the same judge has been indicted in Oklahoma on charges of shooting into the occupied home of his brother-in-law six months before the road-rage
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By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — As many as 800 activists gathered outside Tesla’s factory near Berlin Friday to protest its expansion plans, and some of them clashed with police as they attempted to break into the plant. “There are currently 800 activists on the Tesla Gigafactory site as part of the Disrupt Tesla
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Gobierno ecuatoriano desclasificó información relacionada al secuestro y posterior asesinato de tres miembros del equipo periodístico de diario El Comercio, ocurrido en 2018 en la frontera entre Ecuador y Colombia. La información fue entregada en el Palacio de Carondelet a los familiares de Javier Ortega, Paúl Rivas y Efraín
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Buckle up: An unusual amount of solar activity this week could disrupt some of the most important technologies society relies on. On Thursday, the US government issued its first severe geomagnetic storm watch in nearly 20 years, advising the public of “at least five earth-directed coronal mass ejections”
Continue ReadingBy BELA SZANDELSZKY Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has left Hungary, concluding a tour of three European nations meant to reinforce China’s growing influence on the continent. Xi’s plane took off from Budapest airport on Friday evening. Earlier, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on the social platform X that
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON and RICK BOWMER Associated Press SANDY, Utah (AP) — Search crews have recovered the bodies of two backcountry skiers who were swept away and buried by an avalanche in the mountains outside Salt Lake City. Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera says teams uncovered the bodies on Friday morning. Sgt. Aymee
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Police in Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad have prevented a pro-Palestinian rally by a radical Islamist party from moving toward the U.S. Embassy, where demonstrators wanted to stage a sit-in against Israel’s strikes in Gaza. Police on Friday used batons on the demonstrators, angering hundreds of rallygoers who briefly blocked a key road
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Missouri House lawmakers began discussing and debating the state budget Friday with just hours to get it on the governor’s desk.
Continue ReadingBy Nick Caloway Click here for updates on this story PISCATAWAY, New Jersey (WCBS) — A New Jersey fire chief who allegedly dumped a bucket of rocks, mud and gravel onto a man’s rare sports car has been criminally charged. Surveillance video allegedly shows Joshua Scolnick damaging the 1995 Nissan Nismo 270R when it was
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By Danielle Radin Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, California (KCAL/KCBS) — Baseball moms are getting a special lesson in setting their kids up for success in the sport in Long Beach. From 6-year-olds to the pros, Little League and baseball players in Long Beach have the opportunity to learn from Major
Continue ReadingOpinion by Kara Alaimo (CNN) — This Mother’s Day, HeyMama, a community for working moms, is calling on moms to add the title of “mother” to our resumes by including it on our LinkedIn titles and openly explaining career gaps due to caregiving in the hiring process. They’re right to tell us to do so. If all of us
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away from strict Amish rules, when teenagers can experiment with the modern vices of the world.
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Wenzke Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — A man allegedly stabbed his 7-year-old brother multiple times in Whittier, leaving the boy in critical condition, authorities said Friday. Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call at a home located in the 9600 block of Ben Hur Avenue just after
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