AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As COVID-19 bubbles up in some parts of the country, health officials are setting course for a fall vaccination campaign. An influential government advisory panel on Thursday recommended a new round of shots for all Americans this fall. Officials acknowledge that the need for vaccinations is not as
Continue Reading Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Two task forces charged with proposing ways to combat anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and antisemitism at Harvard University have delivered their preliminary recommendations to the school’s interim president. School officials say the recommendations issued Wednesday focus on more than a dozen areas needing quick action. The recommendations follow a tough academic
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Tennessee authorities have concluded that there’s no evidence that Riley Strain, a University of Missouri student who went missing after a night of drinking in Nashville, was overserved alcohol the night he disappeared.
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people were arrested and charged with drug crimes on Thursday in Miller County. Karey Varner, Kyle Nelson and David Saint were charged with two counts of second-degree drug trafficking and three counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child involving drugs. Taylor Blackburn was charged with drug possession and
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Federal charges have been filed against five people linked to a recent attempt to bribe a juror to help secure a not guilty verdict in a trial over a $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program, the US attorney in Minnesota announced in a news conference
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Parents have searched far and wide for ways to reduce their children’s screen time. A new study suggests that the answer may lie in the parent’s own screen habits. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things 1️⃣ Age restrictions: A new upscale Caribbean
Continue Reading KMOV, CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Parents have searched far and wide for ways to reduce their children’s screen time. A new study suggests that the answer may lie in the parent’s own screen habits. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things 1️⃣ Age restrictions: A new
Continue Reading Associated Press BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men have blocked a major highway in central Israel for two hours. They’re protesting a recent decision by the country’s high court ordering young religious men to enlist for military service. Protesters sat on the highway Thursday and lay on the ground as police
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut will take his hot dog-downing talents to an army base in Texas for America’s Independence Day this year after a falling out with organizers of the event that made him famous, the annual 4th of July eating contest in Brooklyn’s Coney Island. Chestnut, of
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — The first general election debate of the 2024 season has come to a close, with U.S. President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, clashing on immigration and climate change and launching deeply personal attacks on each other Thursday evening in Atlanta. The debate, which was expected to be viewed in
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury in U.S. District Court ordered the NFL to pay nearly $4.8 billion in damages Thursday after ruling that the league violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service. The jury awarded $4.7 billion in damages to the residential class and
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced five more members of her future cabinet. Luz Elena González, an expert in sustainable development and finance, will be the secretary of energy. Renowned researcher David Kershenobich will be the next secretary of health and Jesús Antonio Esteva Medina will lead communications and transportation.
Continue Reading Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms. The directive drew immediate condemnation from civil rights groups and supporters of the separation of church and state, with some
Continue Reading AP Health Writer Researchers say doctors are prescribing antibiotics to most kids and teens who have pink eye, despite guidelines that discourage their use. In a study published Thursday, more than two-thirds of children who saw a doctor for pink eye left with a prescription for antibiotic eye drops. Pink eye usually clears up on
Continue Reading Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Abortion-rights supporters are going to court to try to overturn Michigan’s longtime ban on taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income residents. They’re arguing that the ban can’t stand after voters in 2022 approved a sweeping constitutional amendment that ensures access to abortion. Michigan’s Medicaid program pays for childbirth, birth control and sterilization,
Continue Reading AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jaylen Wells sat in the stands at Barclays Center in his snazzy white suit, hoping to hear his name called in the first round of the NBA draft. A day later, at a second site in a second borough, Wells was finally on his way to the NBA
Continue Reading Associated Press A jury found a suburban Seattle police officer guilty of murder Thursday in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man outside a convenience store, marking the first conviction under a Washington state law easing prosecution of law enforcement officers for on-duty killings. After deliberating for three days, the jury found Auburn Police
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CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Brunswick man was charged in Chariton County with several child sex crimes on Thursday. Mikel Deal was charged with three counts of third-degree child molestation of a child younger than 14 years old and three counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. A warrant was issued on Thursday
Continue Reading WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A female capybara has arrived at a Florida zoo as part of a breeding program to bolster the population of the large South American rodents. Iyari, a 10-month-old capybara, went to the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society in May from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. She’s in
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s contentious restrictions on public mask-wearing are now law after Senate Republicans voted to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto. The Senate gave its final stamp of approval in a 30-13 override vote along party lines Thursday. The bill originally caught flak for removing a health exemption put
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