Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Ana Obregón, actriz española de televisión, desató la polémica luego de recurrir a la gestación subrogada para cumplir lo que, según ella, era el último deseo de su hijo fallecido: tener un bebé. Ana Obregón anunció el nacimiento de la bebé en un artículo para la portada de la revista HOLA!,
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Staton Click here for updates on this story NASHUA, New Hampshire (WMUR) — Best friends, running partners and Nashua residents Brian Henderson and Beth Rioux are running the Boston Marathon together. Henderson and Rioux are on the 50 Legs charity team, an organization that provides free, high-quality prosthetics for children and adults. The
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — La Organización Mundial de la Salud está monitoreando la subvariante XBB.1.5 de ómicron, que se ha identificado en unas dos docenas de países. La subvariante no se ha encontrado en Estados Unidos, pero es similar a la subvariante XBB.1.5 que ha sido dominante en el país desde enero. La XBB.1.16 tiene
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Wyandotte County officials say three men are charged with attempted capital murder after a shootout with Kansas City, Kansas, police officers. Three officers were hospitalized after the confrontation Wednesday and two others were injured by shrapnel. The three suspects also were shot. Kansas City, Kansas, Police Chief Karl Oakman said
Continue ReadingPatricio León (CNN) — Miembros del FBI y del Comando de Operaciones Especiales del Ejército de Estados Unidos que realizaban un ejercicio de entrenamiento en el centro de Boston, irrumpieron en la habitación de hotel equivocada y detuvieron a la persona que se encontraba en su interior antes de darse cuenta de su error, informó
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By JIM SALTER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The five people who were killed when a tornado barreled through their rural Missouri village were inside a mobile home or adjacent camper that were obliterated, authorities said Thursday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol released the names of the victims. Glenn Burcks, 62, lived in the mobile
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday by the Biden administration, but teams could create some limits in certain cases — for example, to ensure fairness. The proposed rule sends a political
Continue Reading MONTREAL (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens’ Denis Gurianov has decided not to wear his team’s themed warmup jersey for Pride night on Thursday, citing family reasons. The Russian forward is the seventh NHL player to recently opt out of wearing rainbow-colored jerseys on their teams’ Pride nights. Gurianov will not take part in the pregame
Continue Reading By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans have filed a flurry of bills aimed at transgender youth as they look to capitalize on their newly attained supermajority. State Rep. Tricia Cotham’s switch to the GOP on Wednesday helped Republicans reach the three-fifths majority needed in both chambers to
Continue ReadingBy Jossie Carbonare Click here for updates on this story LANTANA, Florida (WPBF) — Veterans from Discovery Village of Palm Beach Gardens brought five of their own on Wednesday to Lantana Airport to fly in a WWII plane as a part of the Dream Flights organization. The men were able to climb in and fly
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts gambling regulators have denied a request to allow legal betting on this year’s Boston Marathon, citing concerns by the race’s organizers. All four members of the Massachusetts Gambling Commission who participated in Thursday’s online meeting voted against the request by DraftKings. Commission chair Cathy Judd-Stein shared an email she received Wednesday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou board of curators unanimously voted in favor of a one-year contract extension for Director of Athletics Desireé Reed-Francois, which keeps her in Columbia through June 30, 2028. “In less than two years, Mizzou’s fans are excited and breaking attendance records in many of our sports. It’s amazing to see how
Continue Reading By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press In what could prove a significant move for communities facing air pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Thursday that chemical plants nationwide measure certain hazardous compounds that cross beyond their property lines and reduce them when they are too high. The proposed rules would reduce cancer risk and other
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday vetoed a resolution that would have rescinded his administration’s hallmark water rule, with proponents of the rollback arguing that the regulation places a burden on the agriculture community by being too restrictive in defining what is a navigable waterway. Biden’s announcement marked both the second veto
Continue Reading The Associated Press The U.S ambassador to Russia and a top Russian diplomat have met to discuss a Wall Street Journal reporter who was arrested last week on espionage charges. The Russian Foreign Ministry said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stressed to Ambassador Lynne Tracy “the serious nature of the charges” against American journalist Evan
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation after a U.S. Park Police officer fatally shot a 17-year-old who drove off with an officer in the back seat after the teenager was found asleep in a suspected stolen car. The FBI and the U.S. attorney’s
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN The World Health Organization still does not have key data from China about the origins of the Covid-19 outbreak, putting the world in jeopardy, says Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, the group’s Covid-19 technical lead and head of its program on emerging diseases. “The lack of data disclosure is simply inexcusable,” Van
Continue ReadingBy Linh Tran, Brynn Gingras and Holly Yan, CNN Oklahoma’s attorney general is asking for a new trial in the case of death row inmate Richard Glossip, who has spent a quarter of a century in prison for the death of his boss in 1997. “While the State has previously opposed relief for Glossip, it
Continue ReadingBy Megan Viecelli Click here for updates on this story GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (WXMI) — Submariners make up a small percentage of the U.S. Navy; however, they are responsible for carrying out one of the most important missions—strategic deterrence. This service under the sea has been going on for 123 years and Grand Rapids native
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, conservative activist Ginni Thomas, have gone on several luxury trips involving travel subsidized by and stays at properties owned by a GOP megadonor, according to a new bombshell ProPublica report published Thursday. The hospitality was not disclosed on Thomas’ public financial filings with the Supreme
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