By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US military carried out two strikes against the Taliban overnight in support of Afghan forces in the Kandahar province, multiple defense officials said, targeting captured equipment. The military has retained the authority to carry out strikes in support of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) during the final
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden’s drug czar pick, Dr. Rahul Gupta, spent nine months last year working as an adviser to a Maryland-based cannabis company, recently released government ethics documents show. Gupta, who was formally nominated to be the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy earlier this month,
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN A few years ago, Australian scientist Richard Major took a video of a cockatoo in Sydney opening a closed trash bin lid with its beak and foot to access the gold mine of leftover food inside. He shared it with Barbara Klump and Lucy Aplin, both researchers at the Max Planck
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic has loomed large over the Tokyo Olympics ever since last year’s postponement, shaping a Games the like of which has never been seen before. When the opening ceremony gets underway on Friday, it will put an end to months of speculation over whether the Olympics would be even
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An “escalating crisis” is unfolding at Coral Mountain Golf Course at Trilogy in La Quinta. News Channel 3 reported exclusively Wednesday the owners shut off the water supply as they demanded tens of thousands of dollars from homeowners to pay for it. Now the homeowner’s association is gearing up to take them to court. “Within
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Un doctor local nos explica los peligros que representan los variantes para los no vacunados.
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Defending Olympic champion Brazil defeated Germany on Thursday in what was a rematch of the 2016 Rio men’s football final. Striker Richarlison scored a stunning first-half hat-trick as Brazil beat Germany 4-2 in their opening game of the 2020 Summer Games in Japan. Brazil also got the better of Germany in
Continue ReadingArmand “Mondo” Duplantis holds the world record in pole vault and he’s sharing his tips on managing stress in competition to help the rest of us manage stress in everyday life.
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Missouri must expand Medicaid to low-income residents, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday, finding that a state ballot initiative that voters approved last year was constitutional. The decision overturned a lower court ruling that said the ballot measure approving expansion had violated state law. “The court has said the
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By Jacob Lev, CNN New York Jets assistant coach Greg Knapp has died, five days after being involved in a bicycling crash, the Knapp family announced on Thursday. He was 58. Nicknamed “Knapper,” he “was called back home to Heaven, where he will be reunited with his Dad,” the family said in a statement. “Those
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Stuart, Mallory Simon and Christina Maxouris, CNN The Virginia Beach school board voted against a motion which would make mask-wearing in school optional for the upcoming school year, during a heated Tuesday night meeting that lasted more than four hours. The board voted 6-4 against the effort, keeping masks mandatory for the district’s
Continue Reading CNN’s Anderson Cooper talks with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark about their trip into space aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft, and what the crew was discussing in the moments before takeoff.
Continue Reading By Kristin Fisher and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Even though Jeff Bezos crossed into space on Tuesday, he still may not get his official astronaut wings from the federal government. On the same day as Blue Origin’s first human spaceflight, the Federal Aviation Administration announced a change to its Commercial Astronaut Wings Program for the first
Continue ReadingNader Nadery, senior member of the Afghan peace negotiation team, says the Taliban is intimidating communities and that a ceasefire is needed now.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung and Geneva Sands, CNN Business Kaseya, the software firm whose remote access tool was used to deliver REvil ransomware to hundreds of businesses around the world this month in a devastating supply-chain attack, has obtained a decryptor key allowing it to unlock networks seized by the malware, the company confirmed to CNN
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at abortion in the United States. Facts January 22, 1973 – Roe v. Wade – The US Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, affirms the legality of a woman’s right to have an abortion under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. 2003 – President George W. Bush signs a
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the US Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. Case 1971 – The case is filed by Norma McCorvey, known in court documents as Jane Roe, against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas County, who enforced a Texas law that prohibited abortion, except to save a woman’s life.
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US Capitol Police Board announced Thursday the selection of Tom Manger as chief of the United States Capitol Police following a nationwide recruitment effort. Manger, who will assume command on Friday, said in a statement, “The challenges in protecting the Capitol campus, and everyone who works or visits there, have
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A First Alert Weather Alert Day has been issued for a flash flood warning in Riverside County. Rain and thunderstorms have developed over the local mountains, prompting flash flood warnings in parts of Southern California. The only Flash Flood Warning still in effect is for Salton City until 9:30 p.m. A thunderstorm and heavy rain
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Coronavirus cases are on the rise nationwide and so are concerns about the effectiveness of current vaccines. According to a new medical study reported in the New York Times, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is “much less effective against the Delta and Lambda variants than against the original virus.” Dr. Alan Williamson at Eisenhower Health
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