By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press SUKTH, Albania (AP) — Albanian medical staff have launched a nationwide campaign taking medical teams door to door to convince unvaccinated people to get their shots against COVID-19. The small health center team at the Sukth commune, 33 kilometers (20 miles) west of the capital of Tirana, faces a daily
Continue Reading By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say an estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year. That’s a total the nation has never seen. Experts say it’s tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and a more dangerous drug supply. Overdose deaths have been rising for more than
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Skies remained partly cloudy and will through today and the next few days, with comfortable conditions throughout. A Tamarisk fire continues to burn in the East Valley near Indio, and that created air quality issues yesterday but today AQI readings have recovered. Only small areas of Moderate AQI remain in place today. Light winds overnight
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La epidemia de drogas en Estados Unidos es la más mortífera que jamás haya existido, sugieren nuevos datos de las autoridades de salud federales. Más de 100.000 personas murieron por sobredosis de drogas en Estados Unidos durante el período de 12 meses que terminó en abril de 2021, según datos
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Holiday travel was reduced by the pandemic last year, but this time round it’s expected to look more like business as usual — with crowded airports and train stations and interstates turned into either parking lots or unofficial road races. And while the weather might not stop the masses from
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By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A sculpture sponsored by Amazon Web Services that uses artificial intelligence to integrate viewers’ feelings into the artwork is being featured at the Smithsonian. The sculpture is called “me + you.” It listens to what you have to say about the future and renders your sentiment in
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is making billions of dollars available to drugmakers to scale up domestic production of COVID-19 vaccines in the hopes of building capacity to produce an additional 1 billion shots per year to share globally. Under the new initiative previewed Wednesday, the Department of Health
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Thousands of people are marching through Athens to mark the anniversary of a bloody anti-dictatorship uprising in 1973. More than 5,000 police were deployed to keep order, as violence involving anarchist demonstrators often mars the annual march to the U.S. Embassy. The event went ahead Wednesday despite restrictions related to the
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN China’s test of a hypersonic missile over the summer “went around the world,” the second most senior US general said in an interview released Tuesday, shedding new details on the test and warning that China might one day be able to launch a surprise nuclear attack on the United States. “They
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s parliament has passed legislation to permit electronic voting. The approval on Wednesday came ahead of the next elections in 2023, over protests by opposition parties who say the legislation is aimed at rigging the next round of voting. Lawmakers also Wednesday passed legislation granting voting rights to expats. The current system
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s top Brexit official has lowered the temperature in the U.K.’s trade feud with the European Union, saying he believes it is possible to reach agreement with the bloc. Chief U.K. negotiator David Frost said Wednesday there are still “gaps” between the two sides, but added that
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Jacob Chansley, the so-called “QAnon Shaman,” was sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in the US Capitol riot. The Justice Department had asked for Chansley to receive a harsh sentence as a way to set an example among the January 6 rioters, and prosecutors have
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer One of the talented quarterbacks in the Atlantic Coast Conference is going to get snubbed when football awards are announced. Look at this lineup: Virginia has Brennan Armstrong, who is third in the country with 3,557 passing yards. Pittsburgh has Kenny Pickett, who vaulted himself into the Heisman Trophy
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Carole Baskin was far from happy with her portrayal in “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” but that hasn’t soured her from appearing on camera. Her two-part docuseries, “Carole Baskin’s Cage Fight,” recently launched on Discovery+ and Baskin couldn’t be happier about the public getting a different view of her
Continue Reading BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — A pilot who was among four people who died after a plane crash on a Michigan island has been identified as a history teacher. William Julian was flying the plane for Island Airways. It takes travelers between Beaver Island and Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula. The 55-year-old was airlifted Saturday to
Continue ReadingCNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Coke’s new flavor is out of this world. At least, that’s the idea behind Coca-Cola Starlight, a new limited-edition version of the classic soda that comes in regular and zero sugar. After deciding to discontinue half of its portfolio a few years ago, getting rid of outdated but beloved
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Miramax — the movie studio behind the classic crime movie “Pulp Fiction” — is suing Quentin Tarantino, the film’s director, over his planned sale of NFTs from the 1994 film. The two-time Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter announced earlier this month that he’s selling NFTs of seven original scenes from
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden is introducing a digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate for public gatherings and events with more than 100 people indoors. The move follows similar steps by other European Union countries amid a recent continental rise in COVID-19 cases. Authorities said Wednesday that the certificate will be adopted from Dec. 1. Sweden has
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden asked the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday to “immediately” investigate whether illegal activity by oil and gas companies is pushing up gas prices as he searches for a way to reduce pain at the pump. The move isn’t likely to have an immediate effect on the price consumers
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — As long as the United States wins its final three home games, the Americans likely will get back to the World Cup. These young Americans stumbled on the road again in qualifying. They wasted an early lead in a choppy 1-1 draw against Jamaica on
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