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Oracle is buying electronic medical records company Cerner in an all-cash deal valued at about $28.3 billion. Oracle will pay $95 per Cerner share. Hospitals and physicians offices use Cerner software to record and share health and medical data. The companies said Monday that Cerner systems will become a unit of Oracle. Shares of Oracle
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN The National Basketball Association (NBA) will allow teams dealing with Covid-19 issues to add replacement players due to the rising number of cases, according to a memo dated Sunday and obtained by CNN on Monday. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association have agreed to allow teams to sign a replacement
Continue ReadingCNN, NIAID, GETTY IMAGES, NYC MAYOR’S OFFICE, BROADWAY.COM, WCBS By Wayne Sterling, CNN The National Basketball Association (NBA) will allow teams dealing with Covid-19 issues to add replacement players due to the rising number of cases, according to a memo dated Sunday and obtained by CNN on Monday. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Francesca Street, CNN Despite stringent measures supposed to minimize Covid outbreaks on ocean cruises, operator Royal Caribbean says at least 48 people on board one of its ships that docked in Miami at the weekend have tested positive for the virus. The Symphony of the Seas, the world’s biggest cruise ship,
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell is speeding to a conclusion with closing arguments. A prosecutor told jurors Monday that the 59-year-old Maxwell is a dangerous predator who helped Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. A defense lawyer told the Manhattan federal
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell is speeding to a conclusion with closing arguments. A prosecutor told jurors Monday that the 59-year-old Maxwell is a dangerous predator who helped Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. A defense lawyer told the Manhattan federal
Continue Reading By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Biogen is slashing the price of its Alzheimer’s treatment months after the drug debuted to widespread criticism for an initial cost that can reach $56,000 annually. The drugmaker said Monday that starting in January it will cut the wholesale acquisition cost of the drug by about 50%. That means
Continue Reading By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Biogen is slashing the price of its Alzheimer’s treatment months after the drug debuted to widespread criticism for an initial cost that can reach $56,000 annually. The drugmaker said Monday that starting in January it will cut the wholesale acquisition cost of the drug by about 50%. That means
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Metallica went for the rare and deep cuts as they celebrated their 40th anniversary over the weekend. The legendary heavy metal band played the 1997 single “Fixxxer” for the first time live as they performed at San Francisco’s Chase Center. “After 40 years, there’s still firsts,” lead vocalist James Hetfield
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Las vacunas contra el covid-19 son muy efectivas contra la prevención de infecciones, pero ninguna vacuna es 100% efectiva. Las personas completamente vacunadas pueden infectarse y lo hacen. No se sabe exactamente cuántos casos de infección de covid-19 en vacunados están ocurriendo, ya que los Centros para el Control y la
Continue Reading By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned to work following a week of isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. His office announced Monday that Ramaphosa had mild symptoms and was treated at his official residence in Cape Town by South Africa’s military health service as the country
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are falling in early trading Monday, continuing a weak stretch as traders keep a wary eye on global increases in COVID-19 cases. Traders also got news over the weekend that a key U.S. senator wouldn’t support President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion domestic spending bill, putting its passage in doubt. The S&P
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are falling in early trading Monday, continuing a weak stretch as traders keep a wary eye on global increases in COVID-19 cases. Traders also got news over the weekend that a key U.S. senator wouldn’t support President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion domestic spending bill, putting its passage in doubt. The S&P
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — La compañía de biotecnología Moderna continúa trabajando en el desarrollo de una vacuna de refuerzo que se dirija específicamente a ómicron y otras variantes, dijo este lunes el Dr. Stephen Hoge, presidente de la compañía. “Continuaremos avanzando en desarrollar un refuerzo específico para ómicron en ensayos clínicos a principios de 2022”, dijo
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The government of Belarus says it has summoned a British diplomat in protest after its embassy in London was “attacked” and a diplomat injured. The Belarus Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday that a group of people smeared the facade of the embassy building and then physically assaulted Belarusian diplomats who
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When he sat down at his parents’ house to write a simple, melodic song for his band Fleet Foxes’ debut album, Robin Pecknold had no idea he’d be writing a modern-day holiday standard. But unexpectedly, that’s what “White Winter Hymnal” has turned into, a staple
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN Flying into Venice, on the right hand side of the airplane, you’ll see the city unfurl beneath you: a mass of terracotta roofs, brick bell towers and those canals, knitting the 118 islands of Venice together. Then, as the plane continues northwards across the lagoon to land at Venice airport, just outside
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By Ralph Ellis, Sarah Moon and Eric Levenson, CNN A jury deliberated for just over five hours Monday in the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who mistook her firearm for her Taser and fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop in April. Earlier Monday, the
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — A pesar de un aumento en los casos de covid-19 y las nuevas restricciones que surgen en todo Estados Unidos, los pasajeros en los aeropuertos de EE.UU. no parecen estar disuadidos de cumplir con sus planes de vacaciones. Más de 2 millones de pasajeros pasaron por revisión de seguridad en los aeropuertos
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Lil Durk and his girlfriend of four years, India Royale, are engaged. The rapper popped the question at a concert in their hometown of Chicago. During his set at WGCI’s Big Jam concert held at the United Center, Lil Durk brought Royale out of stage. He took to one knee
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