By Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Early-onset colorectal cancers may be becoming more common in young people between the ages of 20 and 39 years old, according to a new study, with the increase appearing more pronounced in Black and Hispanic populations. The study, published Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy Paul Workman and Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story KABUL/TORONTO (CTV Network) — Crushing poverty is forcing displaced people in Afghanistan to make some very desperate choices. For some, this means selling their kidney. But for other families, it means selling their own daughters into marriage, a grim fate for
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By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Nearly 1,500 people died of malnutrition in just part of Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray region over a four-month period last year, including more than 350 young children, a new report by the region’s health bureau says. It cites more than 5,000 blockade-related deaths in all from hunger
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By SHELBY MYERS Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Mobile Police said a woman was brutally attacked in broad daylight outside Mobile County Metro Jail. Mobile County Metro Jail Warden Trey Oliver described the horrific scene. He said a nurse who works at the jail was heading to her car
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By Jordan Valinsky and John General, CNN Bud Light Next, the first zero-carb beer from Anheuser-Busch, is hitting shelves next week. The new beer goes on sale nationwide February 7, about a week before the Super Bowl, traditionally one of the most popular days for beer consumption. Anheuser-Busch is using the championship football game to
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CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Put America’s most popular sporting event in its second-largest metropolitan area. Put the stadium’s home team in the game facing an opponent that has never won a championship. What do you get? Unsurprisingly, you get record Super Bowl ticket prices. SeatGeek said that the average price customers
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By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Hawaii Pacific Health donated 50,000 N95 masks for students, faculty, and support staff with the Hawaii Department of Education. The N95 masks are the highest recommended masks to protect against COVID-19 and the highly-contagious Omicron variant, according to the Centers for Disease
Continue ReadingBy Frank Healy Click here for updates on this story KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A student is speaking out, voicing his concerns about the toll the pandemic is taking on kids. Seventeen-year-old Bradford High School junior Christopher Portillo took his concerns to the Kenosha School Board Tuesday night, hoping to see changes at school. “I
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By Troy Washington Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Shreveport man says thieves drove his RV off the lot of the storage facility where it’s been kept for two years. Now that victim is questioning the “secure” promise of the facility. “I just question a place that puts secure
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BEIJING (AP) — For journalists covering the Beijing Winter Olympics, China’s strict pandemic measures are creating a surreal and somewhat frustrating experience. China requires electronic confirmation of the health status of those participating in or covering the Games. That kept Associated Press photo editor Yirmiyan Arthur on edge during her journey from New Delhi to
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By JOHN OAKES Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Over the past five months, a Shreveport man, with a terminally ill wife, says he’s struggled with their insurance company to meet its end of the bargain. The man’s name is Waymon Wren. He’s a retired Shreveport police officer. His wife
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Parece que no hay quien pare a Ashleigh Barty en este momento. La jugadora de 25 años se metió en la final del Abierto de Australia el jueves tras aplastar a la estadounidense Madison Keys por 6-1 y 6-3 en poco más de una hora en la pista. Barty aún no
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press Thursday morning the Denver Broncos are finalizing a deal to hire Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett as their new head coach. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal
Continue Reading By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says 14.5 million Americans got private health insurance for this year under the Obama-era health law, thanks to help from his administration. Biden said Thursday health care should be a right, not a privilege, and a record number of people now have coverage under
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By Sara Smart, CNN On July 18, 1945, Ilse Loewenberg wrote a letter to her sister, Carla, after surviving as a Jewish woman during the Holocaust. “I am able to give you a sign of life from me after so many years,” part of the letter — originally in German — reads. “Dad, Mom, Grete,
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By Caitlyn Penter Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller responded Wednesday following the death of a Buncombe County Detention Center inmate on Tuesday night, Jan. 25. The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office has identified the person as 41-year-old Maria Frisbee. Miller said Frisbee was
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Endrick Felipe Moreira de Sousa has become the latest Brazilian teen sensation. The 15-year-old Endrick has attracted attention from European clubs after thriving in one of Brazil’s most traditional youth tournaments. The Palmeiras player scored in the final and won MVP and best goal at the
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CNN, HLN By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s game over for “Jeopardy!” champ Amy Schneider, but she has more than 1.3 million reasons to be grateful for her impressive run. Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, California, closed out the show’s second-longest consecutive win streak Wednesday, ending a 40-game run. Rhone Talsma, a librarian from Chicago,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las respuestas escritas presentadas por Estados Unidos y la OTAN a las demandas de seguridad de Rusia no abordaron la principal preocupación de Moscú: la expansión de la alianza del Atlántico Norte hacia el Este. “No hay una reacción positiva sobre el tema principal en este documento”, dijo el canciller de
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Southwest Airlines reported its first quarterly operating profit since the start of the pandemic. Still, when excluding the financial help it received from the government, Southwest reported another full-year loss. The airline reported it earned $85 million in the quarter, far better than the $23 million forecast by analysts surveyed
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