By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The American Folk Art Museum, unlike many other arts institutions during the pandemic, was able to avoid layoffs and other cutbacks in the past two years through a mix of unique fundraisers and increased contributions from existing donors. The museum plans Tuesday to announce its
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Fadem, CNN Elmo, everyone’s favorite red Muppet, has received the Covid-19 vaccine. In a public service announcement released on Tuesday by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, Elmo’s dad Louie — also a Muppet — shared his questions about the Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5. Elmo is 3 and
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Members of the Group of Seven major economies pledged Tuesday to create a new “climate club” that for nations that wants to take more ambitious action to tackle global warming. The move, championed by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, will see countries that join the club agree on
Continue Reading By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says it will begin reviewing data to decide if a smallpox vaccine made by the pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic might also be authorized for monkeypox, amid a growing outbreak of the disease across the continent. In a statement on Tuesday, the EU
Continue Reading By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says it will begin reviewing data to decide if a smallpox vaccine made by the pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic might also be authorized for monkeypox, amid a growing outbreak of the disease across the continent. In a statement on Tuesday, the EU
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By Devon M. Sayers, CNN An employee at a Subway restaurant in Atlanta was shot and killed Sunday after a customer got upset about a condiment on his sandwich, Atlanta Police said. Police were called to the restaurant near Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta shortly after 6:30 p.m., a news release from the police department
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business British taxpayers now officially hold shares in a company that throws sex parties. A government loan provided to Killing Kittens to help it through the pandemic has converted into an equity stake in the company, the British Business Bank confirmed on Tuesday. Killing Kittens, which organizes women-led adult parties in
Continue ReadingBy Solarina Ho Click here for updates on this story Toronto (CTV Network) — A simple and common bone density scan could help identify if someone is at risk of developing late-life dementia, according to a new international study led by researchers in Australia. Scientists found that calcification of plaque in the abdominal aorta captured
Continue Reading CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (AP) — Officials say the boat of a North Carolina man missing for seven months has washed ashore in the Azores Islands. Carolina Beach police said Monday that Joseph Matthew Johnson has not been found. Police say the 44-year-old resident of Carolina Beach was last seen leaving Federal Point Yacht Club marina
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked a “fundamental shift” in the alliance’s approach to defense. Stoltenberg said Tuesday that member states will have to boost their military spending in “a more dangerous and unpredictable world.” He spoke as U.S.
Continue Reading THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Smartly-dressed robbers wielding what appeared to be weapons and a sledgehammer have staged a brazen jewelry heist at an international art fair in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht. Police quickly made two arrests and said they were hunting another two suspects. Video purporting to be of Tuesday’s robbery and
Continue ReadingBy Virginia Langmaid and Naomi Thomas, CNN Amazon and some large drug store chains began this week limiting purchases of emergency contraception to three pills per customer, company representatives confirmed to CNN. Amazon has a temporary quantity limit of 3 unites per week on emergency contraceptive pills, including Plan B, a representative for the company
Continue ReadingCNN By Virginia Langmaid and Naomi Thomas, CNN Amazon and some large drug store chains began this week limiting purchases of emergency contraception to three pills per customer, company representatives confirmed to CNN. Amazon has a temporary quantity limit of 3 unites per week on emergency contraceptive pills, including Plan B, a representative for the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981 apologized for his actions in a televised interview. John Hinckley Jr. said he doesn’t remember the emotions he was feeling when he fired the shots that also wounded three others. Hinckley Jr. told CBS Mornings in his first TV interview since
Continue Reading AQABA, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s prime minister says he has instructed authorities to launch an investigation into the deadly blast at the port of Aqaba that killed at least 13 people. A crane loading chlorine tanks onto a ship dropped one of them, causing an explosion of toxic yellow smoke which also sickened 250 people.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Estados Unidos se prepara para la posible necesidad de actualizar sus vacunas contra el covid-19, especialmente contra la variante ómicron. El Comité Asesor independiente de Vacunas y Productos Biológicos Relacionados (VRBPAC, por sus siglas en inglés) de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Farmers are protesting around the Netherlands as lawmakers vote on proposals to slash emissions of damaging pollutants. The plan will likely force farmers to cut their livestock herds or stop work altogether. The government says emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia, which livestock produce, must
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Farmers are protesting around the Netherlands as lawmakers vote on proposals to slash emissions of damaging pollutants. The plan will likely force farmers to cut their livestock herds or stop work altogether. The government says emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia, which livestock produce, must
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked a “fundamental shift” in the alliance’s approach to defense. Stoltenberg said Tuesday that member states will have to boost their military spending in “a more dangerous and unpredictable world.” He spoke as U.S.
Continue Reading By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A 101-year-old man was convicted in Germany of more than 3,500 counts of accessory to murder on Tuesday for serving at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II. The Neuruppin Regional Court sentenced him to five years in prison. The man, who was identified by
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