By Rachel Ramirez Before the era of satellites, it was next to impossible to know whether a hurricane occurred out in the open ocean unless a ship was unlucky enough to run into it. And scientists for decades have been trying to piece together a historical record to better understand how the climate crisis is
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. health authorities are facing a critical decision: whether to offer new COVID-19 booster shots this fall that are modified to better match the latest changes of the shape-shifting coronavirus. Moderna and Pfizer say their candidates targeting the super-contagious omicron variant will be an improvement. But the original omicron
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. health authorities are facing a critical decision: whether to offer new COVID-19 booster shots this fall that are modified to better match recent changes of the shape-shifting coronavirus. Moderna and Pfizer have tested updated shots against the super-contagious omicron variant, and advisers to the Food and Drug Administration
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Chen Click here for updates on this story RIVERSIDE, Missouri (KCTV) — One week away from the Independence Day holiday and sales are sizzling at Fireworks stores around the metro. “We’ve got some artillery shells, a lot of rockets,” said Lenin Sanchez. Lenin and the family just stocked up and they’re ready to
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Whether or not the US economy falls into an official recession, there are still plenty of difficult financial and economic factors hitting investors and consumers. Take inflation. Prices in May rose 8.6% from a year ago — the fastest rate in 40 years. Add to that stocks that are now
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The first half of the year was lousy for investors as stocks sank, cryptocurrencies crashed and even the supposedly less risky bond market performed poorly. That bond slump is bad news for conservative investors, retirees living on a fixed income and anyone trying to buy a house. But
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Activistas por el derecho al aborto en todo el país están enviando un mensaje claro después de la anulación del histórico fallo Roe v. Wade: no se están echando atrás. Desde Minnesota hasta California y Florida, se planean más de una docena de protestas este lunes contra la decisión de
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Johnson Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Missouri Governor Mike Parson is making several stops in Kansas City Monday. They include the announcement of a new crime initiative, remarks at a Sheriff’s Convention and a bill signing related to Kansas City Police Department police funding. Senate Bill
Continue ReadingBy Nick Sloan Click here for updates on this story PLEASANTON, Kansas (KCTV) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has ordered flags in Kansas to be flown at half-staff in honor of a fallen firefighter. Linn County, Kan., volunteer firefighter Joshua Haynes died this week while battling a fire at a chiropractic office. “I am directing
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue and Chandelis Duster, CNN The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of two doctors who were convicted of prescribing dangerous opioids without valid medical justification in violation of federal law. Lawyers for the doctors appealed their convictions, arguing that a jury should have been able to consider whether they reasonably
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in morning trading on Wall Street Monday as the market cools off following a rare winning week. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% as of 10:13 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 72 points, or 0.2%, to 31,428 and the Nasdaq
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Prichard Police confirmed to FOX10 News that investigators are following new leads in the killing of a local TikTok star’s son. Randon Lee was gunned down Friday night at a gas station on St. Stephens Road at I-65 in Prichard. Lee
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN “Better Call Saul” is going all out for its sixth and final season. Legendary actress and six-time Emmy Award winner Carol Burnett will appear as a guest star on the drama in Season 6. Burnett will appear as a character named Marion, it was announced Monday. She joins the previously
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heat advisories continued Monday for much of Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley as a ridge of high pressure sat over the West Coast. Temperatures away from the coast were expected to remain well above normal, topping out in triple digits in many areas, the National Weather Service said. The
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is promising to fight Republican efforts in the House of Representatives to pass a nationwide abortion ban at 15 weeks following the Supreme Court’s historic decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, calling it an attempt to strip away women’s rights. After the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling
Continue ReadingCNN By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is promising to fight Republican efforts in the House of Representatives to pass a nationwide abortion ban at 15 weeks following the Supreme Court’s historic decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, calling it an attempt to strip away women’s rights. After the Supreme Court overturned the landmark
Continue ReadingBy Creeson Agecoutay and Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A Dalhousie University team of scientists — in a joint venture with a company called Planetary Technologies — is now in the next phase of their research to use the power of the ocean to one day
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Canada handled key aspects of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic better in the first two years of the health emergency than most G10 countries, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Toronto and Unity Health Toronto compared
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court said Monday that a Washington state school district violated the First Amendment rights of a high school football coach when he lost his job after praying at the 50-yard line after games. The opinion was 6-3 along conservative-liberal ideological lines. “The Constitution
Continue Reading By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The skies over a scattering of Western U.S. cities will stay dark for the third consecutive Fourth of July as some major fireworks displays are canceled again this year — some over wildfire concerns amid dry weather and others because of enduring pandemic-related staffing and supply chain
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