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By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi abortion clinic that was at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade has ended a lawsuit in which it was seeking to block the state from enforcing a law banning most abortions. Jackson Women’s
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business One of four passengers who joined SpaceX’s first-ever space tourism mission last year and who spent months training on the company’s spacecraft before taking a three-day trek to orbit is now working for Blue Origin, one of SpaceX’s top rivals. Chris Sembroski, an engineer who previously worked at yet another
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. adults who haven’t gotten any COVID-19 shots yet should consider a new option from Novavax — a more traditional kind of vaccine, influential government advisers said Tuesday. Regulators authorized the nation’s first so-called protein vaccine against COVID-19 last week, but Novavax shots cannot begin until the Centers for
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. adults who haven’t gotten any COVID-19 shots yet should consider a new option from Novavax — a more traditional kind of vaccine, influential government advisers said Tuesday. Regulators authorized the nation’s first so-called protein vaccine against COVID-19 last week, but Novavax shots cannot begin until the Centers for
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Former federal prosecutor Steve Dettelbach was ceremonially sworn in on Tuesday as the new director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, marking the first time in seven years that the agency has a permanent, Senate-approved leader at the helm. Dettelbach assumes control of the agency,
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By KEN RITTER and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — A transformer exploded Tuesday at Hoover Dam, one of the nation’s largest hydroelectric facilities, producing a thick cloud of black smoke and flames that were quickly extinguished. No one was hurt in the explosion near the base of the dam, an engineering
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — A transformer exploded Tuesday at Hoover Dam, one of the nation’s largest hydroelectric facilities, producing a thick cloud of black smoke and flames that were quickly extinguished. No one was hurt in the explosion near the base of the dam, an engineering
Continue ReadingBy KCTV Staff Click here for updates on this story NORTH KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMOV) — A North Kansas City police officer has died from his injuries after he was shot in the line of duty. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office said a person of interest has been taken into custody after he shot Officer
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — La aprobación presidencial siempre abre la conversación en democracias como la de Estados Unidos, pues es un indicador de cómo la gente percibe el trabajo de los mandatarios del país. Actualmente, lo que podemos ver es la aprobación del presidente Joe Biden. De acuerdo con la medición más reciente (que abarca
Continue Reading By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio took the first step Tuesday toward suing Indiana’s attorney general for defamation. Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist who gave the girl a medication-induced abortion on June 30, filed a tort
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Lee Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Fighting broke out on Uluniu Avenue in the heart of Waikiki over the weekend, at an intersection just one block away from the banyan tree by the hula mound. Nearby business managers told KITV4 Saturday was a scene of a fight and
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — After putting off routine health care for much of the pandemic, Americans are now returning to doctors’ offices in big numbers — a trend that’s starting to show up in higher insurance rates across the country. Health insurers in individual marketplaces across 13 states and Washington
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The Dream is still alive in Palm Springs. A far-cry from becoming reality though, the $200 million Dream Hotel project has become an eyesore with work stalled since 2019. An underground parking structure has been completed so far. “We’ve had to deal with several ups and downs since we’ve started this project,” said developer Lauri
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A-B Tech’s student culinary team is heading out West! The team is set to compete in the American Culinary Federation’s National Convention in Las Vegas scheduled for July 25-28. This will be a record 13th time the culinary team has
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks may not be done closing stores over safety concerns. “We are beginning to close stores,” because of safety issues, interim CEO Howard Schultz said in a video posted to Twitter last week. “This is just the beginning. There are going to be many more.” Starbucks said last week that
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story GREENBRIER, Tennessee (WLOS) — Cleanup continues in eastern Tennessee following severe flooding that damaged parts of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The park announced the Greenbrier area will be closed during the week, Monday through Thursday through July 28, to accommodate road repairs. “This temporary
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man from Western North Carolina will spend several months in prison after fraudulently collecting nearly $1 million in disability benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). On July 18, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. sentenced
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole and Barbara Starr, CNN Boeing’s delivery of two new Air Force One planes has been delayed again, the Air Force announced Tuesday, with the completion of the first of the new presidential planes not expected for at least another four years. “The new objective delivery date to the Presidential Airlift Group for
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Chipotle is closing a Maine store that had been leading efforts to unionize the chain. Employees at the Augusta, Maine, Chipotle filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board in June asking to hold a union election at the store. It was the first of the Mexican food
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Chipotle is closing a Maine store that had been leading efforts to unionize the chain. Employees at the Augusta, Maine, Chipotle filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board in June asking to hold a union election at the store. It was the first of the Mexican food
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