By Dan Merica and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Former President Barack Obama described Herschel Walker as “a celebrity that wants to be a politician” during a speech Friday night in Georgia, lauding the Republican Senate nominee as “one of the best running backs of all time,” but someone who is not equipped to be a United
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SofÃa Benavides (CNN) — Más de 830 migrantes murieron en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos en el año fiscal 2022, lo que representa un récord que supera el total del año pasado, según un funcionario del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) Los migrantes a menudo se enfrentan con terrenos
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La subvariante ómicron BA.5 ya no es la causa dominante de las infecciones por covid-19 en Estados Unidos, según los estimados publicados este viernes por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés). En cambio, una serie de nuevas subvariedades, sublinajes
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the U.N. political mission in Libya for a year. It is urging key institutions and parties in the divided north African country to agree on a road map to deliver presidential and parliamentary elections as soon
Continue Reading By BILL BARROW Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama has returned to the campaign trail in Georgia, framing the 2022 midterm elections as a referendum on democracy and urging voters not to see Republicans as an answer to their economic woes. He shared the stage Friday with Sen. Raphael Warnock,
Continue Reading By SEUNG MIN KIM and MARC LEVY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An energized President Joe Biden returned Friday to the Keystone State, his 15th visit since he took office, this time to attend a fundraiser with Vice President Kamala Harris and other leaders to boost Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman. The candidate had a
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Un sismo de magnitud 5,8 sacudió Perú la noche de este viernes, según reportes del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El foco sÃsmico estuvo localizado a 7,7 kilómetros de profundidad y el epicentro estuvo ubicado a 72,3 kilómetros al noreste de Ica y a 65 kilómetros al noreste de Santiago, Perú. Según el USGS, al menos
Continue Reading By SEUNG MIN KIM and MARC LEVY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — If a president’s most precious commodity is time, there is no place more valuable politically for the White House this midterm year than Pennsylvania. An energized President Joe Biden returned Friday to the Keystone State, his 15th visit since he took office, this
Continue Reading By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left at least 47 people dead, including in a hard-hit southern Philippine province, where as many as 60 villagers are feared missing and buried in a huge mudslide laden with rocks, trees and debris, officials said Saturday.
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Singapore is set to welcome its first ever “supertall” skyscraper, a term used to describe buildings that exceed 300 meters (984 feet) in height. The new tower, known as 8 Shenton Way, will soar above the Southeast Asian city-state from 2028, offering offices, a hotel and 34 floors of luxury residences. Set
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PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — An argument by three people living in their cars led to a stabbing that left a man and a woman dead at a Palmdale shopping center, authorities said Friday. One man was arrested at the scene after the attacks took place shortly before noon Thursday in the parking lot of the
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials say there were no immediate reports of damage after a 4.1-magnitude earthquake shook a small agricultural county in the country’s central region. South Korea’s weather agency said Saturday’s small earthquake in the town of Goesan was still the strongest of the 38 quakes that have occurred in
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By Jalen Brown and Justin Gamble, CNN The Kankakee School Board voted Monday unanimously to terminate first-year math teacher John Donovan after several students recorded him calling a Black student the n-word, sparking outrage from students and families in the Illinois school district. Videos of the incident, secretly recorded October 20 by multiple students in
Continue Reading By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists who won a court order against U.S. wildlife officials say they’ll sue them again for failing to protect a Nevada wildflower whose last remaining habitat could be destroyed by a lithium mine. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal 60-day notice this week of
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SEATTLE (AP) — Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered to pay $10.5 million in legal fees to Washington state atop a nearly $25 million fine for repeated and intentional violations of campaign finance disclosure laws. King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North issued the legal-fee order Friday, two days after he hit the social
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered to pay $10.5 million in legal fees to Washington state atop a nearly $25 million fine for repeated and intentional violations of campaign finance disclosure laws. King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North issued the legal-fee order Friday, two days after he hit the social
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered to pay $10.5 million in legal fees to Washington state atop a nearly $25 million fine for repeated and intentional violations of campaign finance disclosure laws. King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North issued the legal-fee order Friday, two days after he hit the social
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — William Karlsson had a goal and an assist, Logan Thompson made 29 saves and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-0 in a Friday matinee commemorating Nevada Day. Thompson had his second shutout of the season and third overall to help Western Conference-leading Vegas
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Amoxicillin, a common antibiotic used to treat a broad range of conditions, is in short supply, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. The agency lists amoxicillin oral solution in its drug shortage database, which relies on reports from manufacturers. The oral solution is an anti-infective used with pediatric patients.
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovych and Nic Robertson, CNN As winter edges ever closer in Ukraine, Alla Melnychuk and her neighbors are racing against the time to save what little they have left. Their apartment building in Irpin was hit during some of the heaviest fighting in March. Most of the windows are still shattered,
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