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By DAVID KEYTON, FRANK JORDANS and CHRISTINA LARSON Associate Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists were jointly awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing a way of “snapping molecules together” that can be used to explore cells, map DNA and design drugs that can target diseases such as cancer more precisely.
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say an officer shot an armed man inside a police station on the city’s West Side. Police spokesman Tom Ahern says the shooting took place Wednesday afternoon. Ahern says the man was taken to a hospital where he is in stable condition and that his gun was recovered at the
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Relatives of a family kidnapped at gunpoint from their trucking business in central California pleaded for help Wednesday in the search for an 8-month-old girl, her mother, father and uncle, who authorities say were taken by a convicted robber who tried to
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press FORT MYERS, Florida (AP) — President Joe Biden surveyed the devastation of hurricane-ravaged Florida on Wednesday, promising to marshal the power of the federal government to help rebuild as he comforted local residents alongside Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 foe. Both men declared they
Continue Reading By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A congressman from Maine said Wednesday he will file a proposal to withhold federal money from a California aquarium and conservation group that has recommended seafood consumers avoid buying lobster. The move from Democratic Rep. Jared Golden came a week after a spat with Republican former
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Elon Musk’s monthslong tussle with Twitter took another twist this week when the Tesla billionaire seemed to return to where he started in April — offering to buy the company for $44 billion. But it’s not over yet. Twitter says it intends to close the deal at the agreed-upon
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Several of the first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope look a little more psychedelic, thanks to NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Glowing blue and purple X-rays can now be seen in newly released versions of four images that combine Chandra’s data with Webb’s infrared data. Those four images include
Continue Reading By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Southwest Airlines pilot is suing the company, her union and a former colleague who pleaded guilty last year to stripping naked in front of her during a flight. Christine Janning alleges that Southwest retaliated by grounding her after she reported Michael Haak to the
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The US intelligence community believes that the car bombing that killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of prominent Russian political figure Alexander Dugin, was authorized by elements within the Ukrainian government, sources briefed on the intelligence told CNN. The US was not aware of the plan beforehand, according
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Lifsey Click here for updates on this story ADEL, Georgia (WANF) — A sheriff’s deputy from South Georgia has died after suffering a heart attack while breaking up a fight at a high school. According to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, Captain Terry Arnold, also known as “turtle”, suffered an apparent fatal heart
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks turned modestly higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Wednesday, erasing an early slide and placing the market on course to add to its big gains this week. A late burst of buying flipped the major indexes into the green. The S&P 500 was
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon suspended dozens of workers at its only unionized warehouse on Tuesday, one day after they organized a work stoppage following a fire at the facility. About 50 workers at the facility in Staten Island, New York were suspended with pay, according to Connor Spence, one of the suspended workers.
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Police say they are at a loss to explain why a mother fatally shot her teenage son in the back late Monday. The shooting happened just before 11 p.m. in the 2000 block of Jones Lane in Mobile’s Plateau community. An
Continue Reading By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Southwest Airlines pilot is suing the company, her union and a former colleague who pleaded guilty last year to stripping naked in front of her during a flight. Christine Janning alleges that Southwest retaliated by grounding her after she reported Michael Haak to the
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, who has made his opponent’s questionable record fighting the opioid epidemic a central theme of his campaign for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat, has received campaign donations over the years from drug distributors blamed for key roles in the crisis,
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A college fair is being hosted on October 6. from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Agua Caliente Resort. My College Fair is hosting the event for its eighth consecutive year for Coachella Valley students who are interested in pursuing a higher education. This is the second time the fair is being hosted in
Continue Reading By Justin Gamble, CNN Embattled New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says she will now reimburse the city for expenses related to flight upgrades she made during her recent travels. “I will have to reimburse the city for those business expenses,” Cantrell tells CNN affiliate WDSU. The mayor came under fire after she initially claimed the
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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels have hired Phil Nevin as manager for the 2023 season, removing his interim title and giving him a one-year contract Wednesday before the final game of the regular season. The Angels will miss the playoffs for an eighth straight year. Nevin
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken, advirtió que si Corea del Norte continúa “por este camino” de provocación tras su lanzamiento de un misil balístico sobre Japón este martes, “solo aumentará la condena, aumentará el aislamiento y aumentará los pasos que se toman en respuesta a sus acciones”.
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A second man accused by the Justice Department earlier this year of impersonating a federal agent in Washington, DC, pleaded guilty Wednesday. Ali Haider pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud, conspiring to impersonate federal agents and unlawfully possessing a high-capacity pistol magazine in DC. He faces an
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