Month: November 2022

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five women have been found dead in the city of Cuautla, south of Mexico City. The women’s bodies _ some of which were reportedly dismembered _ were found at two different spots.  The prosecutor in Morelos state, where Cuautla is located, said the killings appear to have been carried out by

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer The lone volunteer in a unique study involving a gene-editing technique has died, and those behind the trial are now trying to figure out what killed him. Terry Horgan, a 27-year-old who had Duchenne muscular dystrophy, died last month, according to Cure Rare Disease, a Connecticut-based nonprofit founded by

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Education and civil rights groups say they will sue to overturn Georgia’s law banning the teaching of certain racial concepts. They claimed Friday that the ban on so-called divisive concepts violates First Amendment rights to free expression and 14th Amendment rights to equal protection. The Southern Poverty

LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO has pulled the plug on “Westworld,” its Emmy-winning sci-fi drama. The series’ cancellation came less than three months after its fourth season concluded in August. The cast included Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Aaron Paul and Thandiwe Newton. Newton earned a best supporting actress Emmy in 2018, and

MEXICO CITY (AP) — After raising controversy by hiring hundreds of Cuban doctors, Mexico’s president is set to anger critics again, by announcing plans to buy crushed rock ballast from Cuba for a tourist train project. A lot of people in Mexico already have doubts about President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Maya Train project. There

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A just has granted an injunction halting parts of a new Missouri law that put limits on what can be done to help register voters and reach out to absentee voters. The new law bans paid solicitation of voter registration applications. It requires registration with the state by anyone seeking