By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Using marijuana every day can raise a person’s risk of coronary artery disease, or CAD, by a third compared with those who never partake, a new study found. “A growing body of evidence suggests that cannabis is not entirely without harm and may actually cause cardiovascular disease,” said lead study author
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The Associated Press A European medical committee says regulators should reject Merck’s COVID-19 treatment Lagevrio for European Union use. The drugmaker says a European Medicines Agency committee has recommended marketing authorization refusal for the antiviral pill. More than two dozen countries have already approved or authorized the pill, including the U.S. Merck says it plans
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Futures on Wall Street slid further early Friday after the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked higher in January. It’s a sign that price pressures remain entrenched in the U.S. economy and could move the Fed to keep raising interest rates well into this year. Futures
Continue Reading By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A top World Health Organization official calls the recent global spread of bird flu and human infections worrying. Dr. Sylvie Briand spoke Friday after health authorities in Cambodia said the father of an 11-year-old girl who died this week after contracting bird
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge heated up unexpectedly in January, as did consumer spending, showing the continued strength of the US economy — and that rising prices won’t be so easily defeated. Inflation picked up speed in January as the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index rose 5.4% from a year
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US Treasury Department on Friday took what it called “one of its most significant sanctions actions to date” to crack down on those aiding Moscow’s war against Ukraine, targeting Russia’s metals and mining sector, its financial institutions, its military supply chain and individuals and companies worldwide that are helping Moscow
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By Mallika Kallingal and Rebekah Riess, CNN An Andean bear at the Saint Louis Zoo is back in his enclosure after escaping his habitat for a second time this month. The bear, named Ben, broke out of his outdoor habitat Thursday afternoon, according to a statement from the zoo. But he was not outside for
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Justice Samuel Alito of the US Supreme Court asked this week what may be, to millions of average internet users, the most relatable question to come out of a pair of high-stakes oral arguments about the future of social media. “Would Google collapse, and the internet be destroyed,” Alito asked a
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Caitlin Haskell and Jennifer Cohen were stumped. The curators, both working on the Art Institute of Chicago’s first show dedicated to Salvador Dalí, were researching his painting “Visions of Eternity,” which was dated to 1936 and had been held in the museum since the late 1980s. A vertical composition, “Visions of Eternity”
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN The sad truth about “Luther” is that after a splendid debut, the BBC America series grew progressively worse and concocted even as Idris Elba’s star capital steadily rose. After five widely spaced seasons over a decade, tortured detective John Luther is back in “Luther: The Fallen Sun,” a dark and
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Few actors bring as much smiling menace to a role as Christoph Waltz, and he has a doozy of one to showcase those qualities in “The Consultant,” a crackling Amazon series from the “Severance” school of “Boy, I’m glad I don’t work there.” Although the show doesn’t pay off quite
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto (CTV Network) — Not even elite athletes can escape the effects of post-COVID-19 fatigue, though their experiences may vary from the average patient’s. This is one of the findings of a new study out of the United Kingdom, published on Feb. 17
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Thirteen years after “Party Down” catered its last event on Starz because, well, not enough people were watching it, the show returns for its third season because, well, cult audiences have value in the streaming age, and hope springs eternal. A critical favorite at the time, the reunion rekindles most
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Lopez-Martinez CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto (CTV Network) — WARNING: The following details may be disturbing to some readers. New details of the fatal alligator attack have been revealed through the release of the 911 call of a neighbour who witnessed the 85-year-old being taken into a Florida
Continue Reading By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A group of European parliamentarians says the Philippines’ chances of retaining special trading incentives, including zero tariffs for a wide array of products, will be boosted if it decides to release a long-detained opposition leader and rejoin the International Criminal Court. When asked in a news
Continue ReadingCNN, WPTV By Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid and Jeremy Herb, CNN The Justice Department wants to know how a box containing a handful of classified records scattered among copies of presidential schedules turned up at Mar-a-Lago late last year, well after several rounds of searches of the property by federal agents and aides to former
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Desde el inicio de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania hace un año, funcionarios de alto rango del Gobierno estadounidense han discutido cómo y en qué condiciones Moscú podría usar armas tácticas nucleares contra Kyiv. Según la evaluación estadounidense, que no se basa en información de inteligencia de primera mano
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s leader pledged to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians on Friday marked the somber anniversary of the Russian invasion that upended their lives and Europe’s security. It was Ukraine’s “longest day,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, but the country’s
Continue Reading By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — A damaging tropical cyclone dumped “dangerous and exceptional rainfall levels” over Mozambique Friday as the long-lasting weather system continued to wreak havoc across southern Africa. The United Nations weather agency said Cyclone Freddy made landfall in the coastal town of Vilanculos with wind speeds of 113
Continue Reading By ALFIAN KARTONO and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say 10 people have been killed and more than 20 others wounded in a riot in Papua province. The riots began Thursday afternoon in Wamena town in the Jayawijaya district of Papua, the country’s easternmost province, amid rumors of a child
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