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By Kate Golembiewski, CNN An elephant’s trunk is a remarkable organ: a fusion of nose and upper lip, capable of movement via a dense network of muscles. It’s strong enough to lift a log, and sensitive enough to perform delicate tasks like picking up a single tortilla chip without breaking it. Now a team of
Continue ReadingCNN By Kate Golembiewski, CNN An elephant’s trunk is a remarkable organ: a fusion of nose and upper lip, capable of movement via a dense network of muscles. It’s strong enough to lift a log, and sensitive enough to perform delicate tasks like picking up a single tortilla chip without breaking it. Now a team
Continue ReadingBy Eryn Mathewson, CNN When was the last time something terrible led you to something incredible? For me, that “something terrible” was suddenly developing liver failure. And although recovering from that was probably one of the most grueling experiences I’ve ever gone through, it also connected me to some of the kindest, bravest strangers I’ve
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The European Space Agency is about to send a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission, or Juice, was expected to lift off Thursday at 8:15 a.m. ET aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French
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By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The second of two Black Democrats expelled from the Republican-led Tennessee House will follow his colleague in a return to work at the Capitol on Thursday, a week after their banishments for a gun control protest on the House floor that propelled them into the national
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Vox Media is gearing up for its first Code Conference without Kara Swisher at the helm. The invite-only event, which attracts top technology executives and journalists, will be hosted by The Verge Editor-In-Chief Nilay Patel, Platformer founder Casey Newton and CNBC senior media and tech reporter Julia Boorstin, Vox Media told
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump demandó a Michael Cohen por US$ 500 millones en concepto de daños y perjuicios por el supuesto incumplimiento de su contrato como exabogado personal de Trump. La demanda, presentada en un tribunal federal de Florida este miércoles, acusa a Cohen de difundir información falsa sobre Trump e
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Many areas in northern China were blanketed with floating sand and dust on Thursday, and a sandstorm was expected to sweep through parts of Inner Mongolia. The sandy, dusty weather and strong winds will last until Sunday, the National Meteorological Center said in a statement, adding the public should take precautionary measures
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court has preserved access to an abortion drug for now but under tighter rules that would allow the drug only to be dispensed up to seven weeks, not 10, and not by mail. The drug, mifepristone, was approved for
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN It’s watched by more than 500 million people from 140 different countries, but the Grand National remains one of the most controversial horse races in the world. Since it was first run in 1839, the spectacle has become a national institution in the United Kingdom which has transformed into the greatest
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Sea levels on China’s coastline have hit their highest on record for the second year in a row, rising more quickly than the global average and posing a serious threat to coastal cities such as the financial hub of Shanghai. In 2022, China’s coastal sea levels were 94 millimeters (3.7 inch)
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Germany’s government has appealed for efforts to reduce tension over Taiwan as the German foreign minister flew to China for official talks. Annalena Baerbock’s visit follows days of Chinese military exercises near the self-ruled island democracy Beijing claims is part of its territory. Her ministry said Baerbock would discuss Taiwan, Ukraine, human
Continue Reading By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria and Saudi Arabia say they have started procedures to reopen embassies and resume flights between the two countries for the first time in more than a decade. The countries’ joint statement Thursday followed a visit by Syria’s top diplomat to the kingdom, the first since Saudi
Continue Reading Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Un misil norcoreano desató este jueves el miedo en la isla de Hokkaido, en el norte de Japón, después de que el sistema de alerta de emergencia del gobierno advirtiera a los residentes que se pusieran a cubierto. Millones de personas recibieron una alerta J, u orden de evacuación, poco antes
Continue Reading CNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Louisville’s mayor called on his grieving community to seek comfort in each other during a vigil Wednesday hours after officials released 911 calls revealing the horrific moments of a mass shooting that left five dead and eight wounded. As more distressing details emerge about Monday’s shooting at Old National Bank
Continue Reading CNN By Adrienne Broaddus, Aya Elamroussi, Eric Levenson and Mark Morales, CNN The family of Connor Sturgeon — who was killed after he fatally shot five people Monday morning at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky — plans to have his brain tested for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, commonly known as CTE, his father and
Continue Reading By Adrienne Broaddus, Aya Elamroussi, Eric Levenson and Mark Morales, CNN The family of Connor Sturgeon — who was killed after he fatally shot five people Monday morning at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky — plans to have his brain tested for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, commonly known as CTE, his father and a
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Moeri Karasawa, CNN Japan’s population has fallen for the 12th consecutive year, as deaths rise and the birth rate continues to sink, according to government data released Wednesday. The population stood at 124.49 million in 2022 — representing a decline of 556,000 from the previous year, figures show. That figure represents
Continue ReadingCNN By Gawon Bae and Emiko Jozuka, CNN A North Korean missile sparked fear on the Japanese northern island of Hokkaido Thursday after the government’s emergency alert system warned residents to take cover. Millions of people received a J-alert, or evacuation order, shortly before 8 a.m., urging them to seek shelter as the missile could
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, Holly Yan, Elizabeth Wolfe, Paul P. Murphy and Caroll Alvarado, CNN As a two-day inferno fizzles out at a plastics recycling plant a state judge deemed a public health hazard, up to 2,000 residents of an eastern Indiana city are still waiting to learn whether it’s safe to go home. Residents on
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