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By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed ambitious new car pollution rules that could require electric vehicles to account for up to two-thirds of new cars sold in the US by 2032, in what would be one of the Biden administration’s most aggressive climate-change policies yet. The tailpipe standards would also
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN The White House has declared that the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl combined with xylazine — an animal tranquilizer that’s increasingly being used in illicit drugs — is an “emerging threat” facing the United States due to its role in the ongoing opioid crisis. Administration officials call the threat FAAX, for fentanyl-adulterated
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN When he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2020, Iain Ward was sure about one thing — he wasn’t interested in any “pity party.” Doctors had discovered a cancerous tumor growing in his brain after the Irishman had taken part in a voluntary medical trial and, after tests, he was told
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un día después de que China simuló “ataques conjuntos de precisión” en Taiwán durante ejercicios militares alrededor de la isla, el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Taiwán, Joseph Wu, condenó las acciones de Beijing en una entrevista exclusiva con CNN y advirtió que “parecen estar tratando de prepararse para lanzar
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Another game, another goal and yet another record for Erling Haaland. The Norwegian superstar found the target yet again on Tuesday as Manchester City beat Bayern Munich 3-0 in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal at the Etihad Stadium. Haaland, who volleyed home his team’s third of the night,
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NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian army says a firing incident inside a military station has killed at least four soldiers in northern India. The army says the area was cordoned off and sealed in Bhatinda, a town in Punjab state. The statement didn’t give details. Indian media reports quoted state police officers as saying
Continue ReadingBy Matt Villano, CNN Some individuals with autism have challenges processing senses. Others struggle to communicate. Still others might have a tough time socializing, thinking, physically moving or just going about daily living. People with autism have their own ways of interacting with the world, because autism is a developmental disability that affects everyone who
Continue ReadingCNN By Matt Villano, CNN Some individuals with autism have challenges processing senses. Others struggle to communicate. Still others might have a tough time socializing, thinking, physically moving or just going about daily living. People with autism have their own ways of interacting with the world, because autism is a developmental disability that affects everyone
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Josh Campbell, Jack Hannah & Elizabeth Joseph A 25-year-old man in Kentucky legally purchased an AR-15-style rifle at a local gun dealership. Six days later he used that weapon to kill five of his colleagues at a downtown bank, Louisville Metro Police said Tuesday. Kentucky has some of the least restrictive state gun laws in
Continue ReadingCNN By Vasco Cotovio, Andrew Carey, Josh Pennington and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday condemned as “beasts” those who purportedly beheaded Ukrainian soldiers shown in two videos that emerged on social media in the past week. The videos appear to be of separate events — one of them may have been
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Eric Levenson, CNN The mother of the shooter who killed five people at Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday called 911 after hearing secondhand that her son had a gun and was heading toward the bank, according to 911 calls released by police Wednesday. “My son might be (redacted)
Continue Reading Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Un incendio que comenzó este martes por la tarde en una planta de reciclaje en la ciudad de Richmond, al este de Indiana, emitía humo tóxico y obligó a evacuar a unas 2.000 personas, y se espera que siga ardiendo durante días, según las autoridades. Los plásticos se encontraban entre los
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Huddled in the back of a café near the train station where a missile killed dozens of people a year ago, Nastya took slow, deliberate breaths to calm herself. Overnight, her neighborhood had been bombed again, and she just couldn’t take any more. Heeding her parents’
Continue ReadingCNN By Helen Regan, Sandi Sidhu, Salai TZ and Anna Coren, CNN Relatives were still recovering the charred bodies and limbs of victims killed in a military airstrike on a village in central Myanmar Wednesday, a day after one of the deadliest attacks since the junta seized power in a coup two years ago. An
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN Japan on Tuesday announced plans to develop and build an array of advanced long-range missiles as it bolsters its defenses amid increasing tensions with neighboring China. The Japanese Defense Ministry said it had signed contracts with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to develop and mass produce the weapons under a plan extending
Continue Reading By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — More transparency in regional fisheries management organizations that were set up by the United Nations to measure and conserve fish populations — but are difficult to hold to account — is needed if fish species are to be protected, conservation agencies and fishing industries players say.
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday, as investors watched for key inflation data likely to influence the Federal Reserve’s stance on interest rates. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.7% in afternoon trading to 28,109.17. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.5% to 7,343.10. South Korea’s Kospi edged less
Continue Reading By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military shot and killed two Palestinians who allegedly opened fire at troops from their car in the northern West Bank, the latest incident in a wave of deadly violence gripping the occupied territory. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the two men killed in the village
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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt is embarking on a privatization push to help its cash-strapped government after pressure from the International Monetary Fund. The new policy is supposed to be a serious departure for the Egyptian state, which has long maintained a tight grip over sectors of the economy. But local business owners and analysts have
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Egypt is embarking on a privatization push to help its cash-strapped government after pressure from the International Monetary Fund. The new policy is supposed to be a serious departure for the Egyptian state, which has long maintained a tight grip over sectors of the economy. But local business owners and analysts have
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