By The Associated Press The Israeli military says a total of eight Israeli hostages have been released from captivity in the Gaza Strip. The army said the Red Cross transferred six hostages to Egypt late Thursday, and they were brought to Israel to be reunited with their families. Two additional hostages were turned over earlier
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — The eight airmen who were aboard an Air Force CV-22B Osprey that crashed off the shore of Yakushima Island, Japan, on Wednesday are still missing, deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh said Thursday. “I don’t have an update for you on recovery efforts just yet. Again, we know
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have created tiny living robots from human cells that can move around in a lab dish and may one day be able to help heal wounds or damaged tissue, according to a new study. A team at Tufts University and Harvard University’s Wyss Institute have dubbed these creations
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Según un nuevo estudio, los gemelos sanos que siguieron una dieta vegana durante ocho semanas presentaron un nivel más bajo de colesterol “malo” de lipoproteínas de baja densidad (LDL), mejores niveles de azúcar en sangre y una mayor pérdida de peso que sus hermanos que siguieron una dieta de carne y
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world wants more nuclear energy as a means to fight climate change and supply an ever-growing demand for electricity, part of a generational shift in thinking on atomic power. That’s according to Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Friday is World AIDS Day and Eisenhower Health is raising awareness by unveiling 15 memorial quilts from the National Archives. 2023 marks 35 years since the creation of the AIDS Memorial Quilt Community art project. Each quilt on display represents an Eisenhower Health employee’s family member, friend, or colleague lost to this disease. “I have
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A busload of Palestinian prisoners released by Israel has been welcomed home in the West Bank. The bus arrived early Friday in the city of Ramallah, hours after Hamas militants released eight Israeli hostages after eight weeks of captivity
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK and MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Three members of Congress are asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate how hackers breached a water utility system near Pittsburgh. The attack prompted the nation’s top cyberdefense agency to warn other water and sewage-treatment utilities they may be vulnerable. In a letter
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Montana’s first-in-the-nation law banning the video-sharing app TikTok in the state while a legal challenge to the law moves through the courts. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy says the ban “oversteps state power and infringes on the Constitutional right of
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CNN By Ibrahim Dahman and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Hamas said the attackers behind a Jerusalem bus stop shooting that killed three people on Thursday were members of its military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades. Seven people were also injured after the two attackers, identified by Hamas as two brothers, opened fire on a group of
Continue Reading By Ibrahim Dahman and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Hamas said the attackers behind a Jerusalem bus stop shooting that killed three people on Thursday were members of its military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades. Seven people were also injured after the two attackers, identified by Hamas as two brothers, opened fire on a group of people
Continue ReadingWACO, Texas (AP) — Jake Spavital is leaving California after one season to become offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Baylor, where head coach and defensive specialist Dave Aranda was retained after a 3-9 season. Aranda, who is 23-25 in his four seasons, announced Spavital’s hiring Thursday. That came four days after offensive coordinator Jeff
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A former Camp Pendleton Marine pleaded guilty to federal charges today for his role in a firebombing attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa. Chance Brannon, 24, of San Juan Capistrano, is scheduled to be sentenced April 15. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy, malicious destruction of property by fire and explosive, possession of
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel is running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court against incumbent Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in 2025. In his campaign launch Thursday, Schimel cast the race as a chance for conservatives to win back a majority and serve as a check on
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press The owner of two a south-central Montana precious metals mines is stopping work on an expansion project and laying off about 100 workers because the price of palladium fell sharply in the past year. Sibanye-Stillwater announced the layoffs Wednesday at its platinum and palladium mine. The company said another
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — The national Black Lives Matter organization on Thursday dismissed as an “imposter” an activist who identified himself as a leader of the movement in Rhode Island and declared he was backing Donald Trump for president. “This is a publicity stunt,” Black Lives Matter and Black Lives Matter Rhode Island
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — Bob Iger, pulcramente vestido con un traje gris y camisa blanca planchada, sin corbata, subió al escenario el martes por la tarde en el New Amsterdam Theatre de la ciudad de Nueva York, saludando a una ansiosa multitud de empleados de Disney reunidos para su tan esperada aparición. El director ejecutivo, un
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Healthy twins who ate a vegan diet for eight weeks had lower “bad” low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, cholesterol, better blood sugar levels, and greater weight loss than siblings who ate a diet of meat and vegetables, a new study found. “There was a 10% to 15% drop in LDL
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Showers continue around Southern California this afternoon, especially in the inland empire and our local mountains. While little to no precipitation is forecast for the Coachella Valley, some showers could move into the desert later on this evening around 5PM. The trough of low pressure impacting California will continue to move across the state today.
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Famed pop-rock duo Daryl Hall and John Oates of Hall & Oates are in the midst of a legal battle, and new accusations are coming to light. In new legal documents filed on Wednesday and obtained by CNN, Hall accuses Oates of engaging in “the ultimate
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