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CNN By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — An investigational mRNA vaccine used along with immunotherapy continues to show benefit for people with high-risk forms of the skin cancer melanoma, the drugmakers said Thursday. At a three-year follow-up with trial participants who had had a stage III or IV melanoma fully removed but were at high
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. agents recently seized more than 1.4 million illegal e-cigarettes from the Chinese manufacturer behind Elf Bar, a line of fruity disposable vapes that has become the top brand among American teens, officials said Thursday. Officials pegged the value of the e-cigarettes seized at Los Angeles
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — General Motors’ troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is cutting over 900 jobs, about a quarter of its workforce, as it moves to reduce costs and remake itself after a series of safety problems in San Francisco. The subsidiary announced the cuts Thursday in a letter to Cruise’s 3,800 workers from President
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By Sana Noor Haq and Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Salwa Tibi recalls how she covered several miles on foot in southern Gaza, in a desperate search for blankets and sheets that might help keep her four children and other young relatives warm at night. The aid worker, 53, told CNN she and her husband
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK DAMP Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG. Pennsylvania (KDKA) — One Pennsylvania House of Representatives member informed his colleagues he is planning to introduce legislation that would require schools in the Commonwealth to teach cursive handwriting. In a letter to his colleagues earlier this week, Republican Representative Joseph Adams informed everyone
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Spending at US retailers rebounded in November after declining in October, pointing to the continued resilience of the US consumer and a strong start to the holiday season. Retail sales, which are adjusted for seasonal swings but not inflation, rose 0.3% in November from the prior month,
Continue ReadingBy MAMIE BAH, HEATHER LANG Click here for updates on this story MT. OLIVER, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A woman from Mt. Oliver is facing a list of charges after her young son tested positive for cocaine exposure, Allegheny County police said. Toni Hinton, 28, is charged with endangering the welfare of children, recklessly endangering another
Continue ReadingNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A loose bull on the tracks at a New Jersey train station has snarled rail traffic. New Jersey Transit released a photo of the horned bovine apparently standing on the tracks at Newark Penn Station. It’s unclear how the creature got there or if it’s yet been captured. Newark police said
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The painful economic steps that Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, announced this week sound draconian: Slashing the currency’s value in half. Reducing aid to provincial governments. Suspending public works. Cutting subsidies for gas and electricity. Raising some taxes. Yet the South American country’s economy is such
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN GUSOFF Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — A new law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul late Tuesday to make our roads safer was championed by a Long Island mother in memory of her daughter. Angelica’s Law makes it a felony to drive in New York state with
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two leading international human rights groups are accusing Greek authorities of failing to properly investigate the circumstances around a migrant boat sinking six months ago that killed hundreds. In a joint report, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said Thursday that “little meaningful progress” has been
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo exchanged heated words with members of the Indiana staff and raced toward the Pacers’ locker room Wednesday night as the teams squared off in a hallway in a dispute over the game ball following the Milwaukee star’s franchise-record 64-point performance. After the Bucks’ 140-126 victory, Antetokounmpo had an animated discussion
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government’s controversial effort to look for people falsely listed as missing has turned up 16,681 who had returned to their homes but not notified the authorities. The massive effort was widely viewed as a government attempt to pare down the country’s horrifying total of
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — When Volkswagen mapped out its electric future in 2019, it was the world’s biggest carmaker, with every chance of overtaking Tesla as the no. 1 manufacturer of battery-powered vehicles by the middle of this decade. “Volkswagen will change radically,” then-CEO Herbert Diess told shareholders. “Some of you
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions that Israel has used in Gaza in its war with Hamas since October 7 have been unguided, otherwise known as “dumb bombs,” according to a new US intelligence assessment. The assessment, compiled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington once appeared likely to be the first of the former president’s criminal trials to begin, with the judge having scheduled a March 4 start date. But appeals of issues central to the case are threatening
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Shawn Michael Warren can thank a mural for connecting him with his very famous muse. Three years ago, the Chicago artist painted Oprah Winfrey’s image as part of a mural in the city’s West Loop neighborhood, curated by the B_Line Projects to honor the media mogul whose famed
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Luke Combs is trying to do right by a Florida woman who was reportedly ordered to pay $250,000 for using his likeness on unofficial merchandise. “This is not something that I would ever do,” the “Fast Car” singer said on TikTok Wednesday. Combs said he found out about the lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The House and Senate have approved a $886.3 billion defense policy bill, which would provide the largest raise for service members in more than two decades, temporarily extend a controversial surveillance program and strengthen the US posture in the Indo-Pacific region to deter Chinese actions. The nearly 3,100-page National
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN (CNN) — There is no doubt rent is too high for many Americans, but thanks to a recent boom in the construction of apartment buildings, lower mortgage rates, and the Federal Reserve’s success in curbing inflation, rents are beginning to come down in some places, including Manhattan. In the New York
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