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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) aprobó este viernes dos tratamientos genéticos contra la anemia falciforme, incluido el primero que emplea la técnica de edición genética CRISPR, inaugurando así una nueva era en el tratamiento de enfermedades genéticas. Los medicamentos, llamados Casgevy y
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — An Oakland coffee shop is apologizing for an incident after hate-speech graffiti was found in a restroom and how staffers handled a customer who tried to document it. Last week, a woman recorded employees of Farley’s East coffee shop blocking her
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks said Friday it’s committed to bargaining with its unionized workers and reaching labor agreements next year, a major reversal for the coffee chain after two years fighting the unionization of its U.S. stores. In a letter to Lynne Fox, the president of the Workers United union, Starbucks Chief
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Ayer a las 7:40 de la mañana estalló un incendio en el restaurante Carl’s Jr ubicado en el área de la Ramon Road y la calle Sunrise en Palm Springs. Gracias a la rápida movilización de los bomberos el fuego fue contenido en el techo de la estructura. El restaurante cerró por varias horas y
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in Washington has upheld a gag order on former President Donald Trump in his 2020 election interference case but has eased the restrictions on his speech. The three-judge panel’s ruling Friday modifies the gag order to allow the Republican
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — At a 2017 screening of “If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast,” an HBO documentary about those who have lived into their 90s hosted by then-95-year-old Carl Reiner, producer Norman Lear credited the other people on the panel – fellow nonagenarians Reiner, Mel Brooks and Dick Van Dyke
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Hasta la fecha se han desenterrado en Egipto decenas de millones de momias de animales. Pero si bien hay millones de gatos, perros, ibis y aves rapaces momificados, las momias de primates son raras y poco comprendidas. Ahora, un nuevo análisis de babuinos momificados está arrojando luz sobre el lugar
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By John Blake, CNN (CNN) — It started as a political protest in the nation’s capital over a disputed election, but it quickly turned into an all-out assault. Armed right-wing militia and a mob of enraged demonstrators stormed the building where lawmakers had gathered to vote on a new government. The insurrectionists tried to break
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The actor Jonathan Majors begged his former girlfriend not to seek medical attention after an incident that left her with a head injury last year, warning she had “no perspective of what could happen” if the truth got out, according to previously undisclosed text messages read
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Billionaire investor David Rubenstein is in discussions to potentially acquire Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Rubenstein, a Baltimore native and co-founder of The Carlyle Group, has been in talks to buy the Orioles for some time, but a deal
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego police sergeant was wounded in an exchange of gunfire while investigating a possible stolen vehicle, authorities said Friday. The sergeant was in serious but stable condition and the suspect died, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, which investigates shootings involving San Diego Police Department officers. Police
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration approved two gene-based treatments for sickle cell disease Friday, including the first therapy that uses the gene-editing technique CRISPR, opening a new era of treatments for genetic conditions. The medicines, called Casgevy and Lyfgenia, are potential cures for people with sickle cell, a
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Universities of Wisconsin and Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos have reached a sweeping deal that would freeze hiring for diversity positions across the system in exchange for lawmakers approving employee pay raises and funding for a new engineering building at the flagship campus. Vos blocked
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The second of two former Black Panthers who always maintained their innocence in the 1970 bombing death of a white Omaha police officer has died in prison. A spokesman for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said Friday that Ed Poindexter had died a day earlier
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A bouquet of bright yellow sunflowers recently arrived at Savannah Rennie’s office from a friend at USC who supported her through a life transition last year. “Just because,” the assistant volleyball coach at the University of California explained with a smile. Just as Lauren Crawford,
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s state media say top leaders held an annual planning meeting where they agreed to step up spending to help rev up the economy. The official Xinhua News Agency said leader Xi Jinping chaired the meeting that was aimed at boosting growth, defusing risks and ensuring stability. The report gave few details
Continue ReadingBy Ubah Ali Click here for updates on this story NOWTHEN, Minnesota (WCCO) — Dramatic footage shows a deputy making a brave save on some thin ice. Anoka County Deputy Chris Fjeld tied a rope around his waist and slowly made his way out to a pair of people who had fallen into the dangerously
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, JULIA FRANKEL and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Friday that the military was rounding up Palestinian men in northern Gaza for interrogation, searching for Hamas militants, while desperate Palestinians in the south crowded into an ever-shrinking area, and the U.N. warned that its aid operation
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday the newest member of the faith’s top governing body to fill a vacancy when a member died last month will be a man raised in England who had been previously serving on a middle tier
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday the newest member of the faith’s top governing body to fill a vacancy when a member died last month will be a man raised in England who had been previously serving on a middle tier
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