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By Avis Favaro, CTV National News Medical Correspondent Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — An Ontario teen is among the first patients in the country to have a rare bone cancer surgically removed by doctors who used a new Canadian-designed virtual reality system. The system allows them to “walk” within
Continue ReadingBy Riley Rourke Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — The first five wind turbines of the Vineyard Wind 1 project have been installed 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. The five turbines are expected to generate 65 Megawatts of clean energy to Massachusetts. They will be able to power
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman in Kentucky has filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that have taken hold in more than a dozen U.S. states since Roe v. Wade was overturned last
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The International Olympic Committee says some Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The decision removes the option of a blanket ban due to the invasion of Ukraine. It confirms moves the IOC started one year ago to reintegrate Russia and
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates are complaining that they were not consulted enough on what amounts to a major overhaul in how disabilities would be defined by the federal government. Disability advocates say the change would artificially reduce their
Continue ReadingKISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — An extremely rare white leucistic alligator has been born at a Florida reptile park. Gatorland Orlando said Thursday that the 19.2-inch female slithered out of its shell and into the history books as one of only seven known leucistic alligators, three of which are at the park. The park is asking
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The 2023 Major League Soccer season was undeniably the year of Lionel Messi. The World Cup champion and eight-time Ballon d’Or winner arrived at Inter Miami this summer and changed the league. Sales of pink No. 10 jerseys spiked, subscriptions to MLS games on Apple TV surged and
Continue ReadingBy Rosie Nguyen Click here for updates on this story EDNA, Texas (KTRK) — The mother of a 16-year-old high school cheerleader said she was the one who made the horrendous discovery of her daughter’s murdered body in their Edna apartment Tuesday evening. Jacqueline Medina claimed she knew something was wrong when her daughter, Lizbeth,
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s highest civil court has upheld the British government’s move to block a landmark gender-recognition law passed by the Scottish parliament. The decision underscores the growing divide over local control of legislation in the nations of the United Kingdom. The ruling by the Court of Session in
Continue ReadingNEWARK N.J. (AP) — Authorities in New Jersey say two nurses and a medical resident were stabbed inside a pediatric intensive care unit. The hospital workers suffered cuts and are in stable condition. A woman has been arrested and charged in the violence, which unfolded as a domestic dispute involving two visitors to the unit
Continue ReadingBy Damon Maloney Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WEWS) — Local police say fraud targeting people online is rampant and often goes unsolved. But the Springfield Twp. and Bay Village police departments are investigating separate fraud investigations that ended with suspects being arrested after detectives said they showed up to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL and MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A man arrested for firing gunshots outside a Jewish temple in upstate New York been federally charged. An FBI spokesperson says Mufid Fawaz Alkhader has been charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Officials say Alkhader fired two shots outside
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban and Maya Szaniecki, CNN London/Paris (CNN) — In a city brimming with bakeries and artisan pastry shops, a red, white and green alien has landed. It goes by the name of Krispy Kreme. Even before the American donut chain opened the doors of its first store in France, in central Paris, at
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By Kristina Sgueglia and Polo Sandoval, CNN (CNN) — A man taken into custody after shots were fired outside an Albany, New York, synagogue hours before a Hanukkah observance was set to begin told investigators “events in the Middle East” have impacted him, a federal law enforcement official said in court documents. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 28, of
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on 20 people, from Afghanistan to China to Haiti to Iran, accused of violating human rights in their respective nations. The move comes ahead of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House strongly condemned recent comments from the leader of a top American-Islamic group who said he was “happy to see” Gazans invading Israel on October 7. The comments came from Council on American-Islamic Relations Director Nihad Awad at a conference two weeks ago, when – according
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The UK government is considering an antitrust probe of Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI, saying the deal that resolved a recent and dramatic leadership crisis at the AI startup raises questions about possible impacts to competition. UK regulators at the country’s Competition and Markets Authority said Friday that they are
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French actor Gerard Depardieu’s behavior toward women came under renewed scrutiny in France after a documentary showed him repeatedly making obscene remarks and gestures during a 2018 trip to North Korea. The footage, filmed by a professional crew that covered Depardieu’s visit during the 70th anniversary of
Continue ReadingBy Remi Murrey Click here for updates on this story CLEVELAND (WEWS) — Off Denison Avenue in Cleveland, Corinne Kelly says you’ll find a new shop on the block offering the legal limit of hemp-derived products like Delta 8 THC products. It’s a derivative of hemp similar, but not quite as potent as marijuana. “We
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A bicyclist was struck by two cars, one driven by a hit-and-run driver, late Thursday night in Thermal and pronounced dead from his injuries, according to the California Highway Patrol. A statement said a 54-year-old Coachella resident was riding a bicycle southbound on Grapefruit Boulevard, north of Palm Street in Thermal when he was struck first by
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