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By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — In August, the US Food and Drug Administration greenlit a new maker of an old drug used for the most severe cases of lead poisoning, ending a shortage and stopping the need for importation of the medicine from France. The only problem: The new version costs almost 10 times
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Bossier City woman remains behind bars following her arrest last week for pepper spraying store employees while shoplifting, Shreveport police said Monday. Fabia Goode, 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and a single count of felony theft.
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is hanging near its best level in 20 months Wednesday following the latest signals that pressure on inflation may be easing. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in morning trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 90 points, or 0.2%, at 36,214,
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo Nueva York (CNN) — Las 25 páginas más vistas de Wikipedia en 2023, reveladas este martes, reflejan el interés del mundo por la innovación en inteligencia artificial, las personas que murieron durante el año y el seguimiento a celebridades y deportistas, así como el creciente poder de los usuarios indios para influir en
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Americans purchased one million fully electric vehicles in 2023, the first time that many EVs have ever been sold in this country in a single year. More than 960,000 purely electric vehicles had been sold through October, according to a report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. With expected sales
Continue ReadingBy EDEN STIFFMAN, The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Dallas philanthropist Lyda Hill has devoted much of her giving to tackling social problems through science. She has also ventured into media production: financing and helping develop a TV series, “Mission Unstoppable,” aimed at teenage girls, which features women succeeding in science, technology, engineering, and
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Wednesday during a tribal nations summit that aims to make it easier for Native Americans to access federal funding and have greater autonomy over how to invest those funds and will throw his support
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn and a prominent Democrat donor, says he has donated to a super PAC supporting Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley because the ongoing GOP primary fight represents the first of just two opportunities to stop Donald Trump from winning the White House again. In
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford, Mary Gilbert and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A second person has died in a swollen Oregon waterway after atmospheric rivers have pummeled the Pacific Northwest with two bouts of more than 9 inches of rain. One man was found dead Tuesday in Bronson Creek in Washington County, Oregon, the Washington
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Robinson Click here for updates on this story MELBOURNE, Florida (WESH) — A child was killed Sunday evening after being struck by a car in Melbourne. According to Melbourne police, officers were called to Dairy Road and Hall Street just after 8 p.m. Investigators say a 3-year-old and two adults were exiting a
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Mathews Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — The president and CEO of the nonprofit, SOS International, is making dreams come true by helping a Louisville woman achieve not one, but two of her life’s goals. Months after settling into her dream home in the Algonquin neighborhood, Chauntez Williams
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday he has never seen a time during his decades-long career when so many threats against the US were all as elevated as they are now, warning senators he sees “blinking lights everywhere.” During a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, ranking Republican member
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — After a spate of cyberattacks that diverted ambulances from US hospitals, the Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled plans to ramp up federal funding for ill-protected rural hospitals and impose stricter fines for lax security at health care providers. The new HHS plan, shared exclusively with CNN on Wednesday, is a recognition
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human-like ways that’s likely to intensify the debate about the technology’s potential promise and perils. The rollout will unfold in phases, with less sophisticated
Continue ReadingBy KRISTEN DE GROOT Associated Press There’s a village built among massive boulders. Screeching seabirds. Lots of Roman ruins, sheep, old castles, beautiful coastlines, delicious cheeses and more. That’s what AP writer Kristen De Groot found when she and her husband decided to travel the back roads of Portugal this fall. They tried to avoid
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Russian men accused of torturing an American during the invasion of Ukraine have been charged with war crimes in a first-of-its-kind case, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday. It is the first prosecution against members of the Russian armed forces in connection with
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The Hughes family had quite a night on the ice as brothers Jack and Luke faced off against sibling Quinn as the New Jersey Devils defeated the Vancouver Canucks 6-5 at Rogers Arena on Tuesday. It was the first time that the trio had all played in the same
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Angelina Jolie says she wouldn’t be an actress if she was starting out in the entertainment industry today. That was just one of the revelations the star shared in her recently published interview with the Wall Street Journal Magazine. In an article, titled “Angelina Jolie Is Rebuilding Her
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s state-run fine arts museum is returning 44 ancient pieces of art to their countries of origin after law enforcement officials presented the institution with what it called “irrefutable evidence” that the works had been stolen or looted. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced in
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Off the coast of eastern Long Island, an 800-foot tall turbine has begun sending electricity onto the U.S. grid from what’s set to be the country’s first commercial offshore wind farm. It’s a milestone many years in the making and at the same time a
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