By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing to offer $85 million in funding to improve job opportunities for youth in communities affected by gun violence and crime. It’s part of an overall administration effort to address not just the immediate needs of a community following violence, but also to
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti Esta cobertura en vivo finalizó. Los militares ucranianos de la 82.a Brigada Separada de Asalto Aéreo se preparan para el combate con el tanque Challenger 2 en un lugar no revelado cerca de la línea del frente en la región de Zaporiyia, el 12 de febrero de 2024. Crédito: GENYA SAVILOV/AFP vía Getty
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday is signing an executive order aimed at better protecting Americans’ personal data on everything from biometrics and health records to finances and geolocation from foreign adversaries like China and Russia. The attorney general and other federal agencies are to
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden will issue an executive order on Wednesday aimed at curbing foreign governments’ ability to buy Americans’ sensitive personal information such as heath and geolocation data, according to senior US officials. The move marks a rare policy effort to address a longstanding US national security concern: the
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Smoking, vaping or eating marijuana is linked to a significantly higher risk of heart attack and stroke, even if a person had no existing heart conditions and did not smoke or vape tobacco, a new study found. While both daily and non-daily users had an increased risk of heart
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb and Annie Grayer, CNN Hunter Biden has been the focus of Republicans in Congress since they won the majority over a year ago. Now, they finally get their chance to interrogate President Joe Biden’s son about his foreign business dealings. Hunter Biden is appearing behind closed doors before the House Oversight and
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — For Michael Cargill, the thorny dispute over bump stocks is only partly about the controversial devices themselves. It’s also about what Cargill views as government overreach. “It’s the principle of it,” said the 54-year-old Texas gun store owner who six years ago sued over a federal ban on the
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s Senate is voting on a bill meant to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution. The measure was promised by President Emmanuel Macron following a rollback on rulings in the United States. Wednesday’s vote comes after the lower house, the National Assembly overwhelmingly approved the proposal in
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Erik Swanson has temporarily left the team after his four-year-old son, Toby, was struck by a vehicle Sunday in Clearwater, Florida, manager John Schneider said Tuesday. Toby was airlifted to a nearby hospital, Schneider added. “Thanks to the incredible work from Clearwater first responders, Toby
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union official is calling for a new defense industry strategy to respond to security challenges posed by Russia’s war on Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that “Europe must spend more, spend better, spend European.” Russia’s invasion has exposed weaknesses
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place on Friday in Moscow, his spokesperson said. His funeral will be held at a church in Moscow’s southeast Maryino district on Friday afternoon, Kira Yarmysh said Tuesday. The burial is
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Photography by Fiona Sibbett, CNN Campo Felice, Italy (CNN) — Just an hour’s drive from Rome, local skiers have made the Apennine Mountains their winter playground for decades. But this season, the usually pristine white resorts look more like muddy wastelands. The few chairlifts operating glide over barren hills, peppered
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Global markets were mixed on Wednesday after U.S. stocks held near their record levels in a quiet day of trading. France’s CAC 40 edged 0.1% higher in early trading to 7,952.76. Germany’s DAX rose 0.2% to 17,589.14. Britain’s FTSE 100 declined 0.2% to 7,665.96. The futures
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Organizers of Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have agreed to relax their ban on police marching in their annual parade with a compromise condition that officers do not wear uniforms. The decision comes a day after Australian police found the bodies of a couple shot
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — As Hong Kong moves toward enacting a new national security law, more than three years after Beijing imposed a similar law that all but wiped out dissent and vocal pro-democracy media in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, concerns are spreading among the city’s international business and media
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong has announced a slew of measures to boost its real estate sector, including the removal of decade-old restrictions that were introduced to prevent a property bubble, as part of its effort to revive an economy that has been hurt by a record exodus of talent
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Telecoms operator Swisscom has confirmed it’s in talks with Vodafone Group toward a possible purchase of its Italian subsidiary for 8 billion euros ($8.65 billion). The Swiss company said in a statement Wednesday it’s in “advanced exclusive negotiations” to buy all of Vodafone Italia and merge it with Swisscom’s Italian subsidiary, Fastweb.
Continue ReadingOpinion by Raul A. Reyes (CNN) — On Monday, a vigil was held at the University of Georgia (UGA) for Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student who was found dead on Thursday after jogging on campus. She died from blunt force trauma to the head, according to the local coroner. The suspect in her killing is an
Continue ReadingOpinion by Anna Arutunyan (CNN) — With Switzerland due to play host to a Ukraine peace summit by the summer, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is placing high hopes it will “strengthen” his country. But with Russia’s war against Ukraine in its third year, another summit is unlikely to offer a breakthrough — not just because Moscow will
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Widespread strikes in Greece have halted trains and ferries in protests timed to coincide with the anniversary of a deadly rail crash a year ago. Greece’s deadliest rail disaster killed 57 people when a passenger train slammed into an oncoming cargo train. The tragedy shocked the country, with many of the
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