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By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Some voters in North Carolina and Alabama are selecting US House candidates Tuesday in contests dramatically reshaped by congressional redistricting in recent months. In North Carolina – where members of the Republican-controlled General Assembly drew a congressional map last fall that heavily favors their party – the GOP is
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Anthony Kim said he was “encouraged” after finishing last in his first professional appearance in 12 years at LIV Golf’s third event of the season in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. The 38-year-old American had not teed up at a pro event since May 2012 and his rustiness was evident
Continue ReadingBy KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet New numbers from the Employee Benefit Research Institute suggest that some couples at age 65 may need as much as $413,000 in savings to cover health care costs in retirement. That’s an extreme case, representing two people with high prescription drug costs — but health issues in retirement can be
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Dean MacNeil no podía comer. No podía dormir. Estaba en piloto automático emocional porque algo “nos hizo un agujero en el alma a mi familia y a mí”. Era el verano de 1991 y MacNeil había hecho un viaje por carretera de Connecticut a Vermont con su hermano pequeño, Scott. Hicieron
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos podría emitir al menos una opinión este lunes, según una nueva publicación en la página web del tribunal. El anuncio seguramente impulsará la especulación de que los jueces están preparados para decidir si el expresidente Donald Trump es elegible para aparecer en la papeleta
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Un número creciente de niños en Gaza están muriendo por deshidratación y desnutrición, dijo este domingo el Ministerio de Salud palestino, en medio de condiciones desesperadas debido a la estrangulación de la ayuda por parte de Israel y la destrucción del enclave asediado, lo que refuerza la urgencia de las conversaciones
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The Boston Celtics won their 11th game in a row on Sunday, rolling to a stunning 52-point rout, 140-88, of the Golden State Warriors. In a rematch between the two teams that contested the 2022 NBA Finals, the Celtics ran away with proceedings early on. All-Star wing Jaylen Brown
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By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Will it end in fire or ice? Texas is still coping with the record-setting Smokehouse Creek Fire which has burned more than 1 million acres, while parts of Northern California were buried this weekend under a raging blizzard. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA SURK and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A bill to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French constitution goes to a historic vote on Monday, as lawmakers gather for a joint session of parliament at the Palace of Versailles. The measure was promised by President Emmanuel Macron following a
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — An independent commission investigating the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history is about to hear from more family members of the victims of the tragedy. The commission was established by Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and is reviewing the facts surrounding the Oct. 25 shootings that killed
Continue Reading CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — There’s cutting cable and then there’s literally cutting cable: Telecom cables running along the bottom of the Red Sea have been damaged, disrupting an estimated quarter of internet and communications between Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed
Continue Reading By Camila Bernal, Zoe Todd, Zoe Sottile and Jeremy Moorhead, CNN Hemphill County, Texas (CNN) — When Shane Pennington, a 56-year-old cattle farmer near Canadian, Texas, first saw flames from an enormous wildfire approaching the ranch he manages, his first concern wasn’t his home. It was his animals. Pennington told CNN he returned to the
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Bruce Willis’ wife has hit out at an online report that “there is no more joy” in her husband’s life. Emma Heming Willis said in a video posted to her Instagram profile on Sunday that she had been “clickbaited” by a headline “to do with my
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief has called for a quick end to the “repression of independent voices” in Russia and expressed concerns about the “persecution” of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison last month. Volker Türk lamented dozens of conflicts around the world, widespread violations
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Cambodia is rejecting allegations it violated international law by evicting people living around its famous Angkor Wat temple complex, saying in a report to UNESCO that it was only relocating squatters and not residents of more than 100 traditional villages. The U.N. cultural agency had demanded a
Continue ReadingBy JIWON SONG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government is pressing ahead with its vow to suspend the licenses of thousands of junior doctors who ignore its repeated demands to end their collective walkouts. Nearly 9,000 out of the country’s medical interns and residents have been refusing to
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Moscow has summoned Germany’s ambassador to Russia’s foreign ministry, days after Russian state media released an audio recording purporting to show German officers discussing support for Ukraine. The state RIA Novosti outlet broadcast video of German Ambassador Alexander Graf Lambsdorff entering the Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow on Monday, surrounded
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Time was running out and U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry knew it. International climate talks in mid-December were stuck with no agreement to phase out oil, gas and coal, fossil fuels that are the root cause of global warming. The United Nations sponsored conference official end
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 70s, and demanded total compensation of nearly 43 million kroner ($6.3 million). Danish media reported Monday that the group of 143 Inuit women said Danish health authorities
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities have ordered a nighttime curfew in an attempt to regain control of Haiti’s streets after an explosion of violence during the weekend, including gunmen from gangs overrunning the country’s two biggest prisons and freeing their inmates. A 72-hour state of emergency began
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