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By Lisa Drayer, CNN (CNN) — If you smoke or eat pot, you might have encountered the “marijuana munchies,” or the desire for salty, sweet or fatty carbohydrate-rich foods when using the drug. But what exactly are those cannabis-related cravings all about? Why do they happen? Well, you can blame them on the drug’s active
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — During the 1990s, a certain type of American car that had existed for decades became virtually extinct. Big, inefficient, not very practical but strikingly showy and handsome, they still evoke a certain period of over-the-top American style. These were cars like the Chrysler Cordoba with its “Corinthian leather” seats
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base last week as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. The overall damage done to Nevatim air base in southern
Continue ReadingBy MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said Saturday, as Israel pursued its nearly seven-month offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. Israel’s war against the Islamic
Continue ReadingBy Kelly Murray, CNN (CNN) — A 26-year-old man from Genessee County, Michigan, is half a million dollars richer thanks to a “sign” he says he took from his movie star doppelganger. The man, who chose to remain anonymous, according to the Michigan Lottery, said he was watching a movie where the main character wins
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — In a story published April 19, 2024, about Eric Hovde, a Republican candidate in Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race, The Associated Press erroneously reported the last name of Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling. It is Schmaling, not Shmaling.
Continue ReadingBy JACK THOMPSON and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. officials said that they will begin to withdraw troops from Niger but there is no timeline. The planned departure comes comes as U.S. officials said Saturday they were trying to find a new military agreement after relations have frayed between Niger and
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Barely missing its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse. The legislation
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The share of high school seniors who have submitted a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is down significantly this year, raising concerns that some low-income students won’t be able to afford to enroll this fall. Students still have time to submit the FAFSA, which they
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI and MARC LEVY Associated Press NEW HOPE, Pa. (AP) — Mark Houck’s campaign to unseat Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in Pennsylvania’s GOP primary could offer hints about swing-district party sentiment in a heated presidential election year. The congressional district in suburban Philadelphia is one of 16 nationwide that Democrat Joe Biden carried
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Todo el mundo conoce las formas familiares que conforman el horizonte de Nueva York. Está la corona curva Art Déco del edificio Chrysler, los amplios triángulos isósceles que se retuercen alrededor del One World Trade Center, los rectángulos escalonados de piedra caliza y granito del Empire State Building y el prisma
Continue ReadingBy Jeffrey Kopp, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — San Francisco is suing its neighbor across the Bay over a plan to change the name of Oakland’s airport. Earlier this month, the Port of Oakland’s commissioners voted unanimously to change the name of Oakland International Airport to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.” “The feedback we
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La alcaldesa del municipio de San José Independencia, Agar Cancino Gómez, fue localizada con vida este viernes, sin embargo, su esposo, identificado por la Fiscalía de Oaxaca como A.A.G., fue encontrado muerto. Según el reporte fiscal, a través de un operativo conjunto de las autoridades de seguridad se localizó a
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden can breathe a bit easier, at least for the moment, now that Israel and Iran appear to have stepped back from the brink of tipping the Middle East into all-out war. Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Iran and Syria caused limited damage. The restrained action
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Even after Cam Booser walked away from baseball in 2017 and became a carpenter following a series of injuries and setbacks, he would think about the game every single day. The 31-year-old relief pitcher has endured a “long journey” to make his MLB debut, he told
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Los cuerpos de primera respuesta de Honduras reportaron a primera hora de este sábado la atención a un incendio que consumió el Hospital de Roatán, en el departamento insular de ese país. La Comisión Permanente de Contingencias (Copeco), dijo que al menos 65 pacientes fueron evacuados de la estructura. El
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE SAVAGE AP Business Writers Pregnant workers have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission adopted an expansive view of conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth in its proposed regulations. It drew condemnation from
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The most significant case in decades on homelessness has reached the Supreme Court as record numbers of people in America are without a permanent place to live. The justices on Monday will consider a challenge to rulings from a California-based appeals court that found punishing people for
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The most significant case in decades on homelessness has reached the Supreme Court as record numbers of people in America are without a permanent place to live. The justices on Monday will consider a challenge to rulings from a California-based appeals court that found punishing people for
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — He seems “selfish and self-serving,” said one woman. The way he carries himself in public “leaves something to be desired,” said another. His “negative rhetoric and bias,” said another man, is what is “most harmful.” Over the past week, Donald Trump has been forced to sit
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