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By Andres Gutierrez Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Metro Detroit group is demanding state lawmakers pass a package of bills that would overhaul tobacco use in Michigan, including banning the sale of all flavored tobacco products. The Detroit Wayne-Oakland Tobacco-Free Coalition, comprised of elected officials, DPSCD board members,
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El Centro Carter informó este miércoles que acordó con las autoridades electorales de Venezuela participar como observador en las elecciones presidenciales del 28 de julio. La unidad de prensa de la organización promotora de la democracia fundada por el expresidente de Estados Unidos Jimmy Carter dijo a CNN que
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — Three more victims from the shooting at a splash pad in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills have been released from the hospital, officials said. On Wednesday, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office announced that three victims, a 4-year-old boy, a 42-year-old
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Stonehenge monuments that have stood for thousands of years appear unscathed after climate protesters were arrested for spraying orange paint on them, an official said Thursday. Workers cleaned the stones and the roughly 4,500-year-old monument was visibly undamaged, said Nick Merriman, the chief executive of English Heritage.
Continue ReadingSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Authorities in Chile say at least two rail workers were killed and nine others injured Thursday when a freight train collided head-on with another train on a test run just outside the capital of Chile. Police said Thursday they were investigating to determine the cause of the crash. The collision left
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Amazon is shifting from the plastic air pillows used for packaging in North America to recycled paper because it’s more environmentally sound, and it says paper just works better. The company said Thursday that it’s already replaced 95% of the plastic air pillows with paper filler in North America
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s has revealed the details of its highly anticipated $5 value meal, which the fast food chain hopes will rev up sluggish sales and lure back customers who have cut back. Beginning June 25, McDonald’s US locations are selling a “$5 Meal Deal” for a limited time.
Continue ReadingBy ALFREDO PEÑA and MARIANA MARTÍNEZ BARBA Associated Press TAMPICO, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto rumbled toward northeast Mexico on Thursday as the first named storm of the season, carrying heavy rains that left three people dead. But Alberto also brought hope to a region suffering under a prolonged, severe drought. Mexican authorities downplayed
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A young German-Austrian heiress has realized her plan to redistribute almost all of her assets to organizations that are devoted to protecting the climate, improving education and health care, or supporting gender equality among other issues. Marlene Engelhorn, 31, had asked a group representing 50 diverse citizens in Austria earlier this year
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The European Union’s top court says products such as disinfectants can’t be advertised as “skin friendly.” The European Court of Justice issued its ruling Thursday after a German federal court sought its opinion in a case against a drugstore chain. The dm chain sold a hand, skin and surface disinfectant with a
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Thursday that it would consider sending arms to Ukraine, a major policy change that was suggested after Russia and North Korea rattled the region and beyond by signing a pact to come to each other’s defense in the event of war. The
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — United States sprinter Erriyon Knighton has been cleared to compete at the Olympic Games after an independent arbitrator determined his failed drug test was “more likely than not” caused by contaminated meat. Knighton, the 2023 World Championship 200m silver medalist, tested positive for a metabolite of trenbolone during an
Continue ReadingBy SIBI ARASU and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Data from India’s Health Ministry shows a monthslong heat wave across swathes of India has killed more than 100 people and led to over 40,000 suspected cases of heat stroke in the last three and a half months. Between March 1 and June
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By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The trial of a US-Russian dual citizen, accused of committing treason by fundraising for Ukraine’s military, has begun in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg. Ksenia Karelina, 33, was detained in Yekaterinburg earlier this year while visiting her grandparents. She is accused of donating $51.80 to a Ukrainian charity in
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate, Carol Moseley Braun, will have a memoir out next year. Hanover Square Press, a HarperCollins Publishers imprint, announced Thursday that Moseley Braun’s “Trailblazer: Perseverance in Life and Politics” is scheduled for Jan. 21. According to the publisher, Moseley Braun will look back
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union envoys have reached agreement on a “powerful and substantial” new series of sanctions that are part of its ongoing response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The EU’s Belgian presidency posted on social media on Thursday that the package provides new targeted measures and maximizes the impact of existing sanctions by
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Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has kept its main interest rate at a 16-year high of 5.25%, even though inflation has fallen to its target of 2%. In a statement, some policymakers on the bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee voiced worries that some underlying measures of inflation, such
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — ¡Bienvenido, verano boreal! Este jueves 2o de junio se celebra el solsticio de verano en el hemisferio norte y, con él, la llegada de la temporada de más calor del año. Esto es lo que debes saber sobre el esperado evento astronómico. La ciencia del solsticio de verano La
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Danaher and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The orange powder paint sprayed onto Britain’s most famous prehistoric structure, Stonehenge, by environmental protesters on Wednesday has been removed, leaving “no visible damage,” according to the organization that manages the site. “Thankfully, there appears to be no visible damage but that’s in no way saying
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