Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s attorney general has sued pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts. The lawsuit claims the company was at the center of an opioid dispensing chain that fueled a deadly addiction crisis. Russell Coleman filed the lawsuit this week in state court. It says Express Scripts and its affiliated organizations colluded
Continue ReadingBy Jesse Tahirali / CTVNews.ca Interactives Editor Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Anxiety is rampant among the two younger generations of adults, according to a new survey. The “2024 Zillennial Study,” conducted by Leger, found that 75 per cent of respondents said they’ve experienced anxiety before, with nearly
Continue ReadingBy Todd Coyne, CTVNewsVancouver.ca Journalist Click here for updates on this story Victoria, British Columbia (CTV Network) — Scammers are increasingly using emails to extort money from victims by threatening to reveal compromising photos, videos and personal information to their friends and family members, according to a new warning from Mounties in Metro Vancouver. The
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CNN By Hilary Clarke and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain’s best-known actresses whose long career ranged from starring opposite Laurence Olivier in “Othello” on stage and screen, to roles in “Harry Potter” and “Downton Abbey,” has died, her sons announced in a statement shared by their publicist Clair Dobbs.
Continue ReadingLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska would sell alcohol at Memorial Stadium in 2025 if the university’s Board of Regents gives its approval at its next meeting. The proposal is listed on the agenda for the October meeting in Kearney next Friday and was first reported by The Omaha World-Herald. Nebraska would become the last of
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Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered a mental health evaluation for a man arrested after an explosive went off in a courthouse lobby that injured five people and who officials say had told law enforcement he had planned to kill deputies and a judge in the building. U.S. Magistrate
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered a mental health evaluation for a man arrested after an explosive went off in a courthouse lobby that injured five people and who officials say had told law enforcement he had planned to kill deputies and a judge in the building. U.S. Magistrate
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly intense wildfires, with many areas unlikely to recover on their own. Researchers are studying which species are likely to survive — and where — as climate change makes it difficult or impossible for many forests to regrow. But they say the U.S. also
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly intense wildfires, with many areas unlikely to recover on their own. Researchers are studying which species are likely to survive — and where — as climate change makes it difficult or impossible for many forests to regrow. But they say the U.S. also
Continue ReadingMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for the severe flooding that hit northeastern Vermont in late July. The declaration makes federal funding available to help communities and individuals in Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans counties recover from damages from the July 29-31 storm. Gov. Phil Scott says this is
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By Tamara Qiblawi, Eliza Mackintosh, Wayne Chang, Eric Cheung, Yong Xiong, Kara Fox, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Balint Bardi, CNN Beirut, New Taipei City and Budapest (CNN) — Israel carried out part of its device attack targeting Hezbollah by concealing explosives inside the batteries of pagers brought into Lebanon, according to two high-ranking Lebanese security officials,
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is fond of nuclear saber-rattling: On the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin leader presided over the rehearsal of a nuclear strike, and his not-so-veiled nuclear threats have since kept US officials on edge. This week, Putin once again
Continue ReadingActors, collaborators and fans who worked with Dame Maggie Smith are paying tribute to the award-winning actor, known for her roles in the “Harry Potter” movies and “Downton Abbey.” She died Friday at 89. In an interview with The Associated Press, Dame Helen Mirren called “one of the greatest actresses of the past century.” In
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Maggie Smith, who died Friday aged 89, appeared in dozens of films over more than 60 years. Roles ranged from her iconic turn in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” to her Professor Minerva McGonagall in seven Harry Potter films, and films from Shakespeare’s “Othello” to the animated “Gnomeo & Juliet.” She
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An appeals court says a museum in Australia was within its rights to bar men from a controversial art exhibit for women meant to underscore their exclusion from segments of the male-dominated society. Friday’s decision is the latest in the long-running saga of the “Ladies Lounge” exhibition that
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer Joe Wolf, a former North Carolina captain for Dean Smith who went on to play for seven teams in an 11-year NBA career before becoming a coach, died unexpectedly Thursday, the Milwaukee Bucks announced. Wolf, an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Herd — the Bucks’ G League affiliate — was 59. “Throughout
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Since its inception more than two decades ago, the experimental rock band Xiu Xiu has danced between extremes. They’ve made music — drenched in synthesizers, breathy vocals and distorted guitar — that is somehow both cacophonous and beautiful, frightening yet poignant, avant-garde yet (mostly) melodic. In other words, Xiu
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Since its inception more than two decades ago, the experimental rock band Xiu Xiu has danced between extremes. They’ve made music — drenched in synthesizers, breathy vocals and distorted guitar — that is somehow both cacophonous and beautiful, frightening yet poignant, avant-garde yet (mostly) melodic. In other words, Xiu
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a lawsuit brought by authors including comedian Sarah Silverman accusing the company of copyright infringement to train its artificial intelligence technology. U.S. District Judge Thomas Hixson rejected Meta’s bid to bar the deposition of Zuckerberg in a decision Tuesday, saying there
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Israel llevó a cabo parte de su ataque con artefactos dirigidos contra Hezbollah ocultando explosivos dentro de las baterías de los buscapersonas introducidos en Líbano, según dos altos funcionarios de seguridad libaneses, que afirmaron que la tecnología era tan avanzada que resultaba prácticamente indetectable. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Funcionarios de
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