By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Aleph Farms of Israel has received the preliminary green light from health officials to produce and sell the world’s first steaks made from cultivated beef cells, not the entire animal. The move follows approval of lab-grown chicken in the U.S. last year. The firm based in Rehovot, Israel, received
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — More than 250 people serving life prison sentences will get an opportunity for shorter terms after a major decision by the Michigan Court of Appeals. The court says a 2022 decision that bars automatic life sentences for people who were 18 at the time of a murder
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Paula Reid, CNN Hunter Biden will appear for a closed-door deposition on February 28 as part of House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. House Oversight Chairman James Comer and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan announced Thursday that the president’s son would appear before them. “Hunter Biden will appear before our committees
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A prosecutor said Thursday that a California man acted callously in pulling out his gun and firing a shot at a car traveling on the freeway, killing a 6-year-old boy who was riding in the back in a booster seat. Marcus Eriz, who is now
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A prosecutor said Thursday that a California man acted callously in pulling out his gun and firing a shot at a car traveling on the freeway, killing a 6-year-old boy who was riding in the back in a booster seat. Marcus Eriz, who is now
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A 30-year-old Desert Hot Springs man who tried to kill his father by severely beating him and setting fire to his mobile home as he lay unconscious on the floor was sentenced today to 17 years to life in state prison. A Banning jury in November deliberated less than a day before convicting Miguel Angel
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March. The House approved the measure by a vote of 314-108, with opposition coming mostly from the more conservative
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has agreed to appear before House Republicans for a private deposition next month, ending months of defiance from the president’s son, who had insisted on testifying publicly. The House Oversight Committee announced Thursday that the two parties have agreed for Hunter Biden to sit for
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A SpaceX rocket took off for the International Space Station on another trailblazing mission operated entirely by the private sector. On board is a group of European astronauts, including the first person from Turkey to visit outer space. The mission is the latest in a series of endeavors from
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to end a whistleblower lawsuit by former top staff members. He announced Thursday that his agency would not contest the facts of the case and would accept any judgement. The lawsuit brought by a group of former top deputies
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched Turkey’s first astronaut along with a Swede and Italian to the International Space Station. It’s the third private flight to the space station arranged by a Houston company. The Falcon rocket blasted off from Florida on Thursday, carrying the three aviators
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER, ACACIA CORONADO, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Police officials who responded to the deadly Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting waited far too long to confront the gunman, acted with “no urgency” in establishing a command post and communicated inaccurate information to grieving families, according to a
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Lauren Izso, Jennifer Hansler, Jorge Engels and Sugam Pokharel, CNN Washington (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday appeared to reject the idea of creating a Palestinian state, a statement that could contribute to growing tensions between Washington and Jerusalem. “In any future arrangement … Israel needs security control all territory
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gang members have raided a key community in Haiti’s capital that is home to numerous police officers and has been under siege for four days in an ongoing attack. Residents are fearful that the violence could spread throughout Port-au-Prince. The pop of automatic weapons echoed throughout
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Senators working feverishly to cut a high-stakes immigration deal are now running into a new problem: Former President Donald Trump. Trump allies on Capitol Hill have privately lobbied the former president to come out vocally against any Senate compromise as he rails on immigration on the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas have passed a broad package of tax cuts promoted as widespread relief. But Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is likely to veto the measure approved Thursday because she says it favors the wealthy and threatens the state’s budget in the future. The
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE, ADRIAN SAINZ and KRISTIN HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — At least 14 deaths in Tennessee have been linked to a snowy, frigid storm, as bitterly cold weather continued impacting the U.S. from Oregon to the Northeast. Tennessee officials updated the state’s death toll at midweek after more than 9 inches
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, Kate Sullivan and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is peddling false claims about voting rules for next week’s New Hampshire primary, as he tries to blunt Nikki Haley’s momentum in the state. At a campaign event in Portsmouth on Wednesday, Trump falsely claimed that New Hampshire laws “allow Democrats
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is telling world business leaders that the state must increase its supply of electricity produced without burning fossil fuels to meet industries’ demand for clean energy. The Republican spoke Thursday on a panel focused on electric vehicles at the World Economic Forum in
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street bounced back Thursday and recouped almost all the losses it suffered earlier in the week. The S&P 500 rose 41.73 points, or 0.9%, to 4,780.94 following back-to-back drops that kicked off this holiday-shortened week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 201.94, or 0.5%,
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