Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En la cultura popular, los hombres y mujeres de las cavernas suelen vestirse con pieles, pero no existe mucha evidencia arqueológica de lo que realmente usaban nuestros antepasados de la Edad de Piedra y de cómo se vestían. Las pieles, el cuero y otros materiales orgánicos no suelen conservarse, sobre todo
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Friday, marking a feeble ending to an up-and-down week of trading.The S&P 500 index fell and notched its second straight weekly loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq also fell. Technology and communications companies were the biggest drags on the market. Energy prices fell and
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The human body was not designed to live in space, but genetic experiments on the International Space Station are preparing a biological toolkit for the future of long-term spaceflight. And some of the most groundbreaking DNA investigations taking place on the orbiting laboratory were designed by students. The Genes in Space
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press If you’re seeking an exemption from a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, you might not get any help from your clergy person. Some religious groups are telling their clergy not to endorse requests for a faith exemption. Leaders of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America are saying there is no exemption from
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Protagonist, Schlumberger fall; Invesco, Thermo Fisher rise.
Continue ReadingBy Erin Hassanzadeh Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A severe shortage of bus drivers means parents are finding other ways to get their kids to school. But some of those options could have negative consequences. WCCO’s Erin Hassanzadeh spoke with parents about the struggle, and lengths they’re going to to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A California architect has been sentenced to probation for joining the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol. The judge who sentenced Valerie Elaine Ehrke on Friday noted that she played a relatively minimal role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Justice Department prosecutors said they recommended
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A frontrunner in the race for a joint opposition candidate to fight Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in next year’s national election has opened his campaigning, promising to “liberate” the country from the right-wing populist leader. Budapest’s liberal mayor, Gergely Karacsony, who is one of five
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business It’s been a wobbly week on Wall Street and CNN Business’ Fear and Greed Index is flashing “Fear.” The stock market is in a weird place. It has fallen in most of the trading sessions this month. The S&P 500, which is the broadest measure of the US stock market,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The British government is keeping Panama on its red list, which means the United States may have to play without star Christian Pulisic and several other players for its World Cup qualifier at the Central American nation on Oct. 10. The U.S. plays at Panama between home matches against Jamaica on
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry, CNN The record-low ratings for last year’s Emmys turned out to be the canary in the coalmine for steep across-the-board drops in award-show viewing — the alarm for an unwelcome wakeup call. Yet if hope springs eternal that those shows can at least partially rebound, challenges associated with the pandemic and shift
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Nielsen Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — Thursday was a somber day at Boswell High School. Two brothers, both students, were killed on Bailey Boswell Road Wednesday, Sept. 15 about 4:30 p.m., when police say, they lost control of their car and were killed in a wreck.
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France has recalled its ambassador to the United States in an unprecedented show of anger that dwarfs decades of previous rifts. The relationship appears at a tipping point after the U.S., Australia and Britain shunned France in creating a new Indo-Pacific security arrangement. It is the first
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Lawyers for a Chicago woman who was restrained by a police officer last month while walking her dog on North Avenue beach say they still haven’t received the name of the officer, a copy of the police report, or body camera footage.
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Southern Illinois as of Thursday had no intensive care beds available as the coronavirus ravages the area. The region has so many COVID-19 patents that there are simply no ICU beds left. Some hospitals are turning normal rooms into ICU rooms. In
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The pandemic has been rough for for many working parents, with work-life balance going out the window as child care options closed and schools went virtual. They battled through — but now the new school year is kicking off as the Delta variant spreads and young children remain ineligible for
Continue ReadingBy Omar Jimenez and Bill Kirkos, CNN A judge in Wisconsin sided with defense attorneys Friday and denied motions filed by prosecutors seeking to admit evidence at trial showing Kyle Rittenhouse’s involvement in a previous fight and his alleged association with the Proud Boys. Among their multiple motions filed, prosecutors were hoping to admit evidence
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji and Stephanie Elam, CNN The world’s largest tree has been wrapped in foil to protect it against flames from a fire raging in California’s scenic Sequoia National Park. The base of the General Sherman Tree has been wrapped in aluminum-based burn-resistant material, according to Sequoia and Kings National Parks. The tree is
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press BEND, Ore. (AP) — Around two dozen people have contacted the poison center in Oregon after self-medicating against COVID-19 with a drug used to treat parasites, with five becoming hospitalized and two of them winding up in intensive care units. The drug they used was ivermectin, which has no proven
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi and Lauren Fox, CNN A House Republican on Friday publicly pushed back against the Biden administration’s plan to resettle Afghan nationals in his home state of Montana and suggested that the refugees are not properly vetted, despite repeated assurances from the Biden administration that they are. The comments by Rep. Matt Rosendale
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