By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Pregnant women with COVID-19 face increased chances for stillbirths compared with uninfected women. That’s according to a report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday. It involved 1.2 million deliveries from March 2020 through September 2021. Stillbirths were rare overall, totaling 8,154 among all deliveries.
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire lawmakers have accepted $22.5 million in federal COVID-19 vaccine funding that has sparked intense debate and angry protests for the last two months. The Joint Fiscal Committee in September tabled a request to spend the money to hire new workers to promote the vaccine
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN While her character on “The Great” is engaged in a coup against her husband for control of Russia in the show’s second season, Elle Fanning has some interesting thoughts about what it all means. “I think the big theme of this [season] is parenting because we have our parents come
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN With less than one month until the Army’s deadline to vaccinate its active-duty force, the service will begin barring soldiers who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 without an exemption from reenlistment, promotions, and other “favorable personnel actions.” In a memo dated November 16, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth
Continue ReadingFRUITLAND, Idaho (AP) — Police investigators in southwestern Idaho now say a 5-year-old boy missing since July was likely abducted. Fruitland Police Chief J.D. Huff said during a news conference Thursday that the search for Michael Vaughan won’t stop until the boy is found. Huff said no headway has been made despite exhaustive ground searches
Continue ReadingBy BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer While recent hiring numbers on NFL coordinator levels are encouraging, the overall journey to diversity and inclusion for head coaches and other jobs remains a struggle. Who says so? Two of the most prominent advocates of the Rooney Rule: Troy Vincent and Rod Graves. Vincent, a former star
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Isaiah Thomas is putting on the red, white and blue again. Thomas was announced as an injury replacement to USA Basketball’s team that will open World Cup qualifying play this month in Mexico. The two-time NBA All-Star was added to the roster along with Justin Anderson. They’re replacing DaQuan Jeffries
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft, Josh Campbell and Tina Burnside, CNN When a neighbor went to check on 70-year-old James Fitzgerald on November 6, they found a decomposing body inside the home Fitzgerald had lived in for the last 15 years in the town of Seneca, about an hour outside of Greenville, South Carolina. Police used autopsy results and
Continue ReadingTBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A lawyer for Mikheil Saakashvili says the imprisoned former Georgian president has agreed to end a seven-week hunger strike that has caused him neurological damage. Nika Gvaramia also said Friday that Saakashvili has agreed to be transferred from a prison clinic to a military hospital, an offer the government made earlier
Continue ReadingIGLS, Austria (AP) — A pair of Russian sliders opened this Olympic season with victories in World Cup skeleton races. Alexander Tretiakov and Elena Nikitina both rallied in the second heat of the two-run competitions to take their wins. It was a difficult day for the U.S. Kelly Curtis’ ninth-place finish was the top showing
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business An animated dumpling called “Dart,” with a shiny gold chrome body that pops out of its head when you squeeze its squishy cheeks, is creating quite a stir as parents scramble to score one of this year’s must-have toys. Dart belongs to a family of interactive dumplings from toymaker WowWee
Continue ReadingFRISCO, Texas (AP) — Connor McGovern is replacing Connor Williams at left guard for Dallas on Sunday at Kansas City. The Cowboys hope left tackle Tyron Smith is ready to return from an ankle injury that has sidelined him for two games. Williams leads the NFL in total penalties with 13 and accepted penalties with
Continue ReadingBy WYFF Staff Click here for updates on this story OCONEE COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — One of the U.S. Marshals 15 most-wanted has been found dead in the Upstate. Frederick Cecil McLean, 70, who had been on the run for more than 16 years, was found dead in Seneca after a neighbor went to
Continue ReadingBy EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Business is booming at a truck-driving academy in suburban Los Angeles amid a nationwide shortage of long-haul drivers. The California Truck Driving Academy in Inglewood has seen annual enrollment grow by almost 20% since last year, and has expanded to offering night classes. Experts credit the
Continue ReadingBy EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Business is booming at a truck-driving academy in suburban Los Angeles amid a nationwide shortage of long-haul drivers. The California Truck Driving Academy in Inglewood has seen annual enrollment grow by almost 20% since last year, and has expanded to offering night classes. Experts credit the
Continue ReadingBy Travers Mackel Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — There’s a big push by people living in the historic French Quarter and Marigny for the city to create an “office of night economy” or what’s called a “nightlife mayor.” Believe it or not — other major cities have added this
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the U.S. government wants to hear about it. NASA and the nation’s top federal nuclear research lab on Friday put out a request for proposals for a fission
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Hyundai and Kia look to be going big with their future electric SUVs. The South Korean automaker siblings both unveiled large electric SUV concept vehicles at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Wednesday that, both companies said, offer a preview of real future models. The Hyundai Seven concept has no
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Caminar es la actividad física aeróbica más popular en Estados Unidos, con 111 millones de personas que la realizaban en 2018 como parte de sus objetivos de acondicionamiento físico. Además, la actividad hermana de caminar, el senderismo, atrajo a 57,8 millones de estadounidenses a salir a los senderos en 2020, una
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Pipkin Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Over the past few months, Girl Scout troops around the Jackson area have been holding food drives in an effort to “fill the van” with canned goods to benefit Stewpot. Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi collected over 1,700 cans during the
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