Judge favors boosting Sackler payment in Purdue Pharma deal
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A judge has indicated he is moving forward with a plan for the owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to pump at…
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Jessica Berman appointed new NWSL commissioner
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The deputy commissioner for the National Lacrosse League has been named the new commissioner of the National…
Continue ReadingRussia’s bombing of maternity and children’s hospital an ‘atrocity,’ Zelensky says
By Jack Guy, Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych, Paul P. Murphy, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Celine Alkhaldi and Katie Polglase, CNN Russian forces bombed a…
Continue ReadingFired F1 driver Mazepin and his father on EU sanctions list
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers BRUSSELS (AP) — Fired Formula One driver Nikita Mazepin has been added to a list of people…
Continue ReadingBMW recalls vehicles for 3rd time due to engine fire risk
DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling more than 917,000 cars and SUVs in the U.S. _ most for a third time _ to fix a problem that can cause engine…
Continue ReadingBMW recalls vehicles for 3rd time due to engine fire risk
DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling more than 917,000 cars and SUVs in the U.S. _ most for a third time _ to fix a problem that can cause engine…
Continue ReadingInvestors nervously wait for Putin’s next move
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Oil prices are pulling back and stocks are jumping higher as investors take a beat to consider what Russian President…
Continue ReadingThese are the missile defense systems the US sent to Poland
CNN By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The two missile defense systems that the US delivered to Poland this week are part of a weapons system upon which…
Continue ReadingPfizer comienza el ensayo de fase 2 y 3 de la pÃldora contra el covid-19 Paxlovid en niños de 6 a 17 años
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Pfizer comenzó un ensayo clÃnico de fase 2 y 3 de su tratamiento antiviral contra el covid-19, Paxlovid, en…
Continue ReadingHere are the nations on Russia’s ‘unfriendly countries’ list
By Michael Lee Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Canada is one of multiple countries and…
Continue ReadingAverage Wordle score in Canada better than the U.S., but trails behind others
By Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Guessing the correct five-letter word on Wordle…
Continue ReadingEugene man sentenced to life for killing grandmother
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A Eugene man who pleaded guilty to beating his grandmother to death in Creswell has been sentenced to life in prison without…
Continue ReadingGreek PM accepts invitation for talks with Turkey’s Erdogan
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says he accepted an invitation to hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday.…
Continue ReadingClarification: Britain-Antarctic Ship story
In a story published March 9, 2022 on the rediscovery of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, The Associated Press said Shackleton led an…
Continue ReadingHow Putin ‘destroyed’ the ruble and brought Russia to the brink of default
By Charles Riley, CNN Business Russia has banned its citizens from buying US dollars, completing the isolation of an economy that once had ambitions…
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Employees laid off after fire guts potato chip plant
Hermiston, Ore. (AP) — Two weeks after a fire damaged a plant that produced chips and salty snacks in northeast Oregon the company says it will lay…
Continue ReadingIvan Kuliak: Russian gymnast says he has no regrets about wearing ‘Z’ symbol on podium next to Ukrainian athlete ​– state media
By Ben Church, CNN Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak, who has been widely criticized ​outside Russia for wearing a pro-war symbol on a podium next to a…
Continue ReadingErnest Shackleton’s Endurance ship found in Antarctica after 107 years
CNN By Lilit Marcus, CNN More than a century after it sank off the coast of Antarctica, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship HMS Endurance…
Continue Reading‘It’s a tragedy we are witnessing’
By Jill Dougherty, for CNN A week after Russia invaded Ukraine, the staff of Russia’s last independent TV channel, TV Rain, also known as…
Continue ReadingGerman govt produces new legal framework for pandemic rules
BERLIN (AP) — The German government has introduced a legal framework for pandemic regulations and rules Wednesday. Most of the country’s current…
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