By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults. It’s a more traditional type of vaccine than the Pfizer and Moderna shots already used to protect most Americans. Still, millions of adults haven’t yet gotten vaccinated even this
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El presidente de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, oficializó este miércoles su decisión de retirar al embajador de Nicaragua en Costa Rica, Duilio Hernández, quien se desempeñó en el cargo durante cuatro años consecutivos. El anuncio fue publicado en La Gaceta, diario oficial de Nicaragua, en su edición digital de este miércoles,
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN The ability to enhance your body is everywhere today: wearable tech to help you sleep better or exercise more efficiently, “smart drugs” to sharpen your focus and memory recall, injectable fillers to tweak the features of your face, genetic testing to identify and mitigate potential health risks. But what if humans fully
Continue ReadingBy DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece say two members of a helicopter crew battling a forest fire on the Greek island of Samos died when it crashed into the sea. A Romanian national and a Greek liaison officer died in the crash, while two Moldovan nationals survived. The Soviet-era
Continue ReadingBy Yon Pomrenze, CNN In 1995, he was an undercover officer for the Boston Police when he was mistaken for a suspect and severely beaten by his own colleagues. Next month, Michael Cox will lead the force as the city’s new police commissioner. Making the announcement Wednesday, Mayor Michelle Wu spoke about Cox’s close links
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) de Estados Unidos autorizó el uso de emergencia de la vacuna contra el covid-19 de Novavax en adultos. Es la cuarta vacuna contra el coronavirus disponible en Estados Unidos y utiliza un tipo de tecnología de vacuna diferente a
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for Sen. Lindsey Graham say he wasn’t trying to interfere in Georgia’s 2020 election when he called state officials to ask them to reexamine certain absentee ballots after President Donald Trump’s narrow loss to Democrat Joe Biden. The arguments came in a court filing Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. wildlife managers are being sued over their new management rule for the endangered Mexican gray wolf, with environmentalists saying it doesn’t go far enough to ensure the species’ survival. The court-ordered changes were the result of another years-long legal battle over the predators. This
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jose Miranda hit a game-ending, three-run homer against Milwaukee’s Josh Hader as the Minnesota Twins finally got a timely hit to beat the Brewers 4-1. Miranda’s third hit of the game traveled to the second deck in left field. Hader walked Jorge Polanco and allowed a single
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The attorney for Dan Snyder told the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform there is no reason for the owner of the Washington Commanders to testify under subpoena for the congressional investigation into the NFL team’s workplace culture. Snyder attorney Karen Patton Seymour sent a letter to committee chairwoman Carolyn B.
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have acquired defenseman Brent Burns from San Jose and winger Max Pacioretty from Vegas. The team hopes those additions will help them make a deeper postseason push. The Hurricanes sent forward Steven Lorentz, a goaltender prospect and conditional third-round draft pick to
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer With new omicron variants again driving COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths higher in recent weeks, states and cities are rethinking their responses and the White House is stepping up efforts to alert the public. Some experts said the warnings are too little, too late. The highly transmissible BA.5
Continue ReadingBy Yenny Sanchez, CNN Ana de Armas is known for her work on the big screen, and it seems the star would like to keep it that way. In a recent interview, the “Knives Out” actress admits she took a break from living in Los Angeles because she experienced “horrible” attention while she dated ex-boyfriend
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix has picked Microsoft to help deliver the commercials in a cheaper version of its video streaming service expected to launch later this year with a pledge to minimize the intrusions into personal privacy that often accompany digital ads. The alliance announced Wednesday marks a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business)– Los precios de los alimentos siguen subiendo, pero puede que haya un cierto alivio en el horizonte. En los 12 meses que terminaron en junio, los precios generales de los alimentos aumentaron un 10,4%, el mayor incremento anual desde febrero de 1981, según los datos publicados este miércoles por
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN A statue of civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune has officially replaced a statue of a Confederate general in the US Capitol’s Statuary Hall. Bethune has made history as the first Black person to have a state-commissioned statue in Statuary Hall, which features two statues from each state.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Algunos estados de Estados Unidos, como California e Illinois, ofrecen cheques de alivio económico a sus residentes para mitigar el impacto de la inflación que se ha disparado en el país. Con un aumento de los precios al consumidor del 9,1% interanual, la inflación alcanzó el nivel más alto en
Continue ReadingWHITEWOOD, Va. (AP) — Flooding in a remote pocket of southwest Virginia has damaged more than 100 homes and left some 40 people unaccounted for, but there are no confirmed deaths or injuries, authorities said Wednesday. First responders in Buchanan County began receiving reports of rising water and damage Tuesday night, authorities said at a
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Protesters in Hungary’s capital have blocked main traffic arteries for the second day in a row in opposition to a tax overhaul pushed through this week by lawmakers from the country’s right-wing governing party. Several thousand demonstrators, many of them independent entrepreneurs affected by the new
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Protesters in Hungary’s capital have blocked main traffic arteries for the second day in a row in opposition to a tax overhaul pushed through this week by lawmakers from the country’s right-wing governing party. Several thousand demonstrators, many of them independent entrepreneurs affected by the new
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