By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to help troubled energy giant Uniper after it asked the government for a bailout to cope with surging prices for natural gas due to the war in Ukraine. Uniper said the “stabilization measures” it is seeking were “aimed at ceasing the
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to help troubled energy giant Uniper after it asked the government for a bailout to cope with surging prices for natural gas due to the war in Ukraine. Uniper said the “stabilization measures” it is seeking were “aimed at ceasing the
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Ferreira Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Susan Brison is reminded of her late sister’s decision to get an abortion in 1967, when the procedure was still illegal in Canada. Brison’s sister, Kate Daller, had been 19
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell Consky Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Some Canadian medical and dental schools are facing a shortage of a major tool for anatomical education: cadavers. With donations plummeting since the start of the pandemic, Olusegun Oyedele, a professor of teaching at the University of British Columbia’s faculty of
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Tacoma police announced Thursday that two 17-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with the death of a girl who was shot while inside a vehicle. The first teen suspect, who was not identified, is expected to be booked on suspicion of first-degree murder, police said. The suspect was taken into
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business GameStop has fired its chief financial officer and is preparing to make cuts to its staff. Shares of the company’s volatile stock fell 5% in premarket trading Friday. The stock rose 15% Thursday after the company planned a four-for-one stock split, GameStop did not give a reason for firing CFO
Continue ReadingBy MARINA VILLENEUVE and MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As missed warning signs pile up in investigations of mass killings, New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits. People seeking to carry concealed handguns will be required to hand over lists of their social media
Continue ReadingBy MARINA VILLENEUVE and MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As missed warning signs pile up in investigations of mass killings, New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits. People seeking to carry concealed handguns will be required to hand over lists of their social media
Continue ReadingBy JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer Lewis Hamilton believes he is close to winning again while Carlos Sainz Jr. is hungry for another Formula One victory heading into this weekend’s Austrian Prix. It took Sainz 150 races to finally win at a crash-marred Silverstone last Sunday when Hamilton collected a second straight podium to
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The highest rate of inflation in decades has forced businesses to raise prices on food and other products once considered sacrosanct. Among the list of inflation casualties: $1 prices at Dollar Tree, the $1 slice of pizza in New York City, Little Caesars’ $5 Hot-N-Ready pizza, McDonald’s dollar drink deals
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN As she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the highest civilian honor in the United States — Megan Rapinoe paid tribute to detained WNBA star Brittney Griner, wearing a cream blazer with the initials ‘BG’ and a bunch of flowers embroidered onto the lapel. “The most important part of the
Continue ReadingBy ODED BALILTY Associated Press MICHMORET, Israel (AP) — Over a dozen endangered sea turtles that were rescued after suffering major injuries in the Mediterranean scuttled their way over a beach in Israel on Friday after months of medical care. The 15 loggerhead sea turtles and two green sea turtles were released back into the
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business If you follow markets news, you’ve probably seen a few hundred headlines this year akin to: “Stocks slide as red-hot inflation weighs on investors.” At first glance, it’s a perfectly reasonable thesis. Inflation rates are still at 40-year highs and the Fed is serious about raising rates to fight them. Neither is particularly
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN The liberal website Salon has changed a headline that had falsely said a bill signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis forces Florida’s students and professors to register their political views with the state. The 2021 law does require public colleges and universities in Florida to administer annual surveys on the subject
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leaders of Greece and Bulgaria have marked the completion of a new pipeline that will supply natural gas from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria. Bulgaria’s vital supply of Russian gas was cut off in April amid the fallout over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Greece’s prime minister stressed the importance of the new
Continue ReadingCNN By Helen Regan, Junko Ogura and Tara John, CNN Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot while giving a campaign speech on a street in central Japan. The assassination of the former world leader in broad daylight has shocked a nation not used to gun violence and prompted an
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden firmará este viernes un decreto destinado a proteger el derecho al aborto en respuesta a la histórica decisión de la Corte Suprema que anuló la sentencia del caso Roe contra Wade. Se espera que Biden firme el decreto durante una ceremonia en el Salón Roosevelt este
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN The much-awaited summer lull in coronavirus cases doesn’t appear to be happening as Covid-19 infections continue to increase in much of the United States. An earlier rise in cases this year was driven by the BA.2 Omicron subvariant. Now, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that two other
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A court in Moscow has sentenced a municipal council member to seven years in prison for his remarks opposing the war in Ukraine. The unprecedented sentence raises the stakes for Kremlin critics in Russia who speak out against Moscow’s invasion of its ex-Soviet neighbor. Alexei Gorinov was found guilty Friday of
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press A Pennsylvania 911 operator faces a rare charge of involuntary manslaughter for failing to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who died of internal bleeding a day later, despite a plea from the woman’s daughter that without medical help “she’s going to die.” A Greene County
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