By Brenda Goodman and Raenu Charles, CNN Grant’s Pass Pharmacy in southern Oregon is down to its last few boxes of children’s acetaminophen and ibuprofen, and pharmacist Michele Belcher says she can’t order more. Belcher says she orders these medications from one of the “big three” wholesalers: McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen. When she checked
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered famine in Africa and deadly heat waves all over. Yet this wasn’t climate change at its worst. With all
Continue ReadingCNN By Travis Caldwell, Tina Burnside, Rosalina Nieves and Rosa Flores, CNN For the first time in almost 300 days, Brittney Griner, the American basketball star detained by Russian authorities in February, will spend the night in a bed in her home country. Griner, 32, returned to the United States early Friday after being released
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The elections to renew the local parliament on the Faeroe Islands, a semi-independent Danish territory in the North Atlantic, ended with the opposition social democrats emerging as the largest party with nearly 27% of the votes. With 100% of the votes counted in Thursday’s elections, Javnardarflokkurin came in ahead of incumbent
Continue ReadingToyin Owoseje, CNN The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has revoked an honorary doctorate awarded to Kanye West, as the fallout from the rapper’s offensive remarks about Black and Jewish people continues. The prestigious art college announced the decision on Thursday, saying in a statement that “the School of the Art Institute
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla and Sophie Tanno, CNN President Vladimir Putin made rare public comments specifically addressing the Russian military’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure Thursday, while clutching a glass of champagne at a Kremlin reception. Speaking after an awards ceremony for “Heroes of Russia,” he addressed the group of soldiers receiving the awards. He said
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — One man is dead after a massive fire ravaged a shopping mall on Moscow’s northwestern outskirts. Authorities said Friday’s blaze at the OBI store that is part of the MEGA mall in Khimki outside the Russian capital was sparked by welding that apparently violated safety regulations. The huge blaze erupted before the
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — One man is dead after a massive fire ravaged a shopping mall on Moscow’s northwestern outskirts. Authorities said Friday’s blaze at the OBI store that is part of the MEGA mall in Khimki outside the Russian capital was sparked by welding that apparently violated safety regulations. The huge blaze erupted before the
Continue ReadingCNN By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s surprise decision to become an independent has Democratic leaders struggling to answer a basic question: How should they deal with her if she runs for reelection in Arizona? In interviews with top party leaders and rank-and-file members on Monday, Democrats were sidestepping
Continue ReadingMONACO (AP) — A long jumper and two officials from Albania could face bans after they were accused of submitting false information that helped the athlete get a spot at the Tokyo Olympics last year. The Athletics Integrity Unit says it has charged long jumper Izmir Smajlaj, Albanian track federation president Gjegj Ruli and the
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Gulf Arab leaders and others in the Mideast are meeting in Saudi Arabia as part of a state visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping. They want to firm up their relations with Beijing as decades of U.S. attention on the region wanes. Representatives of
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El Reino Unido, Japón e Italia anunciaron el viernes que se unirán para construir un avión de combate de sexta generación, diseñado para rivalizar o eclipsar a los mejores aviones de combate que ahora emplean China y Rusia, y posiblemente incluso Estados Unidos, el principal aliado del trío de naciones. “Estamos anunciando
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The top United Nations human rights official says his office will continue reaching out to Beijing about allegations of abuse in China. The office of the former U.N. human rights chief published a report in August stating that China’s detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region
Continue ReadingJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Nine miners have died in a coal mine explosion in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province and rescue workers are still searching for one missing miner after rescuing two others. The blast, caused by noxious gases including methane, occurred on Friday in a mine in Sawahlunto district owned by a private company while
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as a political independent, she told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an exclusive TV interview. “I’ve registered as an Arizona independent. I know some people might be a little bit surprised by this, but actually, I think it makes a lot
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Former First Lady Michelle Obama is in the middle of a month-long book tour and, as always, her style choices are making headlines. But there’s been a noticeable shift in her clothes, from the classic silhouettes she’s known for to more playful, cool-girl styles. On Tuesday, in Atlanta, she took the stage
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN As a right-wing faction threatens to tank his speakership ambitions, House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy delivered a promise: “I’ll never leave,” making clear he has no plans to drop out of the race even if the fight goes to many ballots on the floor. “I’ll get 218,” McCarthy
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Americans’ views of the state of the nation have bounced back slightly since earlier this year, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, but public perception of the economy remains grim. Nearly half of Americans say they’re financially worse off than they were a year ago, the
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — A new report says the war in Ukraine, chaos in Haiti and criminal groups in Mexico contributed to a 30% spike in the number of journalists killed in 2022 over the previous year. The International Federation of Journalists says 67 journalists and media staff have been killed around the world so far
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Hate mealy apples and soggy french fries? Science can help. Restaurants, grocers, farmers and food companies are increasingly turning to chemistry and physics to tackle the problem of food waste. Some are testing spray-on peels or chemically-enhanced sachets that can slow the ripening process in fruit. Others are developing
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