By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. regulators have cleared doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 5. Omicron-targeted booster shots made by both Moderna and Pfizer already are urged for everyone 5 and older. On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration said younger children who’ve had two original Moderna shots qualify
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La polémica reforma electoral propuesta por Andrés Manuel López Obrador fue rechazada este martes en el Congreso, pero el ahora llamado plan C sí pasó por la vía rápida. Ahora tendrá que pasar al Senado donde se discutirá y votará. En una larga jornada en la Cámara de Diputados que
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Comedian Jerrod Carmichael will host next month’s Golden Globe Awards, presiding over a boozy celebration of TV and film that is trying to make a comeback after being knocked off the air by scandal. Carmichael, who won an Emmy this year for his intimate HBO special “Rothaniel,” will be the rare
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN A bottleneck is building across an important trading route for oil, which if left unresolved could knock global supply and boost prices at a fragile moment for energy markets. As of Thursday, 16 oil tankers traveling south from the Black Sea were waiting to cross the Bosphorus strait into the Sea
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Pope Francis has wept in the center of Rome as he prayed for peace in Ukraine. The moment came Thursday during an annual Christmas visit to venerate a statue of the Virgin Mary near the Spanish Steps. Francis paused and choked up, unable to speak precisely as he arrived at the part
Continue ReadingNo new snow to report other than one new inch at Timberline.
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN A recession may be coming, but consumers still want to look fashionable. Subscription clothing service Rent the Runway reported a more than 30% increase in sales for the third quarter after the closing bell Wednesday. Shares of Rent the Runway soared 60% on the news. But the company is
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Los niños desde los seis meses ahora son elegibles para recibir la vacuna actualizada contra el covid-19. La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. autorizó este jueves que las vacunas actualizadas de covid-19 de Moderna y Pfizer/BioNTech para su uso en niños desde los seis meses hasta los cinco años.
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — George “Johnny” Johnson, the last known survivor of Britain’s daring World War II “Dambusters” bombing raid on German infrastructure, has died. He was 101. Britain’s national news agency, PA, said Johnson died peacefully at a care home in the Bristol area of southwest England on Wednesday night. Johnson was a 21-year-old bomb
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Happy Thursday morning, Central Oregon! We are expecting the snow to start falling around 1 p.m. Thursday and carry us into the weekend. We’re also seeing a chance of rain mixed in, with cloudy skies. Winds are coming out of the southwest, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Thursday night, we see a 30
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav, Ted Barrett and Clare Foran, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was reelected by his caucus Thursday to lead Democrats for a second term. It happened during a private meeting in the Capitol as the caucus also chose to keep most of the rest of existing leadership team intact, in the wake
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Hyundai Motor Group and a South Korean battery maker say they will jointly invest $4 billion to $5 billion in Georgia to build a new electric battery plant. The plant northwest of Atlanta would hire a projected 3,500 employees to supply batteries to Hyundai and Kia electric
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Here are the Sunrise Birthdays for Thursday, December 8. You can see more recent entries and submit an upcoming birthday to air at: https://ktvz.com/share/sunrise-birthdays
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis has long suffered from disproportionately high homicide rates. And like many other cities, it endured a surge in homicides in 2020 on the heels of the pandemic. The violence seized the attention of Patrick Lawler, who runs the nonprofit Youth Villages. Lawler discovered a body
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Los primeros episodios de la muy esperada serie documental sobre Harry y Meghan de Netflix se emitieron este jueves. Se estrenaron los primeros capítulos de la docuserie de Harry y Meghan. Estos son algunos de los puntos clave de las tres primeras partes: Sus primeros días de relación La pareja habló
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Children as young as 6 months are now eligible to receive an updated Covid-19 vaccine. The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized updated Covid-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech for use in children from ages 6 months through 5 years. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Hyundai Motor Group and a South Korean battery maker say they will jointly invest $4 billion to $5 billion in Georgia to build a new electric battery plant. The plant northwest of Atlanta would hire a projected 3,500 employees to supply batteries to Hyundai and Kia electric
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Chuck Schumer has been elected for another term as Democratic leader in the Senate. Democrats met behind closed doors Thursday at the Capitol to choose their leadership team. Schumer will helm a bolstered 51-seat majority for what is about to become a new era of
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Fifteen automakers have made life-saving automatic emergency braking standard on nearly all of their new passenger vehicles in the U.S. this year, fulfilling a voluntary commitment made six years ago. That leaves five companies — General Motors, Porsche, Jaguar/Land Rover, Kia and Maserati — still needing to meet the pledge by Aug.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Después de tres horas de ruido constante, el Estadio Ciudad de la Educación se sumió en un silencio de biblioteca cuando Achraf Hakimi se situó sobre el punto penal. Hakimi nació en Madrid y llevaba sobre sus hombros el peso de África y del mundo árabe, pero nunca se hubiera adivinado que
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