By Carma Hassan, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is considering shifting its blood donation policy away from blanket assessments toward questionnaires that focus more on individual risk, it said Wednesday. The agency is using data from a donor eligibility study and other blood surveillance information that “will likely support a policy transition to
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Jason Hanna, Melissa Alonso and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Severe storms and tornadoes swept through parts of the South from Tuesday into Wednesday morning, killing at least two people in Alabama and damaging homes, other buildings and downing trees in several states, officials said. Two people were killed and at least one other
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business A crippling freight railroad strike that threatened to upend the US economy now looks unlikely, as Congress votes on bills that would impose a contract on freight railroads and the unions that represent their workers. The House approved two pieces of legislation Wednesday, one to impose the tentative agreements that
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The beautiful chaos of two merging galaxies shines in the latest image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Vice President Kamala Harris and French President Emmanuel Macron viewed the new Webb image, along with a new composite of the Pillars of Creation captured by the space observatory, during a visit
Continue ReadingBy JOHN SEEWER and KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press Jurors have convicted a man in the killings of eight people from another Ohio family after weighing his denials and other testimony against the word of witnesses including his brother and mother, who previously pleaded guilty for their roles. Thirty-one-year-old George Wagner IV was found guilty Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Environmentalists say the federal government isn’t doing enough to ensure the survival of the Rio Grande silvery minnow as drought tightens its grip on one of the longest rivers in the West. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the group WildEarth Guardians asked a federal judge
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson is ready to play, not talk. Cleveland’s starting quarterback didn’t address the media before practicing for the first time since being reinstated by the NFL from his 11-game suspension stemming from accusations of sexual misconduct. Watson has been accused of harassment and assault
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Thanksgiving weekend wasn’t just big for turkey, family visits and the Macy’s parade. It was a big weekend for sports watching. Fox’s Thanksgiving showing of the NFL game between Dallas and the New York Giants reached 42 million people, which the Nielsen company said
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Thanksgiving weekend wasn’t just big for turkey, family visits and the Macy’s parade. It was a big weekend for sports watching. Fox’s Thanksgiving showing of the NFL game between Dallas and the New York Giants reached 42 million people, which the Nielsen company said
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A jury’s willingness to convict two leaders of a far-right militia of seditious conspiracy for plotting to forcibly oppose the government is a major vindication of how the Justice Department is approaching its investigation into the efforts to disrupt President Joe Biden’s 2020 win. As
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge says Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer can’t share lawyers with 10 other fake electors in matters related to a special grand jury probing possible illegal meddling in the 2020 election. A special grand jury was seated earlier this year to aid Fulton County District
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer One of Ukraine’s most decorated Olympians is auctioning his medals in hopes of raising a six-figure donation to contribute to the war effort in his native land. Canoe champion Yuri Cheban won Olympic gold in the 200 meters in 2012 and 2016 and a bronze in 2008. SCP Auctions
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN A county in Northeastern Pennsylvania, where paper shortages caused Election Day ballot problems, signed off Wednesday on its midterm results — ending a brief showdown over certifying the election results in a key battleground state. The Board of Elections and Registration in Luzerne County voted 3-2 to certify the election results,
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — México ganó el último partido de la fase de grupos, pero no le alcanzó. Tenía que golear a Arabia Saudita, pero no lo hizo. Tenía que esperar que Argentina goleara a Polonia, pero no ocurrió. México es un “pero” perpetuo en Mundiales. El Tri quedó eliminado de Qatar 2022 por
Continue ReadingNORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Charleston Southern has brought back former assistant Gabe Giardina as its new head coach. Athletic director Jeff Barber announced Giardina’s hire Wednesday. Giardina spent the past five-plus seasons at Division II Albany State where he went 37-17. This is Giardina’s third time with the Buccaneers. He served as running backs
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Yale University is being accused of discriminating against students with mental health disabilities, including pressuring some to withdraw from the prestigious institution and then placing “unreasonable burdens” on those who seek to be reinstated. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Connecticut on behalf
Continue ReadingBy Tavleen Tarrant, CNN Brian Boyd, the 27-year-old man who killed ‘Gone Girl’ actress Lisa Banes in a hit-and-run incident, has been sentenced to up to three years in prison Wednesday, according to Douglas Cohen from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Boyd pleaded guilty in September to manslaughter in the second degree and leaving the
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Tal vez el año del conejo llegó antes de lo esperado: Bad Bunny fue el artista más reproducido de Spotify en todo el mundo en 2022, su tercer año consecutivo. La superestrella puertorriqueña una vez más dominó Spotify Wrapped, el resumen anual del servicio de streaming que muestra los artistas y
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As hundreds of students mourned together inside the University of Idaho’s stadium Wednesday night, family members of four slain classmates urged them to raise their eyes from grief and focus on love and the future. “The only cure to pain is love — it’s the only
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As hundreds of students mourned together inside the University of Idaho’s stadium Wednesday night, family members of four slain classmates urged them to raise their eyes from grief and focus on love and the future. “The only cure to pain is love — it’s the only
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