By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Abortion opponents who helped challenge Roe v. Wade filed a lawsuit Friday that takes aim at medication abortions. The challenge filed Tuesday in Texas asks a federal judge to undo decades-old approval of the preferred method of ending pregnancy in the U.S. Even before the
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to release $1 billion in state homelessness funding he testily put on pause earlier this month, but only if local governments agree to step up the aggressiveness of their plans going forward to reduce the number of unhoused people in the
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“Even before the pandemic, Oregon has had one of the worst mental health crises in the country. I think one in three Oregonians now are saying that they are suffering from anxiety or depression or another mental disorder,” Leslie Carlson with Healing Advocacy Fund said Monday.
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN Over the past 50 years, human sperm counts appear to have fallen by more than 50% around the globe, according to an updated review of medical literature. If the findings are confirmed and the decline continues, it could have important implications for human reproduction. Researchers say it would also be a
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — La final del Mundial de Qatar 2022 se jugará el domingo 18 de diciembre en el Estadio Lusail a las 06:00 p.m. hora local (10:00 a.m. hora de Miami). Será entre Francia (campeón en 1998 y 2018) y Argentina (campeón en 1978 y 1986), lo que quiere decir que
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BIESECKER and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A vent at an underground natural gas storage well in Western Pennsylvania has been spewing massive amounts of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere for more than 11 days and attempts to plug the leak have thus far failed. Owner Equitrans Midstream says the well at its Rager
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries launched his bid for House Democratic leadership on Friday, a historic move in which he would succeed speaker Nancy Pelosi after two decades of leading congressional Democrats. If chosen, Jeffries, a progressive, would become the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress. He has
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Argentina llegó a Qatar como uno de los grandes favoritos para quedarse con el título del Mundial, pero tuvo un inesperado traspié en su debut contra Arabia Saudita. Pero recompuso el camino, llegó a la final y se impuso de manera agónica en la final contra Francia para conseguir
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — La futurista ciudad de Doha, capital de Qatar, se encuentra a orillas del golfo Pérsico y se extiende hacia el este de la desértica península, proyectando la imagen de un bosque de altos y modernos rascacielos y tecnología de última generación. Pero no siempre fue así. Al momento de su
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — City Council members in Portland, Oregon, have pushed back a vote on a disputed budget measure that would fund the creation of designated camping areas for homeless people. The move came after public comment during Thursday’s council meeting grew so heated that the meeting
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Cohen, CNN As the first frigid weather of autumn chills the Northeast, many people are faced with a tough decision: deal with the surging costs of heating their homes or live without it. Home heating prices are skyrocketing yet again this winter, up 18% nationwide on top of last year’s 17% spike, according
Continue ReadingBy DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has set a hearing for January to consider whether to order prison for an 18-year-old sex-trafficking victim who killed her rapist in Iowa and pleaded guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury. Pieper Lewis was sentenced on Sept. 13 to probation
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Despite numerous calls from astronomers to rename its powerful new telescope, NASA officials stood by the naming of the James Webb Space Telescope before its launch. With the telescope nearly a year into its stint in space, the agency has released its chief historian’s investigation into the namesake of the telescope.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN Former CFO Allen Weisselberg appeared visibly pulled in his Friday testimony between allegiance to his employer and needing to cooperate with prosecutors to satisfy his plea agreement in the criminal trial of the Trump Organization. The defense attorneys challenged him to that effect several times Friday morning,
Continue ReadingBy DAVID PEREDA Z. Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — A LATAM Airlines plane taking off from Lima’s international airport struck a firetruck on the runway and caught fire Friday. Authorities said the plane’s passengers and crew were all safe, but two firefighters in the truck were killed. Lima Airport Partners, the company that operates
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has asked an appellate court to let the state outlaw the use of puberty blockers and hormones to treat transgender children. Some parents argued the measure violates their right to make decisions about their children’s health care. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S Circuit
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Certification of this year’s midterm election results appears to be proceeding smoothly with little controversy across the country, with a small Arizona county being a rare exception, calming fears that local commissions consumed by talk of election conspiracies would create chaos by
Continue ReadingCNN, KTVK, KPHO By Aya Elamroussi and Veronica Miracle, CNN The four University of Idaho students who were found stabbed multiple times in their off-campus home were “likely asleep,” before they were attacked, Moscow, Idaho, police said in a Friday evening update. In the update, posted on Facebook, authorities released several new details about the
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Eight former SpaceX employees filed labor-law complaints, alleging that Elon Musk’s space company unlawfully fired workers after they wrote company management a letter begging them to publicly condemn Musk’s “harmful” behavior on social media. The former workers allege that SpaceX terminated their employment for participating in “concerted protected activities.” Those protected
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cuando jóvenes estrellas nacientes como Pelé, en 1958; Michael Owen, en 1998, o el propio Kilian Mbappé en 2018 jugaron sus primeros mundiales de fútbol, tenían una característica en común: fueron, cada uno en su momento, algunos de los jugadores de fútbol más jóvenes de los mundiales de esos años.
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