By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A state Corrections Department official says testing to determine the reason two dozen employees at a state prison this week needed medical treatment for dizziness, nausea and vomiting has ruled out “narcotics or hazardous materials.” An Illinois State Police hazardous materials team responded Wednesday afternoon
Continue Readingby Brenda Goodman, CNN Public health officials says they have found two cases of gonorrhea that appear to have reduced susceptibility to every kind of antibiotic available to treat them. It’s the first time strains of gonorrhea this resistant to antibiotics have been identified in the United States. Increased sexual activity during the pandemic, coupled
Continue ReadingBy NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director William Burns visited Kyiv last week to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It’s the latest example of high-level contacts between the U.S. and Ukraine. A U.S. official on Thursday disclosed Burns’ trip on condition of anonymity to discuss the director’s schedule, which is classified.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El actor Alec Baldwin enfrenta dos cargos de homicidio involuntario por el tiroteo que cobró la vida de la directora de fotografía Halyna Hutchins durante el rodaje de la película “Rust”, al igual que la especialista que supervisó todas las armas utilizadas en la producción. Baldwin, quien ha mantenido que no
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Jack Forrest, CNN The Pentagon announced a $2.5 billion Ukraine security package on Thursday, including for the first time Stryker armored vehicles and more Bradley fighting vehicles that could be used against any potential Russian offensive in Ukraine this spring. The package, publicized a day before an international coalition meets in
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez and Justin Gamble, CNN A committee in San Francisco has released an extensive proposal for reparations that includes a one-time payment of $5 million to each eligible Black resident. The San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee, created in 2020 under the city’s human rights commission, was tasked to develop a plan
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN T-Mobile said a “bad actor” accessed personal data from 37 million current customers in a November data breach. In a regulatory filing Thursday, the company said the hacker stole customer data that included names, billing addresses, emails, phone numbers, dates of birth, T-Mobile account numbers and information describing the kind of
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray says he’s “deeply concerned” about the Chinese government’s artificial intelligence program, asserting that it was “not constrained by the rule of law.” Speaking Thursday during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wray said Beijing’s AI ambitions were “built
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By KOCO Staff Click here for updates on this story CYRIL, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Oklahoma and the nation are waiting to see if the remains found in rural Grady County near Rush Springs are those of the 4-year-old Cyril girl who was reported missing on Jan. 10. Below is what we know. The Victim Athena
Continue ReadingBy J.R. Stone Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Collier Gwin, the gallery owner who sprayed down a homeless individual earlier this month, was arrested Wednesday after San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins issued a misdemeanor battery arrest warrant. Jenkins said on Twitter, “The alleged battery of an unhoused member
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Tras varias semanas de tensas negociaciones, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, y los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes alcanzaron un principio de acuerdo para elevar el techo de la deuda y limitar el gasto. Pero el drama no ha terminado. Los líderes de ambos partidos en el Congreso
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By Caroline Reinwald Click here for updates on this story RACINE, Wisconsin (WISN) — Loved ones are reacting to the news of two Racine police officers shot in the line of duty early Wednesday morning. Officer Ben Eiden and Sgt. Joe Burinda are both at home recovering after they were shot during a domestic disturbance
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must consult with a federal fisheries agency on the effects of opening a spillway that protects New Orleans from flooding when the Mississippi River swells. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by officials
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has visited Minnesota to affirm the Biden administration’s commitment to abortion rights despite the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Becerra went to a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in St. Paul Wednesday. Then he appeared
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Advocates say the Biden administration has agreed to lower part of a border wall planned in the southwest corner of the continental United States. Construction paused in August at Friendship Park, which was inaugurated in 1971 by then-first lady Pat Nixon as a symbol of ties
Continue ReadingGUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan authorities have arrested a lawyer representing the jailed director of an investigative newspaper and are pursuing a second lawyer for alleged obstruction of justice. José Rubén Zamora of El Periodico was ordered to stand trial on money laundering charges in December related to a 2013 donation to his newspaper that
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv Nota del editor: Joseph E. Stiglitz, premio Nobel de economía y profesor universitario en la Universidad de Columbia, es copresidente de la Comisión Independiente para la Reforma de la Fiscalidad Corporativa Internacional. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son exclusivas del autor. (CNN) — Sucedió de nuevo. Miles de simpatizantes del expresidente de
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A detention hearing has been scheduled for a felon and failed political candidate suspected of orchestrating a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of four elected Democrat officials in New Mexico. Solomon Peña remains in custody pending a Jan. 23 detention hearing. Prosecutors say
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has blocked a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies from being taught in high schools. It says the class violates state law and is historically inaccurate. The state education department rejected the program in a letter last week to
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press The world’s largest poultry producer is among nearly a dozen poultry companies that face a March 17th deadline to reach agreement with the state of Oklahoma on how to clean a polluted watershed. A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, Minnesota-based Cargill Inc. and others are responsible
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