By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — A top U.S. health official has urged the World Health Organization to address allegations that one of its doctors repeatedly engaged in sexual misconduct. An AP investigation unearthed previous allegations against the same doctor that did not result in significant consequences. At the time of the
Continue ReadingThe clouds have thickened over the Cascades, but there is no new snow on any of the resorts to report this morning. More snow is expected to begin Thursday night and through Friday Mt. Bachelor could see a 1-3″ accumulate. Snow showers are expected to continue through the weekend and into next week. Watch for
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The 154-year-old brand behind Tabasco wants you to put its hot sauce on more than your eggs and avocado toast. Tabasco Brand is releasing a bottled dressing, a first for the privately owned company, as it seeks to expand its appeal to those who might be intimidated by too much
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN From the ruins of an embalming workshop, scientists have discovered the substances and concoctions ancient Egyptians used to mummify the dead. While scholars had previously learned the names of substances used to embalm the dead from Egyptian texts, they were — until recently — only able to guess at exactly what
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GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… We are waking up to mostly cloudy skies and expect them to clear a bit through the day. Under partly cloudy skies, our highs will reach the mid 40’s, pretty average for this time of year, and southerly winds will be gentle at 5-10 mph. Some areas will see gusts a
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — AMC Entertainment Holdings has decided to exit Saudi Arabia’s fast-growing market amid heavy competition less than five years after the lifting of a decades-long ban on movie theaters. The world’s biggest cinema chain, which announced the decision on Tuesday, said it had always planned to eventually hand operations over
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Officials in the Czech Republic say the government will end checks on the country’s border with Slovakia that were renewed last year amid a new increase in migration. The government announced the move on Wednesday. The measure has been in place since Sept. 29 at 27 border crossings and was initially supposed
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Despite the looming threat of recession and the cacophony of mass layoff announcements, US businesses still need workers — 11.01 million of them. The number of available jobs unexpectedly rose in December, climbing from a revised 10.44 million openings in November and exceeding economists’ expectations of 10.25 million, according to Bureau
Continue ReadingBy WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press Local climate activists in Congo are hoping Pope Francis’ visit will help spur action to protect the country’s rainforest from oil and gas interests. The Pope’s call to protect Congo’s “great green lungs of the world” on Tuesday was welcomed by campaigners who see the papal visit as a fresh
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN Sam Bankman-Fried is in trouble, once again, for talking too much. A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily tightened the FTX founder’s bail conditions after learning that Bankman-Fried sent a text message to a former top executive of the crypto trading platform. The judge said that appeared to be a “material threat
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Nouran Salahieh, CNN A Washington, DC man has been charged with shooting and killing a 13-year-old boy while he said he was investigating noises outside his home. At his first appearance in DC Superior Court on Tuesday, Jason Lewis, 41, pleaded not guilty to the charge of second-degree murder while armed
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Every year, Americans in snowy states wait with bated breath to see whether Punxsutawney Phil will spot his shadow. And every year, we take Phil’s weather forecast — six more weeks of winter, or an early spring? — as gospel, meteorology be damned. It’s about as strange (and cute) as holidays
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Beyoncé is taking her “Renaissance” global — the superstar will start a world tour in Sweden in May with stops throughout Europe and the United States. The highly anticipated tour announcement she made on Instagram and her website Wednesday comes days before the Grammy Awards on Sunday, where the global superstar is
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El FBI completó la búsqueda en la casa del presidente Joe Biden en Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, y no se encontraron documentos clasificados, dijo este miércoles el abogado personal de Biden. Bob Bauer, el abogado de Biden, dijo que el FBI se llevó notas escritas a mano y algunos materiales para una
Continue ReadingBy Randi Kaye, Dakin Andone, Dianne Gallagher and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Two witnesses in the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh told the court Wednesday they are “100%” certain that Murdaugh’s voice is on footage prosecutors say undermines the disgraced former South Carolina attorney’s claim he was not at the scene of the killings when his
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Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — Lawmakers in Finland have approved amendments that will make it substantially easier for people to change their legally recognized gender in the Nordic country. The amendments also abolish a provision that required transgender people to provide a medical certificate proving they were infertile or sterilized before the government would recognize their gender
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The release of footage showing Memphis, Tennessee, police officers violently beating Tyre Nichols has renewed calls for Congress to pass police reform legislation. The pressure to act comes nearly two years after negotiations broke down along partisan lines, pushing the issue of police brutality to the back
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Gatorade has long been the leader among sports drinks, those brightly colored beverages designed to replenish the electrolytes lost when you sweat. Now, its rival Powerade is hoping that a revamped recipe and new look will help finally unseat Gatorade from the top spot. That won’t be easy. The new Powerade,
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER, COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday without finding any classified documents, the president’s attorney said. Agents did take some handwritten notes and other materials relating to Biden’s time as vice president for review. The
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