By Amanda Shaw Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA, South Carolina (WHNS) — The University of South Carolina said an experiment involving cocaine-addicted rats being electrically shocked has been stopped for now. In November, the university received an anonymous complaint about a research project conducted by the psychology department that involved shocking the
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court got rid of a pandemic-related immigration case with a single sentence. Justice Neil Gorsuch had a lot more to say, leveling harsh criticism of how governments, from small towns to the nation’s capital, responded to the gravest public health threat in a century. The
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Shaw Click here for updates on this story ANDERSON, South Carolina (WHNS) — The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office released images from the body camera footage of a traffic stop on Interstate 85 that led to the discovery of a fake pregnancy – and a large amount of cocaine. When deputies stopped Anthony Miller
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, will join NASA’s lunar lander program — competing against Elon Musk’s SpaceX to develop spacecraft intended to ferry astronauts to the moon’s surface. NASA announced Friday that Blue Origin will work to prepare its Blue Moon lander concept for a mission
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — While the world awaits Ukraine’s spring battlefield offensive, its leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has launched a diplomatic one. In the span of a week, he’s dashed to Italy, the Vatican, Germany, France and Britain to shore up support for defending his country. On Friday, he was in
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina has beaten Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 at the Italian Open to reach the biggest final of her career. Kalinina dedicated the victory to her war-torn country. Kalinina will face Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in Saturday’s final. Rybakina beat 2017 French Open
Continue ReadingLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — No more premium stay in a galaxy far, far away: Disney World’s “Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser” hotel is making its last voyage at the end of September. The hotel in Florida opened in March 2022 and lets guests create and live out “Star Wars” immersive adventures. It costs nearly
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The European Union is poised to impose a ban on imports of Russia’s diamonds — cutting off the world’s biggest diamond producer from one of its key markets. “Russian diamonds are not forever,” European Council President Charles Michel said on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima,
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Niamh Kennedy and Jessie Gretener, CNN Business (CNN) — A US photo agency says it has refused to hand over pictures and video of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex taken in New York on Tuesday night during what the royal couple called a “near catastrophic” car chase by “a ring
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Niamh Kennedy and Jessie Gretener, CNN Business (CNN) — A US photo agency says it has refused to hand over pictures and video of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex taken in New York on Tuesday night during what the royal couple called a “near catastrophic” car chase by “a ring of
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Brendan Shanahan started the week wanting to keep Kyle Dubas in the fold. A stunning, roller-coaster five days culminated with the Toronto Maple Leafs now looking for a new general manager ahead of what could be a defining summer for the success-starved Original Six franchise. Shanahan, the team’s president, fired his 37-year-old
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday named Gabe Gore, a former assistant U.S. attorney, as the new chief prosecutor in St. Louis, three days after Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s sudden departure. Gardner had been the subject of an ouster effort by Republican Missouri Attorney General
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Honduras identificó a la niña de 8 años que murió bajo la custodia de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos en Harlingen, Texas, como Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez. Reyes murió este miércoles en un hospital de Harlingen y su familia está
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The Russian branch of the environmental group Greenpeace on Friday says it is closing after authorities declared Greenpeace International to be an undesirable organization. A statement from the national prosecutor-general’s office said it had determined that Greenpeace posed “a threat to the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the Russian
Continue ReadingCNN By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Smoke from wildfires in Canada is moving into parts of the central US and could linger in the days ahead, health and weather officials warned Thursday. Air quality alerts have been posted as of early Friday across several states, including Nebraska, Washington, Montana and Wisconsin, with a special
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at cholera, an acute diarrheal infection that has killed thousands of people worldwide. Facts Cholera is contracted by consuming food or water contaminated with the bacteria Vibrio cholerae. The bacteria is usually found in water contaminated with feces. Dehydration from rapid loss of body fluids is the
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — After 27 years, NASCAR is returning to North Wilkesboro Speedway for the All-Star race on Sunday night. It follows a dramatic transformation of a forgotten venue. The track was abandoned after NASCAR moved on to larger, more populated cities across the country. Hall of
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN (CNN) — Idina Menzel and Jonathan Van Ness are speaking out about anti-LGBTQ legislation being put forward in states across the country. “My son and his friends, they don’t even have to be told about being inclusive,” Menzel, who stars as the voice Elsa in Disney’s “Frozen” franchise, told CNN ahead
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Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The Honduran Foreign Ministry has identified the 8-year-old girl who died in US Customs and Border Protection custody in Harlingen, Texas, as Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez. Reyes died Wednesday at a Harlingen hospital and her family is receiving consular services from the Honduran consulate in McAllen,
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