By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter contraceptive medication. The panel of FDA advisers voted unanimously in favor of drugmaker Perrigo’s request to sell
Continue ReadingBy MARIELLE MOHS Click here for updates on this story MAPLEWOOD, Minnesota (WCCO) — Whether she’s rehearsing or performing on stage, 12-year-old Finley Ashfield gives her all to dance. “I just love the art of it. I love that I get to move my body to music,” Finley said. She’s been dancing competitively for Larkin
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say four teenagers have been charged in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer who was killed last weekend as she headed home from work. Nineteen-year-olds Joseph Brooks and Trevell Breeland, 18-year-old Jakwon Buchanan and a 16-year-old boy face charges including first-degree murder, armed robbery in Saturday’s killing of Officer
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Candice Bergen hatched the idea for a sequel to “Book Club” before the first had even come out. She decided that she, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen and Diane Keaton would have to go to Italy. The dream came true. “Book Club: The Next Chapter,” out Friday, finds the women
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The voting technology company Smartmatic has subpoenaed Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign for a wide array of documents as part of its $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News over its airing of election lies. The subpoena, which was issued in April and made public in a court filing on
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The hardcore “ultra” fans of Paris Saint-Germain plan to boycott the team’s matches until further notice amid growing tensions with the club’s direction. The Collectif Ultras Paris says the move covers not only the men’s team but also the women’s side and the handball squad. The Qatari-backed club’s failure to win the
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Google is moving forward with plans to bring AI chat features to its core search engine as it works to keep pace with a wave of new artificial intelligence tools that could threaten the company’s dominance online for the first time in decades. The company on Wednesday said it
Continue ReadingBy ANNIE GIMBEL Click here for updates on this story UVALDE, Texas (KTVT) — Evadulia Orta keeps the last Mother’s Day card she received from her son Rojelio tucked away in a box. Although she can still hold the cherished keepsake, what makes this upcoming holiday difficult are the things she can’t touch. Her 10-year-old
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tight end Foster Moreau has agreed to a three-year contract with the Saints less than two months after being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma during a physical with New Orleans. Moreau’s agent, Joe Linta, says the Saints have been “amazing” in their support of Moreau and
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN US inspectors, after receiving access to auditors’ books for the first time, discovered significant shortcomings in audits of companies based in China and Hong Kong that are listed on US stock exchanges. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) said Wednesday that it uncovered major “deficiencies” after checking the work of
Continue ReadingCNN By Julia Horowitz, CNN US inspectors, after receiving access to auditors’ books for the first time, discovered significant shortcomings in audits of companies based in China and Hong Kong that are listed on US stock exchanges. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) said Wednesday that it uncovered major “deficiencies” after checking the work
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Kashiwagi, Devon Sayers and Rebekah Riess, CNN Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill Wednesday out of the state’s Republican-controlled state legislature that aims to enhance school safety across the state following the deadly shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville earlier this year. The March shooting claimed the lives of three
Continue ReadingBy Derek Van Dam, CNN Meteorologist Devastating wildfires in Alberta have burned more than 150 times more area than in the last five years combined at this same point in the year, according to statistics from the Alberta government. With more than 410,000 hectares (about 1 million acres) charred so far in 2023, the extent
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, California (KCAL) — Flight attendants launched their “Assault Won’t Fly” campaign at LAX, hoping to garner support for legislation barring violent passengers from flying. In a survey from the Transport Workers Union of America, which represents flight attendants, 57% of airline crews have
Continue ReadingCNN By Carma Hassan, CNN Advisers for the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday in support of making the birth-control pill Opill available over-the-counter, saying the benefits outweigh the risks. Two FDA advisory panels agreed that people would use Opill safely and effectively and said groups such as adolescents and those with
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN Advisers for the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday in support of making the birth-control pill Opill available over-the-counter, saying the benefits outweigh the risks. Two FDA advisory panels agreed that people would use Opill safely and effectively and said groups such as adolescents and those with limited
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has agreed to a three-game suspension, a $1 million salary reduction and sensitivity training for using a homophobic slur during a radio interview, the university announced Wednesday. The agreement allows Huggins to keep his job as the school’s coach, but the blunder will
Continue ReadingBy Nadine Schmidt and Caolán Magee, CNN A Swiss village has been ordered to evacuate amid warnings a large mass of rock looming overhead could come tumbling down in the coming days. Leaders in Brienz held a town hall event on Tuesday evening and told residents they would have to leave by 6 p.m. local
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In alignment with the federal COVID-19 public health emergency ending Thursday, state health officials announced Wednesday the lifting of health-protective measures that helped reduce COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths, and expanded access to services during the pandemic.
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, California (KCAL) — Sitting in his mobile podcast studio, producer Daniel Lobell said it took him two years to build his small business. It only took a few minutes for someone to rip it away from him. “He ripped out my equipment, I
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