By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Spaceflights lasting six months or longer take a toll on the brains of astronauts, and crew members may need to wait at least three years before returning to space, according to new research. Scientists compared the brain scans of 30 astronauts taken before spaceflights lasting two weeks, six months
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — US companies wary about their economic prospects are battening down the hatches. Recent job market data shows more and more businesses have taken to “labor hoarding” and maintaining headcounts even as demand softens. Hiring has scaled back and so have layoffs (to an extent), as firms try to
Continue ReadingBy Corderro McMurry Click here for updates on this story CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) — According to the Department of Homeland Security, the number of daily encounters along the U-S Mexico border has remained low after Title 42 was lifted. Eduardo Canales, Director of the South Texas Human Rights Center in Falfurrias, said there is
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case, ordering the creation of a second district with a large Black population. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined with the court’s liberals in affirming
Continue ReadingBy Davon Taylor Click here for updates on this story CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) — Tuesday was a busy day for 15-year-old Paul Kane Maldonado. The Ray High School student spent the start of his summer vacation selling bottled water at the corner of Port Avenue and Arlington Drive to raise money to take his
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Jack Daniel’s in a dispute over a poop-themed dog toy that parodies its iconic liquor bottle, ruling that a lower court erred when it said the toy was covered by the First Amendment’s free speech protections. The unanimous opinion written by
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — In the world of sport, there are many reasons for games to be suspended or postponed. Fans are used to seeing games stopped for downfalls of rain, heavy snow, injuries or even, as seen in recent days, smoke from wildfires. But have you ever heard of bees stopping play?
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Investigators commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body have accused Israel of “delegitimizing and silencing civil society” by outlawing Palestinian human rights groups and labeling their members as “terrorists.” The findings came in the annual report by the Human Rights Council’s “Commission of Inquiry.” The commission,
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Alabama officials to redraw the state’s congressional map to allow an additional Black majority district to account for the fact that the state is 27% Black. The decision – that affords additional opportunities for minority voters to elect the
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Cuba has agreed to allow China to build a spying facility on the island that could allow the Chinese to eavesdrop on electronic communications across the southeastern US, two sources familiar with the intelligence told CNN. The US learned about the plan in the last several weeks, the first
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El vicecanciller de Cuba, Carlos Fernández de Cossio, negó este jueves que China esté instalando una base de espionaje en Cuba, luego de que información de inteligencia de Estados Unidos indicara que la isla había accedido a la construcción. En una conferencia de prensa en La Habana este jueves, Fernández de
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the family of a Medicaid recipient who seeks to file a civil rights lawsuit against a state-owned nursing home, arguing that it violated the rights of their relative who has since died of dementia. The court’s ruling reaffirmed
Continue ReadingCNN By Nicole Goodkind and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Some of the worst air quality levels on record on the East Coast are impacting consumer shopping patterns and driving air purifier stocks higher. People are rushing to buy air filters, humidifiers and high-quality masks on Amazon amid Canadian wildfires that have smothered
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Some of the worst air quality levels on record on the East Coast are impacting consumer shopping patterns and driving air purifier stocks higher. People are rushing to buy air filters, humidifiers and high-quality masks on Amazon amid Canadian wildfires that have smothered large
Continue ReadingWINONA, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have confirmed that human remains found in a remote area of southern Minnesota are those of a woman who went missing more than two months ago and whose ex-boyfriend is jailed on suspicion of killing her. Madeline Kingsbury, who would have turned 27 on June 1, was last seen on
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By Zoe Brown Click here for updates on this story LEAVENWORTH, Kansas (KCTV) — The state of Kansas intends to pursue the death penalty for Donald R. Jackson Jr., who is accused of killing his two sons on Oct. 24, 2020. The county attorney’s office said Donald Ray Jackson Jr., who has been charged with
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — White House officials on Thursday hailed the unclogging of supply chains and suggested that further easing of bottlenecks will help cool inflation. The one-two punch of the Covid pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought fragile supply chains to the breaking point. That supply stress sent consumer
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Thousands of health care workers have protested in Romania’s capital on Thursday, demanding higher wages, more staff, and better working conditions amid what they say are shortfalls that will lead to declining medical service standards. Medical workers from across the country converged in central Bucharest, where they blew whistles,
Continue ReadingBy Richard Collett, CNN (CNN) — “I like to put it simply,” says Randy “R Dub!” Williams, a late-night “slow jams” DJ from San Diego who’s also known as “the Sultan of Slowjamastan.” “I ran out of countries, so I created my own.” A broadcaster by night, Williams has spent his life attempting to visit
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — More than 25 years after he was gunned down in Las Vegas, Tupac Shakur received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On Wednesday, friends, family members and fans of the rapper gathered for the ceremony that took place a week before his birthday. Shakur’s sister, Sekyiwa
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