Valeria Ordóñez (CNN) — Las personas mayores que siguieron una dieta mediterránea baja en calorías e hicieron ejercicio ligero hasta seis días a la semana ganaron músculo y perdieron una cantidad significativa de grasa corporal al final de un año, condición que mantuvieron durante tres años, de acuerdo con un nuevo estudio. “Este estudio demuestra
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — A top SpaceX executive is accusing government regulators of stifling the company’s progress on its Starship megarocket — potentially opening the door for China to beat US astronauts back to the moon. William Gerstenmaier — SpaceX’s vice president for build and reliability who previously served as
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — The November execution of a man on Idaho’s death row was delayed on Wednesday because the state’s parole board has granted a hearing to consider changing his sentence to life in prison. An Idaho judge last week issued a death warrant for Thomas Creech, the state’s longest-serving death row inmate. Creech
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — The November execution of a man on Idaho’s death row was delayed on Wednesday because the state’s parole board has granted a hearing to consider changing his sentence to life in prison. An Idaho judge last week issued a death warrant for Thomas Creech, the state’s longest-serving death row inmate. Creech
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — John Stamos revealed in a new interview on Wednesday that he’s a survivor of sexual abuse. Speaking with People, Stamos elaborated on an excerpt in his upcoming memoir “If You Would Have Told Me,” wherein he reflects on being abused as a child by a babysitter. “It was like
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A 52-year-old Redmond man was injured in the crash of his paraglider Wednesday afternoon on the south side of Juniper Butte, south of Madras, and was flown by Life Flight helicopter to St. Charles Bend with serious but not life-threatening injuries, Jefferson County Sheriff Jason Pollock said.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Several days before a Norfolk Southern conductor trainee was killed by a metal beam protruding from a parked railcar on an adjacent track, workers at a U.S. Pipe facility noticed the beam was hanging off the top of the car but never told the railroad
Continue ReadingCNN By Casey Tolan, Matthew Chance, Florence Davey-Attlee, Scott Glover and Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — When Hamas militants broke through the Gaza fence in this month’s unprecedented attack on Israel, the kibbutz of Mefalsim – less than two miles from the border – was on the front lines. Toting AK-47 rifles and grenade launchers,
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El primer vuelo con más de 100 venezolanos deportados de Estados Unidos bajo una reciente política de la Casa Blanca aterrizó en Caracas la tarde de este miércoles, confirmó un equipo de CNN en la ciudad. Momentos después, el Gobierno del presidente Joe Biden anunció un alivio de las sanciones contra
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A search warrant shows that drug task force officers suspected a Minnesota couple of selling methamphetamine when they raided their house in an operation that left five officers and one resident wounded last week. Gunfire broke out last Thursday when Sherburne County Drug Task Force officers attempted
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts House has approved a sweeping gun bill aimed at tightening firearm laws, cracking down on unregistered “ghost guns” and strengthening the state’s assault-style weapons ban. The bill passed Wednesday would prohibit individuals from carrying a gun into a person’s home without their permission and require
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans have pitched new maps for the state’s congressional districts starting in 2024 that appear to threaten the reelection of at least three current Democratic U.S. House members. State Senate redistricting committee leaders introduced two proposals on Wednesday that would
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta (CNN) — A day after a deadly blast tore through Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, sparking protests across the region, the United States has released its own assessment of what caused the devastation. Israel has laid out evidence that it said shows a misfire by militant group Islamic Jihad caused the blast,
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman and Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — As of Thursday, only about 3% of the US population — about 10 million Americans — have gotten an updated Covid-19 vaccine since their approval in mid-September, according to the latest numbers from the US Department of Health and Human Services. The slow penetration of the
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Netflix vuelve a subir sus precios. La compañía anunció este miércoles aumentos de precios para algunos niveles de su suscripción en Estados Unidos, Reino Unido y Francia. El gigante del streaming dijo en su informe de ganancias del tercer trimestre que su plan premium sin publicidad en Estados Unidos aumentará 3
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN Español) — El Congreso de México comenzó a discutir una reforma —aprobada en abril por la Comisión de Puntos Constitucionales— con la que se pretende reducir la jornada laboral de 48 a 40 horas por semana. Los legisladores señalaron que, con el fin de profundizar el debate, convocaron a representantes de diversos
Continue ReadingPUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Interstate 25 in southern Colorado is expected to reopen Thursday, four days after the main north-south route through the state was shut down when a train derailment collapsed a railroad bridge onto the highway and killed a truck driver. Gov. Jared Polis announced the timeline Wednesday while touring the damage with
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Estados Unidos vetó una propuesta de resolución del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU que pedía una pausa humanitaria en la asediada Gaza, lo que desató aún más críticas sobre la parálisis política del poderoso organismo mundial. El breve proyecto de resolución, que propuso Brasil, condenaba los ataques que el grupo
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MountainStar Family Relief Nursery, a key resource for Central Oregon children and families, is expanding to La Pine next month.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Delta Air Lines will move more slowly in tweaking its frequent-flyer program after customers complained loudly about changes the airline announced back in September. On Wednesday, Delta said it dialed back some of the spending thresholds it announced last month for reaching elite status. Delta outlined the revisions in
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