Sofía Barruti (CNN) — La inflamación causada por la grasa abdominal puede estar relacionada con las primeras etapas de la enfermedad de Alzheimer décadas antes de que comiencen los síntomas, según una nueva investigación. “Sabemos desde hace tiempo que a medida que aumenta el tamaño del abdomen, los centros de memoria en el cerebro se
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released Monday a lengthy statement regarding the Israel-Hamas war, calling for a cease-fire and the immediate cessation of hostilities by both sides, followed by negotiations for the release of all hostages and a massive influx of humanitarian aid. Here is his statement: On my first trip to Israel
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA IRVINE and DAR YASIN Associated Press SAMTSE, Bhutan (AP) — Monsoon rains have finally passed and floods blocking the lone dirt road have retreated enough for a small truck to climb these Himalayan foothills to a gurgling spring. It spews water so fresh that people here call it nectar. Workers inside a small
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Another business leader in China is being probed by the country’s anti-graft watchdog, in a sign of an ongoing crackdown in the world’s second largest economy. Zhou Jun, president of state-owned Shanghai Industrial Investment, is under investigation by the Shanghai Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, a branch
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Conservative justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court are questioning why they are being asked to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps in a redistricting case that Democrats hope will result in more favorable legislative maps for elections in 2024. The lawsuit heard Tuesday was brought by Democratic voters
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall is seeking reelection in a ranked-choice contest that includes a challenge by former Mayor Rocky Anderson. Also running is activist and business owner Michael Valentine, giving Salt Lake City residents three left-leaning choices for mayor. Though the position is officially nonpartisan, the city is
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination finds his family, and the country, at a moment many would not have imagined in JFK’s lifetime. The Kennedy family has mostly withdrawn from electoral politics, with the notable exception of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK and ROBERT F. BUKATY Associated Press HINSDALE, N.H. (AP) — Geoffrey Holt was unassuming as the caretaker of a mobile home park in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, where he lived a simple, but curious life. Residents would see Holt around town in threadbare clothes — riding his lawn mower, headed to the convenience
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press ASHKELON, Israel (AP) — Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, more than 45,000 Ukrainians have sought refuge in Israel. Families were slowly picking up the pieces and finding ways to cope. Then, Israel’s war erupted. Now many are reliving their trauma. Some have left Israel, but many remain — refusing
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The eruption of Papua New Guinea’s tallest volcano is subsiding but thick ash still billowed into the sky and coated roofs and palm trees nearby. Mount Ulawun on the northeastern island of New Britain is one of the South Pacific nation’s most active volcanoes. The eruption
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press Republican Celeste Maloy has won a Utah special election to replace her former boss, U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart, in a race that will put a woman back among Utah’s five-member congressional delegation for the first time since 2019. Maloy beat state Sen. Kathleen Riebe, who as minority
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — It happens every November, when the cold descends on Kyiv. The change in weather always makes Dmytro Riznychenko think back, and he is overwhelmed by his emotions. “This is where it truly began,” Riznychenko said, walking through central Kyiv’s Independence Square recently, reflecting on the uprising
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The sun was shining in June 1979 as Rosalynn Carter made her way through an enthusiastic crowd in Laconia, New Hampshire. “She shook my hand!” yelled one delighted participant. The first lady was in the state for her husband’s reelection campaign, but this was no political
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia judge overseeing the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump and others declined a request to revoke the bond of one of the defendants but did impose stricter bond conditions after prosecutors complained about his social media posts that mentioned witnesses and co-defendants. Fulton
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Wright, Nic Robertson, John Torigoe, Eli Kiko Cohen and Joel Bennett, CNN Eilat, Israel (CNN) — As a red alert alarm sounded in the busy hotel dining hall, many of the children scattered in fear, as the horrors of the Hamas massacre on October 7 came flooding back. Thousands of families who survived
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Vivek Ramaswamy has failed to rise in the 2024 Republican presidential primary race and is increasingly risking becoming an afterthought. At a recent Iowa campaign event, hardly anyone was in the room when Ramaswamy was supposed to start. Ramaswamy took
Continue ReadingBy Daria Markina-Tarasova, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — It can take years to fully train an F-16 fighter pilot. “Moonfish” – a Ukrainian military aviator – has about six months. Moonfish is the call sign of a Ukrainian pilot who is training to fly the United States-designed multirole aircraft. He spoke with CNN via Zoom
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Staring down another frigid winter and desperate to keep the lights on, Ukraine’s power grid operator has surreptitiously imported custom-built equipment designed to withstand Russian electronic warfare attacks with the help of US officials, CNN has learned. Engineers at US tech giant Cisco spent weeks building and stress-testing the new gear in
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Carey, Oren Liebermann, Jessie Yeung, Tamar Michaelis and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — Tensions are boiling over in Israel as frustrated families of hostages demand answers from the government about the fate of their loved ones and a deal for their release. “I demand their commitment that everyone is returning home. All the
Continue ReadingBEAVERCREEK, Ohio (AP) — Police say a gunman opened fire inside a Walmart in Ohio and wounded four people before killing himself, the second shooting in 24 hours at a store operated by the retail giant. The attack happened Monday in the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek. Police said Tuesday that 20-year-old Benjamin Charles Jones, of
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