SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Health officials in Puerto Rico have declared a flu epidemic. Health Secretary Carlos Mellado said Thursday that at least 25,900 cases have been reported since July, with 42 deaths and more than 900 hospitalizations on the island of 3.2 million people. Epidemiologist Melissa Marzán noted that officials have seen
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he suffered a minor stroke while attending a business conference in Mexico City. Wozniak told ABC News in a text Thursday that he felt dizzy Wednesday morning, then experienced vertigo before going to the hospital where a MRI revealed he had had a “minor but real
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) joined Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44), Kathy Manning (NC-06), Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07), and Abigail Spanberger (VA-07) to introduce the Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging (DRUG) Act. The bipartisan proposal would tackle practices used by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Shania Shelton and Sam Fossum, CNN Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted in unprecedented fashion more than a month ago, railed on the Republicans who voted for his removal — and bluntly predicted that one of his detractors would lose reelection next year. In an exclusive interview with CNN in his new office
Continue ReadingBy EGILL BJARNASON Associated Press HUSAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa — one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions — closed temporarily as a swarm of earthquakes put the island nation’s most populated region on alert for a possible volcanic eruption. Guests rushed to leave the spa’s hotels in the early hours of
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) have requested information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services on how the agencies are employing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and what steps they are taking to ensure
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers have been thwarted in their longshot bid to put an immediate end to the New York civil fraud trial that threatens the former president’s real estate empire. The judge didn’t rule on the request Thursday but indicated that the
Continue ReadingBy David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s war on Hamas could set the Palestinian economy in Gaza and the West Bank back decades, according to a new analysis by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A report released Thursday by the organization paints a dire picture of the economic conditions in the Palestinian enclave, where
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya says it won’t deploy its police officers to Haiti until all conditions on training and funding are met in line with last month’s approval from the U.N Security Council to give the eastern African country command of a multinational mission to fight
Continue ReadingBy LAURA HAEFELI Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — The South End is on high alert after a dog ingested opioids at the Southwest Corridor Park. Nancy Rittenhouse walks her beagle puppy, Fynn, on the sidewalks of the South End often. This past Tuesday was no different. The 7-month-old puppy was
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Fistfights break out in bread lines. Residents wait hours for a gallon of brackish water that makes them sick. Scabies, diarrhea and respiratory infections rip through overcrowded shelters. And some families have to choose who eats. With the Israel-Hamas war in its second month and more than
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Vice Media, the one-time digital media darling that has seen its value and influence greatly diminish in recent years, moved on Thursday to further hollow out its once prestigious news division, shutting down several shows and laying off dozens of staffers. “To be clear, Vice News is not going
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Zac Efron habló al descubrir que Matthew Perry deseaba que el actor de “High School Musical” lo interpretara en una película biográfica. “Me sentí muy honrado”, dijo Efron a Extra TV durante el estreno de su próxima película “The Iron Claw” en Dallas este miércoles. “Sería extraordinario y, por supuesto, todavía
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan fell for the second week in a row, positive news for prospective homebuyers after rates touched a 22-year high just last month. The latest decline brought the average rate on a 30-year mortgage down to 7.5%
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ youth, is quitting social media site X, saying Thursday it is concerned about “increasing hate & vitriol on the platform targeting the LGBTQ community — the group we exist to serve.” “If you’d like to keep up with
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, Morgan Rimmer, Devan Cole and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee backed down on a planned vote Thursday to subpoena two major conservative players close to Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito in their probe into ongoing ethics controversies at the Supreme Court. The subpoenas would target Leonard
Continue ReadingBy CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — It’s often said the whole family serves when a member is in the armed forces. Like military spouses, children of those serving also benefit from extra support and recognition. There are many ways you can show your appreciation this Veterans Day, including supporting the children of service members
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates tumbled this week in the biggest one-week drop since last November. It’s the second straight week that rates have fallen, after rising for seven consecutive weeks. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to an average of 7.50% in the week ending November 9, down from 7.76% the week before,
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Niebla mental, fatiga, palpitaciones, malestar después de un esfuerzo y mareos son algunos de los síntomas asociados a las personas con covid-19 prolongado en adultos. Se encuentran entre los 12 síntomas identificados como parte de la iniciativa RECOVER de los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (NIH, por sus siglas en inglés) que
Continue ReadingBy Tim Darnell Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The judge overseeing Young Thug’s historic gang and organized-crime related trial in Atlanta ruled Thursday morning some of the rapper’s lyrics will be admissible in court. Fulton County Chief Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville held a hearing that began Wednesday and
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