By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian-installed health officials in Crimea say private clinics on the Moscow-annexed peninsula have “voluntarily” stopped providing abortions, which means that the procedure is now only available there in state-run medical facilities. The move comes amid a wider effort in Russia to restrict abortion, still legal and
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The family of a man who died during an alleged dognapping incident has called a news conference to announce a lawsuit against the apartment complex where he lived. On Aug. 13, officers responded to the Willowest in Lindbergh Apartments in Buckhead.
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Jezebel, the punchy feminist blog with an outsized influence on internet culture, will suspend operations and lay off its staff effective immediately, its parent company G/O Media said Thursday as it announced broader restructuring in its portfolio of digital news outlets. Jim Spanfeller, chief executive of G/O Media, said
Continue ReadingBy ASTRID SUÁREZ and MARKO ÁLVAREZ Associated Press BARRANCAS, Colombia (AP) — The father of Liverpool striker Luis Díaz was released Thursday by members of a guerrilla group who kidnapped him in northern Colombia, the government announced, ending a 12-day ordeal for the family. Luis Manuel Díaz’s kidnapping on Oct. 28 from his hometown of
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The Census Bureau is predicting an older and more diverse America in the coming decades, along with other projections through the year 2100. Population projections released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week offer a distant glimpse of what the nation will look like at the turn of the next
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Tens of thousands of health care workers have ratified a new four-year contract with industry giant Kaiser Permanente following a strike over wages and staffing levels, the parties announced Thursday. Of the 85,000 members in the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, 98.5% voted in recent weeks to ratify the contract, the
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Tens of thousands of health care workers have ratified a new four-year contract with industry giant Kaiser Permanente following a strike over wages and staffing levels, the parties announced Thursday. Of the 85,000 members in the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, 98.5% voted in recent weeks to ratify the contract, the
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MIDLAND CO., Michigan (WNEM) — Midland County students are using science, technology, engineering, art, and math for a unique fundraiser. A friendly competition among multiple Midland County schools is challenging students to build artistic structures out of canned foods. Organizers said the fourth annual Canstruction
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Fueron 12 días de cautiverio los que vivió Luis Manuel Díaz, padre del futbolista colombiano Luis Díaz, en poder de la guerrilla del Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN). Después de recuperar su libertad dio unas breves declaraciones en las que agradeció por la “segunda oportunidad de regresar” a su casa. “Primero que
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN London (CNN) — After more than half a century, the identity of the elderly, stick-carrying man featured on the “Led Zeppelin IV” album cover has finally been revealed. The “Stick Man” who featured on the cover of English rock band Led Zeppelin’s 1971 fourth studio album was a thatcher from the late-Victorian
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, Stefano Pozzebon and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — The father of Liverpool soccer star Luis Díaz, who was kidnapped by a Colombian guerrilla group last month, was released on Thursday and handed over to representatives of the United Nations and the Catholic Church in Valledupar, Colombia, according to Colombia’s Episcopal Conference. “We
Continue ReadingBy Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Abortion rights advocates have now racked up seven consecutive wins since the fall of Roe v. Wade when voters have weighed in directly on reproductive rights. Next year, they’re hoping to build on that momentum. The approval of Ohio’s Issue 1, the latest measure to enshrine abortion rights in
Continue ReadingBy Jomana Karadsheh, Hande Atay Alam and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has ended her hunger strike after three days, according to a statement from her media team on Thursday. She had been striking over what she said was the jail’s refusal to provide her with
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — On Tuesday, the Ludwig family was at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as 18-year-old Jillian Ludwig fights to stay alive. Metro Nashville police said Ludwig, a freshman at Belmont, was shot on the track in the Edgehill Community Memorial Gardens Park on
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI,Kenya (AP) — The United Nations Security Council has suspended for three months the pullout of African Union troop from Somalia, where fighting rages with al-Qaida’s affiliate in East Africa. Thursday’s decision follows a request by the Horn of Africa nation for the forces to remain in the country to
Continue ReadingZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian police say that traces of a cleaning agent have been found in the fizzy drink served to a man in Croatia whose hospitalization with a throat injury triggered alarm across the country. Police say that an analysis of the bottle and glass served to the man at a cafe last
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Black riverboat co-captain at the center of an Alabama riverfront brawl that drew national attention has been accused of misdemeanor assault in the melee by one of the white boaters in the fight. Court records show the co-captain faces a charge of misdemeanor assault in Montgomery municipal court. One of
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The “Renaissance” is not over. That’s according to Beyoncé, who on Thursday dropped a new trailer for her forthcoming “Renaissance” concert film. The Queen talks about some challenges in the trailer. “In this world that is very male-dominated, I’ve had to be really tough,” she says. “To balance
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Alex Marquardt and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House said Thursday that Israel had agreed to move forward with daily four-hour pauses of military operations in areas of Northern Gaza. The move appeared to formalize a pattern of halting the violence to allow humanitarian aid to flow into the
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, GENE JOHNSON and ED KOMENDA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities were hunting Thursday for whoever sent suspicious letters — including some containing fentanyl — to elections offices in at least five states this week, delaying the counting of ballots in some local races in the latest instance of threats faced
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