By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — WeightWatchers is accelerating its pivot away from a diet culture brand and into a company catering to people taking Ozempic. WeightWatchers on Thursday launched a new membership plan for members taking GLP-1 prescriptions drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy sometimes used for weight loss. The “WeightWatchers GLP-1 Program”
Continue ReadingCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge has released from jail a New Hampshire man accused of sending text messages threatening to kill a presidential candidate. The judge says thirty-year-old Tyler Anderson must avoid contact with any presidential candidate and their political campaigns. Anderson was charged with sending a threat using interstate commerce. A federal prosecutor
Continue ReadingJOSH FUNK FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) — Prosecutors say a suspect in the stabbing death of a Catholic priest in eastern Nebraska appears to have no connection to the priest or the town where the stabbing occurred. Assistant Washington County Attorney Erik Petersen outlined that belief Thursday in the arraignment of 43-year-old Kierre Williams. The
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Starting next year, federal candidates can more easily use campaign funds to pay themselves salaries, under a rule approved Thursday by federal election regulators. The change, which the Federal Election Commission approved 5-1, is aimed at helping ensure that Americans of modest means can afford to mount campaigns for
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Republicans have picked a little-known county lawmaker who once served in the Israeli military as their candidate in a special election to replace ousted New York congressman George Santos, party officials said Thursday. Nassau County legislator and former Israeli paratrooper Mazi Pilip will face off against
Continue ReadingBy KERRY BREEN Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY BAY, California (KOVR) — Orcas that are “rarely seen” were caught on camera hunting sea lions off the California coast this week, the Monterey Bay Whale Watch said on Wednesday. The “absolutely fantastic whale watching day” included seeing eight orcas hunting multiple sea lions
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s president has joined the ranks of high-ranking Israeli officials to speak out against a two-state solution after the war in Gaza. In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, Isaac Herzog said it is not the time to be talking about establishing an independent state
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Faith and education leaders are denouncing plans for an After School Satan Club at a Tennessee elementary school. But say they would follow the law and allow the organization hosting the club to meet. The Commercial Appeal reports that around 40 members of the faith community in Memphis stood united with
Continue ReadingBy BRANDON DOWNS, CECILIO PADILLA Click here for updates on this story EL DORADO COUNTY, California (KOVR) — The search for a man deputies say possibly dragged a deputy and hit another with his truck in El Dorado County on Wednesday is now over. At about 6:30 p.m., deputies received a report of a suspicious
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Gretener, Nadine Schmidt, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Benjamin Brown and Sophie Tanno, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Four alleged Hamas members suspected of plotting terror attacks on European soil have been arrested by German and Dutch authorities, Germany’s federal prosecutor said in a statement on Thursday. Three people were arrested in Germany and one in the Netherlands on suspicion
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, California (KCAL) — A juvenile was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday after he was found to be connected to a series of alleged “swatting” calls targeting synagogues in Orange County. Swatting is the act of making hoax reports of crimes in order
Continue ReadingBy MICHELE GILE Click here for updates on this story LAGUNA BEACH, California (KCAL) — The Laguna Beach community has come together to rally around a crossing guard who was injured on the job on Monday, when he was hit by a car and sent to the hospital. Andy Belletti, a 66-year-old crossing guard with
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials recently seized more than 1.4 million illegal e-cigarettes from overseas manufacturers, including the company behind Elf Bar. The fruity disposable products have become the top choice among underage American teens who vape. The Food and Drug Administration pegged the value of the e-cigarettes seized
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is initiating a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a fiery train derailment earlier this year in eastern Ohio. The Environmental Protection Agency has said it will review
Continue ReadingBy SHARON CHIN Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — In San Francisco, a husband and wife have volunteered in the fight against food insecurity for more than 36 years. You’ll often find Rich and Terry Horrigan, side-by-side, serving others. On this day, they give away fruit in the Bayview at
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The major gas leak from the sabotaged Nord Stream pipeline last year pushed Sweden’s annual planet-heating emissions up by 7%, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency reported Thursday. The agency’s estimates show the largest part of the 2022 leak occurred within Denmark’s economic zone, but a whopping 5.8 million tons
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury began deliberating Thursday whether Jonathan Majors is guilty of assault following a New York trial featuring clashing narratives about whether the rising Hollywood star was the aggressor or victim during a chaotic struggle with his then-girlfriend that began in the back seat of a
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El argentino Lionel Messi y la colombiana Linda Caicedo quedaron entre los tres finalistas de las ramas masculina y femenina, respectivamente, para los dos principales galardones de los premios The Best de la FIFA 2023. Por un lado, Messi quedó en la terna final para el Premio The Best al Jugador
Continue ReadingBy KRISTINA REX Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Dr. Merle Berger, one of the founders of Boston IVF and a former professor at Harvard Medical School, has been sued by a former patient, who alleges that he secretly impregnated her with his own sperm more than 40 years ago.
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to travel to Milwaukee on Wednesday, marking his third visit to the battleground state this year. The White House announced Thursday that Biden plans to discuss his economic agenda while in Milwaukee. No other details about the trip, including where exactly he was going, were announced. Biden was
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