By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A drop in births last year brought the US fertility rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than a century, a new report found. The numbers have been trending down for decades, and the teen birth rate reached another record low. About 3.6
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press Arkansas authorities say the death of a Missouri doctor who was found 11 months ago in a northwest Arkansas lake has been ruled a suicide. The Benton County, Arkansas, sheriff’s department said in a statement Thursday that Dr. John Forsyth died of a gunshot wound to the head. The statement
Continue ReadingWCBS, CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The New York Court of Appeals on Thursday overturned the sex crimes conviction against Harvey Weinstein, the powerful Hollywood producer whose downfall stood as a symbol of the #MeToo movement, and ordered a new trial. The court, by a 4-3 vote, ruled the testimony of “prior bad
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Algunos funcionarios de Hamas señalan que el grupo militante podría abandonar la lucha armada contra Israel si los palestinos obtienen un Estado independiente en los territorios capturados por Israel en la guerra de 1967. El mensaje sugiere un ablandamiento de la posición de Hamas, ya que su destino está en juego
Continue ReadingCNN By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The first transplant surgery to combine a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited pig kidney has been completed at NYU Langone Health, the system said Wednesday. The subject, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano of New Jersey, had heart failure and end-stage kidney disease that required routine dialysis, NYU
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There was talk of drone strikes and presidential bribes, of a potential ruling “for the ages” and of the Founding Fathers, too. The presidential race went unmentioned but was not far from mind. The Supreme Court heard more than 2 1/2 hours worth
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kim Kardashian marshaled her celebrity in one administration to spotlight criminal justice reform — and she’s doing it again in the next. The reality TV star and entrepreneur joined Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday for a roundtable highlighting the administration’s efforts on criminal justice reform
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — An autopsy shows a man killed in a traffic stop where plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 rounds was shot 13 times. The March 21 police shooting that left 26-year-old Dexter Reed dead has prompted protests. Activists are calling for the five officers to be dismissed. Reed’s family has filed a
Continue ReadingKaren Esquivel (CNN Español) – Por primera vez en México, más de 31.000 personas en prisión preventiva oficiosa –es decir, que no han recibido una sentencia en su contra– podrán participar en el actual proceso electoral para elegir presidente. La decisión obedece a una sentencia del Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación (TEPJF)
Continue ReadingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas mortuary worker has pleaded guilty to charges that she sold 24 boxes of stolen body parts from medical school cadavers to a Pennsylvania man. Candace Chapman Scott changed her plea on Thursday in federal court to guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La Corte Suprema parecía dispuesta a rechazar las demandas de inmunidad absoluta del expresidente Donald Trump y las amplias protecciones que ha buscado para dar carpetazo a su caso federal de subversión electoral, pero también se mostró reacia a dar carta blanca al fiscal especial Jack Smith para perseguir esos cargos.
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, Catherine Thorbecke and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN New York (CNN) — Alphabet, the parent company of Google, bounced back from an absolutely dreadful day for tech shares, as its stock surged Thursday after the closing bell. All it had to do was to hand out billions of dollars to investors. The tech
Continue ReadingSnow is on the way back this weekend as the region gets a few more inches added to the base. The temps will be near freezing and the snow will not be the best in terms of powder, but snow is snow, so we enjoy what we are offered. Hoodoo is open for business Saturday
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — When Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of two sex crimes in February 2020, the conviction was hailed as a landmark moment in the #MeToo movement. Now, over four years later, the ruling from the New York Court of Appeals overturning that conviction has sent shockwaves through communities
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reggie Bush says the return of his Heisman Trophy is the biggest step yet in his fight against the NCAA to restore his reputation and his records from his incredible career at Southern California. Bush and his family celebrated the restoration of his Heisman honors
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A judge says a plan by federal agencies to rebuild the sardine population in the Pacific was not properly implemented and failed to prevent overfishing. Monday’s decision was a victory for environmentalists who said officials did not ensure sardine stocks would bounce back within a legally required timeframe. The nonprofit
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Although there may not be much rainfall measured in the gauges this weekend, there will not be much sunshine either. Clouds will persist over the region, along with light rain and mist, through at least Saturday. A persistent cloud bank will be over the region as moisture moves in from the Pacific. The mountains are
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the United States will pull the majority of its troops from Chad and Niger as it works to restore key agreements governing what role there might be there for the American military and its counterterrorism operations. The Pentagon spokesman said Thursday the U.S. will
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Prominent members of the #MeToo movement are speaking out about the court ruling overturning Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape conviction. Some worry it could deter future sex assault victims from coming forward. And Weinstein’s lawyer says he will be able to testify in a retrial that he never forced women in
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Less than 24 hours after the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule this week banning employers from using noncompete agreements in the United States, the US Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable filed a lawsuit against the agency in federal court in the Eastern District
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