Paulina Nares (CNN) — Hoy en día, Aubrey Sauvie, una estudiante de secundaria de Tennessee de 12 años que nació sin manos, dice que puede tocar su batería tan fuerte o tan rápido como quiera. Todo gracias al generoso regalo de un grupo de estudiantes universitarios de ingeniería que crearon un par de manos impresas en
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL and NASSER KARIMI Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Cab drivers and bikers tap away furiously on their mobile phones as they wait at red lights in the Iranian capital during an early June heatwave. Some pedestrians in Tehran are doing the same. They all believe they could get rich.
Continue ReadingReuters (CNN) — Barcelona, a top Spanish holiday destination, announced on Friday that it will bar apartment rentals to tourists by 2028, an unexpectedly drastic move as it seeks to rein in soaring housing costs and make the city liveable for residents. The city’s leftist mayor, Jaume Collboni, said that by November 2028, Barcelona will scrap the
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK, HANNAH FINGERHUT and JOHN HANNA Associated Press NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — Flooding in the Midwestern U.S. has collapsed a railroad bridge and sent water surging around a dam after days of heavy rains that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate or be rescued. Two deaths have been confirmed
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Before Emperor Naruhito of Japan attends a banquet hosted by King Charles III, lays a wreath at Westminster Abbey or tours one of Britain’s premier biomedical research institutes, he’ll kick off this week’s trip to the U.K. by visiting a site that has special meaning for him:
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A well-known Hawaii lifeguard who was killed in a shark attack while surfing off Oahu’s North Shore was a former professional surfer with acting credits to his name, including a role in one of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies. Tamayo Perry, 49, was killed Sunday near Goat Island, Shayne
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Saturday, June 15th marked the inaugural flight for a new partnership between the Angeles Wound Care Institute, a division of Bend Plastic Surgery, and Angel Flight West, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that provides free medical transport to people in need. A volunteer pilot with Angel Flight West flew Dr. Adam Angeles, owner
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Another slide for Wall Street heavyweight Nvidia kept U.S. indexes mixed Monday, even as the majority of stocks rallied. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% to pull further from its record set last week. The drops for Nvidia and other winners of Wall Street’s artificial-intelligence boom
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — African countries have some of the world’s highest rates of cervical cancer. Growing efforts to vaccinate more young girls for the human papillomavirus are challenged by the kind of vaccine hesitancy seen for some other diseases. Misinformation can include mistaken rumors that girls won’t be able
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — A new kind of tourism has emerged in Israel in the months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. For celebrities, politicians, influencers and others, no trip is complete without a somber visit to the devastated south that absorbed the brunt of the assault near the
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-OR) has released the names of the seven individuals he nominated to be considered for attendance at our nation’s service academies who have accepted offers of appointment, while also announcing the nominating process for the Class of 2029. The full list of students who received and then accepted offers of
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — From his home office in small-town Kentucky, a seasoned political operative is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the policies of Republican Donald Trump, a highly unusual and potentially chilling effort that dovetails with broader conservative preparations for a new White
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thursday’s clash between Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican ex-President Donald Trump may be the most consequential presidential debate in decades. Biden is desperately seeking momentum amid pervasive concerns about his age and leadership on key foreign and domestic policies. Trump will step onto
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal prosecutor in the classified documents case of Donald Trump clashed with the judge Monday as he faced skeptical questioning over a request to bar the former president from making threatening comments about law enforcement agents involved in the investigation.
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — A cybersecurity intelligence company says a suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has intensified attacks on Taiwanese organizations, particularly those in sectors such as the government, education and technology. In a report released on Monday, Recorded Future says the hackers, tracked as RedJuliett, have attacked 24
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include albums from Camila Cabello and Megan Thee Stallion, Amazon Prime has a documentary about Celine Dion dealing with a rare neurological disorder and Eva Longoria plays a woman whose life changes completely in “Land of Women.” Marvel star Anthony Mackie swam with sharks in
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY and BILL BARROW Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will meet for their first general election debate Thursday in Georgia, the battleground that yielded the closest 2020 margin of any state and became the epicenter of Trump’s efforts to overturn Biden’s election. Now, in
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is pushing back against a request to let disabled people cast absentee ballots electronically from home in this November’s presidential election. Disability Rights Wisconsin, the League of Women Voters and four disabled people filed a lawsuit in April demanding disabled people
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Nobody said making the Olympics was easy. Kate Grace darted to the inside near the finish line, took an accidental elbow and went flying off the track, before slamming into the clock sitting on the infield. After her semifinal heat of the 800 meters Sunday
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