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Month: July 2024

Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider two challenges to a 175-year-old law that conservatives have interpreted as an abortion ban. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin asked the high court in February to invalidate the statutes. The organization argues the Wisconsin Constitution’s declaration that people have the right to life, liberty

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Pressure is building on Biden to step aside. But many Democrats feel powerless to replace him

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders describes President Joe Biden’s recent debate performance as “painful.” In an interview, he says he’s not confident that Biden can win this fall. But the progressive senator from Vermont does not want Biden to step aside. Instead, Sanders, who served as Biden’s chief rival in the Democratic Party’s

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Venezuela’s opposition coalition welcomes President Maduro’s plan to jumpstart dialogue with the US

Associated Prees CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s main opposition coalition has welcomed President Nicolas Maduro’s announcement about his intentions to jumpstart negotiations with the United States this week. Omar Barboza, who is the executive secretary of the U.S.-backed Unitary Platform coalition, told reporters on Tuesday that the alliance sees Maduro’s openness to dialogue only weeks

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Haunted tours start in July

By Luke Doten Click here for updates on this story     JACKSONVILLE, Oregon (KDRV) — Halloween is months away but scary stories will be told in Jacksonville starting this July. Historic Jacksonville is starting their haunted tours on July 12. The tours will take attendees through some of Jacksonville’s haunted sites. Tour guides will share the

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FDA approves donanemab, Eli Lilly’s treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved donanemab, a monoclonal antibody designed to slow the progression of early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease. Donanemab, made by Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly, works by helping the body remove amyloid plaque buildup in the brain, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. Lilly said it

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Brazil data regulator bans Meta from mining data to train AI models

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s national data protection authority determined on Tuesday that Meta cannot use data originating in the country to train its artificial intelligence. Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms recently updated its privacy policy to enable the company to start feeding people’s public posts into training AI systems.

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Viktor Orban, el mayor aliado europeo de Putin, realiza su primer viaje a Kyiv desde el inicio de la guerra

Sofía Benavides (CNN) —  El primer ministro de Hungría, Viktor Orban, realizó su primera visita a Kyiv desde que comenzó la guerra a gran escala e instó al presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, a considerar un “alto el fuego” con el objetivo de “acelerar las conversaciones de paz” con Moscú. Junto a Zelensky, el aliado

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¿Cómo se forman los huracanes y por qué son tan peligrosos?

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Los huracanes son las tormentas más grandes y violentas, cuyo término científico es ciclón tropical. Únicamente a los ciclones tropicales que se forman sobre los océanos Atlántico y Pacífico se les llama huracanes. Los huracanes usan como combustible el aire cálido y húmedo que está sobre el agua templada cerca del Ecuador,

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