By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Cleveland-Cliffs is shutting down a northern West Virginia tin production facility indefinitely and plans to lay off 900 workers. The company says it will offer severance packages or opportunities for workers in Weirton to be relocated to its other facilities. The announcement Thursday follows an International
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Multimillionaire Republican businessman Eric Hovde is planning to launch a bid for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Hovde campaign spokesperson Ben Voekel said Thursday that Hovde will be announcing next week. Reelecting Baldwin to a third term is critical for Democratic hopes to
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Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN New York (CNN) — Some Americans may have to shell out more this year for Ozempic and Mounjaro, two wildly popular diabetes medications also used for weight loss. Drugmakers raised the list prices of the two drugs, along with roughly 900 other brand-name medications, in January, according to 46brooklyn, a nonprofit
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A watchdog report has found that the kind of systemic failures that enabled the high-profile prison deaths of gangster Whitey Bulger and financier Jeffrey Epstein also contributed to the deaths of hundreds of other federal prisoners over the years. The scathing report found mental health care, emergency
Continue ReadingBy Zach Rael Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Oklahoma City is telling artists to paint away thanks to a new ordinance that just went into effect. The new rule cuts down some of the roadblocks artists face in creating murals. Now, they can let their creative juices flow. It’s
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La economía de Japón se contrajo inesperadamente debido a la debilidad del consumo interno, lo que empujó al país a la recesión y le hizo perder su posición de tercera economía mundial frente a Alemania. Por su parte, el Reino Unido entró en recesión a solo unos meses de las elecciones generales,
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s emir has dissolved parliament, the latest dissolution to strike the oil-rich nation’s legislature amid years of political gridlock. The state-run KUNA news agency announced the decree from the country’s ruling emir, Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Jaber. It blamed “offensive and uncontrolled” utterances by lawmakers for the decision.
Continue ReadingBy Harika Maddala Click here for updates on this story TRACY, California (KCRA) — A Tracy woman pleaded guilty to scamming more than $1 million worth of unemployment claims, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday. Kaymeisha Keyes, 32, defrauded the California Employment Development Department by filling over 70 unemployment insurance claims between 2020 and 2021, according
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The FBI and its international allies disrupted a network of over 1,000 hacked internet routers that Russia’s military intelligence agency was using for cyber espionage operations against the United States and its European allies, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday. The law enforcement operation used a court order to cut off
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Families of Indonesian activists who were kidnapped and tortured by the military 25 years ago have expressed shock over the apparent presidential victory of Prabowo Subianto, whom they blame for the atrocities. Currently the defense minister, Subianto claimed victory in Wednesday’s vote based on unofficial tallies
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth and Zendaya will join Anna Wintour as co-chairs of this year’s Met Gala. Vogue and the Metropolitan Museum of Art made the announcement Thursday. The Oscars of fashion will be held on May 6. And the dress code? “The Garden of Time,” whatever that means
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El secretario general de la Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte (OTAN), Jens Stoltenberg, dijo que la alianza no debe dar ningún paso para “desvincular a Europa de Norteamérica”. Stoltenberg hizo estas declaraciones a periodistas antes de una reunión de ministros de Defensa de la OTAN en Bruselas. “No debemos seguir ningún
Continue ReadingBy Harika Maddala Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KCRA) — Professional rock climber and guidebook author Charles “Charlie” Barrett was convicted of sexual assaults in Yosemite National Park on Tuesday. U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced that a federal jury found Barrett guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse and one
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — At least nine Los Angeles city firefighters have been injured in a semi-truck explosion and two are in critical condition, fire officials said Thursday. The semi-truck was fueled by compressed natural gas and one of the two 100-gallon tanks aboard exploded as firefighters attempted to put out a fire, Los Angeles Fire Capt. Erik
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Research has long found that medication abortion is safe and effective, but a new study shows that to be true even when the patient gets the medicine through a telehealth appointment. Medication abortion, also known as medical abortion, is the method by which someone ends their pregnancy using pills
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — A controversial plan agreed upon between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Albanian counterpart in November to send boat migrants to Italian-run centers on Albanian soil has passed the Italian Senate. The plan passed on a vote of 93 to 61. It had previously passed the
Continue ReadingCNN By Arit John and Camila DeChalus, CNN (CNN) — The Biden campaign’s venture onto TikTok has been met with mixed reviews, as some supporters praise the attempt to explore new ways to reach young adults while others insist the account needs to engage on a more substantive level to appear authentic. The account, created
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press ROXBORO, N.C. (AP) — Front-runners for North Carolina’s major-party nominations for governor in next month’s primaries have taken dramatically different paths to prominence. Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein and Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson have been ahead in fundraising and support from key party figures. These and other primary
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Motter Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — The remains of a Kansas City native soldier killed during the Korean War are set to be officially buried at a plot in Honolulu, Hawaii at the end of February. The Department of Defense announced on Wednesday, Feb. 14, that
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