By Kathryn Doorey Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Honolulu could become the first city in the U.S. to require Narcan in bars and nightclubs after the Honolulu City Council passed Bill 28 Wednesday — and Mayor Rick Blangiardi intends to sign it. Honolulu has experienced an estimated 500% increase in
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Disney CEO Bob Iger said Disney wants to avoid the so-called culture wars but defiantly pushed back against right-wing critics who have claimed Disney is adding inappropriate sexual content to its programming. “The notion that Disney is in any way sexualizing children is preposterous and inaccurate,” Iger
Continue ReadingBy Alan Mauldin Click here for updates on this story ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — The Wolfpack is on the prowl in Albany, but the good news is that the civic improvement group is on the hunt for ways to make a difference in the lives of city residents. On Saturday, the group is partnering
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Un oso hirió gravemente a un pastor de 35 años que trabajaba en una parcela de pastoreo de ovejas en el Bosque Nacional de San Juan en Colorado, dijeron las autoridades este miércoles. El hombre sufrió mordeduras en la cabeza y otras lesiones en el cuerpo en el ataque de este
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Eight students from local high schools have begun their yearlong research study with the Bobbie Cates Hicks Science and Medicine Academic Research Training (SMART) program. This year’s exclusively female cohort is a striking shift from the program’s early years when just
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s finance minister says the International Monetary Fund has deposited the much-awaited first installment of $1.2 billion with the country’s central bank under a new bailout deal. The latest development comes a day after the global lender’s executive board approved $3 billion for Pakistan to enable it
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A Russian general in charge of forces fighting in southern Ukraine has been relieved of his duties after speaking out about problems faced by his troops, a move that reflected new fissures in the military command following a brief rebellion by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov, the commander of
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States decelerated again last month, the latest sign that inflationary pressures are easing in the face of the Federal Reserve’s streak of interest rate hikes. The government’s producer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches consumers — rose just
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey told a court in London Thursday in his ongoing sexual assault trial that he touched the complainant – who is one of four men who made allegations against the actor – in a “romantic and intimate” way. “He was funny and charming
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey told a court in London Thursday in his ongoing sexual assault trial that he touched the complainant – who is one of four men who made allegations against the actor – in a “romantic and intimate” way. “He was funny and charming
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the birth control pill Opill to be available over-the-counter — the first nonprescription birth control pill in the United States. “Today’s approval marks the first time a nonprescription daily oral contraceptive will be an available option for millions of people in the
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — US health officials are moving forward with plans to sunset the federal government’s Covid-19 vaccine distribution program next month and move the vaccines to the commercial market this fall, and they are laying out their expectations to manufacturers about what that transition should look like. On Thursday morning, US
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Briscoe and Jack Guy, CNN Paris/London (CNN) — France is to introduce a scheme that will subsidize repairs to clothing and shoes in order to cut waste and planet-heating pollution from the textile industry. Under the scheme, which was announced by secretary of state for ecology Bérangère Couillard Tuesday, discounts varying from €6
Continue ReadingMADEIRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An early morning fire on Thursday killed nearly all the animals at a wildlife center in Florida, officials said. News outlets reported the fire broke out around 3 a.m. Thursday at the Alligator and Wildlife Discovery Center in Madeira Beach, near St. Petersburg on Florida’s Gulf Coast. “We suffered from
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has been welcomed in Zimbabwe by people singing songs criticizing the West. He arrived on Thursday for what’s expected to be the last stop of a three-nation Africa trip. Raisi was greeted at Harare’s international airport by Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday approved the nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow American women and girls to obtain contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin and eyedrops. The Food and Drug Administration cleared once-a-day Opill to be
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Dangerous weather could bring more flash floods to Vermont – just as the state begins its long recovery from devastating rainfall that deluged the region earlier this week. At least one person died in the recent storms and flooding, the Vermont Department of Health said in a news release.
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits fell again last week as the labor market continues defy the Federal Reserve’s attempt to cool it by raising interest rates. U.S. applications for jobless claims fell by 12,000 to 237,000 for the week ending July 8, from 249,000 previous week,
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) – – Este año, en Argentina hay elecciones primarias y elecciones presidenciales y legislativas. La Constitución Nacional y la ley determinan que el voto es obligatorio. ¿Qué pasa si no voto? Hay algunos motivos por los que no ir a votar puede justificarse ante el Estado. Si es por una cuestión
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press More than one third of all U.S. energy consumption, and thus a significant source of climate change, is from heating and cooling homes and buildings. Air source heat pumps are a trending topic as a solution, but experts say geothermal pumps are a more efficient option. For the geothermal pumps,
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