EXPLAINER: New ethics board thrust into Kristi Noem inquiry
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Government Accountability Board usually draws little attention,…
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A mass extinction event occurred 30M years ago and scientists have only just learned about it
By Jackie Dunham, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Climate…
Continue ReadingToronto hospital network to require organ transplant patients to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
By Avis Favaro and Nicole Bogart, CTV News Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) —…
Continue Reading Texas executions face delays over religious rights claims
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Executions in the nation’s busiest capital punishment state face delays amid legal questions…
Continue ReadingBiden refuses to assert privilege over Trump documents sought by January 6 committee
By Evan Perez and Zachary Cohen, CNN The White House has informed the National Archives that it is not asserting executive privilege on an initial…
Continue ReadingWhat we learned this week in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business The fifth week of the trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes brought another big name witness to the…
Continue Reading GOP doc dispenses sketchy medical advice on virus immunity
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Roger Marshall won’t let people forget he’s a doctor. That’s clear because the…
Continue Reading Hezbollah member wanted for role in 1985 hijacking dies
BEIRUT (AP) — Ali Atwa, a senior Hezbollah operative who was on the FBI’s most wanted list for his role in one of the most notorious plane…
Continue Reading Pope to lawmakers: Climate change requires quick consensus
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is urging lawmakers worldwide to overcome “the narrow confines” of…
Continue Reading Spanish archbishop apologizes for steamy music video filmed in Gothic cathedral
By Jeevan Ravindran and Robert Iddiols, CNN The Archbishop of Toledo in Spain has apologized after two artists filmed a racy music video in the…
Continue Reading McConnell seizes on debt standoff to undermine Biden agenda
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — During the recent standoff over the nation’s debt limit, Senate Republican…
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Apple Store security guard stabbed over face mask dispute in NYC
By Laura Studley, CNN A dispute over wearing a face mask led to the stabbing of an Apple Store security guard Friday, a spokesperson with the New…
Continue Reading Green leader: ‘Long way’ to go in talks to form German govt
BERLIN (AP) — A leader of the Greens say the multiparty talks on forming a new German government have “a long way to go” and will have to…
Continue Reading Russia hits new virus death record as autumn surge persists
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has recorded a new record-high daily death toll from COVID-19, continuing a persistent rise that has brought new records…
Continue ReadingEmma Raducanu says she needs to cut herself ‘some slack’ after defeat by Aliaksandra Sasnovich at Indian Wells
CNN By John Sinnott, CNN Britain’s new sporting hero Emma Raducanu, who stunned the tennis world when she won the US Open in September,…
Continue ReadingEmma Raducanu says she needs to cut herself ‘some slack’ after defeat by Aliaksandra Sasnovich at Indian Wells
By John Sinnott, CNN Britain’s new sporting hero Emma Raducanu, who stunned the tennis world when she won the US Open in September, experienced…
Continue Reading UK eyes ‘walk me home’ phone-tracker to protect lone women
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A top British government official is backing a phone company’s proposal for a new tracking service…
Continue Reading Syria’s Assad allows exiled uncle to return to avoid prison
By SARAH EL DEEB and ANGELA CHARLTON BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian pro-government newspaper says that President Bashar Assad has allowed his exiled uncle…
Continue Reading Chopin portrait bought at flea market is from 19th century
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A peeling portrait of Polish piano composer Frederic Chopin purchased at a flea market…
Continue Reading A teacher at a North Carolina charter school resigns after claims of ‘field slave’ comments to Black students
By Rebekah Riess, CNN A teacher at a North Carolina charter school has resigned after parents brought to light a number of alleged racist incidents,…
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