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Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman win Nobel in medicine for enabling development of mRNA vaccines
By David Keyton And Mike Corder, The Associated Press on October 2nd, 2023
STOCKHOLM (AP) – Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Katalin Karikó is a professor at Sagan’s University in Hungary and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Drew Weissman performed his prizewinning research together with Karikó at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire erupts in a police headquarters in Egypt, injuring at least 25 people
By Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on October 1st, 2023
CAIRO (AP) – A huge fire early Monday in a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt injured at least 25 people, officials said. The blaze ripped through the multistory police headquarters in the Suez Canal province of Ismailia, two officials said. At least 25 people, most of them police officers, were injured and taken to hospitals, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire erupts in a police headquarters in Egypt, injuring at least 14 people
By Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on October 1st, 2023
CAIRO (AP) – A fire broke out early Monday in a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt, injuring at least 14 people, officials said. The blaze ripped through the multistory police headquarters in the Suez Canal province of Ismailia, two officials said. The injured were taken to hospitals, they said. Both officials spoke on condition of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Church roof collapses in north Mexico, killing at least nine and injuring about 50, officials say
By Alfredo Peña, The Associated Press on October 1st, 2023
CIUDAD MADERO, Mexico (AP) – The roof of a church collapsed in northern Mexico during a Mass on Sunday, killing at least nine people and injuring around 50, authorities said as searchers probed in the wreckage late into the night looking for survivors and other victims. Approximately 30 parishioners were believed to have be trapped ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!California governor to name Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat
By Michael R. Blood, The Associated Press on October 1st, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom will name Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a spokesman in his office said Sunday. In choosing Butler, Newsom fulfilled his pledge to appoint a Black woman ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Roof of a church collapses in northern Mexico, and Catholic officials say some people are dead
By The Associated Press on October 1st, 2023
MEXICO CITY (AP) – The roof of a church collapsed in northern Mexico during a Mass on Sunday, killing an undetermined number of people among approximately 30 parishioners believed trapped in the rubble, authorities said. The Tamaulipas state police said that about 100 people were in the church at the time of the collapse and ... Read More »
1 responseRoof of a church collapses during a Mass in northern Mexico, trapping about 30 people in the rubble
By The Associated Press on October 1st, 2023
MEXICO CITY (AP) – The roof of a church collapsed in northern Mexico during a Mass on Sunday, and rescue teams rushed to begin searching for about 30 people believed to be trapped in the rubble, authorities said. The Tamaulipas state police said that about 100 people were in the church at the time of ... Read More »
1 responseRoof of a church collapses during a Mass in northern Mexico. No word on whether there are casualties
By The Associated Press on October 1st, 2023
MEXICO CITY (AP) – The roof of a church collapsed in northern Mexico during a Mass on Sunday, and rescue teams rushed to begin searching for any victims, authorities said. There was no word on whether there were any casualties. Bishop José Armando Alvarez of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico said the roof caved ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Turkey strikes suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq after suicide attack in Ankara
By Suzan Fraser, The Associated Press on October 1st, 2023
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – The Turkish defense ministry says its warplanes have carried out raids on suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq on Sunday following a suicide attack on a government building in the Turkish capital. A ministry statement said some 20 targets of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, were “destroyed” in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden says there’s ‘not much time’ to keep aid flowing to Ukraine and Congress must ‘stop the games’
By Kevin Freking, The Associated Press on October 1st, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden said Sunday that American aid to Ukraine will keep flowing for now as he sought to reassure allies of continued U.S. financial support for the war effort. But time is running out, the president said in a warning to Congress. “We cannot under any circumstances allow American for Ukraine ... Read More »
1 responseSuicide bomber detonates a device in Turkey’s capital hours before president’s speech to lawmakers
By Suzan Fraser, The Associated Press on October 1st, 2023
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, while a second assailant was killed in a shootout with police Sunday, the interior minister said. The attack occurred hours before Turkey’s Parliament was set to reopen after its three-month summer recess with an address by ... Read More »
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