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Rep. Matt Gaetz files resolution to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House
By Farnoush Amiri And Kevin Freking, The Associated Press on October 2nd, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz filed a resolution late Monday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, setting up a likely showdown vote in the House in the days ahead. The far-right Republican from Florida has for months threatened to use a procedural tool – called a motion to vacate – to try to ... Read More »
1 responseUN Security Council approves sending a Kenya-led force to Haiti to fight violent gangs
By Dánica Coto, The Associated Press on October 2nd, 2023
Associated Press (AP) – The U.N. Security Council voted Monday to send a multinational force to Haiti led by Kenya to help combat violent gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. The resolution drafted by the U.S. was approved with 13 votes in favor and two abstentions. The resolution authorizes the force to deploy for one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!North Dakota state senator, his wife and 2 kids killed in Utah plane crash
By The Associated Press on October 2nd, 2023
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A state senator from North Dakota, his wife and their two young children died when the small plane they were traveling in crashed in Utah, a Senate leader said Monday. Doug Larsen’s death was confirmed Monday in an email that Republican Senate Majority Leader David Hogue sent to his fellow senators ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!North Dakota state senator, his wife and 2 kids die in Utah plane crash, Senate leadership says
By The Associated Press on October 2nd, 2023
MOAB, Utah (AP) – A state senator from North Dakota, his wife and their two young children died when the small plane they were riding crashed in Utah, a Senate leader said Monday. Doug Larsen’s death was confirmed Monday in an email that Republican Senate Majority Leader David Hogue sent to his fellow senators. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Karikó and Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for work that enabled mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
By David Keyton, Mike Corder And Maddie Burakoff, The Associated Press on October 2nd, 2023
STOCKHOLM (AP) – Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were critical in slowing the pandemic – technology that’s also being studied to fight cancer and other diseases. Hungarian-American Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman were cited for contributing “to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nobel in medicine goes to 2 scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
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 mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The award was given to Katalin Karikó, a professor at Sagan’s University in Hungary and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Drew Weissman, who performed his prizewinning research ... Read More »
1 responseKatalin 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 »
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