By PATTY NIEBERG, THOMAS PEIPERT AND COLLEEN SLEVIN The Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado woman has been denied a kidney transplant because she won’t be vaccinated against COVID-19 due to her religious views. Leilani Lutali faces the possibility of dying without a new kidney. However, the born-again Christian objects to the
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortions in Texas can resume under a federal judge’s ruling, but for how long? A conservative federal appeals court, and ultimately the Supreme Court, might take a more skeptical look at the Biden administration’s lawsuit over Texas’ six-week abortion ban. The state law had been in effect
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By Nicole Gaouette, Kylie Atwood and Mike Conte, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will meet with their Mexican counterparts Friday in Mexico to discuss a new security agreement called the “US-Mexico Bicentennial Framework for Security, Public Health and Safe Communities,” a senior administration official
Continue Reading W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — It took some time, but the Las Vegas Raiders have finally become a bona fide threat on the defensive front since trading star linebacker Khalil Mack to the Chicago Bears just nine days before the start of the 2018 season. Defensive ends Maxx Crosby and Yannick Ngakoue
Continue Reading NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Officials say two human feet that washed ashore months and miles apart in South Carolina belonged to the same person. Charleston County Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal said Wednesday that her office determined that they belonged to Janet Robinson, a 57-year-old woman who went missing. Her cause of death is still
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Deebo Samuel’s days of being mostly a gadget player capitalizing on shovel passes, jet sweeps and screen passes are in the past. Now in his third season with the San Francisco 49ers, Samuel is leading the NFL in yards receiving through four weeks
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor says President Joe Biden has decided to restore two sprawling national monuments in his state that were significantly downsized under President Donald Trump. Gov. Spencer Cox released a statement Thursday expressing disappointment in the Biden administration’s decision to restore Bears
Continue Reading By JOHN DUERDEN Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan surprisingly lost 1-0 to Saudi Arabia to leave its chances of a seventh successive World Cup appearance in jeopardy. Japan has now lost two of the first three games in Group B to sit six points behind Saudi Arabia and leaders Australia, who both
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — El bitcoin cumplió este jueves su primer mes como moneda de curso legal en El Salvador y la Policía confirmó que investiga denuncias de suplantación de perfiles en la billetera electrónica Chivo Wallet para cobrar el bono de US$ 30 que prometió el gobierno a todo aquel que descargara
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott is facing the New York Giants again almost a year to the day after his season-ending ankle injury against them on the same field. Giants running back Saquon Barkley had already been sidelined three weeks by a knee injury that
Continue Reading TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — Another armed Indigenous vigilante group has appeared in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. In a video posted on social media Thursday, a group of about 30 masked men are seen holding mainly hunting rifles and shotguns in the woods. The group say it is made up of members of
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term mortgage rates declined this week, with the benchmark 30-year loan slipping back below 3%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reports that the average rate for a 30-year mortgage eased to 2.99% from 3.01% last week. The rate for a 15-year loan, a popular option for homeowners refinancing their mortgages, fell to
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Officials say staffing shortages have gotten so bad at one of Kansas’ largest prisons that inmates are spending more time confined to their cells. Kansas Department of Corrections spokesperson Carol Pitts said in an email that staffing is a problem across the prison system but that the “greatest challenge” is at
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Al menos cuatro personas resultaron heridas en un tiroteo este miércoles en la escuela secundaria Timberview en Arlington, Texas. El sospechoso está bajo custodia y está siendo interrogado por los investigadores, dijo la policía. Esto es lo que sabemos hasta ahora: ¿Qué llevó al tiroteo en la escuela? Alrededor de
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Lt. Brian Leer said deputies issued a summons to Chad Cox, son of Mayor Chris Cox, for fourth-degree assault after a person said Cox confronted the Prenger Foods employee. The confrontation was allegedly over comments the person made to local media about turnover in the police department. The sheriff’s department was called to investigate to avoid any conflicts of interest, Leer said.
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By Hannah Rabinowitz Nine months after the US Capitol riot, a Pennsylvania woman has been formally charged with stealing and then selling or disposing of a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. An indictment unsealed on Thursday against Riley Williams accuses the 22-year-old of stealing a laptop from Pelosi’s office and then ultimately getting
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — Un sismo de magnitud 5,9 sacudió el noroeste de la prefectura de Chiba en Japón, que se encuentra al este de la capital Tokio, según la Agencia Meteorológica de Japón. La Agencia Meteorológica de Japón registró primero la magnitud de 6,1, con una profundidad inicial de 80 kilómetros. Desde entonces, el
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Business) — Twitch experimentó una importante violación de datos, confirmó el servicio de transmisión de juegos el miércoles. “Podemos confirmar que se ha producido una violación”, dijo Twitch, que es propiedad de Amazon, en Twitter. “Nuestros equipos están trabajando con urgencia para comprender el alcance de esto”. La declaración de la compañía se
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Otra víctima más de los ciberataques. La plataforma de streaming Twitch confirmó el miércoles por la noche que había experimentado una importante violación de datos. Más temprano, antes de la confirmación, se dio a conocer que un individuo anónimo supuestamente publicó más de 120 gigabytes de datos de Twitch en el
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Volunteers will be handing out masks to the Boston Marathon finishers as they leave the socially distanced course and disperse into the city’s bustling Back Bay. Race organizers have ordered 200,000 mask for their staff, volunteers and runners. That’s just one of the changes when the
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