By The Associated Press The NCAA has updated its pandemic-related protocols for winter sports athletes and teams to follow updated CDC guidelines. The biggest recommendation is a booster for those who are beyond two months of receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, five months of receiving the Pfizer or six months of receiving the Moderna
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By The Associated Press Airlines are responding to high sickout numbers during the pandemic by trimming their schedules. Alaska Airlines said Thursday that it will cut its schedule by about 10% for the rest of January. The move comes as nationwide flight cancellations top 2,100, the 12th straight day above 1,000. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines says
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in neighboring states in recent months. Park officials say it’s the most Yellowstone wolves killed in a season since the predators were reintroduced more than 25 years ago. Details
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las escuelas están cerrando y los hospitales infantiles se están llenan de niños enfermos con la variante de coronavirus más reciente y altamente transmisible: ómicron. Mientras, los padres y cuidadores se enfrentan una vez más a qué hacer para mantener a sus hijos seguros y ocupados durante otro año de
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two former investment executives from Japan have pleaded guilty in Las Vegas in what prosecutors have called a $1.5 billion international Ponzi scheme with 10,000 victims in the U.S. and abroad. Junzo Suzuki and his son, Paul Suzuki, entered their pleas Wednesday in U.S. District Court.
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Assailants have left 10 beaten, murdered bodies in front of the governor’s office in the north-central Mexican state of Zacatecas. The bodies of eight men and two women were crammed into a pickup truck left before dawn Thursday near a Christmas tree in the main plaza of the state capital, also
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A New York man has been arrested on charges that he worked as a secret agent of the Egyptian government, including by gathering information about the political opponents of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi. The Justice Department says 39-year-old Pierre Girgis, a dual national of Egypt and the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former US Attorney General Eric Holder. Personal Birth date: January 21, 1951 Birth place: Bronx, New York Birth name: Eric Himpton Holder Jr. Father: Eric Himpton Holder, realtor Mother: Miriam (Yearwood) Holder Marriage: Sharon (Malone) Holder (1990-present) Children: Maya, Brooke and Eric Education: Columbia
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 40-year-old Wichita man has been sentenced to four consecutive life sentences for sexually assaulting a young girl. Jeremiah Orange was sentenced Wednesday for abusing a girl during the summer of 2016 while she and her mother were staying with him. He was convicted in November of two counts of rape
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By Jim Acosta, CNN A former Trump White House official said then-President Donald Trump initially refused to tweet the words “stay peaceful” as the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was escalating. As a violent pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol and sent lawmakers scrambling for their lives, Trump tweeted at 2:38 p.m.
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By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN An Italian citizen who allegedly impersonated people in the publishing industry to get manuscripts of upcoming books, including one from a Pulitzer Prize winner, was arrested Wednesday at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a federal prosecutor’s office announced. Filippo Bernardini, 29, who is from London and works in the publishing industry,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Tributes to Peter Bogdanovich poured in following the death of the filmmaker, writer, critic and film historian. Bogdanovich, whose films included “The Last Picture Show” and “Paper Moon,” died Thursday at the age of 82. Among those who paid their respects were Francis Ford Coppola, Tatum O’Neal and Guillermo del Toro.
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By Naomi Thomas, Virginia Langmaid and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Former health advisers to President Joe Biden say the US strategy for the Covid-19 pandemic needs to be updated to face a “new normal” of living with the virus, rather than aiming to eliminate it. In three pieces published in the Journal of the American Medical
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Continue Reading CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The rapid spread of COVID-19 has infected more than 100 detainees at one of Missouri’s largest county jails. St. Louis County officials said Thursday that 110 of the 825 people jailed at the Buzz Westfall Justice Center have tested positive for the virus. Another 30 detainees are showing symptoms and awaiting
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A medida que el tiempo extremo causaba estragos en todo el mundo en 2021, se produjo un cambio asombroso en el extremo norte del Ártico, en gran parte fuera de la vista, pero detectable por una red de sensores. Los relámpagos aumentaron significativamente en la región que rodea al Polo Norte,
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Montana native Tommy Mellott knows what it means for Montana State to be in its first national championship game since 1984. The Bobcats will play in the FCS national championship game Saturday with Mellott at quarterback. The true freshman took over as their starter after the regular season, and
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Jose Mourinho was left gesticulating in apparent disapproval after two grievous errors from his Roma players handed AC Milan a 3-1 win in Serie A. Striker Tammy Abraham stuck out his arm to block a shot that resulted in a penalty for Milan then defender Roger
Continue ReadingBy Brian Maass Click here for updates on this story BOULDER COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — At the height of the Marshall fire, some fire crews on the front lines, trying to get water on to burning houses, ran into a nightmarish scenario; fire hydrants with no water pressure and no water brought about by a
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story GRANBURY, Texas (KTVT) — A 23-year-old mother and her baby were injured on Wednesday, Jan. 5 after a shooting outside Walmart on U.S. Highway 377. Granbury police said the shooting, which happened just before 11:30 a.m., was accidental. Based on witness statements and evidence at
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