By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer The second season of COVID-19 for the NFL has been just as trying as the first, maybe more. The league is working through virus issues as positive tests skyrocket compared to working around them a year ago with pauses and postponements. Teams on the playoff bubble have to
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By MARGARET STAFFORD and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The University of Missouri says it currently does not plan to delay the start of the spring semester or return to online classes as some other universities have done because of the latest surge in COVID-19 cases. Stephens College, a private women’s college in Columbia, will offer
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Tennis star Sloane Stephens and soccer player Jozy Altidore have gotten married. Stephens and Altidore posted a wedding photo on their Instagram accounts. The wedding took place Saturday at the St. Regis Bal Harbour in Miami Beach, Florida, according to People magazine. The couple announced their engagement on Twitter in April
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah tech company founder and onetime prominent figure in state Republican politics is facing calls to step down after he sent an email screed to a several fellow executives outlining an antisemitic vaccination conspiracy theory. Fox13 reports Entrata founder and board chair David Bateman claimed the COVID-19 vaccine is
Continue Reading HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut high school has apologized after its girls’ basketball team beat an overmatched opponent 92-4. Sacred Heart Academy of Hamden beat Lyman Hall-Wallingford on Monday night. The Sharks led 29-0 after one quarter, 56-0 at halftime and 80-0 after three quarters. Sacred Heart’s president says the school is deeply remorseful
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN One Texas grandfather-granddaughter duo share more than just a family tree now. They were able to graduate from college together, side-by-side. Melanie Salazar, 23, and her grandfather Rene Neira, now 88, both graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) December 11, 2021. Neira started school in the 1950s,
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Hackers vulneraron las redes informáticas de un sistema de salud del sureste de Florida en octubre y podrían haber accedido a la información personal y financiera confidencial de más de 1,3 millones de personas, anunció esta semana el sistema de salud. Los números de Seguro Social, el historial médico del
Continue Reading By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With the best record in the NFL heading into the last week of the regular season, the Green Bay Packers kept the top spot in the latest AP Pro32 poll. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Los Angeles Rams each moved up two spots to
Continue Reading By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With the best record in the NFL heading into the last week of the regular season, the Green Bay Packers kept the top spot in the latest AP Pro32 poll. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Los Angeles Rams each moved up two spots to
Continue Reading By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With the best record in the NFL heading into the last week of the regular season, the Green Bay Packers kept the top spot in the latest AP Pro32 poll. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Los Angeles Rams each moved up two spots to
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By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former hermit in New Hampshire whose cabin in the woods burned down after nearly three decades on the property that he was ordered to leave and who received more than $200,000 in donations has been charged with trespassing there once again. There’s been an outpouring
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — This week’s remaining episodes of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” have been scrapped after the host tested positive for COVID-19. Meyers tweeted Tuesday about his positive result but said he felt fine, thanking the vaccine and a booster shot. NBC has canceled shows scheduled from Tuesday to
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Former Heisman Trophy winner Chris Weinke has been named Georgia Tech’s quarterbacks coach. Coach Geoff Collins fired three assistants, including offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Dave Patenaude, following a 3-9 season that ended with six consecutive losses. New offensive coordinator offensive Chip Long will coach the Yellow Jackets’ tight ends. Weinke led
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — New Jersey Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton is scheduled to have surgery Wednesday on his broken jaw. The team did not give a timetable for his return. Hamilton was put on injured reserve retroactive to Sunday, when he took a puck to the face off a shot from Washington defenseman Justin Schultz. The
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By Holmes Lybrand Two West Virginia brothers who brought bats to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, were sentenced Thursday by a federal judge in Washington, DC. Eric Cramer, 43, who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in a restricted area and tried to grab a baton from a police officer, was sentenced to eight
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By Tierney Sneed Former President Donald Trump was hit with two new federal lawsuits Tuesday from law enforcement officers who were at the US Capitol on January 6 and who allege that Trump directed the assault that left them injured and emotionally traumatized. The two complaints — one filed by a US Capitol Police officer
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The 2022 Missouri legislative session begins Wednesday at noon. Ahead of this year’s session, 32 bills mentioning COVID-19 have been pre-filed; 14 in the House and 18 in the Senate.
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A jury has ended the suspense surrounding the fraud trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes by finding her guilty on four of the 11 charges facing her, but some issues in the legal drama remain unresolved. Perhaps the biggest question centers on how
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A jury has ended the suspense surrounding the fraud trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes by finding her guilty on four of the 11 charges facing her, but some issues in the legal drama remain unresolved. Perhaps the biggest question centers on how
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Charlie Munger, the longtime pal of Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett, is apparently a very big fan of Alibaba… even though the 98-year-old has recently praised the Communist government of China for cracking down on the Chinese e-commerce company and cloud giant. Munger, who is a vice chairman at
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