By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has fired basketball coach Chris Beard, who faces a felony domestic family violence charge stemming from a Dec. 12 incident involving his fiancée, with the school telling his attorney on Thursday that Beard is “unfit” for the position. Beard had five years left on
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By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has fired basketball coach Chris Beard, who faces a felony domestic family violence charge stemming from a Dec. 12 incident involving his fiancée, with the school telling his attorney on Thursday that Beard is “unfit” for the position. Beard had five years left on
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By Brian Fung, CNN Email addresses linked to more than 200 million Twitter profiles are currently circulating on underground hacker forums, security experts say. The apparent data leak could expose the real-life identities of anonymous Twitter users and make it easier for criminals to hijack Twitter accounts, the experts warned, or even victims’ accounts on
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Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz named Kirby Moore as the Tigers’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Thursday.
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ top criminal appeals court has barred a civil court judge from issuing orders in a lawsuit by three death row inmates who allege the state plans to use expired and unsafe drugs to execute them. Attorneys for inmates Wesley Ruiz, John Balentine and Robert Fratta
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A beach town that is defying New Jersey’s order not to shore up its eroding sand dunes is suing the state for $21 million. That’s how much North Wildwood says it spent over the past decade on trucking sand in as part of an ultimately
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Una familia de La Plata, provincia de Buenos Aires, viajó con toda su ilusión a Qatar para apoyar a la Scaloneta. Pero nunca imaginó que los campeones del mundo iban a dar la vuelta olímpica con el trofeo que ahora guardan en su casa. Y menos se iban
Continue ReadingCNN en Español (CNN Español) — Los científicos advierten que la variante del coronavirus XBB.1.5 puede ser la más transmisible desde ómicron, que causó fuertes oleadas de contagios, pero indican que, hasta ahora, no hay indicios de que cause una enfermedad de mayor gravedad. Durante el mes de diciembre, el porcentaje de nuevas infecciones de
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BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have designated first baseman Ryan O’Hearn for assignment two days after acquiring him in a trade with Kansas City. They also claimed infielder Lewin Díaz off waivers from Atlanta after trading him to the Braves last month. The Orioles acquired O’Hearn from the Royals for cash Tuesday. Now they
Continue Reading BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have designated first baseman Ryan O’Hearn for assignment two days after acquiring him in a trade with Kansas City. They also claimed infielder Lewin Díaz off waivers from Atlanta after trading him to the Braves last month. The Orioles acquired O’Hearn from the Royals for cash Tuesday. Now they
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer As college football’s postseason heads toward the debut of an expanded, 12-team playoff in 2024 those involved with bowls anticipate changes. A bigger playoff will impact the scheduling of bowls, maybe even the number of bowls. What its takes for a team to qualify for a bowl
Continue ReadingBy CBS Baltimore Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland’s casinos generated $165.2 million in gaming revenue in November, the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission said Thursday. That’s a decrease of 4.5%, or about $7.7 million, compared to December 2021. The state’s six casinos generated over $50.6 million for
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Friday’s jobs report is expected to show that the US economy added 200,000 jobs in December, with the unemployment rate holding steady for the third-straight month at 3.7%. The Labor Department’s final monthly employment tally for 2022 likely brings with it some familiar storylines. — Job growth is expected to remain
Continue Reading CARSON, Calif. (AP) — The LA Galaxy have signed MLS veterans Chris Mavinga and Jose “Memo” Rodriguez. The Galaxy also traded defender Nick DePuy to Nashville for $50,000 in general allocation money and a second-round draft pick in 2024. Mavinga agreed to a two-year deal with the Galaxy after spending the previous six seasons with
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Delta Air Lines is rolling out free Wi-Fi to most of its planes beginning February 1. “It’s going to be free, it’s going to be fast and its going to be available for everyone,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian said Thursday at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He added that
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By Gregory Krieg, CNN Democrat Josh Shapiro, the incoming Pennsylvania governor, announced Thursday that he has selected Republican Al Schmidt, a leading opponent of former President Donald Trump‘s efforts to disrupt the counting of votes in 2020, to become secretary of the commonwealth, the state’s top elections official. Schmidt was the lone Republican on Philadelphia’s
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By WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Even in the ice and cold there’s a team near Monticello that’s always ready to work their tails off. Silent Run Adventures is a dog sledding team that got off to a unique start. In this week’s Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer Fisk University will make history this week when the school’s women’s gymnastics team becomes the first historically Black college or university to compete at the NCAA level. The Bulldogs are competing in the Super 16 in Las Vegas. Their debut for the Nashville-based school comes barely a year after
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Hakeem Jeffries, the US House minority leader. He is the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1970 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Hakeem Sekou Jeffries Father: Marland Jeffries, counselor Mother: Laneda (Gomes) Jeffries, social worker
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Unos arqueólogos alemanes descubrieron algunas de las pruebas más antiguas del uso de prendas de vestir: unas marcas de corte recién descubiertas en la pata de un oso de las cavernas sugieren que estos animales prehistóricos fueron despellejados por su piel hace unos 300.000 años. Detalle de las precisas y finas
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