Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Merck y Ridgeback Biotherapeutics anunciaron el viernes un resultado temprano que indica que su fármaco antiviral oral experimental molnupiravir podría reducir a la mitad el riesgo de muerte u hospitalización por covid-19. En un comunicado de prensa, la compañía dijo que el 7,3% de los 385 pacientes que recibieron el
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By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The move by Texas and Oklahoma to the Southeastern Conference is generating plenty of chatter in the Big 12. Now the Longhorns and Sooners are finally playing road games in the league they’re leaving. Plenty of things were the same in the 40th trip
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ABOARD THE SEABIRD (AP) — An Italian offshore supply vessel has rescued 65 migrants, including women and children, fleeing Libya to Europe on a crowded, wooden boat. The migrant boat was drifting after its engine stopped working and was spotted by the Seabird, an NGO monitoring aircraft flying over the central Mediterranean. Those on board
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The move by Texas and Oklahoma to the Southeastern Conference is generating plenty of chatter in the Big 12. Now the Longhorns and Sooners are finally playing road games in the league they’re leaving. Plenty of things were the same in the 40th trip
Continue Reading By BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged members Saturday at a church conference to listen to the faith’s leaders when they seek “pure truth.” Church President Russell M. Nelson thanked members who have followed church guidance, which has been to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A rally was held Saturday at the Boone County Courthouse for reproductive rights. Women’s March and more than 90 other organizations were at the rally to defend reproductive rights ahead of the Supreme Court reconvening on Monday. Organizers from CoMo for Progress, Mid-Missouri Peaceworks, and Planned Parenthood called on the community to
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City, Missouri, police are investigating the death of someone whose body was found in the Missouri River. WDAF-TV reports that kayakers found the body Saturday near the Bond Bridge. Authorities have not identified the victim or determined the victim’s gender. Authorities have not determined if foul play was involved.
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are investigating a fatal shooting. The shooting was reported just before noon Saturday. Officers called to the scene found a man with an apparent gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital where he died. The victim’s name and have not been released. Police say
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials have suspended nine firefighters without pay in connection with a string of racist messages and memes they shared on their phones, including ones that mocked the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year. That’s according to a report in The New York Times’ Friday editions.
Continue Reading RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With Brazil’s presidential election one year away, tens of thousands of demonstrators have marched in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and dozens of other cities around the country to protest President Jair Bolsonaro and call for his impeachment over his government’s handling of the pandemic. The protests, smaller than those
Continue Reading By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press Authorities say an electrician who got in an angry dispute with a supervisor attacked his coworkers at the Florida home they shared, killing two and critically injuring a third victim who is not expected to survive. Sheriff Grady Judd says Shaun Runyon and his colleagues were living in Florida’s Polk
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Durante sus cinco años trabajando en varios roles como asesora principal de Donald y Melania Trump, Stephanie Grisham tuvo quizás el punto de vista más íntimo de su tiempo en la Casa Blanca. Grisham describe esas conclusiones en detalle en sus próximas memorias, “I’ll Take Your Questions Now”. El libro,
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By Alaa Elassar and Maya Brown, CNN A man in New York City died early Saturday morning while subway surfing on top of the J-train on the Williamsburg Bridge. The 32-year-old man lost his footing, fell from the train onto the tracks, and was struck by an incoming train, the New York Police Department (NYPD)
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By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A third Alaska hospital has instituted crisis protocols that would allow it to ration care if needed as the state recorded the worst COVID-19 diagnosis rates in the U.S. in recent days. According to data collected by Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering,
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — The death of an Illinois State Police trooper on a Chicago expressway has been ruled a suicide. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said Saturday that an autopsy found 35-year-old District Chicago Trooper Gerald Mason died of a gunshot wound to the head a day earlier. The 11-year state police veteran died
Continue Reading By NATHAN HOWARD and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press STEVENS VILLAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two salmon species have all but disappeared from Alaska’s Yukon River this year, prompting the state to shut down fishing in an effort to save them. The ban on salmon harvests has created desperation in tribal communities that stockpile the migratory fish
Continue Reading By NATHAN HOWARD and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press STEVENS VILLAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two salmon species have all but disappeared from Alaska’s Yukon River this year, prompting the state to shut down fishing in an effort to save them. The ban on salmon harvests has created desperation in tribal communities that stockpile the migratory fish
Continue Reading Associated Press YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A century-old building originally used as a laundry by Chinese workers at Yosemite’s iconic hotel has been restored and turned into a visitor’s attraction. The Chinese Laundry Building was unveiled Friday, recognizing Chinese Americans’ contributions to the early history of the national park. New exhibits inside tell
Continue Reading Associated Press YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A century-old building originally used as a laundry by Chinese workers at Yosemite’s iconic hotel has been restored and turned into a visitor’s attraction. The Chinese Laundry Building was unveiled Friday, recognizing Chinese Americans’ contributions to the early history of the national park. New exhibits inside tell
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump wants a federal judge in Florida to force Twitter to restore his account, which the company suspended in January following the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol. Trump’s attorneys on Friday filed a motion in Miami federal court for a preliminary injunction against Twitter and its CEO
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