urielblanco (CNN) — Durante la lucha mundial por conseguir vacunas contra el covid-19, muchos países de Asia-Pacífico se quedaron atrás. Esta vez, no están cometiendo el mismo error. Los países de la región se apresuran a hacer pedidos de la última arma contra el covid-19: una píldora antiviral cuyo uso aún no está autorizado. El
Continue ReadingBy LEE PECK Click here for updates on this story DAPHNE, Alabama (WALA) — A week after Daphne Police urged people to be on the lookout for alligators near the bay, a dog was attacked and killed near May Day Park. When the weather permits, you’ll find Daphne resident Bruce Russell walking his dog Bodhi
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TERLINGUA, Texas (AP) — A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that the city of Dallas removed from a park and later sold during an online auction is now on display at a golf resort in West Texas. The 1935 sculpture was removed in 2017. The Houston Chronicle that it’s now at the Lajitas
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By Wayne Sterling and Amanda Jackson, CNN With less than a minute to go in the Mississippi Rebels and Tennessee Volunteers game Saturday night, fans threw trash onto the field following a defensive stop by the Rebels at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. Water bottles, pizza boxes, and beer cans littered the field, and a
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GOVE COUNTY, Kan. (AP) — A teen girl and a woman from Colorado died after their vehicles collided on Interstate 70 in western Kansas early Saturday and several other people were hurt. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Christina Satana of Pueblo, Colorado, was driving the wrong way in the eastbound lanes of I-70 in Gove
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By Raja Razek, CNN Newly released documents allege that Alex Murdaugh, a once-prominent South Carolina attorney now embroiled in scandals including alleged life insurance fraud, coordinated with his former housekeeper’s family to sue himself for insurance money that he then pocketed for himself, according to a pair of affidavits released Saturday. Murdaugh was arrested Thursday
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Celebrities have joined Prince William in London for the inaugural awards ceremony of his Earthshot Prize. The ambitious environmental program aims to find new ideas and technologies around the world to tackle climate change and Earth’s most pressing challenges. Actors Emma Thompson, Emma Watson and David Oyelowo
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By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Celebrities have joined Prince William in London for the inaugural awards ceremony of his Earthshot Prize. The ambitious environmental program aims to find new ideas and technologies around the world to tackle climate change and Earth’s most pressing challenges. Actors Emma Thompson, Emma Watson and David Oyelowo
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Cincinnati has moved up to No. 2 behind Georgia in The Associated Press college football poll for the best ranking for a team from outside the traditional power conferences since 2010. The Bulldogs remained a unanimous No. 1 with 63 first-place votes in the AP Top 25
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By Maeve Reston, CNN The damage from the recent California oil spill has so far been less disastrous than initially feared, but it has thrust the issue of offshore oil drilling on the West Coast into some of the most hotly contested US House races in the country. The spill created a plume that threatened
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has reprimanded an officer who used excessive force against protesters in the occupied West Bank. The punishment was announced Sunday in response to a pair of recent incidents, including pushing a 65-year-old Israeli peace activist to the ground. It says the officer,
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A study series led by Dutch researchers have found that avoiding the news during the pandemic was correlated with better mental well-being among participants in the Netherlands. The findings of the studies were outlined in the paper, “News Avoidance during the
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The organization representing Canada’s tourism industry is applauding the U.S. government’s decision to allow Canadian travellers with mixed vaccine doses once the border opens in November. On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that travellers with “any
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Investigators believe a massive cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line fouled the Southern California coastline. A team of federal investigators trying to chase down the cause of the spill boarded the
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Investigators believe a massive cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line fouled the Southern California coastline. A team of federal investigators trying to chase down the cause of the spill boarded the
Continue Reading NIJMEGEN, Netherlands (AP) — A small section of stand at Dutch top-flight club NEC Nijmegen’s Goffert Stadium has collapsed as fans of Vitesse Arnhem celebrated their team’s 1-0 victory. There are no reports of any injuries. Arnhem players were celebrating on the field in front of their fans after the match Sunday when the lowest
Continue Reading BEIRUT (AP) — The UN’s envoy for Syria has announced that the Syrian government and opposition have agreed to start drafting constitutional reforms for the war-torn country. The move will be a major step, after a nine-month hiatus and several rounds without progress. Geir Pedersen did not say what was behind the agreement or offer
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Newcastle has played its first game since being bought by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund with Tottenham the visitors to the northeast club. Outside St. James’ Park there was a vehicle emblazoned with the name “Jamal Khashoggi” alongside an image of the journalist murdered
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams was in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to urge Black churchgoers to turn out for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in next month’s Virginia governor’s election. Abrams says what happens in the most watched race this year will “show the world who we are”
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By Devan Cole, CNN Comedian Jon Stewart reflected on the state of American politics on Sunday, warning that although the country’s democratic system is under threat, Americans “still have time” to preserve it. “It’s bracing sometimes to hear the reality of people’s lives in other countries as — it’s not to say that warning signs
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