A Chicago woman crushed a world record Saturday by hula-hooping for 100 hours. Jenny Doan set out to break the record in marathon hula-hooping as recognized by Guinness World Records and she did so by beating the current record by 25 hours. Her accomplishment must be verified by Guinness, but once that is done, she
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Records never seem to matter in rivalry games, and Saturday’s Battle of I-10 was once again proof of that. UTEP and NMSU entered the contest with an overall record of 1-9, but in this year’s Battle of I-10 it was NMSU that had the home field advantage. The Aggies erupted
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First, they felt pain all over their body. Next, a lump — sometimes as small as pea, other times as big as an apple — protruded from their skin. Then, as the disease spread throughout their body, they coughed up blood. Finally — for many of them — came death. That was how people hundreds
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Friday night after experiencing chills and a fever earlier in the day, the Supreme Court said in a statement Saturday. Ginsburg, 86, was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, before being transferred to Hopkins for further evaluation and treatment. With
Continue Reading The NFL has disciplined 33 players involved in the November 14 brawl between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns, according to a source with direct knowledge of how the NFL disciplines players. During the fight, Browns defensive end Myles Garrett ripped off the helmet of Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph and struck him in the
Continue Reading The founder of a major airline in Nigeria has been charged with bank fraud and money laundering for allegedly moving more than $20 million from foreign sources through American bank accounts and using it, in part, to pay for living expenses, luxury cars and high-end shopping, according to US officials and federal court documents. Allen
Continue Reading Ohio State University star defensive end Chase Young broke the school’s single season sacks record in his return Saturday after a two-game suspension. Young was suspended earlier this month after it was found he once accepted a loan from a family friend, violating NCAA rules. “I repaid it in full last summer and I’m working
Continue Reading A second suspect was arrested Friday in connection with the disappearance of Alabama college student Aniah Blanchard. Members of the Auburn, Alabama, Police Department and the US Marshals Task Force arrested Antwain Shamar Fisher, 35, of Montgomery and charged him with first-degree kidnapping, Auburn Chief of Police Paul Register said. Fisher, who also goes by
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The Harvard-Yale football game was delayed Saturday after more than a hundred students and alumni flooded the field to protest against the schools’ endowments from fossil fuel companies. “Nobody wins. Yale & Harvard are complicit in climate injustice,” read a banner held by the students. Harvard was leading Yale 15-3 during the game in New
Continue Reading(CNN) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Friday night after experiencing chills and a fever earlier in the day, the Supreme Court said in a statement Saturday. Ginsburg, 86, was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, before being transferred to Hopkins for further evaluation
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Washington (CNN) — La jueza Ruth Bader Ginsburg fue ingresada en el Hospital Johns Hopkins en Baltimore el viernes por la noche después de experimentar escalofríos y fiebre más temprano ese mismo día, informo la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos en un comunicado el sábado. Ginsburg, de 86 años, fue evaluada inicialmente en el Hospital
Continue Reading Two words: Baby Yoda. You don’t need to be a Star Wars fan to know about the cutest character to probably ever grace our collective TV screens. This perfect creature has taken the world by storm, after making its debut at the end of the first episode of the new Disney+ series “The Mandalorian.” From
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN) — La versión eléctrica reinventada de la camioneta según Elon Musk, el Cybertruck, ha captado cierta atención en internet y ventas. El multimillonario tuiteó el sábado que hay 146.000 pedidos del vehículo futurista hasta ahora, solo dos días después de que se dio a conocer con una respuesta mixta. Musk también enfatizó
Continue Reading (CNN) — Una iglesia en Zacatecas, México, encargó lo que llama la estatua más grande del niño Jesús en el mundo. Pero Internet está obsesionado con su inquietante parecido con cierto líder de una banda de los 80. No, esta imponente estatua de casi 7 metros del Hijo de Dios que preside la Parroquia de
Continue Reading An Amtrak train struck a vehicle in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Saturday afternoon, killing at least three people, authorities said. “It appears the vehicle was traveling over the tracks and did not stop” as the train approached, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Teri Barbera told CNN. Investigators believe three people were in the
Continue Reading (CNN) — Unas 169 personas han sido arrestadas en Colombia durante las recientes protestas, dijo el sábado el general Óscar Atehortúa, director de la Policía Nacional. Atehortúa dijo que 21 de los arrestados eran menores de edad. Temor en Bogotá durante el toque de queda, tras la segunda jornada de protestas “Hemos capturado durante estas refriegas
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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has placed at least $37 million worth of television advertising over the next two weeks, according to data from Kantar Media/CMAG, possibly signaling that his formal entry to the 2020 presidential race is imminent. Bloomberg’s massive buy — 60 second spots across some 100 markets — will begin
Continue Reading Alabama fans greeted quarterback Tua Tagovailoa with cheers on Saturday, just one week after his season-ending hip injury. Fans erupted with a roar as Tagovailoa emerged from the stadium tunnel riding a cart onto the field before Alabama’s home game against Western Carolina. It was also the school’s Senior Day. Tagovailoa dislocated his hip during
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — River Plate de Argentina y Flamengo de Brasil disputaron este sábado la gran final de la Copa Libertadores 2019, un encuentro jugado en Lima, Perú, por primera vez a partido único. La gran rivalidad entre los clubes argentinos y brasileños y la emoción de este disputado juego, que terminó con victoria de
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — En un final de película, Flamengo de Brasil se coronó campeón de la Copa Libertadores de América tras vencer por marcador de 2-1 a River Plate de Argentina en el partido disputado en Lima, Perú. Al saltar a la cancha, el delantero de Flamengo, Gabriel Barbosa, había tocado la copa, lo que
Continue Reading At least 29 people were killed in Kenya as heavy rains triggered a landslide, President Uhuru Kenyatta said in a statement Saturday. The landslide began around 2:30 a.m. Saturday in West Pokot County near the Ugandan border, according to the statement. The landslide caused “massive destruction” to infrastructure like bridges and roads. “My thoughts and
Continue Reading A New Jersey woman has been convicted of second degree vehicular homicide in one of the first cases in the state to rely on texting while driving to establish recklessness, according to the Office of the Monmouth County Prosecutor. Alexandra Mansonet, 50, faces five to 10 years in prison after a state court jury on
Continue Reading The 5-year-old boy thrown off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in Minnesota has improved so much he’s walking “perfectly” and attending school, according to a post on his family-run GoFundMe account. “He loves being back to school and going to kindergarten at the same school his twin brother and sister go to,”
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Click here for updates on this story Multnomah County (KPTV) — A man was sentenced to 90 days in jail and ordered to write an essay for yelling ‘go back to your country’ and then spitting in a person’s face. The Multnomah County District Attorney said 37-year-old Harold Eugene Denson III will have to write
Continue Reading Ronald Wayne White’s body was found during a routine check of apartments where tenants did not appear to be using water, according to police in DeSoto,Texas, a suburb southwest of Dallas. The Navy veteran was discovered on the kitchen floor of his apartment in DeSoto earlier this month — about three years after his death,
Continue Reading Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer said Friday that a military review of the status of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher should proceed despite President Donald Trump tweeting Thursday that Gallagher should not lose it, a possible outcome of the review. “I believe the process matters for good order and discipline,” Spencer told Reuters on the
Continue Reading The Baltimore Museum of Art unveiled plans that it will only buy art by women next year. Right now, only four percent of the museum’s collection is by female artists. As part of the BMA’s 2020 Vision initiative, the museum will also showcase at least 20 exhibitions featuring work from a diverse range of women,
Continue Reading A series of racist and anti-Semitic incidents have rattled college campuses nationwide as educators struggle to stop them from spreading. This week alone, at least five incidents have been reported on college campuses hundreds of miles apart from one another. Here’s a breakdown: University of Georgia: Swastikas at residence halls At the University of Georgia,
Continue Reading Rappers Iggy Azalea and Playboi Carti were robbed last week, with more than $350,000 worth of jewelry taken from their Atlanta home in under 10 minutes, according to a police report. Azalea, whose real name is Amethyst Kelly, was at home the night of November 14 in the Atlanta house she rents with Carti when
Continue Reading The circle of life revealed itself Saturday at the Cincinnati Zoo. A giraffe entered the world just six days after its father, Kimba, died. The calf and mother are doing well and bonding at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, according to a press release from the zoo. The calf’s gender is unknown, the zoo
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