WACO, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas school district is closing its schools after two teachers died last week of COVID-19. Connally Independent School District officials closed its seven suburban Waco schools for the rest of the week Tuesday after the Saturday COVID-19 death of 41-year-old Natalia Chansler. She taught social studies to sixth graders
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WACO, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas school district is closing its schools after two teachers died last week of COVID-19. Connally Independent School District officials closed its seven suburban Waco schools for the rest of the week Tuesday after the Saturday COVID-19 death of 41-year-old Natalia Chansler. She taught social studies to sixth graders
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By The Associated Press Major League Baseball teams can now expand their rosters, but there’s something different about September call-ups this season — clubs can add just two players. Instead of swelling clubhouses and dugouts to 40 players, teams can only expand from 26 to 28 starting Wednesday. Even before COVID-19 altered and shortened the
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Ángela Reyes (CNN)– Las autoridades de París obligan a los conductores a apretar el freno con un nuevo límite de velocidad en casi todas las calles de la ciudad, en un intento por reducir la contaminación y mejorar la seguridad vial. ¿Pero funcionará? Hay dudas sobre si la norma, que limita la velocidad a 30
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By Kristen Holmes, CNN As coronavirus cases rise across the South, state health officials, hospital consultants and oxygen suppliers continue to sound alarms over a potential shortage of medical grade oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients in the region. The Biden administration is working with and remains in close contact with oxygen suppliers and home health
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — The staff for new Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd includes WNBA player Kristi Toliver and just-retired NBA player Jared Dudley. Kidd’s eight assistants also include Igor Kokoskov, who coached a national team that included Mavs standout guard Luka Doncic. Darrell Armstrong, God Shammgod and Peter Patton have all been in Dallas for
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DALLAS (AP) — The staff for new Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd includes WNBA player Kristi Toliver and just-retired NBA player Jared Dudley. Kidd’s eight assistants also include Igor Kokoskov, who coached a national team that included Mavs standout guard Luka Doncic. Darrell Armstrong, God Shammgod and Peter Patton have all been in Dallas for
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Showers and storms will be more prevalent through Thursday as remnants of once hurricane Nora moves northward. An abundance of moisture hangs out and thus any storms that develop will be capable of producing heavy rains and flooding potential. Temps are expected to drop in the mid and upper 80’s as more clouds and moisture
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A grand jury has declined to indict a Texas police officer in the death of a Black man who was shot as he ran away after being confronted. Twenty-two-year-old Joshua Feast died Dec. 9 after he was shot by La Marque police Officer Jose Santos. Civil
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A grand jury has declined to indict a Texas police officer in the death of a Black man who was shot as he ran away after being confronted. Twenty-two-year-old Joshua Feast died Dec. 9 after he was shot by La Marque police Officer Jose Santos. Civil
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By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Middle Tennessee remains deep in recovery mode after last week’s deadly and destructive flooding — and it appears to have been spared from any significant flooding from Tropical Depression Ida. Ida on Tuesday dropped about 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain over areas west of Nashville, and rainfall was coming
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Continue Reading Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A retired Naval officer admitted in federal court in San Diego to sending a Malaysian defense contractor classified ship schedules for the Navy’s Seventh Fleet in exchange for more than $45,000 in bribes, including stays at luxury hotels. Retired Chief Warrant Officer Robert Gorsuch also admitted in Tuesday that
Continue Reading ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds have obtained minor league outfielder Delino DeShields Jr. from the Boston Red Sox for cash. DeShields was with Boston’s Triple-A team in Worcester and was assigned to the Reds’ top minor league team in Louisville. The 29-year old DeShields provides outfield depth for the Reds, who started
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Timbers midfielder Eryk Williamson is out for the season because of a left knee injury that will require surgery. Williamson tore his ACL during Portland’s 2-0 victory over the Sounders in Seattle. Williamson has played for the Timbers for three seasons, making 31 starts. He has four goals and seven
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Chelsea has further bolstered its strong squad ahead of its Champions League title defense by signing Spain midfielder Saul Niguez on loan from Atlético Madrid until the end of the season. The deal includes an option to make the transfer permanent after the season. Saul will provide competition in central midfield with
Continue Reading By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN An artist from Lake Tahoe played music while on the road to put the anxiety of evacuating from the Caldor Fire behind him, if only for a moment. Mel Smothers told CNN that he decided to evacuate with his wife, Liz, and dog, Peak, on Monday after assessing the situation
Continue Reading By Paula Reid and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department on Tuesday unveiled a grand jury indictment against a Florida man for his alleged role in a scheme to defraud the family of Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz out of $25 million. Stephen Alford, 62, of Fort Walton Beach, faces charges including wire fraud, according
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 terror attacks. Yet an estimated 33,000 or more people successfully evacuated the stricken buildings. They navigated mountains of smoky stairs in the World Trade Center’s twin towers or streamed out of a flaming Pentagon. Some fled an otherworldly
Continue Reading ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Hockey is returning to the University of Alaska Anchorage after donors, including the NHL’s newest team, raised over $3 million after the program was eliminated. University officials announced that the Seawolves will return for the 2022-23 season. The Anchorage Daily News reports the team will need a year to regroup after
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have placed cornerback Malcolm Butler on the reserve/retired list, potentially signaling the end of his seven-year career. NFL Network had reported that Butler was mulling retirement because of a “personal situation.” The 31-year-old Butler signed a $6 million, one-year deal with the
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By Nadia Kounang, Virginia Langmaid and Amanda Sealy, CNN Two senior leaders in the US Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine review office are stepping down, even as the agency works toward high-profile decisions around Covid-19 vaccine approvals, authorizations for younger children and booster shots. The retirements of Dr. Marion Gruber, director of the Office of
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 54 new COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the third consecutive day. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s total to 32,600 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began more than a year ago. The known death total remained at 1,403. Based on cases from
Continue Reading By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Fifteen people are facing charges connected to a fake Covid-19 vaccination card conspiracy involving the sale of forged cards and the fraudulent entry of people into New York’s vaccination database, the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. announced in a news release Tuesday. Thirteen of the people who
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN Laughter transcends all languages — and now scientists know this spontaneous response is universal across some primate species, too. The laughing patterns of human infants match those of great apes, according to a study published Tuesday in Biology Letters. Human adults primarily laugh while exhaling, whereas infants and great apes laugh
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Penny Hardaway says the new name, image and likeness rules have helped him land another top recruiting class at Memphis. Hardaway said Tuesday the NIL rules helped ease the strain on players needing to make money and weighing their options between earning money by going to the NBA’s
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Quarterback Deshaun Watson remained on the active roster as the Houston Texans made cuts to reduce their roster to 53 players. Watson’s future with the team is in question after 22 women filed lawsuits alleging that he sexually assaulted or harassed them. Houston police and the
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Quarterback Deshaun Watson remained on the active roster as the Houston Texans made cuts to reduce their roster to 53 players. Watson’s future with the team is in question after 22 women filed lawsuits alleging that he sexually assaulted or harassed them. Houston police and the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgetown has canceled Saturday’s football season opener against Marist after the school said a coronavirus-related pause during training camp affected preparations and conditioning. Athletic director Lee Reed says the team made the decision out of an abundance of caution and is preparing for its next game Sept. 11 at Delaware State. Reed
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who wasn’t a fan of R. Kelly says she ended up getting exposed to a sexually transmitted disease after he enticed her to join him on the road. She testified Tuesday at the R&B entertainer’s sex-trafficking trial not using her real name. She was 19 when her older half
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