SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico state health officials are keeping a wary watch over demands for hospital care as sustained delta variant infections strain medical resources. In a Wednesday online briefing, health officials said that a majority of infections, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 statewide continue to be among the unvaccinated. The state
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By MICHAEL BIESECKER and GERALD HERBERT Associated Press PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — Aerial survey imagery released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and reviewed by The Associated Press shows what appears to be a miles-long oil slick near an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida. The government imagery released
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By MICHAEL BIESECKER and GERALD HERBERT Associated Press PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — Aerial survey imagery released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and reviewed by The Associated Press shows what appears to be a miles-long oil slick near an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida. The government imagery released
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By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants used free agency and the draft to fill holes in the lineup and to give Joe Judge a better chance in his second season as coach. They gobbled up playmaking receiver Kenny Golladay, veteran tight end Kyle Rudolph and cornerback
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The improvement the Las Vegas Raiders showed offensively in year three under Jon Gruden was negated by the lack of progress on defense. The end result was another season without a winning record or playoff berth. That prompted an offseason of change for the Raiders, who brought in
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — All-Pro safety Tyrann Mathieu has tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed on the league’s reserve list Wednesday, though he could be back with the team soon and available for Week 1 against Cleveland. Mathieu is fully vaccinated, a person familiar with the situation
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador aprobó este martes la reforma a la Ley de la Carrera Judicial que establece el retiro obligatorio de jueces que cumplan 60 años o tengan 30 años de servicio, y cambia el procedimiento de traslado a otras áreas. Hasta ahora no había
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CNN’s Barbara Starr asked Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the pain and anger he said he was feeling about the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb and Natasha Bertrand, CNN With the US withdrawal from Afghanistan officially complete, the White House is set to begin the difficult process of reviewing the chaotic and deadly evacuation operation that lurched into high gear after Kabul fell to the Taliban, forcing Biden officials to confront how they got things wrong in
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HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say the friend of an off-duty New Orleans police officer who was fatally shot during a holdup on the patio of a Houston restaurant has also died, more than a week after being wounded in the shooting. Houston police said Wednesday that 43-year-old Dyrin Riculfy was pronounced dead on Tuesday.
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say the friend of an off-duty New Orleans police officer who was fatally shot during a holdup on the patio of a Houston restaurant has also died, more than a week after being wounded in the shooting. Houston police said Wednesday that 43-year-old Dyrin Riculfy was pronounced dead on Tuesday.
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) — First-year general manager George Paton brought both a fresh approach and a throwback doctrine to the Denver Broncos in his first crack at roster building following a two-decade apprenticeship in scouting and personnel. Paton refurbished Denver’s defense, starting with the secondary, and beefed up the
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By Eric Levenson and Gary Tuchman, CNN Grand Isle, Louisiana’s last remaining inhabited barrier island at the southern tip of the state, bore the brunt of Hurricane Ida and was devastated by the Category 4 storm’s high winds, rain and storm surge. “I’ve never seen it look like this,” Bryan Adams, director of Jefferson Parish
Continue Reading Video from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, shows workers rescuing a cow who was stuck in a tree from the floodwaters caused by Hurricane Ida. The cow was safely rescued.
Continue Reading By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Josh VanMeter homered in a six-run third inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks knocked out Yu Darvish on the way to an 8-3 victory over the San Diego Padres. Luke Weaver made his first start in 3 1/2 months and took a shutout into the sixth inning. Pavin
Continue Reading By LES BOWEN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zach Ertz still wants to finish his career with the Philadelphia Eagles. The three-time Pro Bowl tight end said Wednesday that after more than a year of acrimony with the front office, he was “here to just kind of put it in the past.” Ertz’s return to
Continue Reading AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Stellantis, the car company that includes Chrysler and Fiat, is getting into the auto-finance business. Stellantis said Wednesday it agreed to pay $285 million for the parent of First Investors Financial Services Group. That company is based in Houston, and buying it will give Stellantis the ability to offer in-house
Continue Reading AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Stellantis, the car company that includes Chrysler and Fiat, is getting into the auto-finance business. Stellantis said Wednesday it agreed to pay $285 million for the parent of First Investors Financial Services Group. That company is based in Houston, and buying it will give Stellantis the ability to offer in-house
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DETROIT, Michigan – When one door closes, another one opens, but in the NFL that’s not always the case. Sometimes it takes a little bit of luck to get an opportunity elsewhere, and that’s exactly what happened to Steven Montez. Wednesday, the former Del Valle quarterback was signed to the practice squad of the Detroit
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Teams one year removed from a Super Bowl appearance rarely find themselves in position to select a quarterback near the top of the draft. Teams with a roster capable of contending for a Super Bowl rarely put the team in the hands of
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has renewed her efforts to force the state’s attorney general from office after he hit and killed a pedestrian last year. She delivered to the House speaker an external hard drive containing the crash investigation file. The House had indicated
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — The members of the Major League Baseball’s first all-minority lineup say they didn’t set out to make history. The Pittsburgh Pirates started nine Black or Latin players on Sept. 1, 1971, in a 10-7 win over Philadelphia. The surviving members of the team say they didn’t
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 By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona quarterback Kyler Murray and coach Kliff Kingsbury had a two-year honeymoon to adjust to life in the NFL. There were some good moments, some bad moments and that inconsistency was reflected in an 8-8 record one season ago. Now it’s time for the Cardinals
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens are 30-7 in the regular season with Lamar Jackson as the starting quarterback. So another playoff appearance this season feels like more of a bare minimum than a goal. Whether Baltimore can finally catch Kansas City as the class of the
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After reaching the U.S. Open final last year with no fans, Victoria Azarenka appreciates playing in front of people again. Especially because of what they had to do to be in the stands. Spectators must show proof of at least one dose of a COVID-19
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Consejo Supremo Electoral de Nicaragua publicó este miércoles en La Gaceta, diario oficial, el listado preliminar de candidatos a la presidencia y vicepresidencia del país, así como de los aspirantes a diputados nacionales, departamentales y al Parlamento Centroamericano que participarán en las elecciones generales del 7 de noviembre. La fórmula más
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN Business A federal bankruptcy judge ruled that Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller OxyContin, will be dissolved under a settlement deal and that its owners, members of the Sackler family, will pay out more than $4 billion to address the opioid epidemic that’s killed more than 500,000 Americans.
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — There’ll be no shortage of intrigue surrounding the New Orleans Saints’ first season in 15 years without all-time leading passer Drew Brees. They’re trying to make the playoffs for a fifth straight season and still have many players from the previous four. They include running
Continue Reading ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Emergency management officials have issued a severe weather warning as forecasters report widespread rain across western New Mexico and parts of the Rio Grande Valley. Wind gusts of about 45 mph were reported as rain moved into the Albuquerque area on Wednesday afternoon. Authorities warned people to away from arroyos, drainage
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