By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Another group of workers is suing Los Alamos National Laboratory over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The complaint argues the mandate discriminates against employees who seek religious or medical exemptions. The lawsuit was filed in federal court by a Chicago-based law firm on behalf of eight
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Andrew’s lawyer has asked a New York judge to keep sealed a 2009 legal agreement that he says can protect Andrew against a lawsuit’s claims that he sexually assaulted an American woman when she was under 18. The request was made in court papers late
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By Raja Razek, CNN A 36-year-old Pontoon Beach, Illinois, police officer was shot and killed Tuesday morning after attempting to approach a suspected stolen vehicle, the Illinois State Police said in a news release. As officer Tyler Timmins approached the vehicle early Tuesday, a male suspect began firing at him, wounding the officer, the release
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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Oregon State running back B.J. Baylor leads the Pac-12 in rushing and the Beavers’ improved ground game is one of the main reasons the team is just a win away from bowl eligibility for the first time since 2013. Oregon State ranks seventh nationally for rushing offense and
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By Devan Cole, CNN The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Cindy McCain as the US ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, securing a longtime Republican ally of President Joe Biden for a spot in his administration. McCain — the widow of GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona, whose relationship with Biden has
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The full, 107-page report from the independent investigation of the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault allegations from 2010 was made public. It describes in great detail the encounters between video coach Brad Aldrich and a player who sued the team earlier this year alleging Aldrich sexually assaulted him. The report also reveals
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By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/ Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Voting rights advocates have filed a new lawsuit in federal court over Texas’ newly redrawn congressional district maps. The lawsuit, filed by Texas voters and voting advocacy organization Voto Latino, claims the maps dilute the vote of communities of color. The GOP-drawn map
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Arnaut Danjuma has scored five minutes into stoppage time as Villarreal salvaged a 3-3 draw against Cádiz in the Spanish league. Danjuma got the equalizer with a shot from inside the area to keep Unai Emery’s team from losing its third league match in a row.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Criminal charges have not been ruled out in the fatal shooting on set of the Alec Baldwin movie “Rust,” the Santa Fe County district attorney told the New York Times on Tuesday afternoon. The district attorney said the investigation was focusing on ballistics in an effort to determine what kind
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s workers in 12 U.S. cities have walked off the job to protest what they say is an ongoing problem of sexual harassment and violence in the company’s stores. Organizers from the labor group Fight for $15 say several hundred workers were expected to participate in Chicago, Miami and
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Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — El 28 de octubre de 1962 el mundo evitó una guerra nuclear. Ese domingo, hace 59 años, el premier soviético Nikita Kruschev anunció un acuerdo con el presidente de Estados Unidos John F. Kennedy para desmantelar y retirar de Cuba varios misiles balísticos armados con ojivas nucleares que apuntaban hacia
Continue Reading CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania (AP) — Emma Raducanu has rallied to beat Polona Hercog of Slovenia 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 at the Transylvania Open for her first win since her stunning run to the U.S. Open title more than six weeks ago. It was also the teenager’s first victory on the WTA Tour. The 18-year-old Raducanu became the
Continue Reading QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung has been charged with assault and battery on a family or household member. Prosecutors allege the 34-year-old Chung pushed a woman to the ground and slapped her outside her home in Massachusetts on Monday. The Patriot Ledger reports that Chung was released Tuesday without
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — The last firefighter injured in a Dallas apartment blast last month is out of the hospital. A Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman says Capt. Christopher Gadomski was transferred to a rehabilitation center Monday, a month after the natural gas leak at an apartment complex broke both of his legs and burned his face and
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer It’s the year of the all-purpose running back in the Big 12. The conference has players occupying seven of the top 26 spots on the NCAA’s all-purpose yards chart. That’s three more than the next closest conference. Only one Big 12 player ranked in the top 40 each
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer It’s the year of the all-purpose running back in the Big 12. The conference has players occupying seven of the top 26 spots on the NCAA’s all-purpose yards chart. That’s three more than the next closest conference. Only one Big 12 player ranked in the top 40 each
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Mort Sahl has died. He was 94. Sahl helped pioneer a new, socially minded kind of comedy after World War II. During an era when many comedians dressed in tuxedos and told mother-in-law jokes, Sahl faced his audience wearing slacks, a sweater and an unbuttoned collar and carrying a rolled-up
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed two prominent anti-Trump Republicans to serve in the Biden administration. Senators on Tuesday confirmed former Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona to serve as the ambassador to Turkey and Cindy McCain, the wife of the late Sen. John McCain, to serve as the ambassador to the United
Continue Reading QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung has been charged with assault and battery on a family or household member. Prosecutors allege the 34-year-old Chung pushed a woman to the ground and slapped her outside her home in Massachusetts on Monday. The Patriot Ledger reports that Chung was released Tuesday without
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Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — Las autoridades sanitarias de Nicaragua están vacunando desde el lunes a niños y adolescentes de entre 2 y 17 años con dosis de las vacunas de fabricación cubana Soberana y Abdala. La vicepresidenta y portavoz del Gobierno, Rosario Murillo, dijo en su habitual llamada a medios oficiales que esperan vacunar
Continue Reading OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have designated defensive end Derek Wolfe for return, allowing him to resume practicing. The Ravens announced the move Tuesday. Wolfe has been on injured reserve since Oct. 2 because of back problems. Wolfe was a regular starter for eight seasons with the Denver Broncos, then started eight
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A woman and her boyfriend have been arrested in the death of the woman’s 8-year-old son, whose skeletal remains were found inside a Houston-area apartment with three surviving but apparently abandoned siblings. Brian W. Coulter, the boyfriend of the dead child’s mother, was charged Tuesday with
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A woman and her boyfriend have been arrested in the death of the woman’s 8-year-old son, whose skeletal remains were found inside a Houston-area apartment with three surviving but apparently abandoned siblings. Brian W. Coulter, the boyfriend of the dead child’s mother, was charged Tuesday with
Continue Reading By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State coach James Franklin is trying to get his team ready to face No. 5 Ohio State while answering questions about his own future. Franklin has been rumored as a candidate for coaching jobs at Southern California and LSU. He has plenty of issues
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Es posible que los científicos hayan detectado signos de un planeta en tránsito con una estrella fuera de la Vía Láctea, en lo que podría ser el primer planeta descubierto fuera de nuestra galaxia. El posible exoplaneta fue descubierto en la galaxia Whirlpool —la galaxia espiral Messier 51 (M51)— por
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers CHICAGO (AP) — Stan Bowman has resigned as general manager of the U.S men’s hockey team at the 2022 Winter Olympics after an investigation into sexual assault allegations in 2010 with the Chicago Blackhawks revealed he knew about the situation and did not report it to
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers CHICAGO (AP) — Stan Bowman has resigned as general manager of the U.S men’s hockey team at the 2022 Winter Olympics after an investigation into sexual assault allegations in 2010 with the Chicago Blackhawks revealed he knew about the situation and did not report it to
Continue Reading By Elle Reeve, CNN About 9 p.m. on August 11, 2017, several hundred White supremacists, mostly young men, held tiki torches as they formed a line that snaked across Nameless Field at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Though they came from across the country, they’d organized in online chat rooms. White vans dropped them
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — El CEO de Blackstone Stephen Schwarzman advirtió este martes que los altos precios de la energía probablemente desencadenarán disturbios sociales en todo el mundo. “Vamos a experimentar una verdadera escasez de energía. Y si hay escasez, aumentan los costos. Y probablemente va a costar mucho más”, dijo el
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Arsenal and Chelsea have reached the quarterfinals of the League Cup. Reece James netted the penalty that sealed Chelsea’s 4-3 victory against Southampton in the shootout at Stamford Bridge. The game was tied 1-1 through 90 minutes after Kai Havertz’s header for Chelsea just before halftime was canceled out by Che Adams’
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