By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says there are no plans to pause the season, even as numbers of players entering the league’s health and safety protocols related to the coronavirus continues to rise. Silver, in an interview with ESPN on Tuesday, said the league has examined multiple options but does
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton and Kentucky linebacker J.J. Weaver have won the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year award. Hutchinson returned from a season-ending ankle injury in 2020 to become an All-American and Heisman Trophy runner-up for the Big Ten
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macamilarincon (CNN) –– Este año, logramos conocer nuestro universo un poco mejor. Los descubrimientos espaciales en nuestro sistema solar nos ayudaron a familiarizarnos más con planetas como Marte y Venus. También llegaron ondas de luz de todo el cosmos para revelarnos historias antiguas y mostrar nuevos fenómenos. El sobrevuelo de Juno revela impresionantes imágenes nuevas
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Intel has told workers that unvaccinated people who don’t get an exemption for religious or medical reasons will be on unpaid leave beginning in April. The California-based semiconductor company told employees last month they had a Jan. 4 deadline to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or seek an exemption, citing a government
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Intel has told workers that unvaccinated people who don’t get an exemption for religious or medical reasons will be on unpaid leave beginning in April. The California-based semiconductor company told employees last month they had a Jan. 4 deadline to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or seek an exemption, citing a government
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Agents with an investigative unit of the Department of Homeland Security will wear body cameras for the first time as part of a six-month pilot program that will focus on the costs and benefits of using the technology in federal law enforcement. Officials said Tuesday that the cameras will be used during
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Agents with an investigative unit of the Department of Homeland Security will wear body cameras for the first time as part of a six-month pilot program that will focus on the costs and benefits of using the technology in federal law enforcement. Officials said Tuesday that the cameras will be used during
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Despite vaccination rates that make other governments envious, Spain and Portugal are facing the hard truth that these winter holidays won’t be a time of unrestrained joy. The reason is the new omicron variant that has been running rampant across Europe. Portugal on
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UPDATE: El Paso police say a 44-year-old man has died after being shot in northeast El Paso, while a 47-year-old man remains hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Both victims were taken to University Medical Center. According to Sgt. Robert Gomez, it is not clear if the shooting was between the two victims, or if someone else
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By Erika Ryan, CNN New York City’s wildlife is thriving, and that’s thanks to devoted scientists and activists who have spent decades bolstering robust wildlife habitats in the city’s five boroughs. Helen Forgione, Natural Areas Conservancy‘s senior ecologist, is one of those scientists. For more than 30 years, she’s dedicated her career to restoring New
Continue Reading New York’s 30,000 acres of parkland is teeming with wildlife — everything from raccoons to bald eagles to coyotes. Decades of cleaning up and expanding the city’s green spaces, rivers, forests, and wetlands is paying off.
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The PGA Tour is giving conditional releases to more than two dozen of its members who have signed up to play the Saudi International. The next step is who decides to take the appearance money in exchange for what could be a sharp change in
Continue Reading By LUJAIN JO Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N. chief has warned the continued paralysis of Lebanon’s government may dampen international support for this small Mideast country going through a “very dramatic” crisis. Antonio Guterres’ remarks on Tuesday came at the end of his three-day visit to Lebanon during which he repeatedly urged the
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El volcán Cumbre Vieja en La Palma ha hecho erupción continua desde septiembre de 2021, y aunque en diciembre parece haberse aplacado, desde que comenzó ha dejado miles de personas desplazadas, ha destruido cientos de hectáreas y ha enterrado los lugares aledaños con ceniza, convirtiendo algunos lugares en grandes
Continue Reading By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky task force on search warrants established in the wake of the fatal Breonna Taylor police shooting has completed its work. The task force set up by state Attorney General Daniel Cameron is recommending additional training for officers, an electronic database and tracking zip codes
Continue Reading CNN By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering loosening its isolation length recommendations for fully vaccinated individuals — particularly health care workers — who test positive for Covid-19 but don’t have symptoms. Fauci’s comments were the strongest yet from the nation’s top
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering loosening its isolation length recommendations for fully vaccinated individuals — particularly health care workers — who test positive for Covid-19 but don’t have symptoms. Fauci’s comments were the strongest yet from the nation’s top infectious
Continue Reading FULSHEAR, Texas (AP) — Officials say two people were killed after a small plane collided with a paraglider near Houston. The Federal Aviation Administration says the single-engine Cessna 208 took off on Tuesday from Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston then collided midair with the paraglider around 9:40 a.m. about 50 miles to the southwest near
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — Serie A champion Inter Milan is the latest club to have its offices raided by the finance police as part of the ongoing investigation into false accounting. Authorities raided the offices of Juventus last month to gather information on player transfers and agent dealings between 2019 and this year. Inter says the
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has tested positive for COVID-19, along with his wife and teenage son. The governor’s office announced Tuesday that Walz and his family tested positive on Monday after his son experienced mild symptoms over the weekend. The governor and first lady Gwen Walz remain asymptomatic. All three have been
Continue Reading CNNEE Nota del editor: Camilo Herrera Mora es economista y filósofo de formación, marketero y analista por vocación. Es fundador de RADDAR Consumer Knowledge Group, un laboratorio de ideas de pensamiento económico comportamental sobre el consumidor. Ha sido asesor ministerial en Gobiernos de varios países, miembro de diversos comités técnicos, profesor invitado en instituciones educativas
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer The Washington Capitals-Philadelphia Flyers game scheduled for Tuesday night has been postponed. It’s the 50th NHL game postponed this season for coronavirus-related reasons. The league says COVID-19 issues with the Capitals prompted the postponement. That left the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Vegas Golden Knights as the only game
Continue Reading CNN By Adam Pourahmadi, CNN The time left to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran is running out and raising the risk of an “escalating crisis,” the United States Special Envoy for Iran, Rob Malley, told CNN’s Becky Anderson on Tuesday. “At some point in the not-so-distant future, we will have to conclude that
Continue Reading By Adam Pourahmadi, CNN The time left to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran is running out and raising the risk of an “escalating crisis,” the United States Special Envoy for Iran, Rob Malley, told CNN’s Becky Anderson on Tuesday. “At some point in the not-so-distant future, we will have to conclude that the
Continue Reading RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia Commonwealth University student has pleaded guilty to hazing and serving alcohol to a minor in connection with a 19-year-old freshman’s death from alcohol poisoning after a fraternity party. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that 23-year-old Andrew White of Dulles pleaded guilty to the misdemeanors Tuesday. He is one of
Continue Reading LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is reimposing coronavirus restrictions because of fears over the threat from the omicron variant. The move comes despite the country having one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the world. The country’s prime minister announced Tuesday that working from home will be mandatory and discotheques and bars will be
Continue Reading LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is reimposing coronavirus restrictions because of fears over the threat from the omicron variant. The move comes despite the country having one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the world. The country’s prime minister announced Tuesday that working from home will be mandatory and discotheques and bars will be
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — La Policía Nacional de España desmanteló un punto de venta de droga en Murcia, en donde hallaron pruebas de la realización de rifas para ganar una “narcocesta navideña”. Los agentes de policía realizaron un operativo en un local y en un domicilio conexo. En el primero, supuestamente se vendía y se
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Katie Benzan scored 17 of her 22 points in the first half and No. 6 Maryland rolled to a 98-52 victory over Coppin State. Chloe Bibby added 14 points for the Terrapins, who eased out of a difficult stretch of their schedule with this victory over
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he’s committed to keeping the city open as it grapples with yet another spike in coronavirus cases. The Democratic mayor said Tuesday that New York can’t see schools and businesses closed again like the city did in
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