By Scottie Andrew, CNN It’s not Christmas if there isn’t a highly coveted toy that rises above the rest. And it’s not the most-wanted toy of the year if the attempt to purchase it doesn’t drive consumers absolutely bonkers. We’ve chosen two of the most popular toys from each decade since the 1950s to wax
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By DORIAN COLBERT RosterWatch Because of COVID-19, chaos is reigning in the fantasy playoffs. The hold is tenuous, but these players are still my best bets to score going into Week 16.
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By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden will spend his first Christmas as president at the White House with family and is giving up his New Year’s tradition of sun and St. Croix for the chill of Delaware this year. The decision, announced Wednesday by White House press secretary Jen Psaki, was
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Dos nuevos artículos preimpresos se suman a las crecientes pruebas de que la variante ómicron del coronavirus puede tener menos probabilidades de causar enfermedades graves y hospitalizaciones en comparación con la variante delta. Ómicron se asocia con una reducción de dos tercios en el riesgo de hospitalización por covid-19 en
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Michael Flynn has swiftly lost his bid in court to block a possible House Select Committee subpoena for his phone records and to hold off demands he speak to the committee investigating January 6. The ruling comes one day after he asked a federal judge in Florida
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer If a team is unavailable to play in College Football Playoff semifinals because of COVID-19 issues, the game will be forfeited and the available team will advance to the championship game. With COVID-19 cases spiking across the country due to the omicron variant, the CFP announced contingency
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer No. 23 Texas A&M won’t play in the Gator Bowl against No. 20 Wake Forest on Dec. 31 because of COVID-19 issues and season-ending injuries, but the Demon Deacons might still get a game. Two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that the NCAA Football
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — No. 23 Texas A&M won’t play in the Gator Bowl against Wake Forest on Dec. 31 because of COVID-19 issues and season-ending injuries. The 8-4 Aggies were scheduled to leave for Jacksonville before announcing Wednesday that they wouldn’t be able to participate in the bowl game. The team did not provide
Continue Reading BY ROB MAADDI and BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writers With a surge of COVID-19 cases threatening to disrupt the NFL season, the league discussed canceling three games last week for the first time since the pandemic began. In talks with the NFL Players Association, canceling games involving Washington, Cleveland and the Los Angeles Rams
Continue Reading By The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Central Florida takes on Florida in the Gasparilla Bowl. Central Florida is looking for bragging rights, while Florida tries to avoid its third losing season since 2013. Quarterback Emory Jones leads the Gators offense, finishing the regular season with 2,563 yards passing and 19 touchdowns, and 696
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Joanne Allen-Taylor scored 18 points and Rori Harmon added 15 to help No. 12 Texas beat Princeton 70-53. Texas led by 11 at the half. Princeton (7-4) went on a 10-2 run to start the third quarter and trailed 41-36 before the Longhorns (9-1) closed
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Joanne Allen-Taylor scored 18 points and Rori Harmon added 15 to help No. 12 Texas beat Princeton 70-53. Texas led by 11 at the half. Princeton (7-4) went on a 10-2 run to start the third quarter and trailed 41-36 before the Longhorns (9-1) closed
Continue Reading By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press A judge in Ohio is keeping the death penalty on table for a man accused in the slayings of eight people from a single family. Lawyers for George Wagner IV wanted the judge to dismiss the aggravated murder charges after they said Wagner’s brother admitted to killing five of the
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Relatives, lawmakers and other supporters are pleading for clemency for a trucker sentenced to 110 years in prison after an explosive brake-failure crash that left four people dead in Colorado. Supporters of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos rallied at the state Capitol in Denver on Wednesday to make their case.
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been authorized to start cleaning up construction sites and close small gaps in the southern border wall nearly a year after President Joe Biden took office and ordered the building to stop. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement this week that wall building
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been authorized to start cleaning up construction sites and close small gaps in the southern border wall nearly a year after President Joe Biden took office and ordered the building to stop. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement this week that wall building
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer USA Luge slider Jayson Terdiman turned 33 this week, and he spent some of his birthday getting an injection of platelet-rich plasma to relieve tendinitis in his right elbow. It only reaffirmed his decision that it’s time to move on. Terdiman says this will be his final season as
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The nation’s largest four-year university says it will require students, faculty and staff at its 23 campuses to get COVID-19 booster shots for the spring semester amid concerns about the highly contagious omicron variant. California State University announced the mandate Wednesday. The rule says those without medical or religious exemptions are
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer No. 23 Texas A&M won’t play in the Gator Bowl against No. 20 Wake Forest on Dec. 31 because of COVID-19 issues and season-ending injuries, but the Demon Deacons might still get a game. Two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that the NCAA Football
Continue Reading COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M pulls out of Gator Bowl against Wake Forest due to COVID-19 issues, season-ending injuries.
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria has had to destroy more than 1 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine that were too close to their expiry date to be used. Faisal Shuaib, head of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency, said health officials were left with little choice. He said
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By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria has had to destroy more than 1 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine that were too close to their expiry date to be used. Faisal Shuaib, head of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency, said health officials were left with little choice. He said
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UPDATE: A city spokeswoman identified the shooting victim as a 26-year-old male. She said the shooting happened at the Red Eye Gift Shop at 1434 Missouri Ave. The spokeswoman also said police identified the suspect and interviewed them on scene. The investigation is ongoing. ORIGINAL STORY: LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A person was shot
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police reindicted 31-year-old Jessica Nuñez on capital murder in the death of her 4-year-old nephew on Thursday, Dec. 9. The boy was found in a Lower Valley home with multiple life-threatening injuries in May. His injuries included damage to his brain, a collapsed lung and a lacerated liver. Police
Continue Reading By Arnaud Siad, CNN A boat accident off the coast of northeastern Madagascar on Monday killed at least 83 people, the country’s maritime agency said on Wednesday. Fifty people have been rescued and five are still missing, a spokesperson for the Maritime and River Port Agency (APMF) told CNN. The boat, which was carrying 138
Continue Reading FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Hunter Marks had a career-high 31 points as Hartford topped Sacred Heart 78-71. Aaron Clarke led the Pioneers on Wednesday with 23 points.
Continue Reading THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A popular Greek TV comedian has been arrested following allegations that he posted sex videos of his former partners on the internet without their consent. Police and court officials in the northern city of Thessaloniki said the 58-year-old was held Wednesday for alleged breaches of personal data protection laws. He was
Continue Reading CNN By Maegan Vazquez and Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday gave credit to the Trump administration for the development of the Covid-19 vaccine and praised his predecessor, Donald Trump, for getting a booster shot — marking a rare moment where the two men have found common ground since Inauguration Day. “I got
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s lockout has left the New York Yankees unaware of how DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Hicks, Jameson Taillon and Darren O’Day are progressing following surgery. Hicks is rehabbing following a May 26 operation to repair a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist. He
Continue Reading FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Defender Omar Gonzalez is following midfielder Sebastian Lletget to Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution to play under Bruce Arena, their former coach with the LA Galaxy. The 33-year-old defender has agreed to a two-year contract. Gonzalez has played for the Galaxy, Mexico’s Pachuca and Atlas, and Toronto. He was voted
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