By Rebekah Riess and Gregory Lemos, CNN The Florida Department of Education on Thursday sent a letter to the Centner Academy, a Miami private school with a controversial policy for students who get vaccine shots. Centner Academy has asked parents to keep their children home for 30 days if their child has received a Covid-19
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Oscar Holland, CNN It was the late 1980s when South Korean artist Myonghi Kang began work on her painting “Le temps des camélias” (“The Time of Camellias”). Living in Paris’ 19th arrondissement at the time, she would periodically revisit the then-vertical canvas to add strokes of color or floral forms. “I would go back to
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By Paul P. Murphy and Nicole Chavez, CNN A math teacher in Southern California has been placed on leave after videos posted online showed her wearing a headdress and mimicking a Native American dance during a lesson. The video appears to have been recorded by a student in Riverside, California, during a math lesson and
Continue Reading Video that appears to be taken by a student in Riverside, California shows a teacher imitating a Native American dance to teach trigonometry. The district has placed her on leave while it conducts an investigation.
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By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government has set an ambitious target of fully vaccinating 90% of all eligible people to end coronavirus lockdowns. It provides a pathway to freedom for people in Auckland after more than two months under lockdown. They will regain many freedoms once 90% of
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By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government has set an ambitious target of fully vaccinating 90% of all eligible people to end coronavirus lockdowns. It provides a pathway to freedom for people in Auckland after more than two months under lockdown. They will regain many freedoms once 90% of
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported 77 more COVID-19 cases, but no coronavirus-related deaths for the 15th time in the past 22 days. Tribal officials had reported 78 more cases and seven deaths on Wednesday. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 35,660 confirmed COVID-19 cases from the virus
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has proposed banning new oil and gas wells within 3,200 feet of sites such as schools and homes. It would be the largest in the nation if adopted but it’s far from final. It wouldn’t stop existing wells but would subject them to new pollution controls
Continue Reading TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Police say four people were killed in a shooting in Tacoma, Washington, and police were searching for at least one suspect. The Tacoma Police Department said on Twitter at about 5:30 p.m. Thursday that two females and one male had died and that one male was taken to a hospital. Police
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EL PASO, Texas – After two years away from professional football, El Paso native linebacker Alvin Jones is back in the game. Jones announced today on his Instagram that he has signed a contract with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. The twin brother of Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones, Alvin
Continue Reading By MORGAN LEE and WALTER BERRY Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A prop firearm discharged by veteran actor Alec Baldwin, who is producing and starring in a Western movie, killed his director of photography and injured the director Thursday at the movie set outside Santa Fe, authorities said. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with Baker Mayfield’s health said the Browns quarterback also is dealing with a broken bone in his injured left shoulder but believes he can play with it. Mayfield hopes the injury improves enough over the next few days that he can face the
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with Baker Mayfield’s health said the Browns quarterback also is dealing with a broken bone in his injured left shoulder but believes he can play with it. Mayfield hopes the injury improves enough over the next few days that he can face the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators say flight attendants should get more rest between shifts. The Federal Aviation Administration proposed Thursday that airline cabin crew members get 10 straight hours of rest between shifts. That’s up from nine. The FAA proposal doesn’t change a current limit of 14 hours in a flight attendant’s duty day. Congress
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Will Wade aggressively jumped into the college basketball transfer market to address the loss of four starters from last season — including top scorer Cam Thomas. The new players should keep LSU competitive, though Illinois transfer Adam Miller tore a knee ligament
Continue Reading By BRITTANY PETERSON and SUMAN NAISHADHAM The Associated Press DENVER (AP) — NASA launched an online platform Thursday with data on how much water evaporates into the atmosphere from plants, soils and other surfaces in the U.S. West. It says that information could help water managers, farmers and state officials better manage resources in the
Continue Reading By BRITTANY PETERSON and SUMAN NAISHADHAM The Associated Press DENVER (AP) — NASA launched an online platform Thursday with data on how much water evaporates into the atmosphere from plants, soils and other surfaces in the U.S. West. It says that information could help water managers, farmers and state officials better manage resources in the
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CNN, HOUSE TV By Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN GOP Rep. Jim Banks lamented on the House floor that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi prevented him from serving on the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol on Thursday. And yet, Banks sent a letter to at least one government agency
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Astros rookie Luis García will start against the Red Sox in Game 6 of the AL Championship Series with a trip to the World Series on the line. García started Game 2 and gave up a grand slam in the first inning before leaving with no outs in the second because
Continue Reading By Lauren Fox, Manu Raju and Daniella Diaz, CNN The prospects for reaching a tentative agreement on President Joe Biden’s sweeping social safety net package by the end of the week are increasingly dire with Democrats still haggling over critical details of what to include and how to pay for the President’s signature legislation. The
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two foreigners were killed and three wounded in a shooting in the Mexican Caribbean resort town of Tulum. Authorities said Thursday one of the dead women was from Germany and the other from India. The three wounded included two Germans and a tourist from the Netherlands. The shooting broke out in
Continue Reading BALTIMORE (AP) — Former Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Brandon Knight says he’s taking a break from football to address his mental health. Knight went from the Cowboys to Baltimore via waivers this week, but he did not report to the Ravens. In a message on Twitter on Thursday, he thanked the Ravens for the opportunity
Continue Reading BALTIMORE (AP) — Former Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Brandon Knight says he’s taking a break from football to address his mental health. Knight went from the Cowboys to Baltimore via waivers this week, but he did not report to the Ravens. In a message on Twitter on Thursday, he thanked the Ravens for the opportunity
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Ridehail company Lyft on Thursday released its first ever safety report, disclosing that it received 4,158 reports of sexual assault on its platform in 2017, 2018, and 2019. The disclosure comes more than three years after Lyft and its rival Uber first pledged to release safety reports disclosing incidents
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda Nueva York (CNN Business) — La cadena de suministro global lucha bajo el peso de una serie de interrupciones, incluyendo la escasez de conductores de camiones y otros trabajadores, así como la congestión masiva de los puertos. Los problemas obligan a las empresas grandes y pequeñas a repensar lo que deben hacer
Continue Reading By Geneva Sands, CNN Texas and Missouri filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Biden administration for its efforts to stop wall construction projects at the US southern border. The lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, argues that President Joe Biden didn’t have the authority to refuse to spend funds
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Temps will climb to the mid and upper 80’s through the weekend. Winds will pick up Saturday and Sunday with gusts around 30-35 mph out of the west. Cold front next Tuesday will cool us down a bit and pick the winds up to gusts around 35 mph.
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Despite all the headaches coach Urban Meyer has caused the Jacksonville Jaguars in just nine months on the job, his plan to provide players the “best of the best” has the small-market team headed in a new and potentially game-altering direction. Most would agree
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press DUMFRIES, Va. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has traveled to the Washington suburbs to campaign for Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe in a Virginia governor’s race that she acknowledges looks closer than once expected. Harris told hundreds of cheering supporters in a parking lot outside a county fire station in
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas businessman is facing criminal charges of voting twice in the November 2020 election, including with his dead wife’s ballot. Nevada state Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Thursday that Donald “Kirk” Hartle faces felony charges that could get him up to eight years in
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