LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucky coach Tubby Smith will have a Wildcats jersey retired in his honor in December. Smith coached the Wildcats from 1997 to 2007, leading them to the 1998 NCAA championship and multiple Southeastern Conference titles. The ceremony will happen during Kentucky’s Dec. 31 home game against High Point, Smith’s current
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un panel del Congreso de Brasil se está preparando para recomendar cargos de homicidio en masa contra el presidente Jair Bolsonaro por su manejo de la pandemia de coronavirus, según un informe gubernamental filtrado visto por CNN este martes. CNN Brasil recibió extractos del borrador de una investigación del Congreso que
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN A group of students and educators has filed a complaint challenging an Oklahoma law that restricts teaching about race and gender, in what the American Civil Liberties Union calls the first federal lawsuit to challenge such a statewide ban. The suit — backed by the ACLU, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil
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By DÉBORA ÁLVARES and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian senators are discussing details of an investigative committee’s final report that will call for President Jair Bolsonaro to be indicted on criminal charges for bungling the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and producing the world’s second-highest death toll. The latest draft of
Continue Reading By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s governor says COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations have declined to the point where the islands are ready to welcome travelers once again. Gov. David Ige’s announcement comes nearly two months after he he asked travelers to avoid Hawaii because case counts were surging with the spread
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso police department is giving its recruits a new way to train for high intensity situations with a new 180-degree simulator. The simulator consists of three large screens and projectors with dry-shot guns that allow recruits to react to real life situations they may encounter when they enter the
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday has left the defending champions’ season opener with a bruised right heel. Holiday had scored 12 points before leaving in the second quarter of Milwaukee’s game with the Brooklyn Nets. The Bucks announced he wouldn’t return to the game. George Hill replaced Holiday in the lineup to
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN)– El secretario de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU. Alejandro Mayorkas, que está vacunado contra el covid-19, dio positivo al virus este martes por la mañana, según la portavoz del departamento, Marsha Espinosa. “El secretario Mayorkas dio positivo esta mañana al covid-19 después de hacerse una prueba como parte de los protocolos rutinarios previos
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La vacuna contra el covid-19 de Pfizer/BioNTech tiene una eficacia del 93% en la prevención de la hospitalización por coronavirus entre los menores de 12 a 18 años, según un estudio de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés). La
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is backing away from a plan to put unvaccinated workers on unpaid leave. A Southwest spokeswoman said Tuesday that employees must submit proof of vaccination against COVID-19 — or request an exemption from the shots — by Nov. 24. But she says employees whose
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Texas congressmen are complaining about the Mexican government’s attempts to limit competition in the electrical power sector. A letter to U.S. Ambassador Ken Salzar criticizes changes proposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to restrict the market share of private power generators and favor Mexico’s state-owned utility company. The letter circulated
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Aproximadamente 24 horas después de la muerte de Colin Powell, Donald Trump demostró, de nuevo, que es totalmente incapaz de tener empatía, gracia o incluso decencia. “Es maravilloso ver a Colin Powell, que cometió grandes errores sobre Iraq y, famosamente, las llamadas armas de destrucción masiva, ser tratado tan bien en
Continue Reading By AVERY OSEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Baylor’s sideline will look different this season, but the Lady Bears expect similar results after they were picked as the preseason No. 1 team in the Big 12. Coach Kim Mulkey stepped down after last season to take the job at LSU. She led the
Continue Reading By AVERY OSEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Baylor’s sideline will look different this season, but the Lady Bears expect similar results after they were picked as the preseason No. 1 team in the Big 12. Coach Kim Mulkey stepped down after last season to take the job at LSU. She led the
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — St. Louis Blues winger Pavel Buchnevich has been suspended two games for headbutting Arizona Coyotes forward Lawson Crouse. Buchnevich was thrown out of Monday’s game late in the first period Monday. He’ll miss the Blues’ upcoming games at Vegas and home against Los Angeles. The suspension costs Buchnevich $141,463 because he
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By Rob Kuznia, Scott Bronstein, Curt Devine and Drew Griffin, CNN She was a frequent guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show — an Ivy League-educated OB-GYN who often spoke about women’s health and holistic medicine. She was a media darling, and in 2013 made Reader’s Digest’s annual list of 100 most trusted people in America.
Continue Reading High-profile doctors spreading Covid-19 disinformation collectively reach millions of Americans, and a dangerous number of people believe their falsehoods. CNN speaks to one of these doctors and counters each incorrect statement with the truth. CNN’s Drew Griffin reports.
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CNN By Devan Cole, CNN A federal judge who has strongly criticized the January 6 insurrection and handed down prison time to some convicted rioters is set to hear former President Donald Trump’s challenge to a House subpoena of records from his time in office related to the siege. Judge Tanya Chutkan was assigned to
Continue Reading By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals improved to 6-0 on the season with a win over Cleveland on Sunday. As the NFL’s only remaining unbeaten team, the Cardinals retained the top spot in the latest AP Pro32 poll. The defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers moved up a
Continue Reading By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals improved to 6-0 on the season with a win over Cleveland on Sunday. As the NFL’s only remaining unbeaten team, the Cardinals retained the top spot in the latest AP Pro32 poll. The defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers moved up a
Continue Reading By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge refused to reduce the 30-year prison sentence for an Arizona man convicted of helping to plot a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in suburban Dallas, even though one of his convictions was dismissed after it was discovered the FBI withheld surveillance video
Continue Reading By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge refused to reduce the 30-year prison sentence for an Arizona man convicted of helping to plot a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in suburban Dallas, even though one of his convictions was dismissed after it was discovered the FBI withheld surveillance video
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is backing away from a plan to put unvaccinated workers on unpaid leave. A Southwest spokeswoman said Tuesday that employees must submit proof of vaccination against COVID-19 — or request an exemption from the shots — by Nov. 24. But she says employees whose
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is backing away from a plan to put unvaccinated workers on unpaid leave. A Southwest spokeswoman said Tuesday that employees must submit proof of vaccination against COVID-19 — or request an exemption from the shots — by Nov. 24. But she says employees whose
Continue Reading By Kara Fox, David Shortell, Natalie Gallón, Matt Rivers, AnneClaire Stapleton and Melissa Bell, CNN The danger was visible all around them, long before a group of Christian Aid Ministries missionaries and children were abducted from the road in Haiti. In one 2019 blog post, an unnamed member of the Ohio-based group described a harrowing
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 85 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the 14th time in the past 20 days. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 34,999 confirmed COVID-19 cases from the virus since the pandemic began more than a year ago. The known death
Continue Reading GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former soldiers who are demanding a war-time bonus for serving in Guatemala’s 1960-1996 civil war have burst onto the grounds of the country’s congress building and set several vehicles afire. The protesters broke down gates leading into the building’s parking lot Tuesday and torched at least three vehicles. Some of the
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Thirty top business leaders are seeking to encourage private investment to help the U.N. achieve development goals for 2030, including tackling climate change, preserving the environment, ending poverty, promoting economic growth, and improving health care and education. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that he
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Thirty top business leaders are seeking to encourage private investment to help the U.N. achieve development goals for 2030, including tackling climate change, preserving the environment, ending poverty, promoting economic growth, and improving health care and education. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that he
Continue Reading By Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN A $25 million settlement has been reached between the Broward County School Board and 52 victims of the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida, according to an attorney for some of the victims. Attorney David Brill said the settlement of the lawsuit
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