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Year: 2021

UTEP wide receiver Jacob Cowing earns second honorable mention on Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Player of the Week list

TYLER, Texas – UTEP sophomore WR Jacob Cowing was named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention list for Player of the Week (week seven) on Tuesday. It’s his second honorable mention this season. Cowing racked up 166 yards receiving on career-high nine receptions (18.4 avg.) during the Miners’ 19-3 victory over LA Tech

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Jamal Sutherland’s family calls for criminal charges against detention center officers involved in his death

By Gregory Lemos The family of Jamal Sutherland and their attorney are calling for criminal charges to be brought against the former detention officers they say are responsible for his death. Sutherland died while in custody on January 5, 2021, at the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in North Charleston, South Carolina. Footage released in

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Vaccines in sports at a glance

By The Associated Press A vast majority of players in the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Holdouts remain in all four leagues and in the college ranks. Washington State fired football coach Nick Rolovich on Monday for refusing to comply with a vaccine mandate for government employees.

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Biden discusses $1.9 trillion top line for economic package and tells Democrats free community college is out

By Manu Raju, Phil Mattingly and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden informed House progressives Tuesday afternoon that the final bill to expand the social safety net is expected to drop tuition-free community college, a major White House priority, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. And the President discussed a $1.75 to $1.9

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Parents and teachers voice concern at Texas school board meeting after Holocaust remark

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Parents and teachers spoke out at the first school board meeting after a North Texas administrator told teachers if they have books about the Holocaust in their classroom libraries, they also need to include books with “opposing” views of the Holocaust. Carroll ISD in Southlake, Texas, addressed last week’s controversy when

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Leaked Covid-19 report calls for mass homicide charges against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

By Rodrigo Pedroso, Samantha Beech and Shasta Darlington, CNN A Brazilian congressional panel is set to recommend mass homicide charges against President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leaked draft government report seen by CNN on Tuesday. CNN Brasil received draft excerpts of a congressional investigation that accuses Bolsonaro

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