By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The United States plans to ease restrictions on travel for fully vaccinated visitors from Canada and Mexico starting in early November, relaxing bans that have been in place for more than 18 months, according to senior administration officials. The new rules, which are similar to those announced for international air passengers,
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is looking to hire more than 30 new state workers who will be part of its Occupational Safety and Health program. The New Mexico Environment Department is planning hiring events next week in Las Cruces, Santa Fe and Albuquerque as the agency looks to build its OSHA ranks.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Distance runner Mary Cain, whose career fizzled after what she called four miserable years at the Nike Oregon Project, has filed a $20 million lawsuit against her former coach, Alberto Salazar, and their employer, Nike. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Cain accused Salazar of emotionally abusing her when she joined the team at
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Distance runner Mary Cain, whose career fizzled after what she called four miserable years at the Nike Oregon Project, has filed a $20 million lawsuit against her former coach, Alberto Salazar, and their employer, Nike. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Cain accused Salazar of emotionally abusing her when she joined the team at
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By Raja Razek, CNN A 14-year-old girl was seriously injured Tuesday when she and a security guard at a Chicago high school were shot, police said. The shooting happened at the end of the school day, around 3:30 pm, at Wendell Phillips Academy High School, Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Brian Deenihan said during a
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A Chicago shooting outside Wendell Phillips Academy High School in Bronzeville left a student and a security guard wounded.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Distance runner Mary Cain, whose career fizzled after what she called four miserable years at the Nike Oregon Project, has filed a $20 million lawsuit against her former coach, Alberto Salazar, and their employer, Nike. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Cain accused Salazar of emotionally abusing her when she joined the team at
Continue Reading LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Levi Lewis threw for one touchdown and ran for another, Chris Smith added two rushing scores and Louisiana-Lafayette eased by Appalachian State 41-13. Louisiana-Lafayette scored a touchdown on its first three drives and led 20-6 at the break. Eric Garror intercepted a pass on Appalachian State’s opening possession of the second
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By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says the United States will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All international visitors will need to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Vehicle, rail and ferry travel between the U.S. and Canada
Continue Reading CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government has announced the death of Raúl Isaías Baduel, a former Venezuelan defense minister and ally-turned-critic of the late President Hugo Chávez who was in prison awaiting trial since 2017 for alleged links to a purported plot to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced Tuesday via
Continue Reading By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tristan Jarry had 26 saves, Danton Heinen and Brian Boyle scored early second-period goals, and the short-handed Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 in the regular-season opener. Dominik Simon, Teddy Blueger, Bryan Rust and Evan Rodrigues also had a goal for
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By Kylie Atwood, CNN More than a dozen US officials who work at the US Embassy in Colombia and their family members have reported symptoms consistent with “Havana syndrome” in recent weeks, according to a US official and a source familiar with the situation. Some officials who reported symptoms in Colombia had to be medevaced
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español)– La Policía Nacional de República Dominicana informó este lunes que suspendió y puso a disposición del Ministerio Público a un policía que, según la institución, este domingo “ultimó de un disparo, de manera accidental” a un ciudadano durante la persecución de un delincuente en el sector Hato Mayor, en la provincia
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HORIZON CITY, Texas — A man is behind bars after allegedly wielding an ax at an El Paso County Sheriff’s deputy. It happened last Friday when deputies responded to a domestic disturbance in the 100 block of Ascension near Horizon City.The Sheriff’s Office said 34-year-old Gabriel Gutierrez pulled an ax out of the back of
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — La industria del entretenimiento de Corea del Sur lo hizo de nuevo. Si bien el mundo de habla inglesa sigue dominando la música, películas y las series de televisión y por streaming, ha habido un cambio notable: un aumento constante en la influencia de Corea del Sur. Cuando la
Continue Reading By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers have finally put newly acquired guard Russell Westbrook on the court with LeBron James and Anthony Davis. All three scored in double digits in about 30 minutes of play during a 111-99 preseason loss to the Golden State Warriors. Davis scored 20, James
Continue Reading By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — At least the Milwaukee Brewers came out swinging. Milwaukee was 0 for 20 with runners in scoring position during the NL Division Series until RBI singles by Omar Narváez and Lorenzo Cain produced a 2-0 lead against Atlanta in Game 4. But after snapping a 22-inning
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Un número récord de 4,3 millones de personas renunciaron a sus empleos en agosto, lo que demuestra la considerable ventaja que tienen los trabajadores en la economía actual. Alrededor del 2,9% de la población activa renunció en agosto, frente al 2,7% de julio, según el informe Job Openings
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El domingo, Nicole Sperry dio el último adiós a su hija de 10 años, que murió a causa del covid-19. Menos de 24 horas después, estaba detrás de un podio combatiendo la desinformación de los padres en una reunión del consejo escolar de Virginia. En una reunión del Distrito Escolar Público
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Freddie Freeman hit a tiebreaking home run off Milwaukee closer Josh Hader with two outs in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves advanced to the NL Championship Series for the second year in a row. They finished off the Brewers 5-4 to win the best-of-five
Continue Reading By The Associated Press White Sox manager Tony La Russa is waiting to find out if Chicago wants him back after the club was eliminated by the Astros in their AL Division Series that ended Tuesday night. The Hall of Famer was lured out of retirement to help the star-studded White Sox make a deep
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Los supermercados 99, del expresidente de Panamá Ricardo Martinelli, suspendieron la comercialización de los productos de la empresa familiar del también exmandatario Juan Carlos Varela, con cuyo hermano tuvo este lunes un violento altercado a la salida de un juzgado. El propio Martinelli, quien gobernó Panamá de 2009 a 2014,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Just how windy was it on Tuesday? “Can you just look at my hair?” joked Josue Grajeda, a New Mexico State University student on his way to class. “I can’t even see you right now,” he added, as winds whipped his hair in front of his eyes. How windy is
Continue Reading ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) — A private college in Minnesota has renamed its arboretum that honored an 18th-century Swedish botanist who has been criticized for classifying humans in a way now seen as racist. The 120-acre greenspace at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter has been known as the “Linnaeus Arboretum” since 1988. It recognized
Continue Reading By Miguel Marquez, CNN There’s a Herculean effort to ensure that the most vulnerable get inoculated across the US. Transportation, translation and a trusted source of vaccine information have been among the barriers, but public health workers and a new initiative are working to overcome that. El Milagro Clinic in McAllen, Texas, has played a
Continue Reading Project Finish Line is working to vaccinate skeptics in Texas despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s steps to prevent vaccine mandates. CNN’s Miguel Marquez reports.
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — One by one, South Africa’s former president listed African countries where the failure to deal with diversity was a root cause of conflict, from the Biafran war in Nigeria in the late 1960s to the current clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Thabo Mbeki also cited
Continue Reading CNN, GETTY IMAGES, WTMJ, WLUK, WTKR, WLS By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which falls under the Labor Department, has submitted the text of a new vaccine rule for large employers to the Office of Management and Budget, bringing the emergency standard announced by President Joe Biden last month one step
Continue Reading SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Venezuela players have missed practice in Santiago ahead of a World Cup qualifying game against Chile because of COVID-19 protocols. Venezuela’s soccer federation says all of its players had shown negative tests for the coronavirus upon arrival in Chile and again after being tested at the team hotel. Media reports from
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Text by Sandee LaMotte, CNN Photographs by Heather Fulbright, CNN Starting or staying on the gold medal-winning Mediterranean diet? Then you’ll need a shopping resource you can use to stock your pantry with Mediterranean meal essentials — and continue to use on a weekly basis to restock and purchase fresh, frozen and canned vegetables, fruits,
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