LAUREL, Md. (AP) — Racing can resume at Laurel Park after the Maryland Racing Commission was satisfied with changes to the track in the wake of recent safety concerns. Racing has been suspended there following recent fatalities at the facility, including seven in November. The Maryland Jockey Club said earlier this month recent equine injuries
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By Melissa Alonso, Amir Vera and Michelle Watson, CNN A truck driver who crashed into traffic on Interstate 70 in Denver, killing four people, was sentenced Monday to 110 years in prison, according to Colorado Judicial Department spokesperson Rob McCallum. Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, 26, was driving a semi tractor-trailer in April 2019, traveling at 85 mph,
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials say the development of commercial advanced nuclear reactors intended to help combat global warming and enhance national security will need a better supply of the right type of nuclear fuel. The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday asked companies that might be interested in
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials say the development of commercial advanced nuclear reactors intended to help combat global warming and enhance national security will need a better supply of the right type of nuclear fuel. The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday asked companies that might be interested in
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The company working to build a mine in southeast Nebraska to extract a rare element used to make steel lighter and stronger said Tuesday it may also be able to produce some of the key ingredients needed to make the powerful magnets used in electric
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The company working to build a mine in southeast Nebraska to extract a rare element used to make steel lighter and stronger said Tuesday it may also be able to produce some of the key ingredients needed to make the powerful magnets used in electric
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los primeros datos sobre la variante ómicron del coronavirus presentan “un argumento muy sólido para que la gente se vacune”, según el doctor Anthony Fauci, director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades Infecciosas. “Ómicron va a ser un reto porque se propaga muy rápidamente, y las vacunas que utilizamos, la
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As a mob overran the U.S. Capitol last January, some of Donald Trump’s highest-profile defenders in the media — and even his own son — sent urgent text messages to the White House chief of staff urging him to get the then-president to do more to stop
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Receiver Odell Beckham Jr., safety Jordan Fuller and seven of their Los Angeles Rams teammates went on the reserve/COVID-19 list Tuesday amid the latest expansion of their virus outbreak. Defensive backs Terrell Burgess and Juju Hughes, tight end Brycen Hopkins, tackle Alaric Jackson and injured
Continue Reading PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A father and son charged with sparking a devastating Northern California wildfire are out of jail after a judge vastly reduced their $1 million bail. The Caldor Fire forced tens of thousands of people to flee Lake Tahoe communities earlier this year. A Placerville judge on Monday reduced bail for Travis
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — With his nomination to be ambassador to India on the line, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti again disputed that he ever witnessed a former top adviser sexually harass one of the mayor’s police bodyguards. The Democratic mayor’s statement came during questioning Tuesday from members of
Continue Reading STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn says star Paige Bueckers has undergone successful surgery to repair the left leg fracture she suffered a week ago as well as a meniscus tear in that knee. Bueckers underwent the surgery on Monday afternoon at UConn Health. The reigning national player of the year fractured her left tibia at
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Tuesday as traders took in the latest sign that inflation is still running high ahead of the Federal Reserve’s last meeting of the year. The S&P 500, the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell. The latest report on inflation showed that wholesale prices jumped
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Purple Innovation, Sunrun fall; Alcoa, Terminix rise.
Continue Reading An unusual promotional giveaway at a hockey game in South Dakota saw a group of schoolteachers competing for a pile of cash by scrambling on their hands and knees to grab fistfuls of dollar bills. CNN’s Lucy Kafanov has the story.
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi and Bill Kirkos, CNN An unusual promotional giveaway at a hockey game in South Dakota saw a group of schoolteachers competing for a pile of cash by scrambling on their hands and knees to grab fistfuls of dollar bills. The inaugural “Dash for Cash” event at Saturday’s Sioux Falls Stampede junior hockey
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By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Nicole Gaouette, CNN US lawmakers who have just returned from a trip to Ukraine are urging the Biden administration to take proactive steps to prevent further Russian aggression toward the country and to be prepared to place “extreme sanctions” on Moscow if it moves militarily against its neighbor. Some
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN So you’ll be home for Christmas? It looks like a lot of people are telling their families “you can plan on me.” New projections say winter holiday travel is about to roar back with a vengeance. AAA estimates more than 109 million Americans will travel over the long
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CNN By Nikki Carvajal and Devan Cole, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised Pfizer’s report that its experimental treatment for Covid-19 cut the risk of hospitalization or death by 89% if given to high-risk adults within a few days of their first symptoms. “I am encouraged by the promising data released by Pfizer today,
Continue Reading By Nikki Carvajal and Devan Cole, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised Pfizer’s report that its experimental treatment for Covid-19 cut the risk of hospitalization or death by 89% if given to high-risk adults within a few days of their first symptoms. “I am encouraged by the promising data released by Pfizer today, showing
Continue Reading By Arnaud Siad and Jack Guy, CNN Malta is set to become the first European Union country to legalize cannabis for recreational use. The bill is expected to be signed into effect later this week by Malta’s President George Vella after legislators approved a bill by a majority vote in Parliament on Tuesday. “And the
Continue Reading By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Patriots safety Adrian Phillips says he’s taking it day by day and that everything checked out well on the right knee he injured in the closing minutes of New England’s Week 13 win over Buffalo. It’s positive news for the Patriots as they look to
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The banking industry appears to have overdone it on overdraft fees. After decades of raking in billions of dollars from mostly poor Americans short of cash in their accounts, the biggest banks _ under pressure from lawmakers and regulators _ are slowly decreasing their reliance
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy and Michelle Watson, CNN O.J. Simpson was granted an early parole discharge last week, according to a statement from the Nevada Department of Public Safety. Simpson had been on parole after being released from prison in 2017 for a Las Vegas kidnapping and armed robbery in 2007. His parole had been scheduled
Continue Reading OJ Simpson has been granted parole after serving 9 years for armed robbery and kidnapping. CNN’s Sara Sidner reports.
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– El presidente Joe Biden conmemoró este martes los nueve años que se cumplen del tiroteo masivo en la escuela primaria Sandy Hook. En el aniversario, el mandatario apuntó a los proyectos de su gobierno para combatir la violencia con armas, mientras han fracasado repetidamente los múltiples esfuerzos de los demócratas en el
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press The St. Louis-based electric utility Ameren Corp. says in a court filing that it will close a Missouri coal plant several years early, a move that follows a court order this summer requiring pollution controls that would potentially cost hundreds of millions of dollars. The decision was announced Tuesday. In
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press The St. Louis-based electric utility Ameren Corp. says in a court filing that it will close a Missouri coal plant several years early, a move that follows a court order this summer requiring pollution controls that would potentially cost hundreds of millions of dollars. The decision was announced Tuesday. In
Continue Reading By Julia Jones, Ray Sanchez and Brad Parks, CNN Kim Potter was fully trained in her department’s Taser and use of force policies when she fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, a suburban Minneapolis police commander testified Tuesday. Video from the shooting scene on April 11 showed officers had pulled over Wright and
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By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Stars goalie Ben Bishop is ending his career because of degenerative condition in his right knee. Bishop has spent more than a year trying to get back while battling a knee that has bothered him since 2019. It’s not officially a retirement because Bishop is
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