EL PASO, Texas — Jerry Armstrong, a key member of Texas Western’s famed 1966 men’s basketball national championship team, passed away Thursday morning. He was 76 years old. Armstrong saw action in 24 games as a senior during the 1965-66 championship season. He scored 45 points and grabbed 33 rebounds. Armstrong led the Miners at the free
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Ford reported surprisingly good financial results at the end of a tough year, and said it was increasing its commitment to vehicles of the future with a big bet on electric and autonomous driving vehicles. The company said it will invest $29 billion in EVs and AVs. It will require a bit of a catch-up
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(CNN) — Johnson & Johnson solicitó oficialmente el jueves a la Administración de Medicinas y Alimentos de EE.UU. una autorización de uso de emergencia de su vacuna contra el covid-19. «La presentación de hoy para la autorización de uso de emergencia de nuestra vacuna para el covid-19 de inyección única en investigación es un paso
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren once again called on President Joe Biden to use executive authority to cancel student debt on Thursday — but the President wants Congress to act first. “The President has and continues to support canceling $10,000 of federal student loan debt per person as a response
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Police in Plant City, Florida, are searching for a person they say stole a car containing vials of Covid-19 vaccine. In a post on Facebook, authorities said the vehicle was stolen on Wednesday afternoon from the Strawberry Festival Grounds in Plant City, about 60 miles from Orlando. The driver got out to ask for directions,
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The House is voting Thursday evening on a measure to remove Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, a decisive step that comes in the wake of recently unearthed incendiary and violent past statements from the congresswoman that have triggered widespread backlash from Democrats and divided congressional Republicans. House Democrats, who control the
Continue Reading Another effort aimed at ensuring college athletes make money off their names, images and likenesses was introduced by Democratic lawmakers on Thursday. The College Athlete Economic Freedom Act, sponsored by Rep. Lori Trahan of Massachusetts and Connecticut’s Sen. Chris Murphy, is the latest push for legislative action amid a debate on athlete compensation under a
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Utah’s Evermore Park has filed a federal lawsuit against Taylor Swift claiming the title of her latest album infringes on the theme park’s trademarks. The park is seeking millions of dollars in damages, according to court documents filed on Tuesday in the US District Court of Utah. Swift released the “Evermore” album in December. It
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La vacuna contra el coronavirus Sputnik V de Rusia tiene un 91,6% de efectividad para prevenir el covid-19 sintomático y 100% efectiva para prevenir enfermedades graves, según un análisis provisional de los datos del ensayo de fase 3 publicado en la revista médica The Lancet el martes. La mayor parte de los
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– Dos dirigentes de la opositora Alianza Universitaria Nicaragüense (AUN) fueron detenidos este jueves por fuerzas del gobierno, denunciaron la también opositora Alianza Cívica y familiares de los detenidos. La Alianza Cívica por la Justicia y la Democracia de Nicaragua denunció en su cuenta de Twitter la «nueva detención arbitraria de Santiago Fajardo,
Continue Reading Two Google engineers have resigned from the tech giant, citing the departure late last year of prominent Black artificial intelligence researcher Timnit Gebru. The resignations are the latest salvos in an ongoing fight between the company and workers who are furious about its lack of diversity. In a letter posted to LinkedIn dated January 5,
Continue Reading Amid the hustle and bustle of a new administration — especially one assembling in the aftermath of attempted insurrection and an ongoing pandemic — it can be difficult to remember that Americans just emerged from the most successful, secure election in our country’s history. Despite a similarly historic and unprecedented effort to deny that reality,
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Back in the spring, no one was sure what an NFL season would look like with the coronavirus pandemic. Could it be pulled off? The virus led to shuffled schedules, including a Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers game being played on a Wednesday afternoon. The Denver Broncos had to play a game without a quarterback.
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Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (WQAD) — For more than a decade, a Davenport church has been serving up meals for people who are homeless. Tom and Sandy Lagomarcino are heading up the efforts recently at Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church. Usually, they’d serve up dinner at King’s Harvest shelter. But
Continue Reading One of the indelible images from the January 6 invasion of the US Capitol is of Jacob Chansley dressed in horns, a bearskin headdress, red, white and blue face paint, and carrying a spear. Chansley had been deeply affected by the relentless assertions of former President Donald Trump that the election was stolen. And yet
Continue Reading A new and dangerous street drug is emerging in the US. It’s called xylazine, though it’s better known by its street name, “tranq”. It’s a non-opioid sedative used in veterinary medicine, typically with horses. And in Philadelphia, where drug overdoses have spiked to historic highs, it was present in nearly one-third of all fatal opioid
Continue Reading When Andre Hill’s family learned the former Ohio police officer who killed him will face charges, they knew it was too early to celebrate. “The family of Andre Hill is relieved this morning. But they are not satisfied with an indictment of the police officer who killed Andre Hill as he held a cell phone
Continue Reading Active military personnel and veterans are over-represented among the first 150 people to be arrested and have records released for federal offenses in the violence and insurrection at the US Capitol. Analysis by CNN of Pentagon records and court proceedings show 21 of the 150, or 14%, are current or former members of the US
Continue Reading The Biden administration has repeatedly floated plans to ramp up Covid-19 vaccine production through the Defense Production Act, which was passed in 1950 in response to the Korean War. “It was invoked, and it means our work is ongoing with companies to ensure that we are expediting the manufacturing of materials to ensure that we
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A more contagious coronavirus variant is on the rise in the United States and could become dominant in hot spots like Florida and Southern California “within a few weeks,” according to a testing company that has helped identify the largest share of variant cases in the US. The company, Helix, has been tracking evidence suggesting
Continue Reading Thousands of progressive young people have expressed interest in running for office since the start of the year, demonstrating ongoing energy on the left after last year’s elections. Run For Something, the PAC that supports young progressives running for state and local office, says 6,554 people signed up for its pipeline in January, many of
Continue Reading Wisconsin prosecutors are asking for an arrest warrant for Kyle Rittenhouse, alleging he no longer lives at the address listed with the court and failed to update his address, “preventing the Court from monitoring his whereabouts,” writes Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger in a court motion. Prosecutors are also seeking a bond increase of $200,000
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — A 40-year-old man is accused of inappropriately touching a young woman outside a grocery store and exposing himself to another woman on Monday, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. At about 8:20 a.m., deputies responded to the WinCo Foods, located at 11250
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CORVALLIS, Oregon (KPTV) — A $50 million donation from an anonymous donor will help Oregon State University transform Reser Stadium into a “national best-in-class” football facility, the university announced Thursday. The $153 million renovation project was approved by the OSU Board of Trustees Finance and Administration Committee on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VANCLEAVE, Mississippi (WALA) — An 8 year old Vancleave girl is now recovering from being hit by a car at a bus stop. JCSO states that on Thursday morning, the child was crossing the westbound lane of Jim Ramsey Road to get on her bus when the car
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The nominees for the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced on Thursday, and actors whose names were read are pumped. Here are some of their reactions: Hugh Grant, “The Undoing” “Incredibly kind of my fellow actors to nominate me. What a lovely week. I must kill more often. Extremely pleased for Nicole. Richly
Continue Reading The leader of al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen has been under arrest for several months, the United Nations disclosed Thursday in a development that may have opened up a goldmine of information for counterterrorism agencies in their campaign against the global al Qaeda network. According to the UN, the leader of al Qaeda in the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Rigby, Idaho (East Idaho News) — Katie Clay knew she was expecting a baby but had no idea her child would be delivered in the parking lot of a potato processing plant. She didn’t know the gender (she wanted to be surprised) and didn’t know her little bundle
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Anthony, Idaho (East Idaho News) — The autopsy for Tammy Daybell is finished and has been turned over to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators received the autopsy report from the Utah Medical Examiner Wednesday, according to a news release from Sheriff Len Humphries. “The contents of
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