By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Fenway Bowl and Military Bowl have been canceled due to the pandemic as coronavirus outbreaks at Virginia and Boston College forced them to call off their postseason plans. The Fenway Bowl scheduled for Wednesday at the home of the Boston Red Sox was to pit
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COLFAX, Calif. (AP) — A major Christmas weekend storm caused whiteout conditions and closed key highways amid blowing snow in mountains of Northern California and Nevada, with forecasters warning that travel in the Sierra Nevada could be difficult for several days. Authorities near Reno reported a 20-car pileup on a snow-blow highway where drivers described
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Lucas Moura scored one and set up goals for Harry Kane and Son Heung-min as Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 3-0 in the Premier League. Palace had failed to get the game called off after a coronavirus outbreak in the squad and manager Patrick Vieira was absent after testing positive himself. Wilfried Zaha
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By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Fenway Bowl and Military Bowl have been canceled due to the pandemic as coronavirus outbreaks at Virginia and Boston College forced them to call off their postseason plans. The Fenway Bowl scheduled for Wednesday at the home of the Boston Red Sox was to pit
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Raheem Sterling scored twice in Manchester City’s 6-3 victory over Leicester that sent the champions six points in front at the top of the Premier League halfway through its title defense. There was a compelling second half on Boxing Day just when it looked
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Para los estadounidenses que viajan después de Navidad y Año Nuevo, recibir sus vacunas contra el covid-19 o dosis de refuerzo lo antes posible es fundamental para evitar enfermedades graves, dijo un experto en salud a CNN este sábado. En medio de un incremento de casos en todo el país impulsado
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Even with some mighty competition from new Matrix and Sing movies and rising concerns over the omicron variant, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” stayed in the No. 1 spot, with $81.5 million according to studio estimates Sunday. It also became 2021’s top-grossing film and crossed the $1 billion mark globally
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — West Ham’s slump has continued as Jan Bednarek’s late goal secured a rare away win for Southampton in the Premier League. Bednarek’s header condemned the Hammers to a 3-2 defeat Sunday in what was only Southampton’s second win on the road this season. West Ham’s hopes of a place in the top
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By Gregory Lemos, CNN An accidental Christmas Day shooting has left a 3-year-old child hospitalized in Asheville, North Carolina, authorities said. A 911 call was placed around 2:30 p.m. Saturday reporting that a child had accessed a firearm and accidentally shot himself or herself, according to the sheriff’s office in Henderson County, which is south
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oral arguments in the appeal by American female soccer players seeking equal pay have been scheduled for March 7 in Pasadena, California, by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Players led by Alex Morgan sued the U.S. Soccer Federation in March 2019. They contend they have not been paid equitably
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan’s goal of kicking off his second decade in the NFL with a strong campaign wasn’t looking so attainable early this season. Jordan had no sacks in his first five games. But the 32-year-old comes into Monday night’s game against Miami
Continue Reading By BRYAN GALLION and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The latest COVID-19 variant is upending holiday plans for tens of thousands of travelers — but it didn’t do much damage to holiday shopping. Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Sunday, citing staffing problems tied to COVID-19, as the nation’s travel woes extended beyond
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By BRYAN GALLION and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The latest COVID-19 variant is upending holiday plans for tens of thousands of travelers — but it didn’t do much damage to holiday shopping. Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Sunday, citing staffing problems tied to COVID-19, as the nation’s travel woes extended beyond
Continue Reading NORWICH, England (AP) — A brace from Bukayo Saka has helped Arsenal solidify its position among the top four in the Premier League with a comfortable 5-0 victory over bottom-of-the-table Norwich City at Carrow Road. Saka opened the scoring for the visitors in the sixth minute when he slotted home a pass from Martin Odegaard,
Continue Reading By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two tremors with a magnitude of 5.2 and 5.4, respectively, have jolted Greece’s southern islands, but no damage or casualties have been reported so far. The first tremor, a 5.2-magnitude, struck at 5:15 p.m. (1515 GMT) east of the island of Crete and at a depth
Continue Reading By ARSENE KABORE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s government says 41 people were killed last week after an ambush in the country’s north blamed on Islamic extremists. Among those killed was Soumaila Ganame, who led a group of volunteer fighters helping the army battle jihadis. In announcing the
Continue Reading By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Authorities in eastern Congo have announced an evening curfew and new security checkpoints. They are also urging churches, restaurants and hotels to step up in security in the wake of the region’s first deadly suicide bombing. The attacker killed five others Saturday night as patrons
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers Holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, even as shoppers grappled with higher prices, product shortages and a raging new COVID-19 variant in the last few weeks of the season, according to one spending measure. Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks all kinds of payments
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers Holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, even as shoppers grappled with higher prices, product shortages and a raging new COVID-19 variant in the last few weeks of the season, according to one spending measure. Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks all kinds of payments
Continue Reading FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany’s health minister says the government has reached its goal of 30 million additional immunizations against COVID-19 by year’s end. The renewed push aimed to re-energize Germany’s vaccination campaign and counter a resurgence in COVID-19 infections. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said the 30-million mark was passed on Sunday, the dpa news
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El Paso, Texas– Helen Ball Elementary school student Ariah Carmona had not seen her big brother Diego in over six months, but that was all about to change and it would be a special surprise Ariah would never forget. “So, I had gone up to dance but then I sat back down but then they
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty on five of six counts in her federal trial in New York related to what prosecutors said were her efforts to groom and traffic underage girls to be sexually abused by her close companion Jeffrey Epstein. She had pleaded not guilty to
Continue Reading IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The bodies of 16 Kurdish migrants who drowned as they tried to cross the English Channel last month have been repatriated to northern Iraq. The Nov. 24 disaster, in which 27 migrants died, has been described as the worst on record involving migrants trying to cross the English Channel. The boat
Continue Reading BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A central Pennsylvania church with a 221-year history held its final service and is scheduled to close at the end of the year due to declining membership and attendance. The First Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte was founded in 1800 and held the final scheduled service on Christmas Eve. The church was
Continue Reading BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says intensified testing in two parishes next to Arkansas has not found any deer with a lethal, slow and highly infectious fatal brain disease. A news release says 104 deer shot in Union Parish and 54 shot in Morehouse Parish have been tested
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda Nota del editor: Michael D’Antonio es el autor del libro “Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success” y coautor, junto a Peter Eisner, del libro “High Crimes: The Corruption, Impunity, and Impeachment of Donald Trump”. Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario le pertenecen únicamente a su autor. Ver más opiniones aquí.
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian artists and event organizers have joined together to protest the government’s decision to close down most concerts, cinemas and theaters to stem the spread of the surging omicron variant. The culture industry feels unfairly targeted by the new measures, which were announced Wednesday and took effect on Sunday. Events like Christmas
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian artists and event organizers have joined together to protest the government’s decision to close down most concerts, cinemas and theaters to stem the spread of the surging omicron variant. The culture industry feels unfairly targeted by the new measures, which were announced Wednesday and took effect on Sunday. Events like Christmas
Continue Reading By Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists Snow and cold continued to blanket the western and northern United States, setting up hazardous post-Christmas travel conditions Sunday and into the final week of 2021. Across the Intermountain West, “travel will remain dangerous and is discouraged, especially along mountain passes where long duration closures are likely.
Continue Reading By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Photos of the aftermath of the Christmas Eve killings in Mo So village in Kayah state spread on social media and fueled outrage against the military that took power in February after ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. The international aid group Save the
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