By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Anaheim Ducks have placed executive vice president and general manager Bob Murray on leave amid an ongoing investigation into his conduct. The Ducks said in a statement they recently became aware of accusations of improper professional conduct against Murray, who is the third-longest-tenured general
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By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Colombian President Iván Duque has high hopes for the medical marijuana industry in a country that has been waging a costly war against a different drug — cocaine — for decades. But in an interview with The Associated Press he says the promotion of cannabis
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Collin Gillespie scored 13 points in his first game since suffering a torn MCL in his left knee and No. 4 Villanova beat Mount St. Mary’s 91-51 in the season opener Tuesday. Justin Moore hit six 3-pointers and scored 27 points for the Big East
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EL PASO, Texas – An 8-year-old Guatemalan boy was abandoned by human smugglers at the Paso Del Norte bridge just hours after the Mexico-U.S. border reopened to non-essential traveler crossings, El Paso Customs and Border Protection officials said Tuesday. The unaccompanied Guatemalan child was found by CBP officers working at the international bridge on Monday evening.
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN Joseph “Max” Cleland, a Vietnam War veteran and former leader of the Veterans Administration whose political career spanned more than four decades, died Tuesday from congestive heart failure at his home in Atlanta, his personal assistant Linda Dean told CNN. He was 79. Born on August 24, 1942 in Atlanta, Cleland
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Autoridades de seguridad de Ecuador advirtieron a periodistas, corresponsales y representantes de medios de comunicación ante los crecientes peligros para ellos por la operación del narcotráfico en el país, y les informaron sobre la elaboración de un protocolo para enfrentar situaciones de violencia relacionados con esta amenaza y los llamados
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) — A California parole panel has recommended for the fifth time that Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten be freed from prison. Her release has been blocked twice by then-Gov. Jerry Brown and twice by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Tuesday’s recommendation is likely headed back to Newsom after
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Fans started filing into Indiana’s Assembly Hall as soon as the doors swung open. They couldn’t wait to see what wrinkles new Indiana coach Mike Woodson has on offense or the effort his team would play with on defense. There are nearly five dozen new
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Mexico says the two countries are negotiating to get Mexico to approve visas for agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to work in Mexico. Local media reported that Mexico basically stopped issuing visas for DEA agents, after enacting a law that limited their operations in Mexico
Continue Reading By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Despite being short-handed, the Arizona Cardinals returned to the top of the AP Pro32 poll after beating the San Francisco 49ers without quarterback Kyler Murray and wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. The Tennessee Titans moved up to No. 2 after topping the Los Angeles Rams
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DEMING, New Mexico – A 12-year-old Deming girl was killed over the weekend in a rollover crash of an ATV, New Mexico State Police said Tuesday. Investigators said it happened Sunday afternoon on a dirt lot near Columbus Road and Arizona Street in Deming; the girl was driving the ATV with a 13-year-old boy as
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cuidado, Leonardo DiCaprio. Jeff Bezos podría tener una entrega especial para ti. El poderoso magnate tuvo una respuesta divertida a un tuit de Variety en el que muestra un video de su editor Marc Malkin en el que se ve a DiCaprio charlando con Jeff Bezos y su novia Lauren Sanchez
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says more than half of Air Force and Space Force personnel who responded to a survey said they’ve experienced some type of mental or physical abuse in the past two years. That ranges from workplace bullying and hazing to rape or murder. Of
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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Advocates for alternatives to mass incarceration in New Mexico are warning of potential adverse outcomes in a public safety initiative from the governor aimed at reducing crime and violence amid a record-setting spate of homicides in Albuquerque. The New Mexico SAFE coalition warned a panel
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer New Texas Tech football coach Joey McGuire is already connecting to Texas prep coaches. He says he’s one of them, even after the past five seasons on Baylor’s staff. McGuire was introduced on the Lubbock campus this week. He will now begin the transition and take over the head
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer New Texas Tech football coach Joey McGuire is already connecting to Texas prep coaches. He says he’s one of them, even after the past five seasons on Baylor’s staff. McGuire was introduced on the Lubbock campus this week. He will now begin the transition and take over the head
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Ant Nelson scored 13 points to lift Manhattan to a 99-42 win over Manhattanville in a season opener. Warren Williams and Nick Brennen had 12 points apiece for Manhattan.
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El gobierno de Biden anunció este martes un nuevo conjunto de acciones inmediatas y a corto plazo destinadas a aliviar los problemas de la cadena de suministro en los puertos, las vías navegables y las redes de transporte de mercancías de la nación, a medida que la administración toma medidas para
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Facebook’s parent company Meta says it will remove sensitive ad targeting options related to health, race or ethnicity, political affiliation, religion or sexual orientation beginning on Jan. 19. Advertisers can currently target people who, through their online activity the company tracks, have expressed interest in issues, public figures or
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Joe Judge took somewhat of a baseball approach to his bye week practice with the New York Giants. The second-year coach had split squads on Tuesday, one of two days the Giants will work before getting four days off to relax during the bye.
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two more witnesses have testified that the only eyewitness to a 1978 triple murder in Kansas City told them that she identified the wrong suspect. Cecile “Cookie” Simmons testified Tuesday that her sister, Cynthia Douglas, tried to tell prosecutors in the past that Kevin Strickland was not involved in the
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Facebook’s parent company Meta says it will remove sensitive ad targeting options related to health, race or ethnicity, political affiliation, religion or sexual orientation beginning on Jan. 19. Advertisers can currently target people who, through their online activity the company tracks, have expressed interest in issues, public figures or
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los conciertos de Travis Scott son conocidos por ser estridentes y ruidosos. Pero el Festival Astroworld 2021, donde estaba previsto que cerrara la primera noche de actuaciones, fue más allá de los niveles esperados de alboroto cuando tomó un giro mortal. Las imágenes del día de su actuación mostraron a una
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN A federal agency said Tuesday that 13 senior Trump administration officials violated the Hatch Act, a 1939 law that seeks to keep government functions nonpartisan. The Office of Special Counsel, an independent agency tasked with enforcing the law, said in a report that 11 of those officials allegedly violated the Hatch
Continue Reading PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Tyrell Roberts hit four 3-pointers and scored 16 points, Jefferson Koulibaly added 13 points and Washington State opened the season with an 85-67 win over Alcorn State. With a noon tipoff, the game started slowly before the Cougars broke away from a 13-13 tie with a 19-6 run. The stretch included
Continue Reading FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have placed kicker Greg Zuerlein on the COVID-19 reserve list. The move likely means the club will have to sign a replacement before playing Atlanta. Zuerlein is the first Dallas player to enter healthy and safety protocols since late September. The club has had 12 players and defensive
Continue Reading FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have placed kicker Greg Zuerlein on the COVID-19 reserve list. The move likely means the club will have to sign a replacement before playing Atlanta. Zuerlein is the first Dallas player to enter healthy and safety protocols since late September. The club has had 12 players and defensive
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by Sonia Moghe, CNN Oklahoma Supreme Court justices have reversed a district court decision that ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $465 million to the state for its role in the opioid crisis. In the justices’ decision filed Tuesday, they wrote that the district court “erred” by holding Johnson & Johnson liable under the state’s
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Gareth Southgate once said he’d love to pick six right backs in his England squads such are the national team’s riches in that position. A glance at the attacking statistics in this season’s Premier League shows just why. No player in England’s latest squad has scored more goals in
Continue Reading By Alex Rogers, CNN Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said at a New Hampshire event on Tuesday that the United States is “confronting a domestic threat that we have never faced before” in the form of former President Donald Trump, who she said is “attempting to unravel the foundations of our constitutional republic.” Cheney also sharply
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