By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Jabari Walker is a 6-foot-9 sophomore on Colorado’s basketball team who can do things few people his size can. Walker is also still learning the college game, so his flashes of brilliance sometimes come with doses of reality. Walker arrived at Colorado as a four-star recruit and had a
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business A German teenager says he found a vulnerability in an app installed in some Teslas, which allowed him the ability to unlock doors, flash headlights and blast music. The hack highlights the relative lack of oversight in apps that some drivers can download to their cars. David Colombo identified a
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Football Head Coach Dana Dimel spoke to members of the media as part of National Signing Day.
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Stony Brook’s athletic teams are ineligible for America East postseason tournaments because the school is leaving for the Colonial Athletic Association next year. Stony Brook said last week it was leaving the conference. In the America East bylaws, a member institution’s intention to withdraw from the conference makes that
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister has ordered a halt to post-Brexit border checks at ports. It’s another complication in a saga that has soured relations between the U.K. and the European Union. Edwin Poots said he had received legal advice saying he could order a halt to inspections
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By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation have started the first large-scale treatment of radioactive and chemical wastes from large underground storage tanks, a key milestone in cleaning up the site. Hanford for decades made plutonium for the U.S. nuclear arsenal and is the most radioactively
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — Gustavo Petro, precandidato a la Presidencia de Colombia, mantuvo un encuentro privado con el papa Francisco este miércoles. Según informó el equipo de prensa del dirigente de Colombia Humana a través de un comunicado, la reunión se produjo tras la audiencia general que el pontífice imparte semanalmente. El pronunciamiento señaló que
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Angel McCoughtry is heading to Minnesota and Briann January is going to Seattle for her final season in the WNBA. McCoughtry spent the last two seasons in Las Vegas after playing in Atlanta since the Dream drafted her first in 2009. She missed last year while dealing with an
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Angel McCoughtry is heading to Minnesota and Briann January is going to Seattle for her final season in the WNBA. McCoughtry spent the last two seasons in Las Vegas after playing in Atlanta since the Dream drafted her first in 2009. She missed last year while dealing with an
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By Manu Raju, Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján, who recently suffered a stroke, will be back in the Senate in 4-6 weeks, “barring any complications,” according to a person close to the senator. Senate Democrats have been signaling for now they won’t slow down or alter plans
Continue Reading By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The number of Americans looking to start their own business is on the rise, as the coronavirus pandemic creates opportunities for some would-be entrepreneurs. People are starting businesses for a variety of reasons: some lost their job during the pandemic and decided to make their
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Emergency Management Council, including several state agencies involved in the response, took questions from members of the media Wednesday at Noon. Agencies briefing include: Texas Division of Emergency ManagementTexas Department of Public SafetyTexas Department of TransportationPublic Utility CommissionElectric Reliability Council of Texas
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Omicron, inflation and a lack of government stimulus have some Venmo users nervous about spending money from their digital wallets. That’s bad news for Venmo owner PayPal — and a potential warning sign for consumer spending in general. PayPal executives warned during the company’s earnings call with analysts
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s attorney general has upheld the Shin Bet security agency’s use of mobile-phone tracking technology to monitor and threaten Palestinian protesters at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site last year. The decision came on Tuesday and drew harsh criticism from a civil rights group that challenged the use
Continue Reading By Geneva Sands, CNN President Joe Biden’s nominee to be Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, Ed Gonzalez, was advanced out of committee for a second time on Wednesday, despite GOP objection to his nomination. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted along party lines to move Gonzalez for full Senate consideration. If confirmed,
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de Beijing 2022 comenzarán con la ceremonia de apertura el 4 de febrero y terminarán con la ceremonia de clausura el 20 de febrero, cerca de 3.000 atletas competirán en 15 disciplinas en 109 pruebas. Esto es lo que debes saber antes de los Juegos
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Florida man and his grandson couldn’t believe their eyes when they reeled in more than just some scrap metal and bottle caps during a magnet fishing weekend trip. Duane Smith and his 11-year-old grandson, Allen Cadwalader, were out on a magnet fishing trip on January 30 in Homestead, a suburb
Continue Reading Duane Smith and his 11-year-old grandson reeled in two sniper rifles while magnet fishing near Miami. CNN affiliate WFOR reports.
Continue Reading By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s state prosecutors have rejected suggestions that Novak Djokovic used a fake positive test for COVID-19 to try to enter Australia and compete in the Australian Open. The prosecution office said in a statement that it had received a request for criminal proceedings against unnamed individuals
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN Our planet has a celestial sentry leading the way around the sun, and it’s only the second Earth Trojan asteroid ever discovered. Astronomers observed asteroid 2020 XL5 using the Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope in Chile. A study detailing the discovery of the Earth Trojan asteroid published Tuesday in the journal Nature
Continue Reading CNN, MAXAR By Kevin Liptak, CNN The White House says it’s no longer describing a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine as “imminent,” suggesting the word sent an unintended message. “I used that once. I think others have used that once. And then we stopped using it because I think it sent a message that we
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN The White House says it’s no longer describing a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine as “imminent,” suggesting the word sent an unintended message. “I used that once. I think others have used that once. And then we stopped using it because I think it sent a message that we weren’t intending
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the International Space Station (ISS), a spacecraft built by a partnership of 16 nations: United States, Canada, Japan, Russia, Brazil, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Information on ISS crews and expeditions can be found here. Statistics The ISS
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Nancy Pelosi, a US representative from California. Personal Birth date: March 26, 1940 Birth place: Baltimore, Maryland Birth name: Nancy Patricia D’Alesandro Father: Thomas D’Alesandro, Baltimore mayor and US congressman Mother: Annunciata (Lombardi) D’Alesandro Marriage: Paul F. Pelosi (1963-present) Children: Nancy, Christine, Jacqueline, Paul and
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EL PASO, Texas – A crash on I-10 east at Raynolds has caused the three right lanes to be shut down. Exit 23 is closed. According to the El Paso police traffic Twitter account, there is no estimate of the clearing time. The crash was reported around 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Ban Ki-moon, former secretary-general of the United Nations. Personal Birth date: June 13,1944 Birth place: Chunchongbuk-do Umsong, Republic of Korea Birth name: Ban Ki-moon Parents: Names unavailable publicly Marriage: Yoo Soon-taek (1971-present) Children: Hyun-hee, Woo-hyun and Seon-yong Education: Seoul National University, B.A., 1970; Harvard University,
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand, Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN Former Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark and his attorneys met with the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection for nearly two hours on Wednesday, two months after the panel voted to hold him in contempt for his lack of cooperation. Clark
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Monica Vitti, la legendaria actriz del cine italiano, murió este miércoles a los 90 años, anunció en Twitter el político y amigo de la familia, Walter Veltroni. “Roberto Russo, su compañero de vida por muchos años, me pidió que informara que Mónica Vitti ya no está. Lo hago con dolor,
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — Authorities say the remains of a 25-year-old man reported missing in Houston in December were found in the trunk of his car at an impound lot in Dallas. Houston police said Monday on Twitter that the decaying body found on Jan. 19 at the Dallas impound lot has been identified as Taylour
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats’ fragile hold on the Senate majority has become vividly apparent with the sudden illness of of New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Luján. Word of the senator’s stroke sent shock waves through the party. Luján’s office says he is expected to make a
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