By Danya Gainor Space technology has long been used to help forecast weather, spot wildfires and aide scientists’ understanding of the climate crisis. But this next-generation German satellite is being called a game changer for its ability to use more than 250 colors to produce the most precise data on water, soil and vegetation in
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the past year, Temple has hired a new president, athletic director and football coach, all Black men. The moves have made Temple just the second school that plays major college football to have an African-American in all three of those high-profile positions, along
Continue Reading LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville basketball coach Kenny Payne has hired former Kansas great Danny Manning as an assistant, a month after he completed an interim stint at Maryland. The 55-year-old Manning guided the Terrapins to a 15-17 finish after taking over for Mark Turgeon in December. Manning was 78-111 as Wake Forest’s coach from
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By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Twitter said Friday that its board of directors has unanimously adopted a “poison pill” defense in response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the company for more than $43 billion and take it private. The move would allow existing Twitter shareholders — except
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada officials are launching a $500 million program to help provide affordable housing by tapping federal American Rescue Plan funding and new borrowing authority approved by state lawmakers. Gov. Steve Sisolak said the “Home Means Nevada” initiative that he and other officials announced Thursday is the beginning of an effort to
Continue Reading TIRANA, Albania (AP) — UEFA has completed its training of Albanian police and local law enforcement for the inaugural Europa Conference League final in Tirana next month. The Albanian Football Association says UEFA has been offering security training for several months for the first UEFA final to be staged in Albania. UEFA decided in 2020
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers say Paul George has entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols and will miss their play-in game against New Orleans. His absence is a huge blow to the Clippers’ hopes of making the playoffs. They must win to earn the No.
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Germán Padinger (CNN) — El año pasado, por estas fechas, las nuevas y sorprendentemente eficaces vacunas contra el covid-19 se estaban extendiendo por todo el país, inyectando una fuerte nota de optimismo –debido a la esperada inmunidad de rebaño contra el virus– en la anteriormente torpe respuesta a la pandemia en Estados Unidos. Millones de
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter’s board of directors has adopted a limited-term shareholder rights plan called a “poison pill” that could make it harder for Elon Musk to acquire the company. The “poison pill” provision, announced in a press release Friday, preserves the right for Twitter shareholders other than Musk to acquire more shares
Continue Reading By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University is paying out $2 million to settle more lawsuits brought by former athletes and other men who say they were sexually abused decades ago by a now-deceased team doctor. The payouts by the university have now reached just under $60 million to nearly
Continue Reading By Amy Cassidy and Jack Bantock, CNN More rain and damaging winds are expected across South Africa’s east coast, following days of severe storms and flooding in which nearly 400 people have died, the KwaZulu-Natal regional government warned on Friday. Heavy rains and flooding first hit KwaZulu-Nata, which includes the coastal city of Durban, on
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los astrónomos detectaron un potente láser de ondas de radio, conocido como megamaser, en el espacio. Este megamaser supera el récord de ser el más lejano que se ha observado, a 5.000 millones de años luz de la Tierra. La luz de este láser espacial viajó unos impresionantes 58.000 millones de
Continue Reading Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Este sigue siendo uno de los misterios más grandes de la ciencia: ¿por qué hay personas que no se infectan del nuevo coronavirus? Científicos buscan responder esta duda y tres estudios podrían traer un poco de claridad a esta pregunta. El Dr. Elmer Huerta revisa los hallazgos en este
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By Andrew Kaczynski and Drew Myers, CNN Campaigning for the Senate in Ohio in recent weeks, J.D. Vance has ridiculed claims that advocates of a border-wall were “racist.” But in multiple appearances in 2016, he made a similar argument to the one he is currently ridiculing — including saying that Republican electoral strategy had been
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Kate Springer, CNN For 33-year-old Sarah Richard, life has long revolved around scuba diving. As the founder of Girls that Scuba, billed as the world’s largest scuba community for women, she traveled nonstop to host dive trips and events before the pandemic. It would not be unusual for Richard to spend a few weeks in
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and his far-right challenger in the French presidential vote, Marine Le Pen, have decried as “shocking” the multimillion euro payout to the CEO of carmaker Stellantis. Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares’ remuneration package of 19.15 million euros in 2021 became an
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EL PASO, Texas – Democratic candidate for Governor Beto O’Rourke will hold a news conference to address Governor Greg Abbott’s enhanced border inspections that have led to backlogs at the ports of entry. “Abbott is the arsonist who torched the Texas economy by shutting down trade with Mexico to score cheap political points,” said O’Rourke
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Cuando al golfista Morgan Hoffmann le diagnosticaron distrofia muscular facioescapulohumeral —una enfermedad que hace que sus músculos se debiliten— en 2017, le dijeron que no se podía hacer nada. Pero después de un viaje de cinco años de descubrimiento, el jugador de 32 años está de vuelta en el PGA
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By Michael Nedelman, CNN A loophole that vaping companies have used to circumvent regulators and keep their products on shelves closed this week, enabling the US Food and Drug Administration to go after myriad products being marketed illegally and in a variety of flavors. In order to avoid FDA oversight, companies have been making synthetic
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WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will be getting back the $75,000 in fines he paid to a Connecticut court for missing a deposition last month in a lawsuit over his assertions that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. A Connecticut judge on Thursday ordered the return
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer A person with knowledge of the process says a Bahrain-based private equity firm is in exclusive talks to buy seven-time European champion AC Milan and become the Italian league’s first Middle East investor. The buyout by Investcorp could see the Serie A leader sold for around 1 billion
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer A person with knowledge of the process says a Bahrain-based private equity firm is in exclusive talks to buy seven-time European champion AC Milan and become the Italian league’s first Middle East investor. The buyout by Investcorp could see the Serie A leader sold for around 1 billion
Continue Reading By Andrew Carey, Abeer Salman, Hadas Gold, Amir Tal and Michael Schwartz, CNN Palestinians and Israeli forces clashed in and around the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City for hours on Friday morning, before an uneasy calm returned to the city later in the day. Videos shared on social media showed serious unrest and violence
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– En toda China, las ciudades han confinado a sus residentes, las líneas de suministro se han interrumpido y los funcionarios luchan por asegurar el transporte de bienes básicos. Todo mientras el brote más grande jamás registrado de covid-19 amenaza con escalar a una crisis nacional que elaboró el propio gobierno. Al menos
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of California grocery store workers have approved a new contract with major supermarket chains, avoiding a potential strike. The union said Thursday members in the central and southern areas of California ratified a tentative deal that was reached last week. It grants some 47,000 employees at 540 stores higher wages,
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (AP) — New Mexico regulators have approved more rules aimed at cracking down on pollution from the state’s big oil and natural gas industry. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration on Thursday praised the rules and called them among the toughest in the nation. The rules set by
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers need James Harden to return to his All-Star form if they are going to beat the Toronto Raptors. Game 1 in the Eastern Conference playoff series is Saturday in Philadelphia. Game 2 is Monday. Harden is one of only seven players in 76ers
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Climate-change protesters have snarled traffic by blocking four London bridges. Cars and red double-decker buses backed up along roads as hundreds of Extinction Rebellion activists occupied London’s Waterloo, Blackfriars, Lambeth and Westminster bridges, calling for an end to new fossil fuel investments. The Metropolitan Police force said “pockets of protest” were causing
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Dillian Whyte’s journey to a long-awaited shot at the world heavyweight title has followed a well-worn path for boxers. That is from survival on the streets to salvation in the ring. The 34-year-old Whyte had a tough upbringing and says “I was a thug.” He used to beat up
Continue Reading CNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN Friday that “all of the countries of the world” should be prepared for the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin could use tactical nuclear weapons in his war on Ukraine. Zelensky told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an exclusive interview from the office of the
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