By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The future of Covid-19 vaccines — including when and how often booster doses might be needed — remains unclear and “complex,” according to advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) detailed in a meeting Wednesday how emerging coronavirus variants and
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By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Safi Rauf, an Afghan American naval reservist who was recently released from captivity under the Taliban, recounted his detainment on Wednesday and what it’s like to finally return home. “It’s an incredible feeling. It hasn’t settled in yet,” he told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an exclusive interview on “The Lead,” his
Continue Reading By Manu Raju, Alex Rogers and Melanie Zanona, CNN Despite her 13 years out of office, Sarah Palin immediately won an endorsement from former President Donald Trump in her campaign to represent Alaska in the US House. GOP hard-liners already plan to invite her to join their congressional caucus. And House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
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LONDON (AP) — Qatar World Cup organizers have admitted that workers were exploited while contracted for FIFA preparation tournaments. The acknowledgement of failings came after an investigation by Amnesty International which said security guards were forced to work in conditions it called “forced labor” by exceeding the 60-hour maximum working work and not having a
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A weak cold front arrives Wednesday night and early Thursday. Some low-end winds and somewhat cooler temps will greet us for Thursday. Get ready for stronger winds later weekend and much of next week.
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA plans to keep its next All-Star Game in Salt Lake City, despite its opposition to Utah’s ban on transgender youth athletes playing on girls teams. The Utah Jazz are set to host the event next February but there was speculation the league could
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor has vetoed a bill that would bar transgender girls and women from participating in school sports matching their gender identity from sixth grade through college. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday that the measure “most likely” violates the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection rights. The
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Reilly Opelka came back from a set down while dealing with an achy shoulder and ended up with 15 aces in a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over qualifier Mitchell Krueger in the second round of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston. Opelka is ranked No. 18 in the world and
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CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen shows how the use of drones is helping Ukrainian citizens fight the Russian invasion.
Continue Reading By Vasco Cotovio and Frederik Pleitgen, Byron Blunt and Daria Markina, CNN A gray car speeds on a highway near Kyiv, heading towards the Ukrainian capital. As it approaches a Russian position, it does a sharp U-turn, stopping shortly after. A man then opens the door. A second later, he is on the ground. “He
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — La noticia de que Elon Musk es ahora el mayor poseedor de acciones de Twitter y está listo para unirse al directorio del gigante de las redes sociales es interesante por muchas (muchas) razones. Pero quizás el elemento más intrigante de la posición repentinamente poderosa de Musk dentro de Twitter es
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(CNN) — The House voted Wednesday to recommend two former advisers to former President Donald Trump be referred to the Department of Justice on criminal contempt of Congress charges. The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riot is looking to hold Trump White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino and Trump’s onetime trade
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The NCAA Frozen Four features a foursome that doesn’t include any teams from the East. It’s the first time since 2011 that the Eastern schools were shut out. Michigan will play Denver in the early semifinal on Thursday, with Minnesota and Minnesota State meeting in the
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EL PASO, Texas – Things have just gone from bad to worse for the UTEP Miners in the early part of the off season. The transfer portal was always going to be a factor, but in just the last few days, UTEP has lost 9 players from their roster. The biggest hit coming on Wednesday,
Continue Reading Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Hace 25 años que la cinta biográfica “Selena”, en la que se retrataba la vida y muerte de “La Reina del Tex-Mex”, se estrenaba en los cines en Estados Unidos. La película llegó tan solo dos años después de la trágica muerte de Selena Quintanilla a manos de Yolanda Saldívar,
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La Sala Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Honduras declaró inadmisible un recurso de amparo presentado por la defensa del expresidente Juan Orlando Hernández contra su extradición a Estados Unidos, informó Melvin Duarte, portavoz del Poder Judicial. Por lo tanto, queda firme todo el proceso de extradición del exgobernante. Los abogados
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Investors seem to be taking a slightly dim view of JetBlue’s bid to buy Spirit Airlines for $3.6 billion. JetBlue shares fell nearly 9% Wednesday, and they are down more than 15% since news of the deal broke Tuesday. JetBlue executives are trying to convince Wall Street about the
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — The defending NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers say their unfamiliar status as preseason division favorites shouldn’t impact their approach. The Brewers believe they have a roster capable of making franchise history by winning a second straight divisional title. But they don’t want to look that far
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Another spring, the same dry riverbed. In previous years, water would begin to flow in the Rio Grande in springtime, released from storage from Elephant Butte Reservoir in New Mexico, and pour into fields and ditches for cotton, pecans, chiles and other crops. Instead, once again, the riverbed remains sandy and bare, and Elephant Butte
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Todos tienen su forma de lidiar con un desengaño. Algunos recurren a sus amigos en busca de apoyo, algunos usan los servicios de transmisión de TV y otros recurren al helado. Pero, ¿qué pasaría si pudieras registrarte en un retiro sin alcohol ni tecnología para un largo fin de semana de
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HOUSTON (AP) — Reilly Opelka came back from a set down while dealing with an achy shoulder and ended up with 15 aces in a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over qualifier Mitchell Krueger in the second round of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston. Opelka is ranked No. 18 in the world and
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — La vista desde Wall Street es terriblemente deprimente. Los agentes están haciendo grandes apuestas contra los minoristas a medida que los temores de recesión ganan fuerza. Los inversores son cada vez más escépticos con respecto a los valores energéticos tras la subida de los precios del petróleo, según S&P
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have arrived in Toronto for their season-opening series. They had their entire expected opening-day roster on the trip to the country that requires all visitors to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 at least 14 days prior to entry. Before returning to the
Continue Reading By Maya Brown, CNN After Tyson and Regina Bates put their kids to bed, they begin a nightly routine of reviewing paperwork in the exhausting process of attempting to buy a historic Black high school in a gentrified area. They had been planning to restore the Torrence-Lytle School to its original condition to turn it
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed into law plans for a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service. The measure is meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency’s financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery. The legislation cleared Congress last month after years
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CNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Wednesday that it’s “hard to deny” that Russian forces are committing genocide in Ukraine following the horrific images that have emerged from cities like Bucha showing civilians brutally killed. “It is hard to deny this, of course. This is a crime which fulfills the
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Fifty-two percent of Americans say Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from cases related to the 2020 election in the wake of recently revealed texts Thomas’ wife, Ginni, had sent about the efforts to overturn the election, according to a Quinnipiac poll released on Wednesday. The slight majority of
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Karim Benzema now has back-to-back hat tricks in the Champions League. A treble against holder Chelsea gave Real Madrid a 3-1 victory in the first leg of their quarterfinals. It’s now 37 goals in 36 games this season for the 32-year-old Frenchman, including the three
Continue Reading By Sam Fossum and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden signed a sweeping bill into law on Wednesday that will overhaul the US Postal Service’s finances and allow the agency to modernize its service. “It’s no exaggeration to say that the Postal Service delivers democracy. And it’s no exaggeration to say the Postal Service is
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have acquired Victor Caratini from the San Diego Padres to address their catching depth as Pedro Severino serves an 80-game suspension to begin the season. Milwaukee sent minor-league outfielder Korry Howell and catcher Brett Sullivan to the Padres in the Wednesday trade that brought Caratini to the Brewers. This
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