By Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, CNN Iowa Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer’s name will appear on the state’s June 7 Democratic primary ballot, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled on Friday, boosting the Democrat after a lower court had ruled she had not qualified for the primary. The court’s decision makes Finkenauer the Democratic front-runner in
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EL PASO, Texas – When we think of first responders, many of us think of police, firefighters, and paramedics. But what about those who work behind the scenes to ensure we are safe and remain calm in an emergency? Those are the 911 dispatchers – the first responders we don’t see but rely on. This
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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a jury’s findings that illusionist David Copperfield and the MGM Grand weren’t financially responsible for a British tourist’s injuries during a Las Vegas Strip show in 2013. Gavin Cox and his wife accused the multimillionaire magician, the hotel and business
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN When Joslyn Diffenbaugh learned about efforts in Texas to remove certain books from school libraries and classrooms, she was surprised by the titles that were being challenged. An avid reader, the 8th grader from Kutztown, Pennsylvania, said she had read several of the books in question. Among the titles that had
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By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mets outfielders Brandon Nimmo and Mark Canha have been placed on the injured list after a New York coach tested positive for COVID-19. Neither player was with the team for its home opener at Citi Field against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Mets manager Buck Showalter, without
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — The annual Good Friday hike to the top of Mount Cristo Rey is back this year ahead of celebrations this Easter Weekend. The event started today at 6:00 am with large groups showing up to trek the 5-mile hike. Many people showed up to the scheduled hike, including some first-time
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Morgan Hoffmann missed the cut at the RBC Heritage in his first PGA Tour event since 2019. Hoffmann, 32, was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and had to step away from tournament golf for the past two-and-a-half years. Hoffmann felt his strength and stamina
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer North Carolina wing Leaky Black is returning for a fifth year available after playing through the COVID-19 pandemic. The 6-foot-8, 200-pound Black announced his decision to return Friday. Black is the team’s top defender. It marks another boost to the Tar Heels after an improbable run to the NCAA
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant will retire in June, just two years after the previous chief resigned in the aftermath of a fatal police shooting in the city. Bryant became interim chief in June 2020, when then-chief Erika Shields resigned a day after an Atlanta Police Department officer
Continue Reading AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Five-star high school forward Yohan Traore is headed to Auburn. The school announced the signing of the former LSU verbal commitment, giving the Tigers a potential successor to NBA-bound Jabari Smith. The 6-foot-10, 225-pound Traore is ranked as the nation’s No. 8 recruit by Rivals and Sports Illustrated and 15th-best by
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Para Sarah Richard, de 33 años, la mayor parte de su vida gira en torno al buceo. Como fundadora de Girls that Scuba, considerada la mayor comunidad de buceo para mujeres del mundo, viajaba sin parar para organizar viajes y eventos de buceo antes de la pandemia. No era raro que
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading 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.
Continue Reading 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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