By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans released seven-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Julio Jones after one season Thursday as a post-June 1 release to create much-needed salary cap space. The Titans traded for Jones last June. They hoped to rev up the passing game by pairing
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Oil prices surged Thursday back above $100 a barrel on renewed concerns about the war in Ukraine disrupting Russia’s energy supplies. After sinking below $94 a barrel earlier this week, US crude soared 8% to settle at $102.98 a barrel. Brent crude, the world benchmark, spiked 9% to $106.64 a
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By MORGAN LEE and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An elected New Mexico official who helped found the group Cowboys for Trump faces trial next week on misdemeanor charges for being on restricted grounds at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. He plans to arrive at his trial in
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BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says the brother of the country’s central bank governor has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and illicit enrichment. Thursday’s report says a Mount Lebanon district court judge has questioned Raja Salameh for several hours before his arrest. The suit against Salameh was filed by a
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Deadline day is Friday for bids to be submitted to buy Chelsea and end the 19-year ownership of Roman Abramovich. This is a sale enforced on the Russian billionaire after being sanctioned by the British government for his close links to Russian President Vladimir Putin
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Deadline day is Friday for bids to be submitted to buy Chelsea and end the 19-year ownership of Roman Abramovich. This is a sale enforced on the Russian billionaire after being sanctioned by the British government for his close links to Russian President Vladimir Putin
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LOS GATOS, California — Netflix revealed plans to make account sharing outside of the household a thing of the past. Netflix says they created account sharing for people in the same household to have easy viewing access. They say however, confusion has been created about how the account can be shared, and people are now
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Russia’s Finance Ministry said it transferred a $117 million bond interest payment in an attempt to avoid a default on government debt but left it open if the money actually reached foreign investors by the deadline. A ministry statement carried on Russian state media said Thursday the money had been transferred to
Continue Reading By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Anthony Alford won the Pittsburgh Pirates’ starting center fielder’s job in spring training last year then lost it less than a month into the season. This year, he is trying to become the regular right fielder, which is one of three position battles in the Pirates’
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers are piling up big numbers this season. Lots of goals, lots of wins, lots of points. And in a couple cases, lots of minutes. That’s one of the reasons why the Panthers acquired defenseman Ben Chiarot from the Montreal Canadiens as the
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La fuerza pública empezará este jueves a despejar las rutas bloqueadas por manifestantes en diversos puntos del país, para garantizar el derecho constitucional de libre circulación, dijo el comandante de la Policía Nacional de Paraguay, Gilberto Arístides Fleitas Colmán. En una nota de prensa publicada en la web del
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The mission to launch Europe’s first planetary rover — designed to search for signs of life on Mars — has been suspended, the European Space Agency said Thursday. The ExoMars Rover, a collaboration between ESA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, had been on track to leave for Mars in September
Continue Reading RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada man could face more than 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he groped a woman who had fallen asleep during a flight to Las Vegas. Federal prosecutors say Daniel Parkhurst pleaded guilty this week to one count of interference with a flight crew and one
Continue Reading BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — A jury has concluded that Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala was “deeply unconscious” after being poisoned by exhaust fumes before dying from severe head and chest injuries in a plane crash in 2019. Sala died when the single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft in which he was traveling crashed in the English Channel.
Continue Reading Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Algunos países de Europa están experimentando un repunte de casos de covid-19. ¿Es esta una nueva ola de coronavirus? El Dr. Elmer Huerta nos explica lo que está ocurriendo en ese continente. También lo que sucede en Hong Kong y China, que a pesar de su política de “cero
Continue Reading By Paula Newton, CNN Canada announced it will lift its Covid-19 pre-entry test requirement for fully vaccinated travelers beginning April 1, saying Thursday that the pandemic was entering a “transition phase.” The requirement will be dropped for air, land and water ports of entry. However, the announcement came with a warning that travel restrictions may
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Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Hertha Berlin’s new coach Felix Magath has tested positive for the coronavirus before his first game in charge. Hertha says the 68-year-old Magath tested positive for COVID-19 and is “therefore initially not available for coaching or game operations.” Magath was only appointed coach by the relegation-threatened
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Pau Torres’ close-range shot had barely crossed the goal line when Villarreal coach Unai Emery started to celebrate by sprinting in a circle by the bench. The 85th-minute goal against Juventus in Turin gave the visitors a two-goal lead and practically sealed Villarreal’s spot in the
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer SEBRING, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR and Hendrick Motorsports have partnered on an effort to enter the 24 Hours of Le Mans next year with a modified version of its new Next Gen car. The collaborative effort announced at Sebring International Raceway seeks the “Garage 56” entry, which was
Continue Reading By Geneva Sands, CNN The Department of Homeland Security has reinstituted its independent advisory council, nearly a year after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas dissolved the existing council, ousting a board of independent advisers that included Trump-era officials. The new council will be made up of 33 new members, including former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff,
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Koch Industries is planning to continue running two glass manufacturing facilities in Russia, saying it doesn’t want to hand over the plants to the Russian government. Dave Robertson, president and COO of Koch Industries, said Koch doesn’t want to turn the plants over to the Russian government “so it
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El gobierno de Biden se prepara para una posible migración masiva a la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos, cuando termine una orden de emergencia por la pandemia que implementó la administración del expresidente Donald Trump, según tres fuentes familiarizadas con las discusiones. Las autoridades fronterizas han dependido de una política
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MORGAN LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional oversight committee has opened an investigation into a partisan audit of the 2020 election results that is taking place in New Mexico and was authorized by a Republican-led county commission. Two Democrats on the House Oversight Committee wrote Thursday to the head
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By KEVIN McGILL, MATTHEW BROWN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An appeals court has revived a Biden administration effort to account for potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for polluting industries. A Louisiana-based federal judge had blocked the so-called “social cost of carbon” policy. The Trump appointee said
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Jimmie Johnson returns to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend searching for some of his old NASCAR magic. He won seven times at Texas as a NASCAR driver and the track renamed victory lane for him following his 2020 retirement. Now he’s back to run his first oval race
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Jimmie Johnson returns to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend searching for some of his old NASCAR magic. He won seven times at Texas as a NASCAR driver and the track renamed victory lane for him following his 2020 retirement. Now he’s back to run his first oval race
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Cole Beasley can forget trying to negotiate a trade out of Buffalo now that he’s a free agent after being cut by the Bills. The Bills made the move to cut their top slot receiver to free up salary cap space a day after
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Cole Beasley can forget trying to negotiate a trade out of Buffalo now that he’s a free agent after being cut by the Bills. The Bills made the move to cut their top slot receiver to free up salary cap space a day after
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Thursday is one the best days of the year for college basketball fans as the annual March Madness championship tournament tips off, and 45 million Americans are expected to bet on it this year. Among them is John Raymond of Wilmington, Delaware, who traveled to
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