Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) añadieron este lunes un nuevo destino a la categoría de mayor riesgo de contagio de covid-19: la isla Mauricio, en el Océano Índico. La actualización semanal del nivel de riesgo para viajar trajo
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SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — The Texas Rangers have signed free agent outfielder Jake Marisnick, right-handed reliever Brandon Workman and lefty Matt Moore to minor league contracts that include invitations to big league spring training. Marisnick has played 800 major league games over the past nine seasons. Most of his career was with Houston from 2014-19,
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SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — The Texas Rangers have signed free agent outfielder Jake Marisnick, right-handed reliever Brandon Workman and lefty Matt Moore to minor league contracts that include invitations to big league spring training. Marisnick has played 800 major league games over the past nine seasons. Most of his career was with Houston from 2014-19,
Continue Reading By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The busy New York Mets have added an experienced arm to their bullpen, signing Adam Ottavino to a $4 million, one-year contract. The veteran right-hander can earn another $1 million in performance bonuses. Ottavino, who grew up in Brooklyn, returns to pitch for a hometown
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Landscape painter Stephen Wong captures Hong Kong’s 100-kilometer (62-mile) MacLehose Trail across 10 large-scale canvases and nearly 40 smaller works.
Continue Reading Stephy Chung, CNN Contributors: Dan Hodge, CNN and Momo Moussa, CNN Stephen Wong openly describes himself as “greedy.” The landscape painter is referring to his appetite for absorbing as much scenery as possible during long and sometimes arduous hikes, which see him filling sketchbooks with impressions before translating them into sumptuous paintings. Hong Kong, the
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By Amy Simonson, CNN Four Houston Police Department officers who were indefinitely suspended in September 2020 in the deadly shooting of Nicolas Chavez will be reinstated, according to the department’s police chief. One sergeant and three officers had appealed the suspension that followed the shooting of an apparently emotionally disturbed man who was on the
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Stephen Curry is heading back to Japan, Rui Hachimura is going home and the NBA is planning to take another step toward normalcy. The NBA announced Monday night that Golden State and Washington will be headed to Saitama, Japan for the first two games of the 2022 preseason schedule.
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn coach Bryan Harsin says he isn’t bitter about a school investigation that placed his job in apparent jeopardy. He has turned his attention to finding a starting quarterback and stopping a five-game skid. Harsin and the Tigers have opened spring practice. The second-year coach
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BEIJING (AP) — China has reported a more than doubling of new COVID-19 cases as it faces by far its biggest outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. The National Health Commission said Tuesday that 3,507 new locally spread cases had been identified in the latest 24-hour period, up from 1,337 a day earlier.
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer Corey Seager and Marcus Semien are finally on the field together with the Texas Rangers. The team’s first official workout came nearly 3 1/2 months after the two became teammates. Texas committed a half-billion dollars to the middle infielders when they signed both before the Major League Baseball lockout.
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer Corey Seager and Marcus Semien are finally on the field together with the Texas Rangers. The team’s first official workout came nearly 3 1/2 months after the two became teammates. Texas committed a half-billion dollars to the middle infielders when they signed both before the Major League Baseball lockout.
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By Jenn Selva, CNN The Idaho Legislature gave final approval Monday to a bill that would ban abortion after six weeks and allow the father, sibling, grandparent, aunt or uncle of the fetus to bring legal action against the medical professional who performed the abortion. Idaho’s GOP-controlled House passed Senate Bill 1309, dubbed the “Fetal
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN It was once the biggest symbol of American military power in the Indo-Pacific, battle tested from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf and a survivor of a collision with a Soviet submarine. But the glory days of the former USS Kitty Hawk are over, and the retired supercarrier is on its final,
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) – El fiscal general de Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, informó este domingo que un hombre fue detenido por el supuesto delito de violencia física agravada contra la medallista olímpica Stefany Hernández, ocurrido en la noche del 11 de marzo en un local nocturno en el este de Caracas, e informó que
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Daniel Berger hit into the water on the 16th hole and some tense moments followed at The Players Championship. Berger felt the ball last crossed land just short of the green. Viktor Hovland and Joel Dahmen felt it first went over the water
Continue Reading EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally importing and exporting hundreds of live scorpions. The Oregon Department of Justice says Darren Drake pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring with others to commit Lacey Act violations. Court documents say from September 2017 into March 2018, Drake imported and exported
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop, Amanda Watts and Amanda Musa, CNN Workers on Monday removed what is thought to be the last public Confederate statue in Maryland other than those on battlefields or in cemeteries. The 13-foot tall copper statue of a boy holding a Confederate flag stood on the lawn of the Talbot County courthouse in
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Jeremy Grisham, CNN Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday signed into law a bill described as a prohibition on critical race theory (CRT), becoming the latest Republican-controlled state to legislate how history and race can be taught in schools. Reeves, a Republican, posted a video of him signing the bill, saying,
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EL PASO, Texas – The Socorro ISD Board of Trustees voted to approve Nate Carman as the district’s next superintendent. “I am truly humbled and excited to join Socorro ISD, a widely recognized and successful school district in the state of Texas. It is an honor to join this wonderful team of students, teachers, staff,
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) – Entidades no gubernamentales nicaragüenses e internacionales pidieron este lunes en la Organización de Estados Americanos la aplicación de mecanismos para que Nicaragua rinda cuentas por las denuncias de violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas desde 2018 hasta la fecha. Las organizaciones participaron en la audiencia pública virtual de la Comisión Interamericana
Continue Reading FORT IRWIN, Calif. (AP) — The Army is investigating after a soldier died last week during training in California’s Mojave Desert. The military says 23-year-old Spc. Joseph Meitl Jr., died last Thursday at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, located between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Meitl joined the Army in May 2020 and
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Rafael Nadal is still perfect. The Spanish star defeated 27th-seeded Daniel Evans 7-5, 6-3 in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open and improved to 17-0 this year. Nadal tied Roger Federer in 2018 and Pete Sampras in 1997 for the third-best overall
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop, Amanda Watts and Amanda Musa, CNN Workers on Monday removed what is thought to be the last public Confederate statue in Maryland other than those on battlefields or in cemeteries. The 13-foot tall copper statue of a boy holding a Confederate flag stood on the lawn of the Talbot County courthouse in
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer A person with knowledge of the deal says the Dallas Cowboys are bringing back defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence on a new contract that will create more room under the salary cap. Lawrence’s reworked deal is worth $40 million over three years with $30 million guaranteed. The best hope
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer A person with knowledge of the deal says the Dallas Cowboys are bringing back defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence on a new contract that will create more room under the salary cap. Lawrence’s reworked deal is worth $40 million over three years with $30 million guaranteed. The best hope
Continue Reading By Rebecca Wright and Olha Konovalova, CNN The thunder of explosions occasionally rattles the basement that has become the temporary home to 21 babies of foreign parents born to Ukrainian surrogates. The BioTexCom Center for Human Reproduction surrogacy center in Kyiv was moved to the concrete bunker on the first day of the Russian invasion
Continue Reading EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern coach Chris Collins will get at least another year to turn around his struggling program. Athletic director Dr. Derrick Gragg said in a statement he and Collins met Monday “to discuss the high expectations we have for our men’s basketball program, and the path forward for it.” Gragg said he
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A nice day for Tuesday with temps hitting 73 degrees. Lots of sunshine. The winds begin to crank up with gusts around 40 mph Wednesday. Stronger winds over the weekend.
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Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday he has replaced Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris as leader of the Texas Military Department after months of criticism that her handling of his highly touted border mission had led to deplorable living conditions for troops. In a news release, Abbott said Norris’ term expired in February and Maj. Gen. Thomas
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