By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer The Associated Press lists 10 college softball players to watch this season. Reigning USA Softball Collegiate Player Jocelyn Alo of Oklahoma leads the way. She is closing in on the NCAA career home run record after hitting a school-record 34 last season. Three other Oklahoma players are on the
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Division I college basketball committees say there won’t be a combined men’s and women’s Final Four in the near future. The unanimous decision announced Friday was made during a joint meeting of the committees that concluded several months of exploring the concept of one city hosting a joint Final Four. The
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By KRISTEN GRIFFITH of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy MacKenzie Scott, who has given at least $8 billion in the past two years to mostly small nonprofits that serve people in need, used to release posts on Medium about her gifts and who got them. Then Scott stopped naming names. She announced in
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has formally adopted sweeping new rules that will limit the ability of its top officials to invest in financial markets, a change intended to prevent conflicts of interest involving investments affected by Fed policies. The stricter rules emerged after an outcry over questionable
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has accused Russia of being responsible for cyberattacks targeting Ukraine’s defense ministry and major banks. The announcement was made by Anne Neuberger, the White House’s chief cyber official, who said the U.S. rapidly linked Tuesday’s attacks to Russian military intelligence officers. Britain joined the
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN The antiparasitic drug ivermectin doesn’t prevent severe disease from Covid-19 any more effectively than symptom management and close observation by medical professionals, according to a study published Friday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. The study enrolled nearly 500 people 50 and older who were at risk of severe Covid-19 because
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The inaugural Legacy Bowl in New Orleans is giving top football players from historically Black colleges and universities a new level of exposure to pro scouts and executives. South Carolina State defensive back Zafir Kelly says the event evens the field for HBCU players who’ve
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El presidente de México Andrés Manuel López Obrador dijo este viernes sentir orgullo de que el senador de Estados Unidos Ted Cruz lo haya criticado días atrás. “De verdad es un timbre de orgullo que un senador como esta persona se lance en contra del gobierno que represento”,
Continue Reading The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The National Archives acknowledged Friday it has discussed with the Department of Justice that classified records were found in boxes at Mar-a-Lago after former President Donald Trump left office, according to a letter from Archivist David Ferriero to the House Oversight Committee. The letter, released by the
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez and Ariane de Vogue, CNN The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider this term whether the Biden administration can terminate a Trump-era border policy known as “Remain in Mexico,” a move that calls into question the future of a controversial program that allows officials to send non-Mexican migrants to Mexico to await
Continue Reading By Sam Fossum and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday officially signed into law the stopgap funding measure passed by the Senate Thursday night, averting a government shutdown for now. The funding for the federal government was set to expire on Friday. The bill signed into law Friday will extend the funding until
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By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN After months of military buildup and brinkmanship on Ukraine’s border, Russia is ratcheting up pressure on its ex-Soviet neighbor, threatening to destabilize Europe and draw in the United States. Russia has been tightening its military grip around Ukraine since last year, amassing tens of thousands of soldiers, as well as equipment
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — El Servicio de Inspección de Sanidad Animal y Vegetal (APHIS) del Departamento de Agricultura de EE.UU. (USDA) anunció este viernes que se reanudó su programa de inspección de aguacate en Michoacán y las exportaciones de este producto a EE.UU. “APHIS, en estrecha colaboración con el Oficial de Seguridad Regional de la
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — Las elecciones en Colombia están a menos de un mes de llevarse a cabo. El próximo 13 de marzo, los colombianos votarán para elegir al nuevo Congreso de la República, con un total de 2.819 cargos públicos a disputarse en la contienda electoral. La Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil de Colombia
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer The Oklahoma softball program is the gold standard after winning four of the past eight national championships under coach Patty Gasso. The Sooners are the defending Women’s College World Series champions. Many of that team’s top players return. Those include reigning USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Jocelyn
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Republican lawmakers are starting to choose sides in the fight to defeat Rep. Liz Cheney in Wyoming, placing high-stakes bets in a divisive primary that is widely seen as a referendum on Donald Trump and cementing deep rifts in the GOP over the direction of the party. In
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Sue Bird officially re-signed with the Seattle Storm, her only WNBA team, in what is expected to be her final season. Bird, the WNBA assist leader and oldest player in the league at 41, previously announced she would return for one more season. She waited until Seattle finished the rest of its
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has canceled the first week of spring training games through March 4 in the first public acknowledgement of the disruption caused by the lockout. The work stoppage was in its 79th day Friday, a day after economic talks between the management and
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By Karol Suarez and Abel Alvarado The United States is resuming its avocado inspection program in Mexico’s Michoacán state a week after imposing a temporary ban in response to a US inspector receiving a death threat. The Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said Friday that it was working closely with Mexican
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CNN By Karol Suarez and Abel Alvarado The United States is resuming its avocado inspection program in Mexico’s Michoacán state a week after imposing a temporary ban in response to a US inspector receiving a death threat. The Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said Friday that it was working closely with
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The labor shortage has been a defining feature of the pandemic job market and it’s not getting better any time soon. But there is a whole group of workers who are being overlooked even though they could be part of the solution. Criminal records are keeping certain workers from finding
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Measures to protect patients hospitalized with Covid-19 from financial liability have been rolled back by most insurers in the United States, leaving the vast majority of patients with an average out-of-pocket bill of about $4,000 for each hospital stay, according to research published this week in the journal JAMA Network Open.
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Anguila (CNN) — No hay servicio a bordo. No hay cabina de clase ejecutiva. No hay champán, ni elección de carne o pollo, ni entretenimiento. Con solo ocho minutos desde el despegue hasta el aterrizaje, no hay tiempo para nada de eso. Hay vuelos más cortos como el salto de Westray a Papa
Continue Reading By Geneva Sands, CNN The Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence chief is defending the department’s recently released national terrorism bulletin in public comments and memos this week in an attempt to push back against Republican criticism that the Biden administration is attempting to police political thought. The bulletin, released earlier this month, includes concerns about
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Rachel Janfaza, CNN An Illinois appellate court on Thursday dismissed an effort by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker to keep an emergency school mask mandate in effect for the entire state. The court, however, said the ruling does not apply to local mandates, and the Chicago Public Schools district — which was
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Expect to see more bright-red “Rollback” signs at Walmart stores as inflation bites, the company said Thursday. Rollbacks, or temporary price reductions on an item, are Walmart’s version of a sale. Walmart decides which products to drop prices on based on factors like discounts it receives from suppliers or excess
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UPDATE Feb 19, 2022 — Police identify 24-year-old Devan Lovelace as the man who was arrested after a hours long standoff with El Paso SWAT and Crisis Management Team. Lovelace was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility and charges for Aggravated Assault. He is currently with being held on a $250,000 dollars bond.
Continue Reading FAR EAST EL PASO COUNTY, Texas — A family is seeking justice after their 9-year-old English Bulldog died during a visit to a dog groomer in far east El Paso. Bevo, the English Bulldog, was taken to a groomer for a haircut before a scheduled surgery the next day. The owners tell ABC 7 Bevo
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Finland has never won an Olympic gold medal in hockey. To break that drought, the Finns will have to beat the defending champion Russians — the team that, if you include all its various designations, has won as many Olympic titles in men’s hockey as anyone.
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