CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Injuries are ending the college playing career of Clemson’s Hunter Rayburn and the offensive lineman is joining Dabo Swinney’s staff in a a student coaching role. The school said that a neck injury has forced Rayburn to give up playing. Rayburn is 6-foot-4, 320-pound junior from Pensacola, Florida. He made six
Continue Reading RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Second-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway has pulled out of the Rio Open clay-court tournament with an abdominal injury. Ruud was replaced by Spain’s Roberto Carballes Baena, who lost his second-round match against Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo 6-3, 6-2. Cerundolo will next face Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic, who beat sixth-seeded Lorenzo Sonego of
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The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is dealing with another legal setback in New York. A judge refused Thursday to throw out a subpoena seeking Trump’s testimony in a civil investigation of his business affairs by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The ruling won’t be the last word in
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By Jennifer Korn An abandoned cargo ship packed with cars is adrift in the Atlantic Ocean, after a rapidly-spreading fire on board forced the crew to escape. The 656 foot-long Felicity Ace roll-on/roll-off car-carrying ship caught fire in the North Atlantic on Wednesday as it carried cargo, including Porsches and Volkswagens, from Emden, Germany to
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CNNEE Nota del editor: Geovanny Vicente-Romero es abogado, politólogo y estratega político con experiencia como asesor de políticas públicas, gobernanza y comunicación gubernamental. Es profesor asociado de comunicación estratégica (ERM) de Columbia University, Nueva York. Es director de Comunicaciones del Instituto Interamericano de Justicia y Sostenibilidad (IIJS), en Washington. Entre sus estudios cuenta con maestría en
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A principios de esta semana, Donald Trump envió un correo electrónico a The New York Times. En él, afirmaba que era muy rico, señalando un “Estado Financiero al 30 de junio de 2014” que decía que tenía un valor de US$ 5.800 millones en el año anterior a que se postulara
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UPDATE (02/18): El Paso police have identified the man who staged an hours-long stand-off with SWAT crews on Thursday. Police say 45-year-old Benjamin Banda had entered the home in violation of a protective order issued against him a few days before. Banda eventually surrendered. He was arrested and charged with violation of a bond/protective order
Continue Reading By Liz Stark and Gabe Cohen, CNN The Internal Revenue Service will stand up a second “surge team” to address its massive backlog of tax returns and correspondence, the National Taxpayer Advocate said during a congressional hearing Thursday. The IRS has already redirected roughly 1,200 employees back into entry-level clerical positions, where they are manually
Continue Reading BALTIMORE (AP) — Records and data collected by a now-defunct aerial surveillance program in Baltimore will be expunged as part of a federal lawsuit settlement filed this week. The Baltimore Sun reports that the Baltimore Police Department and Persistent Surveillance Systems will dispose of all records except those related to ongoing prosecutions. The technology was
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Records and data collected by a now-defunct aerial surveillance program in Baltimore will be expunged as part of a federal lawsuit settlement filed this week. The Baltimore Sun reports that the Baltimore Police Department and Persistent Surveillance Systems will dispose of all records except those related to ongoing prosecutions. The technology was
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By Chuck Johnston, CNN Eric Prescott Kay, a former communications director for the Los Angeles Angels, has been found guilty of two charges in the 2019 overdose death of Angels’ pitcher Tyler Skaggs, the US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas said. Skaggs, 27, died on July 1, 2019, in a hotel in Southlake,
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UPDATE: Las Cruces Public Schools – Effective immediately, masks will be optional while district officials evaluate current COVID-safe practices. For indoor activities and events, schools will still observe social distancing to the greatest extent possible. Under the new guidance, concession sales can resume immediately. “We will move cautiously forward under this shift,” said LCPS Superintendent
Continue Reading CNN By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Florida’s state House on Thursday passed a Republican-sponsored bill that would prohibit abortion in the state after 15 weeks of pregnancy, allowing only for exceptions involving “serious risk” to the pregnant person and fatal fetal abnormality, but with no exceptions for rape or incest. The bill now heads to the
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Florida’s state House on Thursday passed a Republican-sponsored bill that would prohibit abortion in the state after 15 weeks of pregnancy, allowing only for exceptions involving “serious risk” to the pregnant person and fatal fetal abnormality, but with no exceptions for rape or incest. The bill now heads to the GOP-controlled
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks and bond yields sank Thursday as markets remained anxious over the possibility that Russia could invade Ukraine. The S&P 500 had its biggest drop in two weeks. Technology stocks led the way lower, pulling the Nasdaq down. Investors shifted money into low-risk U.S. government bonds, pushing yields lower. Markets are unsettled
Continue Reading Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: TripAdvisor, Hyatt Hotels fall; Walmart, Cisco rise.
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By Kristin Wilson All members of Congress would be invited to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1, according to the House sergeant-at-arms, a return to a full House chamber after last year’s socially distant speech. House Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker wrote Thursday there will be coronavirus “safety measures” in place, including
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A lease agreement says Ford Motor Co. and a South Korean company would have to create more than 5,000 full-time jobs at a planned electric pickup truck factory and battery manufacturing plant in Tennessee or pay back at least part of a $500 million state grant
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso Businessman was sentenced to 12 months in prison for filing false personal tax returns. Federals officials say Victor Manuel Gonzalez, 60, filed fraudulent federal income tax returns for multiple years. Officials say over a three-year period, Gonzalez claimed income from his tax preparation business totaled $61,240; officials say
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jennifer Korn and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN The fire on board the large car-carrying cargo ship Felicity Ace could soon be extinguished because there might not be anything left to burn. The 656 foot-long Felicity Ace roll-on/roll-off car-carrying ship caught fire in the North Atlantic last Wednesday as it carried around 4,000
Continue Reading By ACACIA CORONADO, PAUL WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas grand jury has indicted 19 Austin police officers on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for their actions during 2020 protests over racial injustice that spread nationwide after the killing of George Floyd, according to people familiar
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Las autoridades de migración en Colombia informaron este jueves que la periodista cubana Yailén Insúa Alarcón buscará pedir refugio en ese país en donde estuvo varada en el aeropuerto El Dorado, en Bogotá, desde el 5 de febrero, cuando no fue aceptada a bordo de un vuelo que la llevaría
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State officials say a strain of avian flu has been found at a third commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana. The Indiana State Board of Animal Health says laboratory testing of a commercial flock of turkeys in Greene County has come back as presumptively positive for the virus. The samples are being
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has lifted the state’s mask mandate for indoor public spaces. She made the surprise announcement at a news conference Thursday that followed the end of the 30-day legislative session. She cited reduced COVID-19 risk. Washington’s governor also announced that state’s mandate would be lifted
Continue Reading FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Former Los Angeles Angels employee convicted of providing pitcher Tyler Skaggs drugs that led to his death in Texas.
Continue Reading SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declares the state’s indoor mask mandate has been lifted.
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former NASCAR Cup Series regular Greg Biffle is trying to make the Daytona 500 for the first time since 2016. He agreed to drive for a start-up team, New York Racing, and will have to race his way into the 40-car field during Thursday
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Last week, an article claiming that the Biden administration planned to give away crack pipes to drug addicts went viral, eliciting outrage on the right and prompting a series of clarifications from the administration. The February 7 article from the Washington Free Beacon pointed to a federal grant program administered by
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Juventus hosts Torino for the Turin Derby after Danilo’s injury-time equalizer at Atalanta on Sunday stretched Juve’s unbeaten run in the league to 11 games. But the “Old Lady” will need the same resilience against its local rival, which has one of the best defenses in Serie A. High-scoring Bayer Leverkusen
Continue Reading By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press After dropping out of the Champions League, Barcelona now faces a difficult task just to qualify for the round of 16 in the Europa League. The Catalan club was held 1-1 by Napoli at Camp Nou Stadium in the first leg of one of eight playoffs between third-place finishers in
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