EL PASO, Texas– Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a new public health tool that will help provide critical information on Covid-19 trends. The CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System, used to detect the Covid-19 virus in sewage, will now start collecting that nationwide data and making it available on their Covid
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By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Pacific Northwest lawmakers are eyeing several emergency relief bills aimed at helping vulnerable people following last year’s historic heat wave that killed at least 220 people. The measures would provide millions in funding for cooling systems and weather shelters during future extreme weather events.
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By Taylor Romine, CNN Three graduate students in Harvard University’s anthropology department are suing the school, claiming it failed to protect students from sexual abuse and career-ending retaliation by a professor, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The plaintiffs, Margaret Czerwienski, Lilia Kilburn and Amulya Mandava, allege that John Comaroff, a professor of African and
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By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in Irving, Texas once confiscated a gun from Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker following a domestic disturbance because the former football legend talked about having “a shoot-out with police.” The revelation is included in a 2001 police report recently obtained by The Associated Press. The
Continue Reading By SCOTT SONNER and KEN RITTER Associated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada and its casinos have stopped requiring people to wear masks in public. Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Thursday the state no longer requires face coverings in most places, “effective immediately.” State gambling regulators quickly followed with an order lifting the rule for
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home prices rose by double-digit percentages in two-thirds of the largest US cities at the end of last year, but that was a slowdown from earlier in 2021. Of 183 metro areas tracked, 67% saw double-digit growth in median home prices during the fourth quarter, down from 78% in the
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By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Abortions in Texas fell by 60% in the first month under the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. in decades. That’s according to the first figures released by Texas health officials since the law known as Senate Bill 8 took effect in September. The
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers Even coming off its fastest rate of annual growth in 37 years, the U.S. economy is still bogged down by a persistent shortage of the computer chips essential to the technology that connects, transports, and entertains us. The problem has been building since pandemic-related lockdowns shut
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TURIN, Italy (AP) — Winter signing Dušan Vlahović has scored late for defending champion Juventus to squeeze into the Italian Cup semifinals with a 2-1 win over Sassuolo. The former Fiorentina striker did well to go past Mert Müldür and was fortunate his shot took a decisive deflection from Brazilian defender Ruan to finally beat
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By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent At one point at the beginning of the pandemic, there was hope that a popular and inexpensive over-the-counter heartburn drug might hold promise for treating Covid-19, but a newly published study shows mixed results. In the clinical trial, people with mild to moderate Covid-19 who took very high
Continue Reading BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana Hoosiers will be at full strength when they travel to No. 17 Michigan State on Saturday. Coach Mike Woodson says the five players suspended for Tuesday’s game at Northwestern have been reinstated following a curfew violation. Starting guards Xavier Johnson and Parker did not play in the Hoosiers’ 59-51
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — With the Super Bowl almost here, The Associated Press offers a guide to the basics of betting on the big game. The point spread is the amount of points by which a favored team must win in order for the bet to be a winner.
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Abortions in Texas fell by 60% in first month after nation’s most restrictive law took effect last year, figures show.
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By Marianne Garvey Not long ago, Gwenyth Todebush began using morning affirmations to help encourage her 5-year-old son, Clark, to get out the door in the morning and off to kindergarten. The transition to in-person school in Michigan was hard on him, Todebush tells CNN, since the pandemic had kept him home for so many
Continue Reading ALICIA FERNÁNDEZ Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — A shelter near the U.S.-Mexico border is hosting not only migrants and asylum seekers, but chickens, pigs and eventually fish as a local priest confronted with lengthier stays seeks a degree of self-sufficiency and stress-relieving activity for his guests. Fr. Hector Trejo recognized that asylum seekers
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El ministro de Exteriores de España, José Manuel Albares, llamó al canciller de México, Marcelo Ebrard, para aclarar los comentarios del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador sobre las relaciones entre ambos países, confirmó un portavoz de la cancillería española a CNN. La llamada, que se realizó en la noche
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The NFL has sent a letter to a Congressional committee explaining the machinations in the league’s handling of the investigation of misconduct at the Washington franchise. In the letter from the league’s law firm to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, the NFL
Continue Reading By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN London’s Metropolitan Police Service Commissioner Cressida Dick has resigned amid criticism of her leadership following a series of scandals that have dented public confidence in Britain’s largest police force. In a Thursday statement, she said: “It is with huge sadness that following contact with the Mayor of London today, it is
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN The first Super Soul Party in 2017 was a largely impromptu affair, designed to make sure a few folks experiencing homelessness could watch the biggest game of the year in comfort. Meir Kalmanson, dressed in Tom Brady’s New England Patriots jersey, invited men he met on New York sidewalks to a
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BROWNSBURG, Ind. (AP) — Antron Brown still walks into the same race shop he’s called home for years. The Indiana shop he rents still belongs to Don Schumacher Racing. But now the 45-year-old Brown finds himself digging through papers and boxes, waiting for deliveries and calling the shots as
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON and BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers have traded Ben Simmons to the Brooklyn Nets for James Harden as part of a multiplayer deal. Simmons has yet to play this season for the 76ers after an offseason trade demand. Harden could become a free agent at the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico– Over three decades have passed with this crime unsolved. There is a new detective in charge of the investigation and the reward money has been raised. The Las Cruces bowling alley massacre occurred on the morning of Feb. 10, 1990. Two armed men went into Las Cruces Bowl, stealing an estimated
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN Instacart, the grocery delivery service that Justin Krumbah worked for, donated $50,000 to a GoFundMe account that was set up for his funeral costs, according to a statement from the company. Krumbah was killed Monday during a deadly shooting at a Fred Meyer store in Richland, Washington, CNN previously reported. The
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — En Nicaragua, el exaspirante presidencial y líder del Movimiento Campesino Medardo Mairena, el dirigente campesino Pedro Mena y el miembro del grupo promotor de reformas electorales José Antonio Peraza fueron declarados culpables del delito de conspiración para cometer menoscabo de la integridad nacional, en juicios a puertas cerradas
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EL PASO, Texas – Dr. Shawn Diamond has only lived in El Paso for a year and a half, but in that time, he has already helped start and build the only Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Center in El Paso. Dr. Diamond, who is employed by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso, is trained
Continue Reading By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics announced they’ve traded guard PJ Dozier and forward Bol Bol, along with a future second-round pick and cash to the Orlando Magic in exchange for a future second-round pick. Dozier and Bol came to Boston in January from Denver as part of a
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — According to arrest affidavits, two Dallas police officers accused of injuring demonstrators during the 2020 protests following George Floyd’s killing fired less-lethal ammunition at people who were backing away from police and didn’t pose any danger. The Dallas Morning News reports that the affidavits it obtained Thursday dispute some police and attorney
Continue Reading By Gregory Lemos and Amy Simonson, CNN A police officer in Florida shot a man after mistaking his gun for a Taser, an initial review of the case suggests, police said in a statement. The shooting last year is gaining growing attention after the man’s attorney announced a public records lawsuit against the Hollywood Police
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Un tribunal penal de La Paz aplazó el inicio del juicio contra Jeanine Áñez, expresidenta interina de Bolivia, en el caso “Golpe de Estado II”. A Áñez se le acusa de “haber actuado contra la Constitución Política del Estado los días 10, 11 y 12 de noviembre del año
Continue Reading By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in Irving, Texas, once confiscated a gun from Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker following a domestic disturbance — because, they said, the former football star talked about having “a shoot-out with police.” The revelation is included in a 2001 police report recently obtained by The
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