By DAVE CAMPBELL and LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writers Jim Harbaugh will stay at Michigan after all. He has ended his dalliance with a return to the NFL after interviewing with the Minnesota Vikings for their head coach vacancy. The Vikings have targeted Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell for the job instead. Harbaugh
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By Cheri Mossburg and Sarah Moon, CNN San Francisco is formally apologizing to its Chinese residents for discriminatory actions taken during the city’s storied history. The Board of Supervisors passed the apology resolution presented by city supervisor Matt Haney on Monday, coinciding with the Lunar New Year. Citing heinous behavior from the mid-1800s when the
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN On February 4, 2019, the Miami Dolphins introduced Brian Flores as the team’s 13th head coach at a press conference full of smiles and heady talk about the team’s future. It was the day after Flores had won his third Super Bowl as a longtime assistant coach with the New England
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Las autoridades penitenciarias de República Dominicana investigan las circunstancias en que se produjo la evasión de tres detenidos que se fugaron cuando eran trasladados. El suceso ocurrió en la zona sureña de Paya, mientras los tres individuos eran llevados desde una audiencia en la ciudad de Baní hacia el recinto
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Dos personas con leucemia lograron la remisión durante más de una década tras recibir una infusión de células CAR-T, células inmunitarias modificadas en laboratorio, según un nuevo estudio. Los resultados sugieren que este enfoque podría ser una terapia a largo plazo para la leucemia, y algunos investigadores lo describen como una
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he will create a state-owned company to mine lithium and appears to suggest he will seek to cancel one of the few existing permits held by a Chinese company. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had said in October he wants to declare lithium a “strategic mineral,” but it
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Salud de Uruguay formó un equipo técnico para “dar respuesta inmediata” a los padres de 158 niños que recibieron parte de una dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19 de Sinovac en vez de Pfizer. Este miércoles, en declaraciones a medios locales, Gabriel Peluffo, pediatra encargado de
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EL PASO, Texas – Wednesday was National Signing Day all across the country, including here in the Borderland. High school athletes made it official as they put pen to paper to make their college selection. Here are some of the Borderland athletes who will be playing at the next level: Tavorus Jones (Football) : Burges
Continue Reading By Lauren Fox and Manu Raju, CNN Sen. Kevin Cramer had just arrived at the US Capitol on Monday night when he found Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on the floor of the Senate. His message to the GOP leader: Avoid a messy confirmation fight for President Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court pick. McConnell agreed.
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Los enfrentamientos registrados este miércoles en un pabellón de la Penitenciaría Litoral, una de las cárceles más grandes de Ecuador en la ciudad costera de Guayaquil, se encuentran bajo control, según informó el Servicio Nacional de Atención Integral a Personas Adultas Privadas de la Libertad y a Adolescentes Infractores del
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The biggest challenge at the Super Bowl might not be on the field. Los Angeles-area officials are urging fans to follow strict mask rules throughout the outdoor game on Feb. 13, and to keep them in place except for eating or drinking. They acknowledged it
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By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government will end its quarantine requirements for incoming travelers and reopen its borders. The change is welcomed by thousands of citizens abroad who have endured long waits to return home. Since the start of the pandemic, New Zealand has enacted some of the
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua canceló este miércoles la personalidad jurídica de 14 organizaciones civiles sin fines de lucro, incluidas cinco universidades privadas independientes. Entre las universidades afectadas por la medida se encuentran la Politécnica de Nicaragua (Upoli), perteneciente a la Convención Bautista y considerada bastión de las protestas antigubernamentales
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Head Coach Dana Dimel announced 15 student-athletes who signed National Letters of Intent and will don the Orange and Blue of the Miners. Joining the program are WR Kelly Akharaiyi (Tyler JC), OL A.J. Barton (Lakeview Centennial HS), DB D’Angelo Bellamy (Modesto JC), WR Marcus Bellon (Santa Barbara CC), DB Amier Boyd-Matthews (Mountain Pointe HS), K/P Wilton “Buzz” Flabiano (Plano East HS), QB Jake
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Most of NBC’s announcers for the Winter Olympics in Beijing are going to be stationed stateside. NBC isn’t alone in keeping its announcers home. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has almost all its analysts and announcers working out of studios in Toronto and Montreal. The British Broadcasting Corporation is keeping
Continue Reading SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady’s family has pleaded guilty to fraud. Scott Spina Jr. entered the plea Tuesday in Santa Ana federal court. Prosecutors say
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ATHENS, Texas (AP) — Authorities are accusing a 14-year-old East Texas boy of murder in the fatal shooting of his 8-year-old brother. In a statement Wednesday, Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse says the child died after he was shot Saturday on the back porch of his family’s rural home near Athens, Texas. The shooting was
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee State’s president says Jackson State’s decision to withdraw from the Southern Heritage Classic “insensitive and irresponsible.” President Glenda Glover issued a statement Wednesday saying Tennessee State learned of Jackson State’s decision through a national scheduler. Glover says it’s even more disappointing that there was no discussion or courtesy call with
Continue Reading By Nick Valencia, Maria Cartaya and Christina Maxouris, CNN Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday called the actions of state troopers involved in Ronald Greene’s death “criminal” and rejected a recent report alleging that he purposefully did not speak out against false narratives by state police about the death. Greene, a 49-year-old Black man,
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN Three hostile drones were intercepted over the United Arab Emirates at dawn on Wednesday, the country’s defense ministry said. The drones managed to penetrate Emirati airspace but were destroyed away from populated areas, the ministry said on Twitter. It’s unclear to whom the drones belonged. Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi
Continue Reading By Ryan Young and Devon M. Sayers, CNN In a growing number of American cities, if you call the police, there are fewer officers taking the call. Police departments across the nation are raising concerns about current and future staffing levels. CNN reached out to nearly 20 departments nationwide, along with other key stakeholders including
Continue Reading In a growing number of American cities, if you call the police, there are fewer officers taking the call. Ryan Young examines the myriad of factors impacting police forces’ ability to recruit and maintain officers.
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — More than $44 million is being allocated by officials to tackle rising violent crime in Houston, particularly an ongoing surge of homicides that the mayor says has made residents feel like they’re living in a “city under siege.” The new initiative includes $5.7 million to pay
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lincoln Riley says he didn’t and couldn’t talk to Caleb Williams between the day the coach left Oklahoma and the day his star quarterback entered the transfer portal five weeks later. Southern California’s new coach had to wait patiently for the chance to land the
Continue Reading By RICH DUBROFF Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin will miss the NHL All-Star Game in Las Vegas on Saturday after entering the league’s COVID-19 protocols Wednesday. Ovechkin was going to play in his eighth All-Star Game. He’s tied for third in the NHL with 29 goals and is fourth on
Continue Reading ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Christian Pulisic was benched as U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter changed seven starters for a World Cup qualifier against Honduras in chilly St. Paul, where the temperature at kickoff was 3 degrees (minus-16 Celsius) with a minus-14 windchill. Right back Reggie Cannon, central defender Walker Zimmmerman, midfielders Kellyn Acosta, Jordan Morris,
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Bernalillo County Commission has appointed former commissioner Art De La Cruz to the New Mexico House of Representatives. De La Cruz, a Democrat, takes the seat representing District 12 in Albuquerque. It was vacated by Rep. Brittney Barreras, who announced her resignation Friday. Barreras was halfway through her first
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — ¿Escuchar un susurro te produce un cosquilleo en el cuero cabelludo? ¿Te parece relajante ver cómo te pasan las tijeras junto a las orejas en la peluquería? ¿Qué te parece el sonido de las uñas al chasquear suavemente, el golpeteo de un pincel sobre un lienzo o el ruido de un
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks has too few electric vehicles and falls short of President Joe Biden’s goals to slow global warming. In a sharply worded letter, the EPA says the Postal Service plan
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher is angry about rumors that booster-funded NIL deals are fueling the Aggies’ recruiting success. He called the speculation “garbage.” Texas A&M came into the day with the top-rated class in the country, ahead of Southeastern Conference rivals Alabama and Georgia. Fisher says
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