Alexandra Ferguson Hong Kong (CNN) — Cuando el presidente de China Xi Jinping reciba a los líderes de todo el mundo para la ceremonia de inauguración de los Juegos Olímpicos de Beijing este viernes, será la primera vez que se reúne cara a cara con sus homólogos extranjeros en más de 400 días. Y encabezando
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By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Nevada quarterback Carson Strong got one more week to throw passes to his favorite receivers. They also happen to be his college roommates. The Wolf Pack signal caller, wide receiver Romeo Doubs and tight end Cole Turner are teaming up for Saturday’s Senior Bowl. Now,
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA generated more than $1.15 billion in revenue in 2021. That figure represented a return to normal after the cancelation of the men’s basketball tournament because of the pandemic in 2020 cost the association and its members $800 million. The NCAA released its financial records. Most of the NCAA”s revenue comes
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Nuestro planeta Tierra tiene un centinela celestial que lidera el camino alrededor del sol, y es solo el segundo asteroide troyano terrestre jamás descubierto. Los astrónomos observaron el asteroide 2020 XL5 utilizando el Telescopio de Investigación Astrofísica del Sur en Chile. Un estudio que detalla el descubrimiento del asteroide troyano terrestre
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Seguridad de la Provincia de Buenos Aires informó este jueves que ascienden a 20 los muertos y a 49 los internados en hospitales por consumir una sustancia comercializada como cocaína de “altísima toxicidad” en el conurbano bonaerense en Argentina. La Fiscalía General de San Martín informó este
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By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Legislature has advanced that would increase the minimum salaries of some fluent Indigenous language speakers who teach the languages to children in schools but are not state certified teachers. The instructors who speak Navajo, Zuno and various dialects
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Warming Centers: EL PASO: The Office of Emergency Management, in collaboration with the City’s Parks and Recreation Department and the Extreme Weather Task Force, will open the following warming centers for the community. The warming centers will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. February 2 through February 5: Galatzan Recreation Center – 650 Wallenberg Dr. Marty Robbins Rec Center – 11600 Vista Del
Continue Reading TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban has hired three new assistants. The school announced Wednesday that Coleman Hutzler will coordinate special teams and coach outside linebackers. Travaris Robinson will work with the cornerbacks and Eric Wolford will be the offensive line coach. Hutzler spent last season as the special teams coordinator at Mississippi.
Continue Reading CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has agreed to a one-year contract extension with football coach Mack Brown through the 2026 season. The school said Wednesday the agreement keeps Brown’s contract length at five years. The 70-year-old coach has led the Tar Heels to bowl games in each of his first three seasons in
Continue Reading CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Former Clemson offensive lineman Thomas Austin has been hired as a Tigers assistant football coach. Austin will coach the offensive line and has signed a two-year deal worth $450,000 a season. His contract was approved Wednesday by the school’s board of trustees. Austin spent the past season as an offensive analyst
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — James Madison is joining the Sun Belt Conference this summer in a quicker-than-expected move that will include an immediate transition for the Dukes football program from the second-tier FCS to the FBS level. Sun Belt commissioner Keith Gill says the move is set to officially take place when the new academic
Continue Reading MISSION, Texas (AP) — The National Butterfly Center in South Texas says it is closing for the immediate future due to recent threats. In an email newsletter sent Wednesday, the center said the board of directors of the North American Butterfly Association made the decision “in the wake of recent events targeting the center.” The
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WHAT’S DELAYED FRIDAY (02/04) EPISD – 2 Hour delayed start (02/04)EPISD – All student-centered services, including classes and bus services, will be on a two-hour delay from normal start times for students. (02/04)SISD – 2-Hour delayed start (02/04)SISD – Transportation will be provided two hours from normal pick up times (02/04)SISD – Breakfast service will
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By Janelle Davis, CNN. Photographs by Will Lanzoni and Heather Fulbright, CNN “There is some truth to the old adage ‘Most of the world eats to live but Italians live to eat,’” Stanley Tucci has said. He grew up in an Italian American family and lived in Italy during his childhood — and, true to
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By Liam Reilly, CNN Speaking to a sea of police officers mourning slain NYPD detective Wilbert Mora, Mayor Eric Adams vowed Wednesday to give them resources to fight the “senseless violence” linked to guns. “New Yorkers understand the risk and sacrifice you make every day, and we applaud you for that,” he said to those
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Jabari Walker is a 6-foot-9 sophomore on Colorado’s basketball team who can do things few people his size can. Walker is also still learning the college game, so his flashes of brilliance sometimes come with doses of reality. Walker arrived at Colorado as a four-star recruit and had a
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business A German teenager says he found a vulnerability in an app installed in some Teslas, which allowed him the ability to unlock doors, flash headlights and blast music. The hack highlights the relative lack of oversight in apps that some drivers can download to their cars. David Colombo identified a
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Football Head Coach Dana Dimel spoke to members of the media as part of National Signing Day.
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Stony Brook’s athletic teams are ineligible for America East postseason tournaments because the school is leaving for the Colonial Athletic Association next year. Stony Brook said last week it was leaving the conference. In the America East bylaws, a member institution’s intention to withdraw from the conference makes that
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister has ordered a halt to post-Brexit border checks at ports. It’s another complication in a saga that has soured relations between the U.K. and the European Union. Edwin Poots said he had received legal advice saying he could order a halt to inspections
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation have started the first large-scale treatment of radioactive and chemical wastes from large underground storage tanks, a key milestone in cleaning up the site. Hanford for decades made plutonium for the U.S. nuclear arsenal and is the most radioactively
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — Gustavo Petro, precandidato a la Presidencia de Colombia, mantuvo un encuentro privado con el papa Francisco este miércoles. Según informó el equipo de prensa del dirigente de Colombia Humana a través de un comunicado, la reunión se produjo tras la audiencia general que el pontífice imparte semanalmente. El pronunciamiento señaló que
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Angel McCoughtry is heading to Minnesota and Briann January is going to Seattle for her final season in the WNBA. McCoughtry spent the last two seasons in Las Vegas after playing in Atlanta since the Dream drafted her first in 2009. She missed last year while dealing with an
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Angel McCoughtry is heading to Minnesota and Briann January is going to Seattle for her final season in the WNBA. McCoughtry spent the last two seasons in Las Vegas after playing in Atlanta since the Dream drafted her first in 2009. She missed last year while dealing with an
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By Manu Raju, Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján, who recently suffered a stroke, will be back in the Senate in 4-6 weeks, “barring any complications,” according to a person close to the senator. Senate Democrats have been signaling for now they won’t slow down or alter plans
Continue Reading By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The number of Americans looking to start their own business is on the rise, as the coronavirus pandemic creates opportunities for some would-be entrepreneurs. People are starting businesses for a variety of reasons: some lost their job during the pandemic and decided to make their
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Emergency Management Council, including several state agencies involved in the response, took questions from members of the media Wednesday at Noon. Agencies briefing include: Texas Division of Emergency ManagementTexas Department of Public SafetyTexas Department of TransportationPublic Utility CommissionElectric Reliability Council of Texas
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Omicron, inflation and a lack of government stimulus have some Venmo users nervous about spending money from their digital wallets. That’s bad news for Venmo owner PayPal — and a potential warning sign for consumer spending in general. PayPal executives warned during the company’s earnings call with analysts
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s attorney general has upheld the Shin Bet security agency’s use of mobile-phone tracking technology to monitor and threaten Palestinian protesters at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site last year. The decision came on Tuesday and drew harsh criticism from a civil rights group that challenged the use
Continue Reading By Geneva Sands, CNN President Joe Biden’s nominee to be Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, Ed Gonzalez, was advanced out of committee for a second time on Wednesday, despite GOP objection to his nomination. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted along party lines to move Gonzalez for full Senate consideration. If confirmed,
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