By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston man accused of stabbing a police dog has now been charged with murder in the death of his father, whose body was found hidden in his home’s garage. Court records show Ryan Mitchell Smith remained jailed Thursday after prosecutors accused him of killing his
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By David Williams, CNN An official escort for her lunch was not what Anastasia Elsinger ordered from DoorDash on Tuesday, but that’s what she opened her door to find. “I know I’m not who you were expecting,” a Sioux Falls police officer says in video captured by her doorbell camera. “Your driver got arrested for
Continue Reading A woman expecting her Door Dash delivery was surprised to find a South Dakota police officer at her doorstep, food in hand, after he arrested the driver. See the moment captured by a doorbell camera.
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Evangeline Lilly said she attended a rally against vaccine mandates in Washington, DC, last weekend — the same event where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. invoked Nazi Germany and Anne Frank in a speech. The “Ant-Man and the Wasp” star, in an Instagram post, said she attended the rally to “support bodily
Continue Reading CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who transported two men from Mexico in a U.S. flag-draped coffin has pleaded guilty to human smuggling. Zachary Taylor Blood of Galveston faces to up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for his plea this week in Corpus Christi federal court.
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) — Pfizer y BioNTech anunciaron el martes que comenzaron un ensayo clínico para una vacuna específica contra la variante ómicron del coronavirus. Y Moderna reveló el miércoles que entró en la fase 2 de su propio estudio también para una vacuna específica contra esa variación del virus, que es, por mucho, la dominante
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Backers of the Equal Rights Amendment are pressuring the Biden administration and the US archivist to publish the amendment, arguing that the ERA should be taking effect on Thursday. Believing that the ERA has satisfied all the necessary constitutional requirements, supporters are demanding that US Archivist David Ferriero, who’s set to
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Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — El cáncer sigue siendo una de las mayores preocupaciones en materia de salud pública en el mundo. De acuerdo con la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), esta enfermedad estuvo dentro de las principales causas de muertes en 2020, provocando casi 10 millones de fallecimientos. La OMS indica que los cánceres
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There was never a sense of panic for Patrick Mahomes as he stood on the sideline Sunday night, watching the Bills score yet another late touchdown to regain the lead with 13 seconds left in their divisional-round game against the Chiefs. Thirteen seconds? With
Continue Reading By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Jordanian soldiers killed 27 armed drug smugglers as they tried to enter the country from Syria on Thursday, an army spokesman said. Smugglers were “backed up by armed groups” who managed to flee back into Syrian territory, the spokesman said in a statement. “Large quantities of narcotics” were seized from the
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico had a nursing shortage even before the pandemic and advocates are now trying to convince lawmakers to boost funding to increase capacity at the state’s nursing schools. Legislative analysts have estimated that New Mexico needs more than 6,200 nurses. Supporters say $15 million
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Long before he represented Tom Brady, Bryant Young, Sean Payton and Jimmy Garoppolo, Don Yee considered a career in journalism. Changing course was the right choice. Yee became one of sports’ most influential agents. Yee was a producer for a sports radio show in California after high school
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los familiares de cuatro niños holandeses asesinados por los nazis expresaron su tristeza después de que les informaran que sus placas de identidad se encontraron en las ruinas de un campo de concentración. El campo de exterminio de Sobibor, en la Polonia ocupada por los nazis, se creó en marzo de
Continue Reading By The Associated Press There is limited public data about how much money college athletes have earned in the six months since a key NCAA decision. One of the major companies surrounding name, image and likeness compensation is INFLCR. It says 59% of the activitiy reported in its system comes from Division I male athletes.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will not require players with minor league contracts to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this season but is mandating that most staff receive the shots. While players with major league contracts are unionized and rules regarding them must be negotiated by the Major League Baseball Players Association, players with
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By Marianne Garvey Actor Vachik Mangassarian has died of Covid-19 complications, according to his manager. He was 78. Mangassarian, a character actor who appeared on “NCIS: Los Angeles” and “The Mentalist,” was vaccinated, his manager Valerie McCaffrey told CNN. He was most recently filming an upcoming movie with Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda called “Moving
Continue Reading By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Lawmakers in New Mexico are expected to take up a proposal that would make it a crime to intimidate election workers — becoming at least the fourth state to consider new laws this year to confront the onslaught of threats against them. The bill from state Sen. Katy Duhigg, a Democrat
Continue Reading By ERICA HUNZINGER AP Sports Writer It is a man’s world six months after the NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to earn money on their celebrity. Men lead the way in total name, image and likeness compensation and have more NIL activities than women. That’s according to third-party data from July 1 through
Continue Reading By ERICA HUNZINGER AP Sports Writer It is a man’s world six months after the NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to earn money on their celebrity. Men lead the way in total name, image and likeness compensation and have more NIL activities than women. That’s according to third-party data from July 1 through
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer The latest diversity study on FBS hiring finds women and people of color are underrepresented in athletic departments. The report card was issued Thursday by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. The study indicated improvement among racial hiring at the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision schools for a
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — An advocacy group for minor leaguers says Major League Baseball’s new housing policy is an improvement but still inadequate. The player steering committee of Advocates for Minor Leaguers issued a statement objecting to housing two players per bedroom and not accommodating spouses and children. The group also is against using host
Continue Reading By CNN Justice Stephen Breyer appeared alongside President Joe Biden at the White House after announcing his retirement. Read a transcript of his remarks below: Thank you, Mr. President. Terribly nice, and believe me, I hold it right here, it’s wonderful. And I thought about what I might say to you, and I’d like to
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, CNN The car of Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri was struck by gunfire early Saturday morning in the St. Louis area, a Bush spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Thursday. Bush was not in the car and there was no evidence that she was the target of the attack, the spokesperson added.
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Covid era of free money is coming to an end. After dropping interest rates to zero in March 2020 to revive the economy, the Federal Reserve is shifting gears and going into inflation-fighting mode. Fed officials indicated Wednesday they plan to raise interest rates in March, launching a series
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El juez de la Corte Suprema Stephen Breyer puede parecer un hombre de Gobierno aficionado a los libros, cautivado por el meollo de las regulaciones y convencido de que Washington, en general, funciona. Acomodado en cámaras llenas de estantes con libros antiguos de filosofía heredados de un tío y repletos
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By Amanda Watts, CNN An Oklahoma death row inmate who had requested execution by firing squad was executed by lethal injection on Thursday, according to the state Department of Corrections. The execution of Donald Grant “was carried out with zero complications” at 10:16 a.m., state Attorney General John O’Connor said in a statement. In October
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Stocks have slumped this year. So has bitcoin. But gold, by comparison, has had a fairly solid start to the year. The price of the yellow metal is roughly unchanged, hovering just below $1,800 an ounce. Gold prices are up slightly over the past three months as well.
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer They have gone at each other 145 times. The 49ers have owned the Rams in the past six meetings, and have a 75-67-3 mark against their California rivals. Until Sunday, only one of all those confrontations was in the postseason — the Niners won that one, too, 30-3
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — Gene Clines, part of the first all-minority lineup in Major League Baseball history and a line drive-hitting outfielder for the 1971 World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates, has died. He was 75. Clines’ wife, Joanne, told the Pirates that Clines died Thursday. On Sept. 1, 1971, Clines batted second and played center field
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