By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Locked out baseball players plan to make a counteroffer to management on Monday, 11 days after clubs gave the union a proposal when snail-paced negotiations resumed following a 42-day break. The players’ association asked Major League Baseball to schedule a negotiating session. There is dwindling
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By Eva McKend, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is facing fierce criticism for comments he made this week in response to a question about the concerns of voters of color. Virginia Democratic Rep. Donald McEachin condemned the remark in a letter to the Kentucky Republican, saying, “I am writing today in response to your
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — La cantante pop brasileña Elza Soares murió este jueves en su casa de Río de Janeiro por causas naturales a los 91 años, según un comunicado de su familia y personal. “La amada y eterna Elza ha descansado, pero estará por siempre en la historia de la música y en nuestros
Continue Reading LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Segundo Oliva Pinto of Argentina is still on good form and shares the lead after one round of the Latin America Amateur Championship. Oliva Pinto was runner-up in the South American Amateur in Ecuador last week, where he was penalized for hitting a wrong ball. He played bogey-free in
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By Sara Smart, CNN A statue of US President Theodore Roosevelt that sat in front of a New York museum for nearly 80 years was removed this week after criticism over its “racial” image. The sculpture, which was located at the American Museum of Natural History, featured the 26th president on horseback with a Native
Continue Reading EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have completed their first round of general manager interviews. They met virtually with Cleveland vice president of player personnel Glenn Cook and New England scouting consultant Eliot Wolf. Philadelphia defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon also interviewed for head coach. Wolf and Cook became the seventh and eighth external candidates
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Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Austria se convirtió en el primer país de Europa en introducir un mandato nacional de vacunación contra el covid-19 luego de que el presidente Alexander Van der Bellen firmara la ley aprobada por el Parlamento. El mandato entrará en vigor el 1 de febrero, aunque los funcionarios austriacos no empezarán a realizar
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Peloton’s shares tumbled on Thursday after a media report said the exercise and treadmill company was temporarily halting production of its connected fitness products amid waning consumer demand. Shares were down nearly 24%, or $7.62 on the news. Peloton plans to pause production of its
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter on Thursday began rolling out a feature that will let some users set NFTs that they own as their profile picture to signal their investment in the emerging digital art space. The move makes Twitter one of the best-known tech platforms so far to launch a feature for the
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first youth poet laureate, recounted her fears ahead of President Joe Biden’s inauguration in an op-ed published exactly one year later in The New York Times on Thursday. Gorman, now 23, wrote that she was “terrified” and almost declined to be the inaugural poet. She cited the
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee linebacker Bud Dupree feels as good as he’s been all season and possibly is as healthy as he’s been in well over a year. That could go for the rest of his Titans defensive teammates. And the timing couldn’t be better with
Continue Reading BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — California football coach Justin Wilcox has signed an extension through the 2027 season. Wilcox was rewarded with the extension after leading the Golden Bears to two bowls in five seasons as coach. The contract also increases the salary pool for assistant coaches. Wilcox has a 26-28 record and led the Bears
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN A rush of emotion ran through Chong Bretillon’s body as she biked into Times Square, where massive billboards displayed the portraits of Michelle Alyssa Go and many Asian American victims of bias attacks. “I was overwhelmed with both grief and sorrow,” said Bretillon, a 41-year-old Korean American and college instructor. “It
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Reloj del Juicio Final, también conocido como “Doomsday Clock” ha estado haciendo tic toc durante exactamente 75 años. Pero no es un reloj cualquiera. Intenta medir lo cerca que está la humanidad de destruir el mundo. Este jueves, el reloj se fijó en 100 segundos para la medianoche; la misma
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri is heading home to Argentina. The Timbers announced an agreement with Lanus for the transfer of the 35-year-old former league MVP. Lanus plays in Argentina’s top division. Valeri spent nine seasons with the Timbers. He was the MLS Cup’s
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) — Hay una indicación sobre el uso mascarillas que no ha cambiado durante la pandemia de covid-19: definitivamente deberías usar una. Pero, ¿qué sucede cuando no estás seguro si tu mascarilla es auténtica? Desde que comenzó la pandemia la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés)
Continue Reading By The Associated Press New 5G wireless service is up and running in the United States, with little of the feared disruption to air travel. Some flights were canceled in the early going, but problems seemed to ease as federal regulators approved more planes to operate around 5G signals. On Thursday, the FAA said it
Continue Reading By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators have given a key approval to a $10 billion project to build a new train tunnel under the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey. The Federal Transit Administration announced Thursday it had upgraded the project’s rating. That makes it eligible to pursue
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CAMERON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona utility and the Navajo Nation are partnering on a new solar plant to be built on the reservation. The tribe had approved the lease for the Salt River Project last year. The utility and the tribe signed a power purchase agreement Thursday for the 200-megawatt plant in Cameron. About
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX railroad’s fourth-quarter profit jumped 23% even though volume slipped amid the ongoing supply chain challenges. The Jacksonville, Florida-based railroad said Thursday it earned $934 million, or 42 cents per share. That’s up from $760 million, or 33 cents per share, a year earlier. CSX
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court has found that two California counties violated the Constitution’s right to bear arms when they shut down gun and ammunition stores in 2020 as nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Officials in Los Angeles and Ventura counties had separately won lower court
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Una erupción volcánica masiva tuvo lugar el 15 de enero a unos 32 kilómetros de las islas de Tonga. La erupción dejó gran parte del país cubierto de ceniza volcánica y provocó un tsunami que ocasionó inundaciones. Debido a la ubicación remota del país, la verdadera escala de la destrucción recién
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HOUSTON, Texas – The family of Venessa Guillén gathered in Houston Thursday to celebrate the passage of the federal and state legislation to combat sexual assault in the armed forces. Guillén was a Fort Hood Army specialist who disappeared in April 2020. Her remains were found along the Leon River in late June that year.
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Los presidentes de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, y de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, sostuvieron una conversación telefónica en la cual hablaron de varios temas, según informó en Twitter este jueves el cuestionado mandatario venezolano. “Intercambiamos sobre temas referentes a la cooperación existente en diversas áreas estratégicas al más alto nivel, relación que
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un tráiler del Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show de este año es una joya cinematográfica que presenta a Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige y Kendrick Lamar en un video al estilo de los años 90. El director de “Straight Outta Compton”, F. Gary Gray, creó
Continue Reading COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Midfielder Cole Bassett was loaned by Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids to the Dutch club Feyenoord through the 2022-23 season. Bassett agreed to a three-year contract with Colorado through the 2024 season. Feyenoord has an option to purchase his rights, and the Rapids would get a percentage of future transfer
Continue Reading By JEFF BABINEAU Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gaby Lopez began the new year asking 2022 to surprise her. She opened the LPGA Tour season with six birdies in a round of 67 to take a one-shot lead in the Tournament of Champions. A trio of major champions were among the group at 68
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Roma recovered from an early deficit to beat second-division Lecce 3-1 and reach the Italian Cup quarterfinals. José Mourinho’s side will play his former team Inter Milan in the final eight. Tammy Abraham scored one and had a hand in Roma’s others for Marash Kumbulla and Eldor Shomurodov. Arturo Calabresi had netted
Continue Reading BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN has joined the increasing number of media companies that will not be sending reporters to next month’s Beijing Olympics due to continued concerns about rising COVID-19 cases worldwide and China’s strict policy about those who test positive. ESPN Executive Vice President Norby Williamson says in a statement that the network
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Diogo Jota stepped up in Mohamed Salah’s absence with two goals to lead Liverpool to a 2-0 victory at Arsenal and into a League Cup final against Chelsea. While Liverpool coped with Salah’s continued stay at the African Cup of Nations with Egypt, the rapid return of Thomas Partey after Ghana’s early
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