Sol Amaya (CNN) — Un asteroide que tiene un ancho de un kilómetro, según las estimaciones, vuela cerca de la Tierra este martes. Pasará a 1,9 millones de kilómetros de nuestro planeta, moviéndose a 76.192 km/h, según el Centro de Estudios de Objetos Cercanos a la Tierra de la NASA, que rastrea cometas y asteroides
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By Adrienne Broaddus, Elizabeth Stuart, David Shortell, Paul P. Murphy, Amir Vera and Omar Jimenez, CNN The roughly 25,000 rank-and-file members of the Chicago Teachers Union narrowly voted in favor of the safety agreement struck between the union and the district to return to class in person, a union official confirmed to CNN on Wednesday
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese minister assigned the task of containing COVID-19 while steering the world’s third largest economy toward growth says Japan must learn to coexist with the coronavirus. Daishiro Yamagiwa said Wednesday he is confident he can carry out that precarious “balancing act.” Japan had managed to
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese minister assigned the task of containing COVID-19 while steering the world’s third largest economy toward growth says Japan must learn to coexist with the coronavirus. Daishiro Yamagiwa said Wednesday he is confident he can carry out that precarious “balancing act.” Japan had managed to
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Tennis star Novak Djokovic has admitted he did not immediately isolate after testing positive for Covid-19 in December — but denied knowing he had the virus when attending public events. CNN’s Patrick Snell reports.
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Logan Couture scored in overtime moments after a fan threw a fake octopus on the ice and the San Jose Sharks beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2. The octopus — a longstanding fan tradition in Detroit — hit the ice less than a minute
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities in New Mexico have launched an investigation after responding to reports of shots fired outside a high school basketball game on Tuesday. No injuries were reported. The Albuquerque Police Department says the shooting occurred at about 8:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Valley High School, north of downtown Albuquerque.
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — William Nylander scored in regulation and got the winner in a shootout as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3. Auston Matthews and Ilya Mikheyev also scored in regulation as as Toronto improved to 5-0-1 on a six-game point streak, and 21-4-2 since
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers rallied from a 25-point deficit in the second half for a stunning 87-85 victory over the Denver Nuggets. Amir Coffey had 18 points and Reggie Jackson scored 11 of his 13 in the fourth quarter. Terance Mann scored nine of his
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s always emotional when Chapin and Andress get together on the hardwood, but it was more so on Tuesday night with the man largely responsible for the game’s importance not physically present on the sideline. Andress Head Coach Jim Forbes is currently hospitalized due to complications from COVID-19, and the entire
Continue Reading MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A segment of a 110-year-old Florida Keys bridge has reopened to pedestrians and bicyclists following a $44 million restoration project. Rehabilitation construction on the oft-photographed 2.2-mile span of the Old Seven Mile Bridge began in late 2017. Nicknamed “Old Seven,” the iconic bridge was completed in 1912 as part of Henry
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EL PASO, Texas – It was a battle not only for northeast bragging rights, but for first place in district 1-5A. Chapin played host to the Andress Eagles on Tuesday night. Both teams entered the game with a perfect 4-0 record in district play. In the end it was the Huskies staying perfect in district
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rescuers have resumed their search for six missing construction workers believed to be trapped at a collapsed construction site in the southern city of Gwangju. About 10 vehicles were destroyed and dozens of nearby households and shops were forced to evacuate Tuesday afternoon following the partial collapse of
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Stacker compiled a list of where people in El Paso, TX Metro Area are moving to the most using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia after the latest report of surging prices in the U.S. appeared to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates in coming months. Tokyo, Shanghai and Seoul were lower while Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. U.S. futures declined. On
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia after the latest report of surging prices in the U.S. appeared to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates in coming months. Tokyo, Shanghai and Seoul were lower while Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. U.S. futures declined. On
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — Ons Jabeur advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sydney Tennis Classic by beating two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 6-4, 6-4 in one of several warm-up tournaments for next week’s Australian Open. The seventh-seeded Jabeur had five aces and won 76% of her first-serve points to set up a match against fourth-seeded Anett
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Evgeni Malkin scored twice and had an assist in his season debut, Jeff Carter added two goals and the surging Pittsburgh Penguins rolled to a 4-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks. Malkin had not played since undergoing right knee surgery in June. The four-time All-Star
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La estrella del tenis Novak Djokovic admitió el miércoles que no se aisló de inmediato después de dar positivo por covid-19 el mes pasado, pero negó que supiera que tenía el virus cuando asistió a diversos eventos públicos. En un comunicado publicado en las redes sociales, también se disculpó por una
Continue Reading By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice continues to experience moderate symptoms of COVID-19 a day after he tested positive for the virus. Despite being sick and isolating at home, Justice kept in constant communication with his staff during the day Wednesday. Several economic development announcements were made
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN China’s northern port city of Tianjin and central province of Henan have further tightened Covid restrictions as the highly contagious Omicron variant continues to spread, posing the gravest challenge yet to the country’s zero-Covid strategy. Tianjin, which detected China’s first community spread of Omicron on Saturday, is rolling out a second
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Twin panda cubs have made their first public appearance before devoted fans in Tokyo, but they will be on display only briefly for now — over three days — due to a spike in COVID-19 cases driven by the highly transmissible omicron variant. The twins, male cub
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Novak Djokovic’s bid to get around rules requiring players at the Australian Open to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is still in limbo. Two panels approved his request for a medical exemption, based on having tested positive in the past six months for the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Novak Djokovic’s bid to get around rules requiring players at the Australian Open to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is still in limbo. Two panels approved his request for a medical exemption, based on having tested positive in the past six months for the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 surge caused by the omicron variant means once-reliable indicators of the pandemic’s progress are much less so, complicating how the media is able to tell the story. The Associated Press is telling its journalists not to rely too much on skyrocketing case counts
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Braden Norris scored nine of his 23 in the second overtime and Loyola Chicago never trailed in the final session and beat Valparaiso 81-74. Norris went 3-for-3 shooting from 3-point range and finished 5 for 9 from 3 overall. Norris’ 3 with 23 seconds left in the first overtime tied it at
Continue Reading FRESNO, Calif. — Orlando Robinson had 31 points plus 12 rebounds as Fresno State stretched its home win streak to eight games, easily beating San Jose State 79-59. Trey Anderson led the Spartans with 18 points.
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business A group of more than 80 fact-checking organizations from around the world has called YouTube “one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide” and wants the platform to do more to address the problem. In an open letter to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki published Wednesday, the group
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Trent Frazier scored a season-high 29 points, Kofi Cockburn had his eighth straight double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds, and No. 25 Illinois held off struggling Nebraska for a hard-earned 81-71 victory. The Illini have won five straight games and 10 of 11 and
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