ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a Florida city’s incoming mayor will take office in a virtual inauguration ceremony after testing positive for COVID-19. Ken Welch was scheduled to be sworn in Thursday on the steps of City Hall as St. Petersburg’s first Black mayor, but that ceremony has been canceled to follow quarantine
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization for booster doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 Monday. The agency also shaved four weeks off the waiting period for the booster after the administration of the second dose, from at least six months to at
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los viajes se han vuelto más difíciles ahora. Las fronteras se reabren provisionalmente para volver a cerrarse de golpe. El visado de entrada, antes sencillo, se sustituye por un montón de papeleo. Y todo el mundo repasa el alfabeto griego cada vez que una nueva variante del coronavirus aparece en los
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Abortion providers on Monday asked the Supreme Court to require a conservative federal appeals court to return their challenge to Texas’ six-week abortion ban to a district court judge who previously ruled in their favor. The long-shot bid on the part of the providers is their latest
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CNN’s Bianca Nobilo and Brian Stelter discuss Netflix’s hit show “Emily in Paris” after it has come under criticism from a Ukrainian official over its portrayal of one character. CNN has reached out to Netflix for comment.
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By Amir Vera and Steve Almasy, CNN Two people remain missing in Boulder County, Colorado, as authorities work to survey the damage left by a vicious wildfire, the cause of which is under investigation. Sheriff Joe Pelle said at a briefing that searchers are actively working two scenes looking for the people who are unaccounted
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Houston Rockets suspended guard Kevin Porter Jr. and forward Christian Wood for Monday’s game against Philadelphia for conduct detrimental to the team. Wood and Porter both had meltdowns in a loss Saturday to Denver and neither player played in the second half. Wood is Houston’s
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Houston Rockets suspended guard Kevin Porter Jr. and forward Christian Wood for Monday’s game against Philadelphia for conduct detrimental to the team. Wood and Porter both had meltdowns in a loss Saturday to Denver and neither player played in the second half. Wood is Houston’s
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ordered charges dropped against two Bureau of Prisons guards who admitted falsifying records after Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide in jail. Prosecutors had said the guards shopped online and slept, and failed to make required rounds every 30 minutes. The guards had agreed to deferred
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ordered charges dropped against two Bureau of Prisons guards who admitted falsifying records after Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide in jail. Prosecutors had said the guards shopped online and slept, and failed to make required rounds every 30 minutes. The guards had agreed to deferred
Continue Reading RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — A former sportscaster for CBS Sports who later organized major boxing events as an executive in Las Vegas has died. Bob Halloran died of natural causes at his home in Rancho Mirage, California. That’s according to his nephew Michael Halloran. Bob Halloran began his sportscasting career in 1962 at the
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A Russian businessman who appeared in US court Monday on securities fraud charges could be a valuable asset in US efforts to gather more information on Russian interference in the 2016 election as well as other intelligence operations, former US officials tell CNN. Former Justice Department and Homeland Security officials say
Continue Reading By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are moving on from Antonio Brown, whose NFL career is on hold again after yet another messy departure. Coach Bruce Arians said Monday he has no regrets about giving the often-troubled receiver an opportunity to play with Tom Brady and revive
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EL PASO, Texas – For Jacob Cowing, it came down to going home. The former UTEP WR announced his commitment to Arizona via Instagram on Monday, giving the Wildcats a first-team All-C-USA wideout. He picked the Wildcats over a final five of Oregon, Florida, South Carolina, and LSU. A native of Maricopa, AZ, Cowing will
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a South Florida man tried to obtain more than $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds by filing false loan applications. Court records show that 27-year-old Valesky Barosy made his first appearance last week in Fort Lauderdale federal court. He faces multiple charges and up to 132 years
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a South Florida man tried to obtain more than $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds by filing false loan applications. Court records show that 27-year-old Valesky Barosy made his first appearance last week in Fort Lauderdale federal court. He faces multiple charges and up to 132 years
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — Scientists say a meteor that caused an earthshaking boom across suburban Pittsburgh on New Year’s Day exploded in the atmosphere with an energy blast equivalent to an estimated 30 tons of TNT. NASA’s Meteor Watch social media site said late Sunday that a “reasonable assumption” of the speed of the meteor at
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Business) — ¿Qué está haciendo Elon Musk con los miles de millones que recaudó en los últimos dos meses por la venta de acciones de Tesla? Parece posible, incluso probable, que invierta al menos una parte del dinero en SpaceX, la otra empresa de la que es CEO y principal accionista. La mayor
Continue Reading By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press A coalition of community groups is demanding that a special prosecutor be appointed in the case of a Black youth who died following a physical altercation with staff at a Kansas juvenile center. In a Wichita rally and letter to local officials, community activists also called Monday for the release
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Philadelphia Eagles have placed defensive tackle Fletcher Cox and tight end Dallas Goedert along with 10 others on the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday ahead of Saturday’s regular- season finale against Dallas. The Eagles already have a playoff berth clinched with only the seeding still to be decided Saturday night when they
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of people applying for refugee or asylum status in Mexico almost doubled between 2019 and 2021, reaching a historic high of over 130,000. While numbers dipped in 2020, that was largely due to the coronavirus pandemic. Before, migrants rarely sought protection in Mexico, preferring to make their claims in
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization for booster doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 Monday. The agency also shaved four weeks off the waiting period for the booster after the administration of the second dose, from at least six months to at
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA has rescheduled all 11 games that were postponed in December for virus-related reasons and either shifted the times or dates of 10 other games to help accommodate those changes. Toronto had six games affected, Chicago had five and Brooklyn had four. In all, 18 of the league’s
Continue Reading By Yassir Abdullah, Nima Elbagir and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok‘s resignation on Sunday was triggered after the military went back on a “non-interference” agreement struck in November and relaunched the feared national intelligence agency, according to Sudanese political sources speaking to CNN. A video address from Hamdok posted on the verified
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Sevilla has cut into Real Madrid’s lead of the Spanish league after winning at Cádiz 1-0. Lucas Ocampos’ second-half goal helped pull Sevilla to within five points of the front-runner. Sevilla also has one more game to play than Madrid. Sevilla opened up an eight-point gap
Continue Reading OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Oklahoma has set a Jan. 28 date for the resentencing of “Tiger King” Joe Exotic. A federal appeals court in July ruled that Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, should get a shorter sentence. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Denver
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappe has scored a second-half hat trick as French Cup holder Paris Saint-Germain won at fourth-tier Vannes 4-0 to reach the last 16. Goalkeeper Clement Petrel made a couple of smart saves before PSG central defender Presnel Kimpembe stooped to score a powerful header in the 28th minute. Mbappe was kept
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams says he is entering his name in the transfer portal so he can speak with other schools. The freshman added he had not ruled out staying with the Sooners. But within hours of Williams’ announcement, Oklahoma might have found his replacement. Former UCF
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Las Vegas Raiders rookie cornerback Nate Hobbs was arrested on a misdemeanor DUI charge shortly after the team returned from a road game in Indianapolis. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department says dispatch received a call at about 4 a.m. Monday about a driver asleep inside a vehicle
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — La Oficina Meteorológica Central de Taiwán (CWB) reporta que se sintió un sismo de magnitud 6,0 en todo el territorio el lunes a las 5:46 p.m., hora local (4:46 am ET). Los datos de la CWB muestran que el epicentro se localizó frente a la costa este de Taiwán. John Mees de
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