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By The Associated Press The Mets get another stab at the Dodgers four days after being swept at home by Los Angeles. New York enters the four-game series after snapping a five-game skid Wednesday with a 12-inning win over the NL West-leading Giants. The Mets rallied for that victory hours after owner Steve Cohen criticized
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Facebook on Wednesday announced that it had taken action against the so-called “disinformation dozen,” one month after the White House singled out the twelve people and argued that they were responsible for a majority of coronavirus misinformation. In making the announcement, Monika Bickert, vice president of content policy at
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Facebook on Wednesday announced that it had taken action against the so-called “disinformation dozen,” one month after the White House singled out the twelve people and argued that they were responsible for a majority of coronavirus misinformation. In making the announcement, Monika Bickert, vice president of content policy at Facebook,
Continue Reading By BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kevin Pillar hit a three-run home run in the 12th inning, lifting the New York Mets over the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Wednesday hours after the team’s owner called out its hitters for a lack of production. With his club stuck in a five-game skid,
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By BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kevin Pillar hit a three-run home run in the 12th inning, lifting the New York Mets over the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Wednesday hours after the team’s owner called out its hitters for a lack of production. With his club stuck in a five-game skid,
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo says new Las Vegas police employees are being required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Lombardo is the elected head of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and a Republican candidate for governor. He told the Las Vegas Review-Journal it’s his duty to protect new hires,
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By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Just 41 intensive care unit beds were available in Oregon as COVID-19 cases continue to climb and hospitals near capacity in a state that was once viewed as a pandemic success story. Oregon earlier had among the lowest cases per capita. Now, it’s shattering
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Georgia’s state elections board on Wednesday named a three-person review panel to examine election operations in the state’s most populous county — under a provision of a new state election law that voting rights activists have warned could lead to a partisan takeover of a Democratic stronghold in
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Es el 11 de mayo de 1926 y un gigantesco dirigible, el Norge (que significa Noruega), acaba de ser desenganchado de su mástil en uno de los asentamientos más remotos del mundo, Ny-Ålesund, en el archipiélago de Svalbard. Este grupo de islas rocosas y yermas, más cerca del Polo Norte que
Continue Reading By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer In an escalating battle with Republican governors, President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered his Education secretary to explore possible legal action against states that have blocked school mask mandates and other public health measures meant to protect students against COVID-19. In response, the Education Department raised the possibility of
Continue Reading By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer In an escalating battle with Republican governors, President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered his Education secretary to explore possible legal action against states that have blocked school mask mandates and other public health measures meant to protect students against COVID-19. In response, the Education Department raised the possibility of
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is tightening its rules for indoor events. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Wednesday the state will require either proof of vaccination or a negative coronavirus test within 72 hours to attend an indoor gathering of 1,000 people or more. California already requires these things for
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Two San Bernardino Police Department SWAT officers are down after a takedown of a suspect who is believed to have been involved in the shooting of a deputy on Tuesday. KABC’s Rob McMillan was told by police that both officers are alert. They were both taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center for treatment. Cindy
Continue Reading By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The father of the first America service member killed in Afghanistan says the abrupt U.S. withdrawal from the country is shameful. Mike Spann, a CIA paramilitary officer from Alabama, was killed Nov. 25, 2001, during a prisoner uprising at a facility where he had been questioning
Continue Reading By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Josh Bell hit a three-run homer off former teammate Brad Hand, and the Washington Nationals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-5. Juan Soto and Carter Kieboom also connected for Washington, which won back-to-back games for the first time since July 27-29. The Nationals had dropped 12 of
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Health officials in Las Vegas have marked a tragic milestone, passing 5,000 deaths from COVID-19 since March 2020 in Clark County. In the Reno area, where about 700 people have died of COVID-19, officials are pointing with alarm to a more than threefold increase in coronavirus
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — El gobierno de Estados Unidos y varias organizaciones internacionales que promueven los derechos humanos y la libertad de prensa criticaron el nuevo marco legal oficializado por Cuba para regular las tecnologías de información y penalizar las acciones que el Estado considera ciberterrorismo. Entre ellas destaca el combate a las
Continue Reading OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Two former Alameda County sheriff’s deputies have been sentenced to prison for abusing jail inmates by, among other things, telling other prisoners to throw urine and feces on them. Justin Linn and Erik McDermott were sentenced to four years and four months in California prison. They pleaded guilty earlier this year
Continue Reading By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Zach Wilson used to watch Aaron Rodgers on TV as a kid as often as he could and admired the Green Bay Packers quarterback from afar. The youngster from Draper, Utah, wanted to play like Rodgers and modeled some of his game after him. Wilson even drew
Continue Reading By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas law outlawing an abortion method commonly used to end second-trimester pregnancies was upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The 2017 law in question has never been enforced. It seeks to prohibit the use of forceps to remove a fetus from
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