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By STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press JEFFERSON, La. (AP) — The rapidly escalating surge in COVID-19 infections is once again overwhelming hospitals across the U.S. That is especially true in hot spots such as Louisiana, which hit a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations last week. Nearly 2,900 virus patients have been admitted to hospitals — and
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins and John Bonifield, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce within the next 48 hours that it is authorizing Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for some people who are immunocompromised, according to a source familiar with the discussions. This would be a third shot of the current two-dose Pfizer
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaitlan Collins and John Bonifield, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce within the next 48 hours that it is authorizing Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for some people who are immunocompromised, according to a source familiar with the discussions. This would be a third shot of the current two-dose
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By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer Major League Baseball is preparing for its first game in the state of Iowa. The Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees will play in Dyersville on Thursday next to the site used in the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams.” One of the most famous cornfields in Hollywood history
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer Major League Baseball is preparing for its first game in the state of Iowa. The Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees will play in Dyersville on Thursday next to the site used in the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams.” One of the most famous cornfields in Hollywood history
Continue Reading BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga was brought on as a late substitute and saved two spot kicks as Chelsea beat Villarreal 6-5 in a penalty shootout to win the UEFA Super Cup. Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel’s bold call paid off when Kepa dived to his right to keep out Raul Albiol in
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Belarusian Olympic sprinter says she feels safe after finding refuge in Poland to avoid punishment at home for criticizing her team officials at the Tokyo Games. Krystsina Tsimanouskaya now hopes to focus on how to keep up her world-class sprinting career. In an interview Wednesday
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Belarusian Olympic sprinter says she feels safe after finding refuge in Poland to avoid punishment at home for criticizing her team officials at the Tokyo Games. Krystsina Tsimanouskaya now hopes to focus on how to keep up her world-class sprinting career. In an interview Wednesday
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin believes it has enough talent to regain its status as one of the top Power Five rushing attacks after taking a step back last year. Wisconsin returns its leading rusher from last season in Jalen Berger. It also has Clemson transfer Chez Mellusi and
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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is blaming unusually soft rock for last week’s sampling fiasco on Mars. The Perseverance rover came up empty after attempting to collect its first core sample on the red planet. Data beamed back last Friday showed that the rover drilled to the proper
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Aledmys Díaz had three hits and drove in three runs to lead the Houston Astros to 5-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday. Díaz tied it with an RBI single in the first and gave the Astros the lead with a run-scoring single in the
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers in Congress sometimes concoct amendments that are so politically devastating to the rival party that they provoke terror or grudging admiration. But Tuesday night, a proposal by Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville did not do that. The Alabama freshman introduced a budget amendment voicing opposition to defunding
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LEMIRE and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s belief that bipartisanship is still possible in a deeply divided Washington was validated when Senate Democrats and Republicans came together to pass his $1 trillion infrastructure bill. But now comes an even more complicated task: keeping Biden’s own party in line.
Continue Reading By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Luke Voit had a two-run single in New York’s three-run first inning and the Yankees beat Kansas City 5-2 on Wednesday for their 12th straight series victory over the Royals. Chad Green got the victory in relief as New York took two of three from
Continue Reading BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys for a man charged in the fatal shooting of a staff member and wounding of four others at a Minneapolis-area health clinic say they won’t fight a court exam that found him mentally competent to stand trial. Gregory P. Ulrich appeared Wednesday in Wright County District Court and withdrew his
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A racehorse trainer has pleaded guilty in New York to charges related to a scheme to give horses performance enhancing drugs so they perform better. Jorge Navarro entered the plea Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. Navarro was charged last year along with over two dozen others in a crackdown by federal
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A racehorse trainer has pleaded guilty in New York to charges related to a scheme to give horses performance enhancing drugs so they perform better. Jorge Navarro entered the plea Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. Navarro was charged last year along with over two dozen others in a crackdown by federal
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El cuidado de los niños más pequeños suele ser intensamente físico, pero con los mayores puede ser intensamente emocional. ¿Por qué? Debido a que hay muchas decisiones que tomar, y en un mundo en el que la clase media disminuye, los precios de la vivienda suben, y el clima social, político
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Un paciente con la rara pero altamente infecciosa enfermedad del virus de Marburgo murió en Guinea, según un comunicado emitido por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) el lunes. Es el primer caso de este virus, similar al ébola, en África Occidental. Se tomaron muestras del virus, que causa fiebre hemorrágica,
Continue Reading ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Wildlife officials are requesting the public’s assistance in investigating a deer that was killed and left in a residential neighborhood near the South Fork Reservoir in northeastern Nevada. State Game Warden Lieutenant Buck Tingle said conservation officials were called by a resident reporting a dead mule deer buck in their yard
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