Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El rugby neozelandés está de luto por la muerte del jugador de los Māori All Blacks Sean Wainui, de 25 años, quien falleció en un accidente de tránsito este lunes. Wainui, una estrella en ascenso que jugó 10 veces para los Māori All Blacks, tuvo un breve período con los
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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Virgil van Dijk has been spared Champions League duty so far this season as Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has taken care not to overload his star defender after a serious knee injury. However, it looks like it’s time for the Dutchman to make his return. Van Dijk is set
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Las Vegas police have shut down part of a freeway near the airport after a suspected road rage shooting. Authorities say the deadly shooting happened early Monday morning on the 215 Beltway east of the McCarran International Airport connector. It appears a 25-year-old man was struck by gunfire while driving, causing him to crash into
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is poised to become the latest and most populous state to tighten restrictions on transgender athletes in public high school sports. State lawmakers on Sunday approved a measure that requires athletes to play on teams that align with the gender listed on their original birth certificate instead of their current
Continue ReadingBy Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business You’ve been interviewing with three different companies that all sound promising, and Company A is the first to give you an offer. You’re excited, but you are still interested in what Company B and C might have to offer. What do you do? It’s not uncommon for job seekers to
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By VICTORIA MILKO AP Science Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Frans Timmerman, the European commissioner for climate action, is urging that all nations “leave no one behind” and that changes are as fair as possible as the world moves toward a greener economy to address the climate crisis. Timmermans spoke to The Associated Press ahead
Continue Reading BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia has reimposed coronavirus restrictions in the hardest-hit parts of the country amid the latest surge of infections. Five counties all located in northern Slovakia are affected by Monday’s measures that include the closures of restaurants with people only allowed to buy meals at takeout windows. Fitness and wellness centers and
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business In a blow to the climate movement, US power companies are ramping up their coal consumption due to surging natural gas prices. US coal-fired generation is expected to surge by 22% in 2021, the US Energy Information Administration said Monday. That would mark the first annual increase in coal-fired electric
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Winds have been a little gusty since turning onshore late yesterday. Winds will remain fairly breezy through this evening before calming down overnight into tomorrow. A Wind Advisory is up through the evening hours in the high desert areas of SoCal and into Arizona and Nevada. A front sweeping through will keep those onshore winds
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By Aleks Klosok, CNN European football’s governing body has ordered England to play its next two UEFA competition matches at Wembley Stadium behind closed doors, the second of which is suspended for a probationary period of two years, following crowd trouble at this summer’s Euro 2020 final. UEFA has also fined the English Football Association
Continue Reading LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Bob Baffert can enter horses in the Breeders’ Cup next month at Del Mar but the event’s all-time money-leading trainer has to meet certain conditions, including stricter out-of-competition testing of his horses and greater security at his barn. The conditions are the result of a review by the Breeders’ Cup board
Continue Reading LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Bob Baffert can enter horses in the Breeders’ Cup next month at Del Mar but the event’s all-time money-leading trainer has to meet certain conditions, including stricter out-of-competition testing of his horses and greater security at his barn. The conditions are the result of a review by the Breeders’ Cup board
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper and Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton broke the color barrier in the NBA as the league’s first Black players during the 1950-51 season. Clifton was the first Black player to have his contract purchased when the New York Knicks bought his deal from the Harlem Globetrotters. As part of
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By Jasmine Wright Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday made a forceful plea for Congress to pass both parts of President Joe Biden’s two-pronged economic agenda because of the climate components as she spoke in front of Nevada’s rapidly draining Lake Mead. “This is a fundamental issue,” Harris said, standing at a podium in front
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Tres hombres blancos acusados de perseguir y matar a Ahmaud Arbery, un hombre negro de 25 años que había salido a correr, serán juzgados por asesinato en Georgia esta semana en un caso cargado de problemas de racismo, reclamos de autodefensa y un video grabado con celular. Gregory McMichael, su hijo
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer COVID-19 booster shots are an extra dose of the original vaccine, and some experts wonder why they weren’t updated to better match the delta variant. With the extra-contagious delta now the dominant version of the virus, experts say future mutants likely will be its descendants. Vaccine makers didn’t ask
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer COVID-19 booster shots are an extra dose of the original vaccine, and some experts wonder why they weren’t updated to better match the delta variant. With the extra-contagious delta now the dominant version of the virus, experts say future mutants likely will be its descendants. Vaccine makers didn’t ask
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country star Luke Bryan is stepping into a new role as host of the CMA Awards this year. The “American Idol” judge will host the annual country music awards show in November from Nashville, Tennessee. He said being the host comes with an “overwhelming” amount of pressure, but it was a
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By Betsy Klein and Nadia Kounang, CNN The White House on Monday announced a new plan to combat pollution from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), chemicals that can cause severe health problems and linger in the environment after being released. The Environmental Protection Agency is launching a roadmap to “research, restrict, and remediate harmful PFAS,”
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CNN By John Bonifield, CNN Dr. Christina Yannetsos’ patient was about her age, 38, and extremely sick with Covid-19. “I remember having a conversation with her kids who were probably anywhere from 10 to teenagers, and them asking me if their mom was going to die,” Yannetsos, an emergency medicine physician at the University of
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