By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Concerns about two cryptocurrency companies have led to two of Europe’s leading soccer clubs, Barcelona and Manchester City, dropping short-lived sponsorship agreements. Premier League champion City suspended a deal with 3Key Technologies after concerns were highlighted about the limited digital footprint of the company and
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By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Concerns about two cryptocurrency companies have led to two of Europe’s leading soccer clubs, Barcelona and Manchester City, dropping short-lived sponsorship agreements. Premier League champion City suspended a deal with 3Key Technologies after concerns were highlighted about the limited digital footprint of the company and
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CNN By Scottie Andrew, CNN NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the agency’s most powerful telescope yet. The first of its kind, the telescope will travel 1 million miles from Earth to study the universe as it was 13.6 billion years ago. A former NASA official named the telescope for James Webb, NASA’s second-ever administrator
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court could rule as soon as Monday on Texas’ ban on abortion after roughly six weeks. The court said on its website Friday that the justices are planning to issue at least one opinion Monday, the first of its new term. There’s no guarantee the
Continue Reading By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Thousands of Afghans have applied for temporary admission into the U.S. for humanitarian reasons, but few have been approved since the Taliban recaptured control of their homeland. Federal immigration officials say more than 28,000 Afghans have applied for what’s known as humanitarian parole, but only about
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Joe Flacco is still Joe Cool or Cool Joe to his New York Jets teammates. The 36-year-old veteran quarterback will make his first start this season when the Jets host the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. Flacco is taking over for Mike White, who started the last three games in place of
Continue Reading By DAVID SHARP Associated Press Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine is bucking his party again, this time voting against an expansive social and environment bill. Golden was unrepentant after voting against the proposal Friday, blasting a late addition that he described as $280 billion tax break for millionaires. He says that stands against Democratic
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By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sequoia National Park says lightning-sparked wildfires in the past two years have killed a minimum of nearly 10,000 giant sequoia trees in California. The estimate released Friday accounts for 13% to 19% of native sequoias that are the largest trees on Earth. The trees are reliant
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sequoia National Park says lightning-sparked wildfires in the past two years have killed a minimum of nearly 10,000 giant sequoia trees in California. The estimate released Friday accounts for 13% to 19% of native sequoias that are the largest trees on Earth. The trees are reliant
Continue Reading AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Two people have been shot in the parking lot of a high school in the Denver suburb of Aurora, and the school is on lockdown, police said Friday. The shooting came after six students from another Aurora high school were shot and injured Monday at a park near their school. The
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys, named Peanut Butter and Jelly, on Friday during the first traditional turkey pardon ceremony of his presidency. In a joke-filled ceremony on the White House’s Rose Garden, Biden pardoned the two birds, sparing them both from becoming a presidential meal this holiday
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The government has rested its case in the trial of fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes. The move came after prosecutors spent more than two months trying to prove Holmes bamboozled investors, patients and business partners into believing that her startup,
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. government rested its case in the trial of fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes on Friday, after spending more than two months trying to prove she bamboozled investors, patients and business partners into believing that her startup Theranos was
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KEQS News Channel 3’s ‘Eye on the Desert’ and the CV Independent have teamed up to bring you the Valley’s most comprehensive and honest “Best of” list and the time is almost here to reveal whom you voted for! We have been asking you to vote on the best of Coachella Valley, and the votes
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks are retiring Dirk Nowitzki’s No. 41 when Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors visit in January. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is expected to attend the Jan. 5 ceremony honoring the only player in league history to play 21 seasons with the same team. The 43-year-old Nowitzki is the
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks are retiring Dirk Nowitzki’s No. 41 when Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors visit in January. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is expected to attend the Jan. 5 ceremony honoring the only player in league history to play 21 seasons with the same team. The 43-year-old Nowitzki is the
Continue Reading GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — In a story published November 17, 2021, about an election security probe, The Associated Press erroneously reported in the story summary the county where the elections clerk works. Tina Peters is the elections clerk for Mesa County, not El Paso County.
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer Hall of Fame basketball coach Jim Calhoun’s first attempt at retirement in 2012 lasted less than six years. He’s not expecting to spend his second one on a golf course. Calhoun, who led UConn to three NCAA titles, stepped down Thursday as coach at Divison III Saint Joseph after
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. booster campaign is getting a lot simpler now that regulators have opened extra vaccine shots to all adults. The Food and Drug Administration’s Dr. Peter Marks says the new approach will streamline booster decisions as COVID-19 cases begin rising again across the country. The
Continue Reading By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli soldiers returned the remains of a Palestinian teenager who was killed in October, only to be told by the family that it was the wrong body. The macabre mix-up on Friday, which the army called an “unfortunate mistake,” is likely to draw attention to
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