By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — Making an Olympic team is hard enough. This winter, those who earn their spots on the U.S. squad will find it takes even more work to get to Beijing. Among the slow trickle of information coming out of China in advance of next February’s Olympics was
Continue ReadingBy Megan Thomas, CNN Winter, an injured dolphin who learned to swim with a prosthetic tail and whose story served as the inspiration for two heartwarming films, died Thursday, according to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, where she resided. “Animal care experts from around the country worked to treat her gastrointestinal abnormality. The CMA family is
Continue Reading By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana board has voted to posthumously pardon Homer Plessy, the namesake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling affirming state segregation laws. The state Board of Pardon voted unanimously on Friday to clear the Creole man’s record of a conviction for refusing
Continue ReadingBy KCRA Staff Click here for updates on this story PLACER COUNTY, California (KCRA) — Two women were arrested Thursday morning after a stolen car with a 7-month-old inside crashed into a power pole in Placer County, according to the sheriff’s office. “It’s a parent’s living nightmare to watch a car with your child in
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merinojavier73 (CNN Español) — Becky G es conocida por ser una de las cantantes juveniles del momento. Ha hecho duetos con Thalía, Natti Natasha, Anitta, Akon y Ozuna, entre otros. Pero ahora se lanza como entrevistadora en el programa “Face to Face with Becky G” en Facebook Watch. Zona Pop CNN habló con ella para
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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Quarterback Kyler Murray was back at practice on Friday, potentially giving the Arizona Cardinals a boost heading into Sunday’s home game against the Carolina Panthers. Murray missed a game for the first time in his three-year career last weekend against the San Francisco 49ers because
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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Quarterback Kyler Murray was back at practice on Friday, potentially giving the Arizona Cardinals a boost heading into Sunday’s home game against the Carolina Panthers. Murray missed a game for the first time in his three-year career last weekend against the San Francisco 49ers because
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced a three-week partial lockdown amid surging COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands. The lockdown that begins Saturday night is the first to start in Western Europe since a new wave of infections began surging across parts of the
Continue Reading By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana board has voted to posthumously pardon Homer Plessy, the namesake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling affirming state segregation laws. The state Board of Pardon voted unanimously on Friday to clear the Creole man’s record of a conviction for refusing
Continue Reading By BEN FINLEY Associated Press CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — Court records show that a man killed by Virginia State Police had been mentally ill for years. Brian Michael Price was judged not guilty by reason of insanity after striking his mother with a baseball bat in 2014. He was released from a mental hospital last
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Johnson Click here for updates on this story MELCHER-DALLAS, Iowa (KCCI) — A devastating sight for the Bach family, their home completely charred on the inside from a bolt of lightning that hit the house Wednesday night. “I got a phone call from one of my coworkers saying our house is on fire,”
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. government attorneys have asked a federal judge to uphold a decision from the waning days of the Trump administration that lifted protections for gray wolves across most of the country. The request during a Friday hearing before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White in California came
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. government attorneys have asked a federal judge to uphold a decision from the waning days of the Trump administration that lifted protections for gray wolves across most of the country. The request during a Friday hearing before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White in California came
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La próxima serie de comedia de Netflix “Uncoupled”, protagonizada por Neil Patrick Harris, ya no contará con un personaje de ama de llaves latina después de que una actriz criticara públicamente el papel por ser estereotipado y plano. Ada Maris, conocida por sus papeles en series de televisión como “Mayans MC”
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman is suing the manufacturer of a popular online slots game. She’s claiming it wrongly refused to pay her a $100,000 jackpot due to “a bug” in the product. New Jersey regulators revealed Friday that she’s one of 14 gamblers who have filed
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman is suing the manufacturer of a popular online slots game. She’s claiming it wrongly refused to pay her a $100,000 jackpot due to “a bug” in the product. New Jersey regulators revealed Friday that she’s one of 14 gamblers who have filed
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht and Jessica Small, CNN The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released to CNN on Friday new evidence showing how US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials were pressured by Trump administration officials to alter scientific guidance and prevented from communicating directly with the public. In new excerpts of transcribed
Continue Reading CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup that was towing an overweight boat down a steep mountain highway when he lost control and crashed into more than a half-dozen vehicles, killing two people and injuring nine others in Carson City. Investigators suspect the brakes failed on
Continue ReadingBy Adam Winkler Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — Inside the merchandise tents at the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open, you can find just about any hat. However, one cap on the course in Memorial Park this week means more than most others. “I hope that, by wearing the hat they
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Concerns are growing that China’s men’s hockey team could get embarrassed on home ice in Beijing at the 2022 Olympics. The games will feature NHL players for the first time since 2014. China is set to face the United States, Canada and Germany. The International Ice Hockey Federation does
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