BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has sided with local law enforcement in a case brought by Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrators alleging excessive use of force by police at a protest site in North Dakota in 2016. Attorneys for protesters who brought the suit say police fired rubber bullets and exploding munitions “indiscriminately into
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored a fourth goal in his last five Premier League games to help Manchester United beat Burnley 3-1 for its biggest win under recently hired manager Ralf Rangnick. Ronaldo grabbed the third of United’s first-half goals. He tapped into an empty net in the 35th minute after Scott McTominay’s
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Una periodista maorí hizo historia en Nueva Zelandia al convertirse en la primera persona con marcas faciales tradicionales en presentar un programa de noticias en horario estelar en la televisión nacional. Oriini Kaipara llegó a los titulares de todo el mundo después de presentar su primer boletín de las 6 p.m.
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Al menos 500 casas se han perdido después de que dos incendios forestales crecieran rápidamente el jueves en Colorado, mientras los fuertes vientos azotaban la región, obligando a decenas de miles de residentes a abandonar sus hogares, dijo el sheriff del condado de Boulder. Aproximadamente 35.000 personas en Colorado han sido
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN After a woman tested positive for Covid-19 midflight, the bathroom became her seat for the next few hours. Marisa Fotieo was on an Icelandair flight from Chicago to Reykjavik, Iceland, on December 19, en route to her final destination of Switzerland with her brother and father. Before the
Continue ReadingCNN By Sara Smart and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN After a woman tested positive for Covid-19 midflight, the bathroom became her seat for the next few hours. Marisa Fotieo was on an Icelandair flight from Chicago to Reykjavik, Iceland, on December 19, en route to her final destination of Switzerland with her brother and father. Before
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA postponed Golden State’s game with Denver on Thursday, the same day that Philadelphia’s Doc Rivers and Denver’s Michael Malone entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols. That raised the total number of head coaches on that virus-related list to seven. Rivers and Malone join the Los Angeles
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA postponed Golden State’s game with Denver on Thursday, the same day that Philadelphia’s Doc Rivers and Denver’s Michael Malone entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols. That raised the total number of head coaches on that virus-related list to seven. Rivers and Malone join the Los Angeles
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA postponed Golden State’s game with Denver on Thursday, the same day that Philadelphia’s Doc Rivers and Denver’s Michael Malone entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols. That raised the total number of head coaches on that virus-related list to seven. Rivers and Malone join the Los Angeles
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN Millions of American kids will head back to classrooms in the coming days — just after new pediatric Covid-19 hospitalizations reached an all-time high. And that has many parents wondering what’s safe as the Omicron variant sweeps the country. “We fear that it’s going to get a lot worse, between getting
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los huesos de cinco mamuts fueron descubiertos junto con herramientas de piedra neandertales en una excavación cercana a Swindon, lo que proporciona una visión reveladora de la vida en el Reino Unido durante la Edad de Hielo hace 200.000 años. Los restos de mamut bien conservados pertenecían a dos adultos, dos
Continue Reading By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With a guilty verdict in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, here’s a look at what the once high-flying Jeffrey Epstein confidante was accused of and what’s next for her. The 60-year-old Maxwell was convicted of all but one count on Wednesday and faces the possibility
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By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With a guilty verdict in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, here’s a look at what the once high-flying Jeffrey Epstein confidante was accused of and what’s next for her. The 60-year-old Maxwell was convicted of all but one count on Wednesday and faces the possibility
Continue Reading WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation’s tribal council has voted to send $2,000 checks to each qualified adult and $600 for each child using $557 million in federal coronavirus relief funds. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez will have 10 days after formally receiving the legislation to veto or sign it. Wednesday’s 18-2 vote
Continue Reading By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it’s streamlined the approval process for urgent use of National Guard forces in the District of Columbia. The announcement Thursday comes after months of study in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. The Pentagon says the changes
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By DON THOMPSON SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday temporarily halted California’s plans to speed the potential prison release dates for repeat offenders with serious and violent criminal histories under the state’s “three strikes” law. California corrections officials had filed emergency regulations to boost good conduct credits for second-strike inmates serving time for
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sony Michel’s hardnosed running style played a major role in the Los Angeles Rams’ surge into a playoff spot over the past month. Michel rushed for a season-high 131 yards and a touchdown on a career-high 27 carries in the Rams’ 30-23 win at Minnesota,
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sony Michel’s hardnosed running style played a major role in the Los Angeles Rams’ surge into a playoff spot over the past month. Michel rushed for a season-high 131 yards and a touchdown on a career-high 27 carries in the Rams’ 30-23 win at Minnesota,
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Defensive lineman Leonard Williams of the New York Giants is ending his seventh NFL season the same way the other six have ended. He is playing on a team not going to the playoffs. Williams is battling, though. He has played the last two
Continue Reading By DAN SCIFO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said Monday night’s game against the Cleveland Browns could be his last at Heinz Field. The 39-year-old insisted that he won’t make any final decisions until after the season, and Roethlisberger noted that his team remains in the playoff hunt. But for
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