The Los Angeles Rams can clinch the NFC West with a win over Baltimore this weekend and an Arizona loss. The Rams will try to extend their four-game winning streak and the Ravens will try to end their four-game skid. Baltimore could have star quarterback Lamar Jackson back after he missed two games with an
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The Los Angeles Rams can clinch the NFC West with a win over Baltimore this weekend and an Arizona loss. The Rams will try to extend their four-game winning streak and the Ravens will try to end their four-game skid. Baltimore could have star quarterback Lamar Jackson back after he missed two games with an
Continue Reading By MARTHA BELLISLE and TERRY TANG Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in record numbers. And experts lament that most of the youngsters are not vaccinated. Dr. Paul Offit of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia says it’s “heartbreaking” knowing
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By MARTHA BELLISLE and TERRY TANG Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in record numbers. And experts lament that most of the youngsters are not vaccinated. Dr. Paul Offit of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia says it’s “heartbreaking” knowing
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Emmy-award winning actress Betty White. Personal Birth date: January 17, 1922 Death date: December 31, 2021 Birth place: Oak Park, Illinois Birth name: Betty Marion White Father: Horace White, electrical engineer Mother: Tess White Marriages: Allen Ludden (June 14, 1963-June 9, 1981, his death); Lane
Continue Reading CNN By Scott McLean and Jo Shelley, CNN From the air, the former Caterpillar factory outside Chicago is sprawling — the size of two dozen football fields. Once a heavy equipment plant, it’s now a hive of activity making a product that has never been in higher demand: medical gloves. The US Medical Glove Company,
Continue Reading By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Thousands of residents in two communities near Denver have been ordered to evacuated because of a wind-fueled wildfire that engulfed parts of the area in smoky, orangish skies. Louisville’s 21,000 residents were told to evacuate Thursday after the 13,000 people in Superior were ordered to
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Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Biogen, Norwegian Cruise Line fall, R.R. Donnelley rises
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Al menos cuatro personas murieron y otras 15 resultaron heridas después de que una bomba explotara frente a una universidad en la ciudad de Quetta, en la provincia de Baluchistán, en el suroeste de Pakistán, este jueves, dijo la policía local. Según Zia Langau, asesora del ministro del Interior de la
Continue Reading By Scott McLean and Jo Shelley, CNN From the air, the former Caterpillar factory outside Chicago is sprawling — the size of two dozen football fields. Once a heavy equipment plant, it’s now a hive of activity making a product that has never been in higher demand: medical gloves. The US Medical Glove Company, or
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. has reported a sharp increase in coronavirus-related deaths as the National Health Service says it is building temporary structures at hospitals in England to prepare for a possible surge of patients infected with the highly transmissible omicron variant. The government reported 332 deaths Thursday, the
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The flurry of lawsuits filed in recent weeks trying to stop the House January 6 committee’s subpoenas are revealing, in many ways, the opposite: That the House has been largely successful at sweeping up documents for the probe and interviewing dozens of major witnesses. A throughline in
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Thursday about the Russian troop buildup near Ukraine. It was a new round of leader-to-leader talks as the Kremlin has stepped up its calls for security guarantees and test fired hypersonic missiles to
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With a new and more infectious coronavirus variant sweeping California, attorneys representing inmates say violations of health orders by prison staff risk a repeat of the outbreaks that killed dozens in the first year of the pandemic. The most recent statistics show large percentages of employees
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Un tigre fue asesinado a tiros por un ayudante del sheriff este miércoles después atacar a un hombre en un zoológico en Naples, Florida, dijeron las autoridades. El hombre, que tiene unos 20 años, resultó gravemente herido cuando ingresó a un área no autorizada del recinto de tigres en el zoológico
Continue Reading SUPERIOR, Colo. (AP) — Residents of a northern Colorado town have bene ordered to evacuate because of a wildfire driven by strong winds. The entire town of Superior, which has about 13,000 residents, was ordered to evacuate Thursday because of a fire that has spread northwest of town. Superior is about 20 miles northwest of
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One person was pronounced dead following a multi-vehicle crash Wednesday night in La Quinta. The crash happened on Dune Palm Road and Highway 111 at approximately 10:29 p.m. CAL FIRE confirmed one person died at the scene. That person has not been publicly identified at this time. A second person sustained minor injuries from the
Continue Reading GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The bodies of 15 more migrants killed in a Dec. 9 truck crash in southern Mexico have been returned to Guatemala. The remains in brown wood-colored coffins were flown back to their homeland Thursday aboard a Mexican military C-295 transport aircraft. The Mexican government says that so far, 50 of the
Continue Reading EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Brigette Lacquette became the first Indigenous woman to scout for an NHL team when she was hired by the Chicago Blackhawks this year. Making history is familiar for Lacquette, who became the first First Nations woman to play hockey for Canada in a Winter Olympics in 2018. The defender earned a
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Accepting a spot in the Gator Bowl was easy for Rutgers. Getting there proved much more daunting. The Scarlet Knights (5-7) were a late substitution for Texas A&M in Friday’s game against 20th-ranked Wake Forest. They spent several days trying to land a charter flight
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