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MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — A Catholic diocese in Michigan is asking its pastors to deny baptism, confirmation and other sacraments to transgender and nonbinary people unless they have “repented,” a policy that’s possibly the most sweeping of its kind in the U.S. The guidance from the Diocese of Marquette also stipulates that transgender people may
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By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Basketball fans hoping to buy something from Bill Russell’s memorabilia collection should expect some big-name competition. Hall of Famers Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley say they’re interested in bidding on items Russell is selling off. O’Neal says he’d buy all 11 of Russell’s NBA championship rings,
Continue Reading By EMMA H. TOBIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists say fossilized tracks from 120 million years ago show two-legged dinosaurs ran fast. The tracks from Spain join the ranks of one of the fastest known sets of dinosaur footprints. They also add to the growing evidence that two-legged meat-eating dinosaurs were highly agile.
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By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes are all caught up on their bills. The hockey team paid off overdue taxes and other bills a day after receiving word the city of Glendale was going to lock them out of Gila River Arena if they didn’t get caught up.
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes are all caught up on their bills. The hockey team paid off overdue taxes and other bills a day after receiving word the city of Glendale was going to lock them out of Gila River Arena if they didn’t get caught up.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The United States’ World Cup qualifier against Canada in Hamilton, Ontario, on Jan. 30 will have a 3 p.m. EST kickoff. The Canada Soccer Association said tickets will go on sale Dec. 17 for the match at Tim Hortons Field. Hamilton averages a high of 30 degrees Fahrenheit and a low
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is declaring his team will beat Washington as he returns from a 10-day absence because of a positive COVID-19 test. McCarthy’s confidence about winning Sunday comes after a long answer about the team’s offense. Washington is responding as expected.
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Sundance Film Festival is returning to the Utah mountains in January armed with documentaries about Bill Cosby, Princess Diana, Kanye West and Lucille Ball as well as the directorial debuts of Eva Longoria, Tig Notaro and Jesse Eisenberg. Festival organizers unveiled the lineup for the 2022 edition on
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Puede que los pájaros sean los amos indiscutibles del aire, pero también han sido los perdedores de las colisiones aéreas desde los albores de la aviación en 1905, cuando el piloto pionero Orville Wright informó del primer choque con un pájaro. Cada año, miles de aves se encuentran demasiado cerca de
Continue ReadingBy Kerry Flynn, CNN Business One of the last independent chains of local newspapers remaining in the U.S. has rejected a takeover bid from Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund known for buying up and then strangling vital local papers. The board of Lee Enterprises, a publicly traded company that owns daily newspapers and other
Continue Reading BERGAMO, Italy (AP) — Villarreal secured the final place in the last 16 of the Champions League by holding on for a 3-2 win at Atalanta in a game that had been postponed because of snowfall. The Spanish side only needed a draw to advance as runner-up from Group F but jumped out to a
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Al menos 650 personas murieron al intentar cruzar la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos este año, más que cualquier otro año desde que un organismo internacional comenzó a documentar las muertes en 2014. La Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM), la agencia que documenta las muertes, no especificó el motivo
Continue Reading By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan has vetoed a redrawn Maryland congressional map. The Republican governor’s veto on Thursday sets the stage for potential veto overrides by the General Assembly, which is controlled by Democrats. Hogan says the map for the state’s eight U.S. House seats is drawn even
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business More than half the money Volkswagen Group spends in the next five years will go towards electric vehicles and other high-technology efforts, the German automaker announced Thursday. By the end of 2026, VW expects that 25% of the vehicles it sells globally will be electric. Currently, electric vehicles account for
Continue ReadingHarmeet Kaur and Laura Ly, CNN New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will remove the Sackler family name from seven galleries, including the wing that houses the Temple of Dendur, the institution announced Thursday. The museum said in a news release that it came to the decision with members of the Sackler family “in order
Continue ReadingFrom Andrew Carey and Abeer Salman Jordan has withdrawn its entry to the Oscars after criticism that the film “Amira” was disrespectful to Palestinian prisoners and their families. The film tells the fictional story of a 17-year-old Palestinian girl, Amira, whose father is being held as a prisoner in an Israeli jail. She was conceived
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Today, a lot of business students would probably pay serious money for Elon Musk’s opinion of their work. In 1995, though — long before he took control of Tesla and, later, founded SpaceX — Musk was a teaching assistant helping grade exams and papers at the University
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By Maya Brown and Emma Tucker, CNN Two Black women who worked for the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging they were retaliated against for speaking out against racism and misconduct by White officers, the third lawsuit in the past four months to raise questions about the work culture
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, opening a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine to people as young as age 16. The U.S. and many other nations already urge adults to get a booster to pump up their immunity months after initial vaccination. In the U.S., the Pfizer
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Macron has vowed to work to make Europe “more powerful” as France’s turn in the European Union’s rotating six-month presidency starts Jan. 1 and overlaps with the country’s presidential election. Macron said Thrusday that France plans to use its EU tenure to promote “a
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