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By JOHN PYE and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s effort to play in the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated for COVID-19 moved to a higher court Saturday as the No. 1-ranked tennis player appealed the second cancellation of his visa. A virtual hearing is being held Saturday for Djokovic’s appeal
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By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pushing ahead with efforts to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the Supreme Court put a halt to the administration’s sweeping vaccinate-or-test plan for large employers. At a time when hospitals are being overrun with patients and record numbers of people are
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Scientists say a duck killed by a hunter in South Carolina had a contagious and dangerous bird flu not seen in the wild in the U.S. in five years. Officials say the Eurasian H5 avian influenza poses a low risk to people, but can spread quickly through chicken houses and other
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — La guía de covid-19 de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) pronto será opcional para muchos cruceros. Cuando la orden de navegación condicional extendida de los CDC expire el sábado, la agencia hará la transición a un programa voluntario
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Hospitalizations Riverside County is nearly at 1,000 total COVID hospitalizations. Since the county’s last report on Wednesday, there have been an additional 15 patients hospitalized due to COVID-19. This brings the county’s total up to 991 hospitalizations. Exactly one month ago, hospitalizations were at 320. Hospitalizations have not surpassed 1,000 since Jan. 31, 2021. On
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Corea del Norte disparó el viernes dos presuntos misiles balísticos desde un vagón, según informó el medio estatal KCNA. El simulacro de prueba se utilizó para “verificar y juzgar la competencia” del “regimiento de misiles transportados por ferrocarril de la provincia de Phyongan del Norte”, dijo KCNA. Corea del
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN A federal judge ruled Friday former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli should be barred “for life” from participating in the pharmaceutical industry and ordered him to pay nearly $65 million in fines to seven states. The decision by US District Judge Denise Cote Friday was part of a civil case brought by
Continue ReadingCNN By Sonia Moghe, CNN A federal judge ruled Friday former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli should be barred “for life” from participating in the pharmaceutical industry and ordered him to pay nearly $65 million in fines to seven states. The decision by US District Judge Denise Cote Friday was part of a civil case brought
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A late-June sentencing date has been set for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell after her conviction last month on sex trafficking charges. U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan announced the June 28 date Friday even as she waits to resolve defense claims that a new trial should
Continue Reading EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — An Alabama man has been convicted of killing three people in southwestern Illinois during a multistate crime spree. A jury in Madison County needed less than an hour Friday to return the verdict against Brady Witcher, who faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Shari Yates, her son Andrew “A.J.”
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN Business North Korean hackers stole nearly $400 million worth of cryptocurrency in 2021, making it one of the most lucrative years to date for cybercriminals in the severely isolated country, according to a new report. Hackers launched at least seven different attacks last year, primarily targeting investment firms and centralized exchanges
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US believes that Russia’s domestic intelligence agency has arrested the hacker responsible for the May ransomware attack that forced a major US fuel pipeline to shut down for days, a senior Biden administration official told reporters Friday. It appears to mark a rare instance of US-Russian cooperation against a major
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business A large British energy firm apologized to its customers Friday after sending them socks advising them to turn the heat down in the midst of the country’s energy crisis. E.ON Next sent socks to about 30,000 households with a tag attached to them that said lowering their heat would reduce
Continue Reading YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Ghana has conceded a late goal to draw with Gabon 1-1 at the African Cup of Nations. A Ghana player was also red-carded for a punch on an opponent after the final whistle as the Group C game ended in a melee. Gabon’s late equalizer was tempered by news earlier in
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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — An annual report shows a decrease in employees at Nevada’s biggest casinos and anemic revenues during the 12 months that followed a statewide casino shutdown over the pandemic in 2020. The Nevada Gaming Control Board reported Thursday in its annual Nevada Gaming Abstract that 302 casinos
Continue Reading HERRIMAN, Utah (AP) — Real Salt Lake has signed 14-year-old forward Axel Kei, the youngest player ever to sign with a Major League Soccer senior team. The team says the lanky 6-foot-4 player inked a two-year deal at 14 years and 15 days. Previously, the youngest player to sign with an MLS club was Freddy
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — New York Islanders forward Ross Johnston was suspended for three games without pay by the NHL on Friday for an illegal check to the head against New Jersey Devils forward A.J. Greer. Johnston was assessed a minor penalty for illegal check to the head early in the first period of the
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) — El intento de una escuela secundaria de Mississippi por enfrentar las preocupaciones sobre la imagen corporal de las alumnas desató indignación entre los padres, lo que obligó a la institución a retractarse de su propuesta. ¿Sientes ansiedad por tu imagen corporal ante la salida de la cuarentena? Te contamos 8 formas de combatirla
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Two weeks after a Colorado wildfire destroyed over 1,000 homes and buildings, the search for one person listed as missing is is still underway. Authorities have not named the woman they are looking for at a site where a home burned on the outskirts of the town
Continue ReadingCNN By Matt McFarland and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Photos and videos showing piles of empty boxes littered alongside rail tracks in Los Angeles County, California have gone viral as shipping companies say they’ve seen a dramatic spike in railroad theft. Some of the boxes are packages from companies like UPS, Amazon and FedEx. Union Pacific,
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