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By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials have updated their mask guidance, encouraging more Americans to wear N95 or KN95 masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the updated guidance late Friday afternoon. Those kinds of masks are considered better
Continue ReadingCNN By Jacqueline Howard and Betsy Klein, CNN Just as free Covid-19 tests are landing in the mailboxes of people who ordered them, the first free N95 masks for the public have started to arrive at US pharmacies, with more on the way in the coming days. The Biden administration seeks to ramp up access
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger and John Bonifield, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its mask information for the American public on Friday, including clarifying that certain types of masks and respirators offer more protection from the coronavirus than others and offering tips on what consumers should look for when shopping for them.
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By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Big-name women’s basketball programs like No. 5 Tennessee and No. 12 LSU are making a return to prominence this year. The Lady Vols and Tigers are part of a group of teams that are carrying national rankings under coaches in place since 2019. The list includes No. 15 Georgia
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is proposing a tax credit for the working poor. The proposal released Friday marks the first time in his eight years of pushing tax cuts that Ducey has pitched a benefit targeted at the lowest-income taxpayers. It’s part of a $14.2 billion
Continue Reading By JANET McCONNAUGHEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Wildlife rehabilitators are decontaminating dozens of alligators, brushing their teeth and scrubbing their hides in the weeks after a pipeline rupture dumped 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area wetland. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says 78 gators
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will hear the case of a former Seattle-area football coach who was removed from his job because he refused to stop praying on the field. Former Bremerton High School coach Joe Kennedy’s lawyers say the religious beliefs of their client, who is Christian, compelled him to pray
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Midfielder Khephren Thuram scores a second-half winner as second-placed Nice beats Nantes 2-1 at home in the French league. Nice is three points ahead of Marseille in third spot. Marseille has played two games less and faces defending champion Lille on Sunday night. Thuram is the 20-year-old son of Lilian Thuram, who
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — La estrella del tenis Novak Djokovic quedó detenido en Australia, antes de que su caso para permanecer en el país se presente ante el Tribunal Federal. El caso de Djokovic para quedarse en Australia se escuchará este sábado ante el Tribunal Federal del país luego de una audiencia de emergencia ante
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal from a high school football coach who was barred from taking a knee to pray on the field after football games. It is the latest religious liberty dispute to reach a conservative majority on the high court
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ritchie, Helen Regan and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Novak Djokovic was detained by Australian border authorities on Saturday morning, as per a court-ordered arrangement decided Friday. Djokovic, the world’s top-ranked men’s tennis player, has had his visa revoked twice by immigration officials because he is not vaccinated against Covid-19. The tennis star was interviewed
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The Federal Aviation Administration is telling pilots to take extra precautions when landing on slick runways near impending 5G wireless service. The federal officials say the planes might need more room to land if the 5G systems interfere with instruments that measure how high a plane is above the
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A late-afternoon recovery in technology stocks helped erase most of the market’s losses Friday, but it wasn’t enough to keep major indexes from logging their second losing week in a row. The S&P 500 snuck back into the green in the last few minutes of
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A late-afternoon recovery in technology stocks helped erase most of the market’s losses Friday, but it wasn’t enough to keep major indexes from logging their second losing week in a row. The S&P 500 snuck back into the green in the last few minutes of
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of a national charter school network who once served as a White House adviser under President Barack Obama has pleaded guilty to a charge alleging he stole over $200,000 from the network. Seth Andrew is a founder of Democracy Prep. He entered the plea
Continue Reading By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press Authorities say a Rhode Island man believed to have fled the U.S. and faked his death to evade prosecution for rape and financial fraud has been apprehended in Scotland after being hospitalized with COVID-19. Authorities in Utah and Rhode Island say Nicholas Alahverdian was discovered after developing a serious case
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos began their search for Vic Fangio’s replacement in the Midwest, meeting with Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn ahead of their trip to Green Bay. Broncos general manager George Paton and a team of executives were meeting Friday with Packers assistants
Continue Reading DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Erling Haaland has scored twice to propel Borussia Dortmund to a 5-1 win over Freiburg and close the gap to Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich to three points. Belgian right back Thomas Meunier got Dortmund underway with two goals from corners in the opening half-hour. Haaland scored in first-half stoppage time and
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, se reunirá en febrero con los mandatarios de Rusia y China en una gira que busca, entre otras cosas, abordar la colaboración en vacunas, ciencia, inversiones y otros temas de “interés común”, informó este viernes a CNN un portavoz del gobierno argentino. Según el vocero,
Continue Reading By JAKE BLEIBERG, JACQUES BILLEAUD and ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group will remain in jail until a court hearing next Thursday. Stewart Rhodes made his initial court appearance in Plano, Texas, on Friday, a day after his arrest on charges he plotted
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