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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Jayson Terdiman is not going to compete in the Beijing Olympics. The sled he bought with hopes of getting to those games is going to China anyway. Terdiman competes in doubles luge for the U.S. The Americans got one spot for the Beijing Games in that event and it
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN Two separate cyberattacks have disrupted public services in New Mexico’s most populous county in the last eight days, with one forcing the Albuquerque public school system to close and another knocking out cameras at a local jail. It’s one of the most visceral recent examples of the toll that ransomware and
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer College players make up two-thirds of the U.S. Olympic hockey roster for Beijing. The 15 college players makes it 11 more than in 2018 when the NHL also opted not to participate. Matty Beniers headlines the group after getting picked second by Seattle in the 2021 NHL draft. Michigan
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By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN College campuses have fewer students on them, and it’s not just because of remote learning. There are about 1 million fewer college students enrolled since before the pandemic began, according to a report released Thursday. Undergraduate enrollment declined by 3.1% or more than 465,000 students between fall 2020 and fall 2021,
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Es posible que los astrónomos hayan encontrado una luna que es completamente diferente a cualquier cosa en nuestro sistema solar. Es solo el segundo objeto espacial descubierto que puede ser una exoluna o una luna fuera de nuestro sistema solar. La luna gigante se encontró orbitando un planeta del tamaño de Júpiter
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By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people who took out student loans over the past 20 years could see their loans canceled or receive a small check as part of a nationwide settlement with Navient, a major student loan collecting company. Officials say borrowers who will receive restitution
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the government plans to double to 1 billion the rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests to be distributed free to Americans. Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Biden says his administration will also make “high-quality masks” available for no charge. He spoke at an
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By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the government plans to double to 1 billion the rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests to be distributed free to Americans. Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Biden says his administration will also make “high-quality masks” available for no charge. He spoke at an
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard says he’ll be working this offseason to address the team’s late-season collapse and its poor record in one-score games. What action he might take remains unclear. Ballard declined to discuss specific personnel moves or potential coaching changes during his traditional
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky, Sharon Johnson Click here for updates on this story VERNON, Connecticut (WFSB) — A Vernon man is being charged after police say they discovered he put cameras in his home bathroom and secretly recorded his girlfriend and her children. Police said they arrested Donald Sterling, 47, after a warrant was executed at
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas wants Planned Parenthood to return more than $10 million in payments for low-income patients. The lawsuit filed by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday comes years after Republican leaders moved to cut off Medicaid dollars to the abortion provider. The money Texas is seeking to recoup from Planned Parenthood
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams have put up record-setting numbers together while forming the NFL’s most dynamic pass-catch combination. But they haven’t yet reached a Super Bowl together. Rodgers’ lone Super Bowl title came in the 2010 season. Adams began his NFL career four seasons later. This
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky, Andrew Masse, Ayah Galal Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Three seventh graders from Hartford were rushed to the hospital after being exposed to fentanyl at school Thursday. It happened at the Sports and Medical Sciences Academy, which is a magnet school with about 600 students, around
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he hopes Mexican investors buy the local subsidiary of Citigroup. The president made his remarks about Citibanamex in a video posted to his social media accounts Thursday, saying that “we would like this bank to be Mexicanized.” The president contends foreign bankers often take
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he hopes Mexican investors buy the local subsidiary of Citigroup. The president made his remarks about Citibanamex in a video posted to his social media accounts Thursday, saying that “we would like this bank to be Mexicanized.” The president contends foreign bankers often take
Continue Reading BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted Baltimore’s top prosecutor on charges of perjury and making false mortgage applications in the purchase of two Florida vacation homes. The Maryland-based U.S. Attorney’s Office announced the four-count indictment in a news release Thursday. The indictment alleges that Marilyn Mosby lied about meeting qualifications for coronavirus-related
Continue Reading BIG RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan professor has been placed on leave after he told students in a profanity-laced video that he randomly assigns grades before the first day of class. Barry Mehler is a 74-year-old instructor at Ferris State University in Big Rapids. He told students in the video: “I don’t even want
Continue Reading By Jake Tapper and Cheri Mossburg, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom has denied parole for Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, a news release from the governor’s office said. Sirhan was recommended for parole in August, after spending 53 years in prison for the 1968 killing. Two of Kennedy’s sons,
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft says it will review its policies regarding sexual harassment and gender discrimination and publicly release the results of investigations into allegations involving members of the board of directors and senior leadership, including Bill Gates. The Seattle Times reports the board announced Thursday that Microsoft would hire a third-party law firm to
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man who as a 4-month-old appeared nude on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s album “Nevermind” has filed a new version of his lawsuit alleging the image is child pornography. A federal judge had dismissed Spencer Elden’s lawsuit after a missed deadline, but gave him permission to file an amended version.
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