macamilarincon (CNN) — Pfizer y BioNTech anunciaron el martes que comenzaron un ensayo clínico para una vacuna específica contra la variante ómicron del coronavirus. Y Moderna reveló el miércoles que entró en la fase 2 de su propio estudio también para una vacuna específica contra esa variación del virus, que es, por mucho, la dominante
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By DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Renewed legal challenges have been mounted in about half the states against a requirement from President Joe Biden’s administration for health workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The mandate for health providers that participate in Medicare or Medicaid took effect after the Supreme Court allowed it
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Backers of the Equal Rights Amendment are pressuring the Biden administration and the US archivist to publish the amendment, arguing that the ERA should be taking effect on Thursday. Believing that the ERA has satisfied all the necessary constitutional requirements, supporters are demanding that US Archivist David Ferriero, who’s set to
Continue ReadingBy KTVT Staff Click here for updates on this story DENTON, Texas (KTVT) — Zettie Cruz says she was heartbroken to learn the 3 year old boy who lived in the apartment upstairs had died. “I loved that little boy so much,” she said. Denton Police say they were alerted by CPS on Tuesday, January
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El cáncer sigue siendo una de las mayores preocupaciones en materia de salud pública en el mundo. De acuerdo con la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), esta enfermedad estuvo dentro de las principales causas de muertes en 2020, provocando casi 10 millones de fallecimientos. La OMS indica que los cánceres
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There was never a sense of panic for Patrick Mahomes as he stood on the sideline Sunday night, watching the Bills score yet another late touchdown to regain the lead with 13 seconds left in their divisional-round game against the Chiefs. Thirteen seconds? With
Continue ReadingBy Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Jordanian soldiers killed 27 armed drug smugglers as they tried to enter the country from Syria on Thursday, an army spokesman said. Smugglers were “backed up by armed groups” who managed to flee back into Syrian territory, the spokesman said in a statement. “Large quantities of narcotics” were seized from the
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man arrested in Colorado on suspicion of killing a teenage girl in San Francisco more than four decades ago has been charged with murder in her death. Mark Stanley Personette was arrested in suburban Denver in December. The 76-year-old man was arraigned in a San Francisco court Thursday in the
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Long before he represented Tom Brady, Bryant Young, Sean Payton and Jimmy Garoppolo, Don Yee considered a career in journalism. Changing course was the right choice. Yee became one of sports’ most influential agents. Yee was a producer for a sports radio show in California after high school
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Aston Villa has signed defender Calum Chambers from Arsenal, making him the club’s fifth addition of the January transfer window. The 27-year-old Chambers can play in both central defense and at right-back and signed a three-and-a-half-year deal at Villa Park for an undisclosed fee. His arrival follows those of Philippe Coutinho, Lucas
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los familiares de cuatro niños holandeses asesinados por los nazis expresaron su tristeza después de que les informaran que sus placas de identidad se encontraron en las ruinas de un campo de concentración. El campo de exterminio de Sobibor, en la Polonia ocupada por los nazis, se creó en marzo de
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Update 9:00 PM: The City Council unanimously approved the funding agreement, with Mayor Pro-Tem Grace Garner adding that she is a no vote for the purchase agreement. Garner represents District 1, where the proposed center would be located. Original Report 01/27/21 On Thursday evening, the City of Palm Springs discussed a funding agreement with Riverside
Continue Reading TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have identified a man found dead near a campground outside Tucson and say it’s a homicide. Pima County Sheriff’s officials say the victim was 18-year-old Robert Brown. No other information was immediately released Thursday. Sheriff’s officials had said Wednesday that the victim’s body had obvious signs of trauma. The body
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has strongly affirmed that he will nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court. He said Thursday that such historic representation is “long overdue” and he’s promising to make his selection by the end of February. In
Continue Reading By The Associated Press There is limited public data about how much money college athletes have earned in the six months since a key NCAA decision. One of the major companies surrounding name, image and likeness compensation is INFLCR. It says 59% of the activitiy reported in its system comes from Division I male athletes.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will not require players with minor league contracts to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this season but is mandating that most staff receive the shots. While players with major league contracts are unionized and rules regarding them must be negotiated by the Major League Baseball Players Association, players with
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Actor Vachik Mangassarian has died of Covid-19 complications, according to his manager. He was 78. Mangassarian, a character actor who appeared on “NCIS: Los Angeles” and “The Mentalist,” was vaccinated, his manager Valerie McCaffrey told CNN. He was most recently filming an upcoming movie with Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda called
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN Lawmakers in New Mexico are expected to take up a proposal that would make it a crime to intimidate election workers — becoming at least the fourth state to consider new laws this year to confront the onslaught of threats against them. The bill from state Sen. Katy Duhigg, a Democrat
Continue Reading By ERICA HUNZINGER AP Sports Writer It is a man’s world six months after the NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to earn money on their celebrity. Men lead the way in total name, image and likeness compensation and have more NIL activities than women. That’s according to third-party data from July 1 through
Continue Reading By ERICA HUNZINGER AP Sports Writer It is a man’s world six months after the NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to earn money on their celebrity. Men lead the way in total name, image and likeness compensation and have more NIL activities than women. That’s according to third-party data from July 1 through
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