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By Gary Tuchman and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Omicron may be declining across much of the United States, but the Monument Health hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota, is still running an expanded intensive care unit, in the midst of a Covid-19 surge fueled by low vaccination rates and a lack of coronavirus restrictions. “We are
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — KeShawn Curry had a career-high 28 points as VCU defeated Rhode Island 73-64. Makhel Mitchell led Rhode Island on Tuesday night with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin has missed a gate early in the first run of the slalom at the Beijing Games and is out of the event. It was a quick end to her day just like in her first event of these Olympics, the giant
Continue ReadingBy PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Oscar Tshiebwe had his sixth straight double-double with 18 points and 14 rebounds and TyTy Washington scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half as No. 5 Kentucky beat South Carolina 86-76. The Wildcats reached 20 wins for the 13th time in the
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Devin Booker scored 35 points, and Chris Paul had 16 points and 12 assists to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 114-109 win over the Philadelphia on 76ers. Joel Embiid had 34 points and 12 rebounds for the Sixers. Tobias Harris scored 30 points for Philadelphia.
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Devin Booker scored 35 points, and Chris Paul had 16 points and 12 assists to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 114-109 win over the Philadelphia on 76ers. Joel Embiid had 34 points and 12 rebounds for the Sixers. Tobias Harris scored 30 points for Philadelphia.
Continue Reading By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Naysayers didn’t deter Mexican figure skater Donovan Carrillo, the rare Latin American athlete at the Winter Games, who has now become an even more rare Beijing Olympics success story – however relative – from that part of the globe. Carrillo had a career-best performance in the marquee
Continue Reading EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — .Johnny Davis had a game-high 25 points as No. 14 Wisconsin beat No. 17 Michigan State 70-62. The win lifts the second-place Badgers (19-4 overall, 10-3 Big Ten) to within a half-game of first-place Illinois in the Big Ten Conference. Marcus Bingham Jr. had 15 points to lead the Spartans
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate’s Education Committee has approved a major expansion of the state’s school voucher program. All Republicans backed the proposal on Tuesday over protests from minority Democrats who called the bill a slap in the face of voters who rejected a slightly larger expansion in 2018.
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN The House on Tuesday passed a sweeping bipartisan bill that would overhaul the US Postal Service‘s finances and allow the agency to modernize its service. The Postal Service Reform Act — which cleared the House by 342-92 — would require retired postal employees to enroll in Medicare when eligible, while dropping
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UPDATE 2/10/22 5:45 PM: College of the Desert’s presentation on the West Valley Campus has been postponed and will be rescheduled to a later date. The City Manager was recently informed by College of the Desert Superintendent/President Dr. Martha Garcia that her availability to attend tonight’s meeting and address City Council questions regarding the stalled project
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams apologized Tuesday for not wearing a mask when she posed for photos with masked schoolchildren last week, after she received intense backlash from political opponents. “Protocols matter, and protecting our kids is the most important thing, and anything that can be perceived as undermining
Continue ReadingCNN By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams apologized Tuesday for not wearing a mask when she posed for photos with masked schoolchildren last week, after she received intense backlash from political opponents. “Protocols matter, and protecting our kids is the most important thing, and anything that can be perceived as
Continue Reading By LARY BUMP Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Qualifier Jurij Rodionov of Austria defeated sixth-seeded American Maxime Cressy of 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-1 on Tuesday to advance to the round of 16 at the inaugural Dallas Open.Paris-born Cressy was the first of the eight seeded players to lose his match. A former UCLA player, Cressy now
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A 14-year-old is recovering in the hospital after police said he accidentally shot himself in the leg while watching a basketball game. The shooting was first reported Monday at approximately 6:58 p.m., on the 6500 block of Smoke Tree Avenue in Twentynine Palms. Deputies from the Morongo Basin Station responded to the scene and learned
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business On Monday, the Internal Revenue Service halted a plan that would have forced taxpayers to verify their identities with facial recognition software before signing on to its website. A day later, the company behind that software, ID.me, said it will make it possible for people to skip the controversial technology
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Adama Sanogo scored 24 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead No. 24 UConn to an 80-72 win over No. 18 Marquette. Tyrese Martin added 18 points and 15 boards for the Huskies (16-6, 7-4 Big East), who swept the season series with the Golden
Continue Reading By Brett Martel AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans have acquired guard CJ McCollum from the Portland Trail Blazers as part of a seven-player trade. The Pelicans also received forwards Larry Nance Jr. and Tony Snell in the deal, while the Trail Blazers receive Josh Hart, Tomas Staoransky, Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, Nectar Gan and Tom Booth, CNN Winter Olympians are accustomed to performing their awe-inspiring feats against the backdrop of spectacular snow-capped mountains. But Beijing’s Big Air Shougang Olympic venue is drawing attention for its much edgier, urban setting. Behind the skiers launching themselves off the 60-meter-high (196-foot) ramp are furnaces, tall chimney
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Australian snowboarder Scotty James called the process of perfecting his signature trick akin to a right-handed person “trying to write a thesis with your left hand.” Impossible? No. Extremely difficult? Yes. That goes for pretty much any trick that will show up on the Olympic
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