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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Autoridades de Guatemala, como resultado de un trabajo conjunto con organismos de seguridad de Estados Unidos, arrestaron a 10 guatemaltecos y buscan a otros cinco en conexión con un caso de tráfico de personas que derivó en el asesinato de 19 migrantes —en su mayoría originarios de Guatemala— en Camargo,
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two people familiar with the sport’s Joint Drug Program tell The Associated Press that Major League Baseball has stopped testing players for steroids for the first time in nearly 20 years due to the expiration of the sport’s drug agreement. The halt in testing is
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two people familiar with the sport’s Joint Drug Program tell The Associated Press that Major League Baseball has stopped testing players for steroids for the first time in nearly 20 years due to the expiration of the sport’s drug agreement. The halt in testing is
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A bipartisan group of Arizona lawmakers that includes the Republican House speaker announced Monday they were introducing legislation that would for the first time protect gay and transgender people from discrimination by businesses, landlords and employers. The proposal is backed by many business and faith leaders,
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added even more destinations on Monday to its ever-growing list of places considered to be a “very high” travel risk for Covid-19. Level 4, the CDC’s highest, has now swelled to almost 135 places, illustrating the rapid surge of the
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN James Bennet, former head of the New York Times editorial section who is being sued along with the paper by Sarah Palin for defamation is expected to take the witness stand Tuesday, an attorney for Palin said in court. Multiple other Times staffers testified Monday about their roles in the 2017
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi and Terence Burlij, CNN Republican candidate Vernon Jones announced Monday he was ending his bid for Georgia governor and would instead run for Congress in 2022. In announcing his decision, Jones threw his support behind former US Sen. David Perdue, whom former President Donald Trump has backed against incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball and San Antonio Spurs guard Dejounte Murray have been named to the NBA All-Star Game as injury replacements. They will step in for Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green. The NBA also announced that Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum will
Continue Reading SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Scottsdale say they are trying to find the shooter who killed a member of the city’s Special Olympics and adaptive recreation programs. They say 59-year-old Scott Harkness was found on the side of a road around 1 a.m. Sunday with a gunshot wound. Police say Harkness was rushed to
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Electoral Count Act proved to be a vital safeguard for democracy when former President Donald Trump sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election in his favor. Though the 19th-century law is vague, it makes clear that the vice president cannot overturn the result of a presidential election as Trump had
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Electoral Count Act proved to be a vital safeguard for democracy when former President Donald Trump sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election in his favor. Though the 19th-century law is vague, it makes clear that the vice president cannot overturn the result of a presidential election as Trump
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Athletic Bilbao has moved closer to the European qualification places in the Spanish league with a 2-1 win over Espanyol. Oihan Sancet and Iñigo Martínez scored in the first half to lead Athletic to the home victory. It is one point behind seventh-placed Real Sociedad. Athletic is four points behind fourth-placed Barcelona
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By JOSH BOAK Associated Press U.S. government officials say they have reached an agreement to essentially lift the 25% tariff that former President Donald Trump imposed on imported Japanese steel. The deal with Japan would exclude the first 1.25 million metric tons of imported steel from the tax. That amount of steel is equal to
Continue Reading LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville has chosen consulting firm DHR Global and former NBA executive Glenn Sugiyama to assist its search for a permanent head men’s basketball coach to replace Chris Mack. Mack and the school agreed to part ways after three-plus seasons on Jan. 26; interim coach Mike Pegues is serving his second stint
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Michel Roccati perdió la capacidad de caminar tras un accidente de moto en 2017, cuando tuvo una lesión medular completa. Pero hoy, equipado con un dispositivo de electrodos implantado en su médula espinal, Roccati puede volver a disfrutar de las cosas sencillas: ponerse de pie en un bar para tomar algo
Continue Reading KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee starting forward Olivier Nkamhoua will have surgery on his left ankle that will likely sideline him for the remainder of the season. The junior had been tied with Josiah-Jordan James as No. 19 Tennessee’s top rebounder. Nkamhoua went down in the second half of last weekend’s 81-57 win at South
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer A former Los Angeles Angels employee accused of providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs with the drugs that caused his overdose death is set to go on trial. Eric Prescott Kay faces charges of drug distribution and drug conspiracy in Skaggs’ death in the Dallas area in 2019. Jury selection
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer A former Los Angeles Angels employee accused of providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs with the drugs that caused his overdose death is set to go on trial. Eric Prescott Kay faces charges of drug distribution and drug conspiracy in Skaggs’ death in the Dallas area in 2019. Jury selection
Continue Reading MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — A Silicon Valley billionaire and advisor to former President Donald Trump is leaving the board of directors of Facebook parent company Meta. The company said Monday that Peter Thiel will stay on until the company’s next shareholder meeting later this year, where he will not stand for reelection. Thiel joined
Continue Reading MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — A Silicon Valley billionaire and advisor to former President Donald Trump is leaving the board of directors of Facebook parent company Meta. The company said Monday that Peter Thiel will stay on until the company’s next shareholder meeting later this year, where he will not stand for reelection. Thiel joined
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