By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Two UNC Asheville professors will receive a $308,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue their research. The research looks at developing a new antibiotic to treat a form of bacteria that is currently drug-resistant. The NIH award
Continue Reading
By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Rachel Balkovec is teaching at the New York Yankees minor league minicamp and is a student, too. Balkovec became the first woman hired to manage a minor league affiliate of a Major League Baseball team when she was promoted last month by the Yankees to dugout
Continue Reading
By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Men wearing Haiti police uniforms have fired into a group of people and killed a journalist at a protest by Haitian factory workers who are demanding higher wages than those the prime minister announced earlier this week. Associated Press journalists observed the men fire from a
Continue ReadingBy MARY ALICE ROYSE Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Nashville Homicide Unit detectives are investigating the death of a woman found Tuesday in a car. Officials said officers discovered Charley Marie Koole, 40, dead with multiple gunshot wounds in the rear driver’s side seat of a Dodge Charger
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — Broward Sheriff’s Office firefighters made a life-saving rescue on Wednesday. Crews quickly attacked a fire that broke out at a Lauderdale Lakes home. The man who lives there said he was asleep when the fire started and was awakened by the
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Un deslizamiento de tierra afectó varias viviendas en la ciudad de Manizales, capital del departamento de Caldas, según confirmó el alcalde Carlos Mario Marín este miércoles. El funcionario detalló que el deslave se produjo en el barrio la Castellana, en el sector de la Avenida Centenario. Varias viviendas
Continue Reading
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A note that a Las Vegas schoolgirl gave her teacher saying her mother was being held captive and thought the girl’s brother was dead led to the discovery of the boy’s body in a garage freezer and the arrest of the mother’s boyfriend on murder and
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — A Democratic proposal that creates a new tax credit for working low-income Arizonans has passed the Arizona Senate. The proposal from Democratic Sen. Sean Bowie drew support from 10 of 16 Senate Republicans and all 11 Democrats voting on Wednesday. Ducey included the tax credit in last month’s executive budget proposal. It
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Britain’s most decorated Olympian has retired. Cyclist Jason Kenny has taken up a role as sprint coach for Britain’s team ahead of the Paris Games in 2024. Kenny won seven gold medals and nine medals in total across four Olympic Games. No cyclist has won more. Britain’s cycling team will head
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball gave locked out players five days to salvage March 31 openers and a full season, telling the union that games would be canceled if a labor contract is not agreed to by the end of Monday. After the third straight day of
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Han pasado tres años de preparación, pero el mayor crucero del mundo por fin está listo para recibir a los pasajeros. El Wonder of the Seas de Royal Caribbean, que mide unos impresionantes 362 metros, fue entregado el mes pasado y está previsto que inicie su viaje inaugural desde Fort Lauderdale,
Continue Reading
By Andy Rose, CNN A 21-year-old Texas man pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges after he brutally attacked and blamed an Asian family whom he believed to be Chinese for the Covid-19 pandemic, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Jose Gomez III saw a Burmese family with three young children enter a Sam’s Club in Midland, Texas,
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball gave locked out players five days to salvage March 31 openers and a full season, telling the union that games would be canceled if a labor contract is not agreed to by the end of Monday. After the third straight day of
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, CNN Alabama’s governor is demanding answers after a high school basketball team say they were forced to choose between their faith or a game. Oakwood Adventist Academy is a Seventh-Day Adventist school in Huntsville, located 100 miles north of Birmingham. Their men’s basketball team had advanced to the semifinals of the state
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles audit finds that a $1.2 billion program intended to quickly build housing for the city’s homeless residents is moving too slowly, and costs are climbing. The report from city Controller Ron Galperin found one project under development is expected to hit as
Continue Reading By Giselle Rhoden and Nicole Chavez, CNN Black male immigrants are less likely to be approved for United States citizenship than White immigrants, a new study released this week shows. Researchers at the University of Southern California analyzed more than 2 million citizenship applications filed by US permanent residents between October 2014 and March 2018,
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Air France and Lufthansa are the latest airlines to suspend flights into Ukraine as fears of a Russian invasion grow. The French carrier said that it would cancel flights to and from the capital Kyiv on Tuesday as a “precautionary measure,” citing the security situation. “Air France will
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House has voted to make it illegal to take photos or video recordings of police officers in some circumstances. Wednesday’s 31-28 party-line vote came after the Republican sponsor changed his proposal to address concerns it would be unconstitutional. Rep. John Kavanagh’s initial proposal made it
Continue Reading BURNLEY, England (AP) — Antonio Conte has questioned his future as Tottenham manager after seeing his team lose 1-0 at relegation-threatened Burnley for a fourth defeat in its last five games in the Premier League. Conte says he will be speaking to the hierarchy at the London club to see if he is the right
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government says it won’t deliver any water to California farmers because of a severe drought. The decision will force many farmers to plant fewer crops in a region that supplies a quarter of the nation’s food. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said a severe
Continue Reading