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By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. won’t see game action in spring training, even as a designated hitter. That word from manager Brian Snitker makes it more likely that Acuña will miss at least the first month of the regular season. Acuña is recovering
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Arkansas guard JD Notae has a well-earned reputation as a big-time performer. He’s a first-team All-SEC performer who averages more than 18 points per game. Notae has struggled to find his shot during the NCAA Tournament. He has averaged 17.5 points, but he has been harassed into 10-for-34 shooting
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued emergency orders to four mobile home parks located on tribal land near Thermal after high levels of arsenic were found in the drinking water. The mobile home parks — Arellano Mobile Home Park, Castro Ranch, Gonzalez Mobile Home Park, and Sandoval Mobile Home Park — are all located
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Shaheen Holloway of Saint Peter’s might be one the hottest coaching commodities in college basketball. The 15th-seeded Peacocks are the Cinderella story of the NCAA Tournament after knoocking off Kentucky and Murray State. Holloway was rumored to be the top contender for the vacant
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — With some workers across the U.S. staging a walkout, The Walt Disney Co. finds itself performing a high-wire act of balancing the expectations of a diverse workforce against demands from an increasingly polarized and politicized marketplace. On the one side are LGBTQ supporters
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BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says it will increase transit fees for vessels, including oil-laden tankers, passing through Suez Canal. The Suez Canal Authority says it will add 15% to the normal transit fees for oil-laden and petroleum products-laden tankers, up from current 5%. It says the increases will take effect
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story TURNERS FALLS, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A group of high school students in Massachusetts recently helped deliver several baby goats when the mother went into labor during class. The Nigerian dwarf goat named Addie belongs to Kimberly Barry, the veterinary and animal science teacher at Franklin
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Alexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — Estados Unidos y la OTAN creen que Belarús podría unirse “pronto” a Rusia en su guerra contra Ucrania, según afirmaron funcionarios de EE.UU. y la OTAN a CNN, y que el país ya está tomando medidas para hacerlo. Es cada vez más “probable” que Belarús entre en el conflicto, dijo
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN Several climate and conservation groups are suing the US Department of the Interior to get more information about the department’s November review of its oil and gas leasing program — a report that was widely criticized for sidestepping the program’s impact on the climate crisis. Represented by the Western Environmental Law
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer New Indianapolis Colts quarterback Matt Ryan is ready for a change. After 14 seasons in Atlanta, Ryan joined his new team Tuesday. In his first public comments, Ryan thanked the Falcons for the success and memories he built during his tenure as the best starting quarterback in franchise history.
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs signed linebacker Elijah Lee, who starred in college just down Interstate 70 at Kansas State, and cornerback Luq Barcoo on Tuesday to provide depth at both positions. Lee was a seventh-round pick of the Vikings in 2017 who spent his first three seasons with San Francisco
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs signed linebacker Elijah Lee, who starred in college just down Interstate 70 at Kansas State, and cornerback Luq Barcoo on Tuesday to provide depth at both positions. Lee was a seventh-round pick of the Vikings in 2017 who spent his first three seasons with San Francisco
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has not effectively used surplus properties owned by the state to help alleviate the affordable housing crisis. That’s according to an audit that recommends agencies hire more staff and accelerate the rate at which parcels are offered for development. The acting state auditor reviewed compliance with a 2019 executive order
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil-born striker Junior Moraes has joined Corinthians recently but admits his mind is far from sport. The 34-year-old Moraes, who obtained Ukrainian citizenship three years ago, fears for his friends, colleagues and teammates amid Russia’s invasion. Moraes played in Ukraine for most of the last
Continue Reading By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Federal funding has been approved to begin removing some of the hundreds of thousands of derelict lobster traps left behind on the floor of the Long Island Sound, a “ghost fishery” that continues to trap and kill marine life to this day. It comes about two decades after Connecticut’s lobster
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Two-time Olympic bobsled medalist Justin Kripps has added his voice to the growing chorus of Canadian athletes demanding major changes to that country’s bobsled and skeleton federation. Kripps says he sides with them. He drove to a two-man gold medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics and a four-man bronze
Continue ReadingCNN By Luke McGee and Claire Calzonetti, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin’s chief spokesman has conceded that Russia has yet to achieve any of its military goals in Ukraine and refused to deny that Moscow could resort to the use of nuclear weapons. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday, Dmitry Peskov repeatedly
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una subvariante de la variante ómicron del coronavirus conocida como BA.2 está provocando una nueva oleada de infecciones por covid-19 en toda Europa. Los casos en el Reino Unido, Alemania, los Países Bajos y otros países están aumentando, impulsados por esta variante de coronavirus tan contagiosa. La proporción de casos de covid-19
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Claude Giroux said he would probably giggle if the Florida Panthers afforded him the opportunity to be linemates with Aleksander Barkov. The pairing happened in Giroux’s first full-fledged practice with the Panthers. Whether Giroux actually giggled during that practice was unclear. But it’s certain that
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MONSON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Rescuers pulled a hiker to safety after he fell 30 feet down into underground water storage tank in Monson Monday. The 32-year-old was stuck for at least three hours. Police said he was hiking in the woods with a friend when
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