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DALLAS (AP) — UAB junior guard Jordan Walker is the Conference USA men’s basketball player of the year. Walker is third in Conference USA with 19.3 points and 5.1 assists a game, and his 42 points against Middle Tennessee on February 5 is the league’s high-scoring game this season. Nick McDevitt was honored as the
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By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Los Angeles is suing Monsanto and two other companies for past and future costs of dealing with contamination of waterways by long-banned chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. City Attorney Mike Feuer announced the lawsuit Monday, saying long-lasting PCBs were used in numerous
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By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Los Angeles is suing Monsanto and two other companies for past and future costs of dealing with contamination of waterways by long-banned chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. City Attorney Mike Feuer announced the lawsuit Monday, saying long-lasting PCBs were used in numerous
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A veces es útil recordar cómo habrían sido las cosas si Donald Trump hubiera ganado realmente las elecciones de 2020. Durante el fin de semana, el expresidente dio un vistazo a cómo podría haber manejado la actual invasión rusa de Ucrania, y es delirante. Según un audio obtenido por The Washington
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Oscar race may be heating up, but you wouldn’t know it to peek in on the nominees luncheon Monday in Los Angeles. Attendees packed into a ballroom at the Fairmont Century City for the annual luncheon, where nominees get to mingle and celebrate. It
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El uso adecuado de las palabras y su significado es fundamental para entender el valor que tienen. El sufijo ismo puede aludir a cosas tan disímiles como movimientos y doctrinas en contraste a actitudes y tendencias. El feminismo es un movimiento que ha evolucionado y es un concepto amplio, pero
Continue Reading By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Meat from gene-edited cattle could be on the way in a few years. U.S. regulators on Monday said the animals do not raise any safety concerns. The cattle were altered to have short, slick coats that make it easier for them to withstand hot weather. That
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Millones de mujeres en España están llamadas a unirse a las marchas del Día Internacional de la Mujer 2022, que este año viene con el llamado a la igualdad en este país. Desde el Ministerio de Igualdad, el gobierno lanzó una campaña titulada “In Spain we call it igualdad”,
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Monday night denied requests from Republicans challenging congressional maps in North Carolina and Pennsylvania that had been approved by state courts, in two rulings that could benefit Democrats in the midterm elections. The North Carolina congressional map drawn by state judges would likely
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Tottenham has stayed in the race for the English Premier League top four after a 5-0 hammering of an Everton side which is in grave relegation danger after a gutless showing. After Michael Keane’s own goal put Spurs ahead early, they ran riot. Harry Kane scored twice and Son Heung-min and Sergio
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have announced several changes to coach Kyle Shanahan’s staff, with Brian Schneider being hired as special teams coordinator and Bobby Slowik and Chris Foerster sharing the offensive coordinator duties. The moves come after the Niners lost several assistants this
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have announced several changes to coach Kyle Shanahan’s staff, with Brian Schneider being hired as special teams coordinator and Bobby Slowik and Chris Foerster sharing the offensive coordinator duties. The moves come after the Niners lost several assistants this
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Some of the nation’s leading public health experts, including former coronavirus advisers to the Biden administration, detail in a new report when and how the United States can transition out of the Covid-19 pandemic phase and back into “pre-pandemic routines and lives.” Among the recommendations in the report are for the
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Disney CEO Bob Chapek spoke out about Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill in a staff email — but doubled down on his refusal to publish a public statement against it. Chapek said he and Disney’s leadership “unequivocally stand” with LGBTQ+ employees. He said the company, which employs over 75,000
Continue Reading By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Marquette forward Justin Lewis has won the Big East’s most improved player award and Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner was voted the conference’s defensive player of the year. Point guard Jared Bynum from regular-season champion Providence took the top sixth man prize, and Georgetown captain Donald
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Shaylee Gonzales scored 20 points, Paisley Harding added 14 and No. 15 BYU beat fourth-seeded Portland 59-52 in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference tournament. Top-seeded BYU avenged its only conference loss this season, falling 75-64 at Portland on Feb. 3, to earn a chance at its first WCC tournament
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Shaylee Gonzales scored 20 points, Paisley Harding added 14 and No. 15 BYU beat fourth-seeded Portland 59-52 in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference tournament. Top-seeded BYU avenged its only conference loss this season, falling 75-64 at Portland on Feb. 3, to earn a chance at its first WCC tournament
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has prompted a roiling debate about what US involvement should look like. US officials have made clear that American troops won’t engage directly with Russian forces, and NATO members have pushed back on calls for a no-fly zone to be set up in Ukraine, warning that
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has prompted a roiling debate about what US involvement should look like. US officials have made clear that American troops won’t engage directly with Russian forces, and NATO members have pushed back on calls for a no-fly zone to be set up in Ukraine, warning
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Longtime Indianapolis Colts tight end Jack Doyle has decided to retire. Doyle played in 131 games over nine seasons and caught 295 passes for 2,729 yards and 24 touchdowns. He was selected to two Pro Bowls. Doyle grew up in Indianapolis and was a ball boy for the NBA’s Indiana Pacers. He
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