By CHUCK KING Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander won’t pitch on opening day as the team plans around the early-season schedule. Manager Dusty Baker says skipping Verlander on April 7 at the Los Angeles Angels better positions the 39-year-old right-hander to take advantage of the three off-days
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By Theresa Waldrop, Jenn Selva and Amanda Watts, CNN A Kentucky grand jury has indicted Quintez Brown, the man accused of shooting at a Louisville mayoral candidate, on charges of attempted murder and first-degree wanton endangerment. Brown allegedly entered the office Craig Greenberg, a Democratic candidate, and fired a gun at him on February 14.
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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A state audit finds California’s lax oversight of its hospice system has led to widespread fraud within the rapidly growing industry of end-of-life care — potentially putting patients at risk of harm in their final days. The report made public Tuesday concludes that the Department of
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer An independent investigation into the Portland Timbers’ handling of domestic abuse accusations leveled at midfielder Andy Polo concluded that the team’s offers to help his estranged wife were not meant to persuade her to drop charges. The investigation by the law firm Proskauer Rose LLP concluded the Timbers
Continue ReadingOpinion by Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives While Will Smith apologized to Chris Rock and the Academy Tuesday for the slap heard around the world, it doesn’t detract from the stupidity of his actions or greatly minimize the damage that he has done. Smith could have done a few different things at the Academy
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and other American officials voiced extreme caution Tuesday at signals Russia is scaling back its military operations near Kyiv, suggesting they were waiting to see stronger signs of de-escalation before making an assessment of Moscow’s intentions. “We’ll see. I don’t read anything into it until I see what
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and other American officials voiced extreme caution Tuesday at signals Russia is scaling back its military operations near Kyiv, suggesting they were waiting to see stronger signs of de-escalation before making an assessment of Moscow’s intentions. “We’ll see. I don’t read anything into it until I see
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) –La subvariante BA.2 de ómicron, muy contagiosa, es ahora la cepa dominante de covid-19 en Estados Unidos, y se calcula que está detrás del 54,9% de todas las nuevas infecciones por covid-19 de la semana pasada, según nuevos datos de los Centros de Control y Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC,
Continue Reading By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank says the team had only preliminary interest in dealing for Deshaun Watson before the quarterback accepted a trade to Cleveland. Blank says more investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations made by nearly two dozen women against Watson while he was with
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA President Gianni Infantino acknowledges all is “not paradise” in Qatar ahead of the World Cup but he is touting changes to labor laws in the tiny Persian Gulf nation ahead of the tournament draw. The commitment by Qatar to spend on stadiums, hotels
Continue Reading CHORZOW, Poland (AP) — Poland is heading to the World Cup and of course Robert Lewandowski helped send his team there. The prolific Bayern Munich striker converted a penalty in the 50th minute to set Poland on its way to a 2-0 win over Sweden in one of the European playoff finals for a place
Continue Reading By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican proposal to prevent transgender girls from competing in girls’ school sports is advancing in the Pennsylvania Legislature. The measure was passed on party lines Tuesday by the Pennsylvania House Education Committee. The “Save Women’s Sports Act” bill would restrict players to male or female
Continue Reading PORTO, Portugal (AP) — There will be at least one more World Cup for Cristiano Ronaldo. The all-time top scorer in men’s international soccer will get to play in his fifth World Cup in Qatar after Portugal defeated North Macedonia 2-0 in the European qualifying playoffs. This time there was no stunning late winner for
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN Unidentified hackers tried to breach the email accounts of election officials in nine states last October in an apparent “coordinated effort” to target election officials, the FBI said Tuesday while asking election officials to be on guard for hacking attempts as the midterms approach. The phishing effort didn’t appear to have
Continue ReadingBy KTVT Staff Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — Like several other North Texas school districts, Fort Worth ISD is dealing with a teacher shortage, and to combat the problem the district is now taking its recruiting efforts beyond state lines. If you take the drive north to Oklahoma
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By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa agriculture officials say two more bird flu outbreaks in commercial flocks will require the killing of more than 1.5 million hens and turkeys. They said Tuesday that one of the new outbreaks will lead to the killing of 1.5 million chickens at an egg-laying
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Daniil Medvedev is one win away from returning to No. 1. The top-seeded Medvedev shook off a slow start and reached the quarterfinals of the Miami Open by defeating Jenson Brooksby of the U.S. 7-5, 6-1. Medvedev has yet to drop a set in
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN Images of Pluto captured by NASA’s New Horizons mission have revealed a new surprise: ice volcanoes. The spacecraft performed a flyby of the dwarf planet and its moons in July 2015, and the insights gathered then are still rewriting nearly everything scientists understand about Pluto. Pluto was relegated to dwarf planet
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer Sadio Mané has sent his country to the World Cup in Qatar at the expense of Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah as Senegal beat Egypt 3-1 in a penalty shootout to decide their playoff. Mané hit the winning spot-kick in a repeat of the African Cup of Nations final last
Continue Reading MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A lawmaker says his proposal to create a state lottery is unlikely to get a vote this session. Rep. Chip Brown said Tuesday that the outlook for the bill is grim with just six days remaining in the legislative session. Alabama is one of five states without a state lottery. State
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