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By Amir Vera, Jacob Lev and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A junior college baseball pitcher in Texas is no longer on the team after he attacked an opposing team’s baserunner during a game, Weatherford College head baseball coach Jeff Lightfoot said Thursday. The opposing player had just hit a home run Wednesday and was rounding the
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Lo conocen como Satán II y es el nombre con que se conoce al poderoso misil balístico intercontinental Sarimar que acaba de probar Vladimir Putin, presidente de Rusia. Putin hizo todo lo posible para darle un giro amenazante a las pruebas de que Rusia tiene un nuevo misil balístico intercontinental
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Daily life continues to get more expensive as American households battle the worst inflation in 40 years. From meat to gas to clothing and housing, the average family now has to fork over hundreds more dollars each month compared to this time last year. Food prices alone are up almost
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden dijo este jueves que Estados Unidos enviará US$ 800 millones adicionales en asistencia militar a Ucrania mientras la guerra de Rusia entra en lo que él llamó una “ventana crítica”, pero advirtió que la acción del Congreso es necesaria para más envíos a medida que avanza la
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Former AFL Player of the Year Daryle Lamonica has died at age 80. The Fresno County Sherriff’s said Lamonica passed away at his Fresno home on Thursday morning. The death is considered to be from natural causes. Lamonica was a star with the Oakland Raiders starting in the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Longtime NCAA executive Tom Jernstedt helped create a path for the men’s college basketball tournament to go from just a national championship event into a March Madness megaevent. On Saturday, he will be honored in Indianapolis when a downtown statue is unveiled in his honor. The man long
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will deliver a eulogy for Madeleine Albright next week when the former secretary of state is remembered at a funeral in Washington. Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will also speak at Wednesday’s funeral at the National Cathedral. When Albright died
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, has dropped out of bidding to host games at the 2026 World Cup, and the Washington area has merged its campaign with Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium. The joint bid would have a fan festival on the District of Columbia’s National Mall. Seventeen U.S. stadiums in 16 areas
Continue ReadingBy Virginia Langmaid, CNN Data published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that vaccination rates for three childhood vaccines fell in kindergartners in the 2020-21 school year compared with the 2019-20 school year, a “concerning” finding that may lead to more infections, a CDC immunizations expert said. In the most
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Former AFL Player of the Year Daryle Lamonica has died at age 80. The Fresno County Sherriff’s said Lamonica passed away at his Fresno home on Thursday morning. The death is considered to be from natural causes. Lamonica was a star with the Oakland Raiders starting in the
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Former AFL Player of the Year Daryle Lamonica has died at age 80. The Fresno County Sherriff’s said Lamonica passed away at his Fresno home on Thursday morning. The death is considered to be from natural causes. Lamonica was a star with the Oakland Raiders starting in the
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Almost a dozen JROTC cadets were awarded medals and scholarships Thursday at a special awards ceremony in Indio. One of the scholarships was given to an outstanding JROTC Cadet in honor of fallen Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez for the first time. The ceremony also recognized several top-performing cadets in the Coachella Valley. The ceremony was
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN More than 20 states on Thursday asked a federal judge in Louisiana to immediately block the Biden administration from ending a public health authority, known as Title 42. The Biden administration is on track to end Title 42 — which allows border authorities to turn away migrants at the US southern
Continue Reading BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has dug deep for the second match in a row to reach the semifinals of the Serbia Open with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Miomir Kecmanovic. Kecmanovic won the opening set without facing a break point, but Djokovic finally showed signs of getting back to his best
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By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — With the cryptocurrency industry under increasing pressure to rein in the environmental impact of the massive amounts of electricity it uses to power computers verifying transactions, some companies mining bitcoin are looking to switch to renewable energy. Many economists and environmentalists have warned that as
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Sumapaz, una localidad rural a unas dos horas al sur de la Bogotá urbana, esconde en sus adentros un tesoro más preciado que el oro: una fábrica natural de agua que abastece a millones de personas cerca a la capital colombiana. Allí, en pleno centro del país, el páramo
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle and Evan Perez, CNN Thirteen sexual assault victims of disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar on Thursday filed claims against the FBI totaling $130 million. All the agents involved in the Nassar investigation elected to “turn a blind eye” to the sexual abuse perpetrated on children by Nassar, accusing
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve must move faster than it has in the past to rein in high inflation, Chair Jerome Powell said, signaling that sharp interest rate increases are likely in the coming months, beginning at the Fed’s next policy meeting in May. In a panel discussion
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates continued to rise this week, reaching their highest level in more than a decade. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.11% in the week ending April 21, up from 5% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. It is the seventh consecutive week of increases and is
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The City of Palm Springs continued talks Thursday night about providing reparations for evicting minority residents from land known as Section 14 in the downtown area more than 55 years ago. About 200 structures were demolished and burned between 1954 and 1966 on that section. Hundreds of low-income residents and people of color were evicted
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