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by Brenda Goodman, CNN Arguably the most successful version of the Omicron coronavirus variant to date has been BA.2 — but it hasn’t been resting on its laurels. BA.2 has been picking up mutations, sometimes shifting into sleeker and, incredibly, even faster versions of itself. Global variant trackers have found 21 viral offspring associated with
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By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Lindor lined a walk-off single in the 10th after a big stretch by Pete Alonso bailed out him and the Mets in the top of the inning, and New York beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 to open a doubleheader. Lindor ripped a clean
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By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Lindor lined a walk-off single in the 10th after a big stretch by Pete Alonso bailed out him and the Mets in the top of the inning, and New York beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 to open a doubleheader. Lindor ripped a clean
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told CNN on Tuesday that his department is actively preparing for a potential increase in migrants next month when a Trump-era pandemic restriction lifts on the US-Mexico border amid fierce criticism from Democrats and Republicans about the Biden administration’s decision. Asked about the pushback from both
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man who shot his uncle and strangled his mother, then staged her suicide, has been sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison. Thirty-eight-year-old Marcel Gradvohl was sentenced Monday after pleading no contest to first-degree murder. Police were called to the family home in the Sylmar area
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The U.S. Senate race in Nevada is becoming expensive. Incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto holds a big financial advantage over two leading Republican hopefuls who each spent more than $1 million the first three months of 2022. Financial reports filed by April 15
Continue ReadingBy David Erickson Click here for updates on this story MISSOULA, Montana (Missoulian) — Fake Hollywood cowboys have translated into piles of very real cash for western Montana. A single season of the hit television series “Yellowstone,” starring Kevin Costner and filmed in and around Missoula and the Bitterroot Valley, brought in over $70 million
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Marathon was back to a full field and back in the spring for the first time since 2019, and fans along the course threw a coming-out party for a region recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Six months after its delayed, then canceled, then delayed
Continue Reading By MUTWIRI MUTUOTA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police say that another female runner has been killed in the high-altitude training town of Iten and a search is on for the athlete’s partner. Damaris Muthee Mutua was found dead at the home of her boyfriend. He was identified as Ethiopian runner Koki Fai
Continue Reading By GENE CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Since Matt Eberflus took over as coach of the Chicago Bears, second-year quarterback Justin Fields and his teammates are adjusting to a new way of doing things. Working at a three-day minicamp on Tuesday, Fields is changing his footwork and getting the ball out faster
Continue Reading LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo received an outpouring of solidarity from Manchester United fans and their Liverpool counterparts during a Premier League match he missed after the death of one of his new-born twins. The boy’s death was announced on Monday by Ronaldo and his partner, Georgina Rodriguez. The show of support for United’s
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge by environmentalists over portions of a lower court ruling involving a key permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine. The Minnesota Court of Appeals in January reversed a 2018 decision by state regulators to issue
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Three-time All-Star reliever Greg Holland has been designated for assignment by the Texas Rangers. The 36-year-old right-hander allowed three home runs in his 4 2/3 innings pitched. The move before Tuesday night’s game in Seattle cleared a roster spot for No. 1 starter Jon Gray to be activated from the injured list
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World has lifted the last of its mask requirements, meaning face coverings will be optional for visitors at all locations on the central Florida Disney property. The rule change was posted Tuesday on Disney’s website. Masks are still recommended, though not required, for guests who are not fully vaccinated
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World has lifted the last of its mask requirements, meaning face coverings will be optional for visitors at all locations on the central Florida Disney property. The rule change was posted Tuesday on Disney’s website. Masks are still recommended, though not required, for guests who are not fully vaccinated
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press The Justice Department says it will not appeal a federal district judge’s ruling that ended the nation’s federal mask mandate on public transit unless the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes the requirement is still necessary. A judge in Florida on Monday ended the sweeping mandate,
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Elon Musk wants everyone to believe he really did have the money secured to take Tesla private back in 2018. But a group suing him over that claim say he didn’t have it, and that the SEC and a federal judge agree. Musk is making the claim as he faces a
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Jessica Simpson quiere que sepas que no bajó 45 kilos, o 100 libras, de la noche a la mañana. Durante una presentación reciente en el programa “The Real” la cantante y empresaria dijo que le tomó tres años y una “paciencia determinada” perder el peso. “Creo en ponerte metas pequeñas porque,
Continue Reading STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — American Coco Gauff has been knocked out in the first round of the Stuttgart Open after a 6-4, 6-2 loss to Daria Kasatkina. The 18-year-old Gauff seemed in control when she was 4-0 up in the opening set but Kasatkina recovered to win the next six games, then only dropped two
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El expresidente Carlos Mesa y la organización no gubernamental Human Rights Watch (HRW) cuestionaron el sistema judicial de Bolivia y atribuyeron a supuestas fallas en esa área del Estado la muerte este martes de Marco Antonio Aramayo, exdirector del Fondo Indígena, en un hospital de La Paz donde se encontraba
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