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By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Even though the NFL attempted to enhance opportunities for minority candidates to become head coaches in a league whose players are 70% Black, there was a disconnect. Same thing for front office positions, although more improvement had been seen in recent years in that area. Those diverse prospects
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Lo van Pham’s journey to the NFL began when he fell in love with sports upon arriving in Texas after living in refugee camps with his family. More than 40 years later, van Pham is set to become the first Asian American to officiate in the NFL. Before
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — The Preakness tradition of the Alibi Breakfast is back this week after a two-year absence because of the pandemic. The annual event that dates to the 1930s brings together owners, trainers and other horsemen for the kind of relaxed, lighthearted atmosphere the second jewel of the
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Ford is advising the owners of 39,013 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs to park their vehicles outdoors because they could spontaneously catch fire. The specific full-sized SUVs in question were all built during a four-month period between December 1, 2020 and April 30, 2021, according to a Ford statement
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Vandergriff Click here for updates on this story MANSFIELD, Texas (KTVT) — As families in North Texas and across the country struggle to feed their babies during the infant formula shortage, a Mansfield restaurant is stepping in to help. Our Place is donating cans of formula on a first come, first serve basis.
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Boeing launched its Starliner spacecraft, designed to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station, on an uncrewed test mission toward the orbiting outpost Thursday evening. After two prior attempts to complete such a mission failed, Boeing’s goal is to prove the spacecraft can dock with the ISS. It
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Twitter will now apply warning labels to — and cease recommending — claims that outside experts have identified as misinformation during fast-moving times of crisis, the social media company said Thursday. The platform’s new crisis misinformation policy is designed to slow the spread of viral falsehoods during natural disasters, armed
Continue ReadingCNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business In August of 2001, more than 100 people gathered on the East Side of Buffalo, New York. The setting, an empty lot in a nearly all-Black neighborhood of this upstate New York city, drew prominent visitors. They included Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer, the two US senators from the
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz all were placed on the same half of the French Open men’s bracket in the draw for the clay-court Grand Slam tournament. Djokovic is the defending champion and seeded No. 1. He could meet 13-time champion Nadal in the
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press KOENIGSWINTER, Germany (AP) — Finance ministers for the Group of Seven leading economies are grappling with deepening inflation concerns and the immediate effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warning that it all adds up to a “very difficult economic situation.” Yellen
Continue ReadingBy Anna Alejo Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — A Denver Public School in Montbello is taking therapy to the front yard of family homes in order to promote the mental wellness of its students. Academy 360 hired family therapist Ron Allen to ensure students received the same emotional support and
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Senado de Estados Unidos votó este jueves para aprobar un proyecto de ley de unos US$ 40.000 millones para enviar ayuda a Ucrania a medida que el país se defiende de los ataques brutales y no provocados de Rusia. La medida fue aprobada por la Cámara de Representantes a principios
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MONTCLAIR, Calif. (AP) — A 16-year-old girl walking home from a Southern California high school was stabbed repeatedly until witnesses detained the assailant, a boy from the same school, police said. The girl was attacked Wednesday afternoon in the city of Montclair, east of Los Angeles. The assailant approached from behind and stabbed the girl
Continue Reading Victoria Fernandez (CNN) — En el Mar Rojo, frente a la costa de Egipto, se vieron en 2009 delfines mulares o nariz de botella haciendo algo inusual. Se alinearon para frotar sus cuerpos contra el coral. Elegían con qué tipo de corales se frotaban, notó la bióloga de vida silvestre Angela Ziltener, investigadora invitada de
Continue Reading SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — A man who started a 2020 wildfire that killed 12 endangered California condors and seriously injured a firefighter was sentenced to 24 years in state prison, prosecutors said. Ivan Gomez, 31, was sentenced Wednesday by a Monterey County judge for setting the Big Sur Dolan fire while illegally growing marijuana in
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN The US Department of Energy is announcing a massive investment in direct air carbon removal projects, in hopes of kickstarting an industry that energy experts say is critical to getting the country’s planet-warming emissions under control. Direct air carbon removal projects are like giant vacuum cleaners that suck planet-warming carbon dioxide
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business In August of 2001, more than 100 people gathered on the East Side of Buffalo, New York. The setting, an empty lot in a nearly all-Black neighborhood of this upstate New York city, drew prominent visitors. They included Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer, the two US senators from the state
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business When it comes to fraying nerves, this spring is really outperforming. Stocks are now in bear market territory. Interest rates — and Covid cases — are climbing. Inflation remains high. Geopolitical unrest continues. And all of it combined is sparking recession fears. No one’s finances are immune. But there are
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN As the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre continue their fight for reparations, a New York philanthropist gifted them $1 million hoping it begins to account for the wrongs they have faced. Ed Mitzen, co-founder of the New York-based nonprofit Business for Good, presented the donation to Viola
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s order to protect the nation’s oldest forests against climate change, wildfires and other problems devastating vast woodlands is raising a simple yet vexing question: When does a forest grow old? Millions of acres are potentially on the line — federal
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