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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Nearly 40 law enforcement officials, tribal leaders, social workers and survivors of violence have been named to a federal commission tasked with helping improve how the government addresses a decades-long crisis of missing and murdered Native Americans and Alaska Natives, U.S. Interior
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By The Associated Press Alabama freshman offensive lineman Dayne Shor has entered the transfer portal, citing mental health issues. Shor issued a statement on Twitter explaining that he has battled depression and anxiety and experienced suicidal thoughts. He said he is seeking a fresh start. Shor said he received help from a Herren Project’s substance
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — José Mourinho has reached his fifth European final. The outspoken Portuguese coach guided Roma to a 2-1 aggregate victory over Leicester in the semifinals of the Europa Conference League. Mourinho’s teams have won the four previous European finals he has coached in. Tammy Abraham scored in
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By WILL WEISSERT and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh met Thursday with union organizers at the White House as the administration looks to boost unionization campaigns. The meeting featured an unscheduled appearance by President Joe Biden. The White House says participants discussed organizers’ efforts
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — College sports leaders visited Capitol Hill, asking lawmakers to consider rules to govern name, image and likeness money for college athletes. Greg Sankey of the SEC and George Kliavkoff of the Pac-12 were scheduled to meet with lawmakers on both sides of aisle.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business DoorDash, which went public amid a pandemic-fueled delivery craze in late 2020, said its business continues to boom even as people increasingly return to their lives outside the home. The on-demand delivery company said its order volume grew 23% to 404 million in the first three months of this
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Si la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos decide acabar con la jurisprudencia el histórico dictamen de Roe vs. Wade, alrededor de 23 estados podrían prohibir el aborto, incluyendo a Florida, según un análisis del Instituto Guttmacher, una organización que apoya el derecho al aborto. El fin de Roe vs. Wade
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Internet service provider Frontier Communications reached a tentative legal settlement valued at nearly $70 million with Riverside County and other plaintiffs over false advertising and related civil violations stemming from the company’s failure to provide customers with high-speed service, it was announced today. The lawsuit, initiated by the Federal Trade Commission and joined by the
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it is limiting the emergency use authorization of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Covid-19 vaccine to people 18 and older for whom other vaccines aren’t appropriate or accessible and those who opt for J&J because they wouldn’t otherwise get vaccinated. The FDA said
Continue Reading By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press Eintracht Frankfurt reached its first European final in 42 years by knocking West Ham out of the Europa League on Thursday, setting up a title game against Scottish club Rangers. Frankfurt beat 10-man West Ham 1-0 at home to complete a 3-1 aggregate victory in the semifinals, while Rangers overturned
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Connecticut Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday signed into law a bill designed to protect people who provide an abortion or receive support to obtain the procedure in Connecticut and are then sued in another state. House Bill 5414, which was sponsored by state Democratic lawmakers and cleared
Continue ReadingBy Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden departs Thursday evening on a trip to Romania and Slovakia, where she will spend time with several Ukrainian families displaced by the Russian invasion, according to a release from the East Wing. The first lady’s intense, four-day schedule of events, meetings and visits includes Mother’s Day activities
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las tasas de interés hipotecario incrementaron esta semana, continuando una tendencia al alza que las ha hecho subir más de dos puntos porcentuales este año. La hipoteca de tipo fijo a 30 años alcanzó una media del 5,27% en la semana que terminó el 5 de mayo, frente al 5,10% de
Continue Reading BALTIMORE (AP) — Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli and second baseman Luis Arraez are out for the team’s game at Baltimore after testing positive for COVID-19. A team spokesman said Baldelli, Arraez and right-hander Dylan Bundy tested positive Thursday. Bundy pitched Wednesday. Bench coach Jayce Tingler will manage the Twins, who have won 11 of
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere Top aides to President Joe Biden say that the publishing of a draft majority opinion on abortion rights from Justice Samuel Alito has made their jobs easier: Even if the final decision ends up backtracking from the full overturning of Roe v. Wade, there’s no hiding the Supreme Court’s intent. Advisers to
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California measure that would allow children age 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents’ consent, including against the coronavirus, cleared its first legislative hurdle Thursday. If the proposal becomes law, California would allow the youngest age group of any state to be vaccinated
Continue Reading CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Moncton, New Brunswick, will host the world junior hockey championship in December and January, a tournament originally set for Russia. Hockey Canada announced the decision Thursday to play a second championship in Canada in four months. Earlier, the International Ice Hockey Federation removed the tournament from Russia
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By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots. The Food and Drug Administration said the shot should only be given to adults who cannot receive a different vaccine or
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CNN By Meg Dunn, CNN Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, attacks on Asian Americans have surged across the country. In the first half of 2021, New York City alone saw a 395% increase over the previous year in reported anti-Asian hate crimes. Michelle Tran, a Chinese and Vietnamese American medical student living in
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — The Cognizant Founders Cup on the LPGA Tour is setting up shop at a new home just a little closer to New York City this year. Just seven months after Jin Young Ko defended her 2019 title at Mountain Ridge County Club in West Caldwell,
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