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By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has fired basketball coach Chris Beard, who faces a felony domestic family violence charge after his fiancée told police he strangled and bit her. The school sent Beard’s attorney a letter that said the coach was “unfit” for the position. Beard had been suspended
Continue Reading By CAMILLE RODRIGUEZ MONTILLA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s opposition has selected an all-female team of mostly unknown exiled former lawmakers to replace the beleaguered Juan Guaidó as the face of its faltering efforts to remove socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Last week, politicians who were elected to the National Assembly
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his armed forces to observe a unilateral 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this weekend for the Orthodox Christmas holiday, the first such sweeping truce move in the nearly 11-month-old war. Kyiv indicated it won’t follow suit. Putin did not appear
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By Alan Shope Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KMBC) — Flour, eggs and sugar. The three most essential ingredients for running a bakery. “Everything we make has to have that,” Best Regards owner Robert Duensing said. Recent economic inflation has the bakery owner struggling to get the basics. “The price
Continue Reading By SUSAN HAIGH and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut state representative was killed overnight when a wrong-way driver crashed head-on into his vehicle as he was returning home from the governor’s inauguration ball. The other driver also died. Quentin Williams was a 39-year-old Democrat from Middletown known as “Q” and
Continue Reading LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Jim Pillen has been sworn in as Nebraska’s 41st governor, joining a slew of Republicans who claimed all of the state’s top executive offices. Pillen was elected in November, defeating Democratic state Sen. Carol Blood in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat as governor since 1994. Pillen’s toughest race came
Continue Reading By MARÍA VERZA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican security forces captured Ovidio Guzmán, an alleged drug trafficker wanted by the United States and one of the sons of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, in a pre-dawn operation Thursday that set off gunfights and roadblocks across the western state’s capital.
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street and Treasury yields rose Thursday afternoon after another hot reading on the job market raised worries that the Federal Reserve will need to continue inflicting pain on the economy in order to fight inflation. The S&P 500 fell 1.2%
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press More than 1.3% of the adult population in the U.S. was displaced by natural disasters in the past year, with hurricanes responsible for more than half of the forced relocations, according to first-of-its-kind survey results from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Household Pulse Survey results said that 3.3 million U.S.
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Una tradición española de personas haciendo “blackface” (pintarse con maquillaje oscuro el rostro para parecer de otra raza, una acción racista) para representar a los Reyes Magos en desfiles en todo el país ha provocado indignación y solicitudes para poner fin a la controvertida práctica. Los desfiles se celebran el 6
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By WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — Spencer, a dog beloved for his adorable support of Boston Marathon athletes, was honored Wednesday with a giant portrait. It was unveiled ahead of the next running of the iconic race because Spencer’s owners and the Boston Athletic Association say the dog
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story BEAVERTON, Oregon (KPTV) — A Beaverton school bus driver was arrested Wednesday for the sexual assault of a minor, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say 36-year-old David L. Moore II is an employee of the Beaverton School District as a bus driver
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Los estados inician 2023 con una serie de cambios fiscales para sus residentes y empresas. Según la Tax Foundation, de tendencia derechista, el 1 de enero entraron en vigor modificaciones significativas en unos 38 estados, en su mayoría reducciones netas de impuestos. Bajaron las tasas del impuesto sobre la renta de las
Continue ReadingBy CBS DFW Staff Click here for updates on this story KELLER, Texas (KTVT) — Keller firefighters blasted into action earlier this week after a three-year-old boy’s toy rocket got stuck in a tree. The boy’s mom told Keller Public Safety that her son, Beau, had been playing with a rocket from his grandparents “nonstop”
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Federal officials say American Airlines retaliated against flight attendants who complained about jet fuel fumes seeping into airplane cabins. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed a fine of less than $7,000 against American. The airline will contest the fine. Flight attendants who complained about getting sick say the
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Email addresses linked to more than 200 million Twitter profiles are currently circulating on underground hacker forums, security experts say. The apparent data leak could expose the real-life identities of anonymous Twitter users and make it easier for criminals to hijack Twitter accounts, the experts warned, or even victims’ accounts on
Continue ReadingCNN By Nouran Salahieh, Coy Wire and Steve Almasy, CNN Bills safety Damar Hamlin is now at a Buffalo hospital, having been released from the medical facility where he stayed seven days after his heart stopped and he had to be resuscitated on the field during an NFL game, Dr. William A. Knight said Monday
Continue Reading CNN en Español (CNN Español) — Los científicos advierten que la variante del coronavirus XBB.1.5 puede ser la más transmisible desde ómicron, que causó fuertes oleadas de contagios, pero indican que, hasta ahora, no hay indicios de que cause una enfermedad de mayor gravedad. Durante el mes de diciembre, el porcentaje de nuevas infecciones de
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Una familia de La Plata, provincia de Buenos Aires, viajó con toda su ilusión a Qatar para apoyar a la Scaloneta. Pero nunca imaginó que los campeones del mundo iban a dar la vuelta olímpica con el trofeo que ahora guardan en su casa. Y menos se iban
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer College football’s bowl season began on Dec. 16, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern, with two .500 teams squaring off in a 15,000-seat stadium in the Bahamas. UAB’s 24-20 victory against Miami (Ohio) drew an average of 822,000 viewers to ESPN. It ended up being the least-watched of 39
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