By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Jed Mottley played varsity football 28 years ago at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, when nothing screamed ultimate pride in your sport and school like a letterman jacket — but Mottley didn’t have one. “I went down to the store that year and picked everything out,” Mottley told CNN. “You
Continue ReadingBy Pau Mosquera and Patrick Oppmann, CNN Cuban activist Yunior Garcia has arrived in Spain on a tourist visa, along with his wife, a Spanish government official confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the opposition leader and playwright thanked his family and friends, and those who made his journey to
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — For a team not in the same division, New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones has seen more than his share of the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The sixth player chosen in the 2019 draft, Jones got his first start against the
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — Thieves are smashing car windows, grabbing items, and sometimes even stealing vehicles across the St. Louis area. The St. Louis County Council will meet Tuesday night to discuss three bills following an alarming spike in car break-ins. “Can’t imagine
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer Alabama coach Nick Saban and Georgia’s Kirby Smart continue to make their ability to field elite defenses a big part of their formula for maintaining consistently elite programs in the Southeastern Conference. Georgia and Alabama are the top two defensive teams in the SEC through 10 games. Neither program
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — India is experiencing its annual spike in air pollution, which relates in part to the burning of farm fields. On Wednesday, the concentration of tiny pollution particles was nearly 30 times above the level deemed safe. Besides smoke from burning fields, other sources of air pollution
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stock indexes shuffled lower on Wall Street Wednesday, pulling a bit further off their record heights. The S&P 500 fell and is sitting just below its all-time high set a week and a half ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq also fell. Gains for some heavyweight stocks helped soften the
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins have completed their coaching staff for next season, adding Marcus Thames from the New York Yankees and promoting Al Pedrique, Edwar González and Eric Duncan from various roles within the organization. Thames spent the last four seasons as the Yankees’ hitting coach and two more before that as the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Visa, Target fall; TJX, Varex Imaging rise.
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says about 10% of eligible kids aged 5 to 11 have received a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine since its approval for their age group two weeks ago. At least 2.6 million kids have received a shot, White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Fox, CNN An influenza pandemic like the pandemic of 1918 could be even worse than Covid-19 has been, and the world is not ready to deal with it, the National Academy of Medicine said in a series of reports released Wednesday. Work needs to begin now to start developing next-generation vaccines, and to
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin owes its six-game winning streak largely to its top-ranked defense’s knack for producing big plays and running back Braelon Allen. The Badgers also are getting more production from a passing game that delivered more turnovers than touchdowns for much of the season. Graham Mertz
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is making billions of dollars available to drugmakers to scale up domestic production of COVID-19 vaccines. It hopes that will build capacity to produce an additional 1 billion shots per year to share globally as well as prepare for the next pandemic. Under the
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas judge has ordered former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III to appear in court Monday after learning he missed a required alcohol test while on house arrest following a fatal crash he is accused of causing. Ruggs’ lawyers told Judge Suzan Baucum that
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Seven women who say they suffered excruciating pain after a nurse stole fentanyl for her personal use and replaced it with saline are suing Yale University. The lawsuit filed Wednesday says the women were supposed to receive fentanyl after painful procedures for in vitro fertilization at
Continue ReadingBy Christina Zdanowicz and Noah Sheidlower, CNN Dontae Sharpe, a Charlotte, North Carolina, resident, breathed a heavy sigh of relief Friday upon receiving a pardon for a murder he didn’t commit — after spending 24 years in prison. Sharpe, 46, who’s Black, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the 1994 murder of
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aleksander Barkov is hurt, and the Florida Panthers are relieved it’s not as bad as initially feared. Panthers interim coach Andrew Brunette revealed Wednesday that Barkov will be week-to-week with a knee injury but will not need surgery. Barkov was injured in a knee-to-knee collision
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — El astro del fútbol argentino Lionel Messi regresó a París luego de que la selección albiceleste se asegurara un lugar el Mundiar de Qatar 2022 y publicó un mensaje de agradecimiento a sus más de 280 millones de seguidores en Instagram. “Recién aterricé en París con la inmensa alegría de
Continue ReadingBy JOHN FINERAN Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — No. 6 Notre Dame has been able to count on its defensive line all season. It recorded a season-high seven sacks against Virginia last week in its 28-3 victory. The win improved Notre Dame to 9-1 this season. Junior defensive end Isaiah Foskey has nine
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Pandemic-weary workers at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts are holding a one-day strike over stalled contract negotiations with management. Members of the Museum of Fine Arts Union picketed outside the museum Wednesday. The union has said workers are concerned about pay, safety, workplace diversity and job growth. The union represents public-facing staff,
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