By The Associated Press The Atlantic Coast and Pac-12 conferences are changing rescheduling policy to avoid assigning automatic forfeits for teams unable to play due to COVID-19 protocols. The decisions come amid the rise in COVID-19 cases and cancellations or postponements nationally. Games that cannot be played will be rescheduled if possible. If those games
Continue ReadingBy SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As part of the cast of “Clyde’s,” Reza Salazar does eight performances a week at the Hayes Theater on Broadway alongside award-winning Uzo Aduba. It is an achievement he does not take for granted: The Peruvian actor began his career out of necessity at a very
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Despite the Omicron variant of Covid-19, some travel restrictions and event cancellations, it seems many Americans are still getting ready to go away for the holidays — and planning much-needed vacations for 2022. That’s been great news for the beleaguered travel sector. Shares of cruise line operators
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials say they’re opening more COVID-19 testing sites and restricting visitation at city-run hospitals and jails. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that no decision had been made to ban people from the annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square even
Continue ReadingBy KATIE TAM and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre has been removed by workers over the objections of its creator from Denmark. The 26-foot-tall Pillar of Shame, which depicts 50 torn and twisted bodies piled on top of
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State University says it will “likely” require students and employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the school has already mandated the initial doses of the vaccine. OSU says the booster requirement isn’t official, but urged students, faculty and staff to seek out the additional
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State University says it will “likely” require students and employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the school has already mandated the initial doses of the vaccine. OSU says the booster requirement isn’t official, but urged students, faculty and staff to seek out the additional
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State University says it will “likely” require students and employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the school has already mandated the initial doses of the vaccine. OSU says the booster requirement isn’t official, but urged students, faculty and staff to seek out the additional
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story THEODORE, Alabama (WALA) — A Theodore woman held a toy giveaway Tuesday to honor the memory of her late husband. Nicole Hunter Thompson handed out toys at the McCaroll Car Wash on Bellingrath Road from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday. Thompson said she wanted
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La Procuraduría General de República Dominicana anunció este miércoles el arresto de cinco individuos, supuestamente vinculados con una red internacional de tráfico de migrantes, a los que responsabiliza de traficar hacia Estados Unidos a al menos tres de los dominicanos fallecidos en un accidente que ocurrió el pasado 9 de diciembre
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden has tested negative for COVID-19. Vice President Kamala Harris also tested negative after close contact with a staffer who was diagnosed the next day with the coronavirus. Biden was in close contact on Air Force One last Friday with a
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN President Joe Biden announced Wednesday he is extending the pause on student loan payments until May 1. The payments, which were set to restart on February 1, have been paused since the beginning of the pandemic. Biden pointed to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in the country as the reason for the
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium has decided to further tighten restrictions in anticipation of the surging omicron variant. But the country has shied away from a full lockdown like the neighboring Netherlands has done. Belgian authorities on Wednesday decided to close cinemas, theaters and concert halls and ban most indoor activities.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Prosecutors and police say a Portland, Oregon, man unintentionally fatally shot his cousin after getting into a dispute with others in a parking lot outside a trip club early Sunday. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Borissean Washington was arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court Monday on first-degree manslaughter, second-degree assault and unlawful use
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Prosecutors and police say a Portland, Oregon, man unintentionally fatally shot his cousin after getting into a dispute with others in a parking lot outside a trip club early Sunday. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Borissean Washington was arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court Monday on first-degree manslaughter, second-degree assault and unlawful use
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Carolina Panthers have placed kicker Zane Gonzalez on injured reserve and signed Lirim Hajrullahu off Washington’s practice squad to replace him. He is expected to kick on Sunday against Tampa Bay. Gonzalez injured his quadriceps during warmups prior to Sunday’s 31-14 loss to the Buffalo Bills, leaving the Panthers without
Continue ReadingBy JOHN SEEWER Associated Press A judge in Ohio is keeping the death penalty on table for a man accused in the slayings of eight people from a single family. Lawyers for George Wagner IV wanted the judge to dismiss the aggravated murder charges after they said Wagner’s brother admitted to killing five of the
Continue ReadingLACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday it plans to fine the owners of the shuttered Oyster Creek nuclear power plant $150,000 for security violations at the New Jersey site. The agency would not reveal the nature of the violations, citing security concerns, but said the site’s overall security program
Continue ReadingLACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday it plans to fine the owners of the shuttered Oyster Creek nuclear power plant $150,000 for security violations at the New Jersey site. The agency would not reveal the nature of the violations, citing security concerns, but said the site’s overall security program
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK The Treasury Department says it is issuing special licenses to ensure that some international aid can flow to Afghanistan. The country faces a crisis as its economy collapsed following the Taliban takeover in August. The licenses will enable the U.S. government, international organizations such as the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations to
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