By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly lower amid lingering worries about the omicron coronavirus variant’s potential to damage the regional economy and mixed cues from Wall Street. Benchmarks fell in Japan, South Korea and China, while the index jumped in Australia. Although reported infection cases from the omicron
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly lower amid lingering worries about the omicron coronavirus variant’s potential to damage the regional economy and mixed cues from Wall Street. Benchmarks fell in Japan, South Korea and China, while the index jumped in Australia. Although reported infection cases from the omicron
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints coach Sean Payton says quarterback Ian Book’s NFL debut was “hard to evaluate.” The very reason the rookie out of Notre Dame was pressed into service in the first place was a COVID-19 outbreak that also robbed New Orleans’ active roster of 16 players.
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Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers found and helped an overdue cross-country skier who became separated from family members on trails near Virginia Meissner Sno-Park late Monday afternoon, deputies said.
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, Eric Levenson, Amir Vera and Caroll Alvarado, CNN A gunman killed five people and wounded several others, including a police officer, in a Denver metro area shooting spree that included a car chase and gunfights with law enforcement, authorities said. The suspect, who police killed following the Monday night shootings, was identified
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Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Harden tied his season high with 39 points and had a season-best 15 assists to lead the Brooklyn Nets over the Los Angeles Clippers 124-108 in a matchup of short-handed teams. The Nets improved their NBA-best road mark to 13-3 with a sweep in
Continue ReadingBy ERIK GARCÍA GUNDERSEN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis had a season-high 34 points and nine rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Portland Trail Blazers 132-117. Both teams were short-handed. The Mavericks were missing six players, including star Luka Doncic, in the NBA’s health and safety protocols. Portland had seven players
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By ERIK GARCÍA GUNDERSEN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis had a season-high 34 points and nine rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Portland Trail Blazers 132-117. Both teams were short-handed. The Mavericks were missing six players, including star Luka Doncic, in the NBA’s health and safety protocols. Portland had seven players
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Riot Games, the publisher behind esports giant “League of Legends,” agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging pay disparity, gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The suit was filed in November 2018 after gaming website Kotaku published a story detailing a sexist culture at Los Angeles-based Riot Games
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Riot Games, the publisher behind esports giant “League of Legends,” agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging pay disparity, gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The suit was filed in November 2018 after gaming website Kotaku published a story detailing a sexist culture at Los Angeles-based Riot Games
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There’s nothing Breezy about Johnson’s approach to alpine racing, she is fast and furious on skis at all times.
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. infectious disease expert says the nation should consider a vaccination mandate for domestic air travel. Dr. Anthony Fauci’s comments signal a potential embrace of an idea the Biden administration has previously eschewed. He says such a mandate might drive up the lagging U.S. vaccination
Continue ReadingBy GERMAN DE LOS SANTOS and RODRIGO ABD Associated Press ROSARIO, Argentina (AP) — Evangelical pastors have become increasingly influential inside Argentine prisons, especially in Santa Fe province. Officials there say about 40% of inmates live in cellblocks run on evangelical rules. Those units are much like those in the rest of the prison, but
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities say a gunman who went on a deadly shooting rampage in several locations in the Denver area was targeting at least some of his victims. Police say the suspect in Monday’s shootings killed five people, including one who succumbed to her injuries Tuesday. They say the
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the mummified remains of the pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing tantalizing details about the life and death of the Egyptian king for the first time since the mummy was discovered in 1881. Decorated with flower garlands and a beguiling wooden face mask, the mummy was so fragile
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — El Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles publicó este lunes un paquete editado de imágenes de cámaras de vigilancia y videos de cámaras corporales de sus agentes que muestran los acontecimientos que condujeron a la muerte a tiros de una niña de 14 años tras los disparos de un agente que
Continue ReadingBy DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — No. 7 Ohio State and No. 10 Utah visited Disneyland on Monday to celebrate their appearance in the Rose Bowl. But other events in the buildup to Saturday’s game have been called off amid rising cases of COVID-19 in Southern California. Four bowl games this season
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