By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new space telescope has captured its first starlight and even taken a selfie of its giant, gold mirror. Officials for the James Webb Space Telescope said Friday that all 18 segments of the primary mirror seem to be working properly 1 1/2 months
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets no longer needed to wait for Kevin Durant to get healthy, or for Kyrie Irving to get vaccinated, or for James Harden to make a decision about free agency. It already seemed clear Brooklyn’s Big Three was never going to be what
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La polémica en torno al control antidopaje fallido de la patinadora artística rusa Kamila Valieva, que se realizó en diciembre pero que no salió a la luz hasta los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de Beijing, sigue retrasando la ceremonia de entrega de medallas de la prueba por equipos de patinaje artístico.
Continue ReadingBy Diane Pathieu Click here for updates on this story DELPHI, Indiana (WLS) — Nearly five years after the killing of two teenage girls, Indiana police said they may be closing in on the killer. Abby Williams, 13, and 14-year-old Libby German were murdered on an Indiana hiking trail almost five years ago. Their killer
Continue ReadingWAINSCOTT, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that land-based construction has started on a wind project off the coasts of New York and Rhode Island that’s expected to produce enough power for about 70,000 homes. The South Fork Wind project will consist of 12 turbines and connect to the electric grid on
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE GANLEY and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Protesters angry over pandemic restrictions are driving toward Paris in scattered convoys of camper vans, cars and trucks to blockade the French capital despite a police ban. The protesters organized online, galvanized in part by truckers who have blockaded Canada’s capital. Paris region authorities
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El segundo despacho de la Primera Fiscalía Especializada en Delitos de Corrupción de Funcionarios de Lima realizó este viernes un allanamiento y registro de domicilio con fines de incautación en el Palacio de Gobierno y en otros 14 inmuebles vinculados a la investigación por el presunto direccionamiento en la
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The director of Austin’s water department has resigned, days after employee mistakes at a treatment plant put the city under a boil order notice for three days. Austin Water Director Greg Meszaros announced his resignation in a letter Friday. The Austin American-Statesman reports that Meszaros wrote that he takes “full responsibility
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is making yet another visit to the early-voting state of South Carolina, where Republican candidates often aim to drum up support among white evangelical voters. Columbia International University announced Friday that Pence would give the school’s commencement address in April. The
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Peter Bergen, CNN At least eight Westerners have been arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan during different incidents in the last two months, CNN has learned, marking a sharp escalation of Taliban actions against Westerners living in the country. No formal charges appear to have been lodged against the detained men.
Continue ReadingBy Bobbi Jo Kelly, Peter Valencia Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO) — A suspect is dead, a woman is in critical condition, and nine police officers are recovering after an early morning standoff turned into a shooting at a south Phoenix home Friday. How it started According to the Phoenix Police
Continue ReadingLINCOLNWOOD, Ill. (AP) — Police rescued an 80-year-old suburban Chicago woman who was held hostage for nearly 21 hours by a man with scissors, and they checked on her in large part because she couldn’t text one of her daughters her daily Wordle score during the ordeal. Denyse Holt and her oldest daughter, Meredith Holt-Caldwell,
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A police operation in a poor community in Rio de Janeiro has left eight people dead. That’s according to the state’s military police, who carried out the raid in the Vila Cruzeiro favela in coordination with Brazil’s highway police. Police published photos of seized automatic weapons, pistols, grenades and drugs.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Auburn is retaining coach Bryan Harsin after an investigation into his program. Auburn President Jay Gogue announced the decision a week after telling trustees that “we’re trying to separate fact from fiction.” Harsin’s debut season ended with five straight losses and a 6-7 record. That was followed by heavy
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Varios estados que anunciaron recientemente planes para suspender algunas restricciones contra el covid-19, relacionadas al uso de mascarillas en lugares cerrados o en escuelas, tienen al menos dos cosas en común. Por un lado, las tasas de hospitalización están disminuyendo, y todos excepto uno tienen una mayor proporción de residentes
Continue ReadingBy Jason Barry Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO) — The numbers don’t always add up for students in Phoenix’s Roosevelt School District. Many of the kids come from lower-income families and face a number of challenges outside the classroom. That’s where superintendent Quintin Boyce comes in. The forward-thinking, ‘out of the
Continue ReadingBy David Baker Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO) — A Mesa man who made history with an Oscar nomination got quite the surprise at Phoenix Sky Harbor on Thursday. Friends, family and the Arizona deaf community were there at the airport to greet Troy Kotsur, who had no idea they would
Continue ReadingCNN By Dakin Andone, Nick Valencia and Jade Gordon, CNN A Black FedEx driver who says he was shot at by a White father and son while delivering packages in Mississippi “can definitely see the similarities” between his case and that of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was chased and murdered in south Georgia.
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Las científicas latinoamericanas son un ejemplo del rigor y el empeño de las mujeres: son un ejemplo a seguir a nivel mundial a pesar de la poca prensa que reciben. Las mujeres representan el 45% de las investigadoras en América Latina y el Caribe, en comparación con el 28% a
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Para los seguidores del esquí de estilo libre y de la moda, el alboroto que rodea a la atleta de los Juegos Olímpicos de invierno Eileen Gu en los Juegos de este año no ha sido una sorpresa. La actuación de la medalla de oro de la joven de 18
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