Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Una avalancha de movimientos por parte de los estados demócratas que establecen plazos para levantar los mandatos de mascarilla está dejando atrás a una Casa Blanca cautelosa y aumentando la presión sobre los altos funcionarios de salud del gobierno para codificar un final de ómicron. La menguante ola de ómicron
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN As many states see declines in their daily Covid-19 case numbers and hospitalization rates, some have moved forward with plans to lift a significant mitigation measure: mask mandates in schools. The moves go against guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but the agency has remained mum about
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer COVID-19 vaccine sales boosted Pfizer earnings well past fourth-quarter expectations, but the drugmaker has set a lower-than-expected bar for 2022. Pfizer’s annual forecasts for both earnings and revenue fall short of analyst expectations even as the drugmaker expects another robust year of sales from its vaccine, Comirnaty, and its
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Snowboarders Patrizia Kummer and Zan Kosir both had an early exit in the Olympic parallel giant slalom race after spending time in isolation. Kummer spent time in quarantine upon arriving for the Olympics instead of getting a COVID-19 vaccination. Kosir had a positive COVID-19 test
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN US skateboarder and filmmaker Josh Neuman was one of four people killed in a plane crash in Iceland, local authorities confirmed. Neuman, who produced skateboarding videos for almost 1.2 million YouTube subscribers, had been in the country sightseeing and shooting a commercial when a plane he was in went missing on
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India’s foreign ministry says it has summoned South Korea’s ambassador to protest against a social media post about disputed Kashmir by Hyundai Motor’s partner in Pakistan. Hyundai, a South Korean automobile manufacturer, is facing a severe backlash in India since its partner in Pakistan expressed solidarity on Facebook with the people
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India’s foreign ministry says it has summoned South Korea’s ambassador to protest against a social media post about disputed Kashmir by Hyundai Motor’s partner in Pakistan. Hyundai, a South Korean automobile manufacturer, is facing a severe backlash in India since its partner in Pakistan expressed solidarity on Facebook with the people
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Short story collections by Lily King, J. Robert Lennon and Brandon Taylor are finalists for a $20,000 award. Officials for the Story Prize announced Tuesday, given for outstanding short fiction, were King’s “Five Tuesdays in Winter,” Lennon’s “Let Me Think” and Brandon Taylor’s “Filthy Animals.” The winner will be announced April
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers The co-founder of Peloton is stepping down as chief executive after an extended streak of tumult at the company. The company will also cut almost 3,000 jobs. John Foley first pitched the idea of an interactive exercise bike in 2011, hoping to disrupt the industry. He
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Kjeld Nuis set the Olympic record in the men’s 1500m speed skating competition to win the gold medal.
Continue ReadingCNN By Wayne Sterling, CNN Ten gold medals were won on Day 4 of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Here’s a breakdown of who’s taking home the gold. Alpine Skiing Men’s Super-G: Matthias Mayer, Austria Biathlon Men’s 20km Individual: Quentin Fillon Maillet, France Cross-Country Skiing Women’s Sprint Free: Jonna Sundling, Sweden Men’s Sprint Free: Johannes
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Pete Davidson referred to his “girlfriend” in the same interview in which we learned he has a Kim Kardashian candle and it was the official confirmation the world needed, apparently. In a recent interview Kay Adams, of “PEOPLE (The TV Show!),” spotted a candle with Kardashian’s picture on it sitting
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands has become the first speedskater since 1994 to successfully defend his Olympic title in the men’s 1,500 meters. He edged teammate Thomas Krol at the Beijing Games. Krol broke the 20-year-old Olympic record in his 3 3/4 laps around the Ice
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The American women are set to take on the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Olympic tournament.
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Snowboarder Louie Vito has represented the red, white and blue of Team USA for years. He’s switching to the green, white, and red of Italy for Beijing as he returns to the Olympic arena for the first time since taking fifth on the halfpipe at
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Though the Omicron coronavirus variant may have a reputation for causing a much milder form of Covid-19, in January, Dr. Ashley Keilman and other doctors started noticing something that seemed unique to this variant. “We were seeing more patients with croup, and more patients were testing positive for Covid, which was
Continue ReadingCNN, CBS, NJ GOV. OFFICE, DEFENSE DEPARTMENT By Jen Christensen, CNN Though the Omicron coronavirus variant may have a reputation for causing a much milder form of Covid-19, in January, Dr. Ashley Keilman and other doctors started noticing something that seemed unique to this variant. “We were seeing more patients with croup, and more patients
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of fishing companies in New England is bringing its bid to try to end industry-funded monitoring programs to federal appeals court. The companies are part of the industry that harvests Atlantic herring, which are heavily fished off the East Coast. The federal government requires
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of fishing companies in New England is bringing its bid to try to end industry-funded monitoring programs to federal appeals court. The companies are part of the industry that harvests Atlantic herring, which are heavily fished off the East Coast. The federal government requires
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI is asking forgiveness for any “grievous faults” in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases. But he is not admitting to any personal or specific wrongdoing after an independent report criticized his actions in four cases while he was archbishop of Munich, Germany.
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