By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court’s ruling and said a family’s lawsuit can proceed over the 2016 death of a Dallas man in police custody. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in an opinion filed Friday that the
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Eileen Gu, 18, will compete for host nation China in the 2022 Winter Olympics in freestyle skiing, and her zeal for the evolution of women’s sports extends way back.
Continue ReadingBy KATHRYN POST Religion News Service A new wave of craft breweries is taking over vacant U.S. churches. Now, patrons can imbibe beneath the barreled ceiling of a former German Catholic church in Baltimore or drink “Serpent’s Stout” in a Mexican Presbyterian church in San Diego. “This building fell into massive disrepair and probably would
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has apologized after a 2019 video surfaced showing him using a racial slur for white people when talking about the New York Police Department. The video was first reported by the New York Daily News. It shows Adams, who
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have interviewed Kyle Davidson and Eric Tulsky for their general manager job. Davidson has been serving as the team’s interim GM. Tulsky is an assistant general manager with the Carolina Hurricanes. Davidson was elevated to the interim job after longtime general manager Stan
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles judge appears strongly inclined to allow Bill Cosby to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege and avoid giving a deposition in the lawsuit of a woman who alleges he sexually abused her when she was 15 in the mid-1970s. At a hearing
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Una familia de Nueva Zelandia obtuvo una vista de pájaro inesperada de un sendero que acababan de recorrer en el Parque Nacional de Fiordland, Isla Sur, después de que un loro travieso robó su GoPro y se dio a la fuga. La familia Verheul, de Dunedin, en el sureste del país,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de Beijing 2022 ya comenzaron. Tras una ceremonia de inauguración llena de fuegos artificiales, sorprendentes espectáculos de luces y algunos trajes coloridos, la competición entre los atletas por las medallas comenzará realmente este sábado en Beijing. Mientras que muchos en todo el mundo reconocen los deportes
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho has agreed to change its living will template so that pregnant people won’t be kept on life support against their wishes. The move is part of a legal settlement reached this week with four women who sued in federal court in 2018. They alleged the
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — Hasta este viernes, más de 900.000 personas han muerto en Estados Unidos a causa del covid-19 desde el inicio de la pandemia, según datos de la Universidad Johns Hopkins. Los expertos creen que la cifra real es mucho mayor. Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU.
Continue ReadingCINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals tight end C.J. Uzomah missed a second day of practice due to a knee injury suffered in the AFC championship game. Offensive lineman Jackson Carman has a sore back and also sat out Friday as the Bengals practiced for a second day in the indoor bubble at the University of
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Gov. Kate Brown on Friday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff immediately until sunset Saturday in honor of St. Paul Fire District volunteer firefighter Austin Smith, who was fatally injured on Thursday while responding to a barn fire in Marion County.
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, Caroline Kenny and Pamela Brown, CNN Recent revelations about the political activism Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, have renewed scrutiny about how the Supreme Court approaches questions of potential conflicts of interest with the cases that the justices are reviewing. Supreme Court justices make their own determination as to
Continue ReadingRICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Two men have been charged in a shooting out suburban Minneapolis school that left one student dead and another critically injured. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said Friday 19-year-old Alfredo Rosario Solis and 18-year-old Fernando Valdez-Alvarez, both of Minneapolis, each face one count of intentional second-degree murder for the death of
Continue ReadingBy DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A judge has temporarily halted an executive order by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin that allowed parents to opt out of school mask mandates for their children. The ruling means that mask mandates put in place by school boards may remain in place, at
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for a Black delivery van driver in Mississippi say they want more serious charges filed against two white men accused of chasing and shooting at the driver after he made a delivery last month. Twenty-four-year-old D’Monterrio Gibson told The Associated Press on Friday that he
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Getafe striker Enes Unal has scored a first-half brace to lead a 3-0 victory over Levante in the Spanish league. Unal took Getafe’s opener just two minutes after kickoff when he headed in a corner kick. He added a second goal on the half-hour mark. Unal
Continue ReadingMARSEILLE, France (AP) — Arkadiusz Milik emphatically reminded coach Jorge Sampaoli of his ability with a hat trick as Marseille rallied from 2-0 down to beat visiting Angers 5-2 in the French league. Marseille moved one point above rival Nice and into second place for the automatic Champions League spot. The imposing Milik made a
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Ski jumping captivates viewers every four years, when athletes fearlessly fly the length of an American football field plus the end zones. Casual fans probably have no clue about the scoring system or skills and techniques necessary to win gold even though the sport has
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN As of Friday, more than 900,000 people in the United States have died of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Experts believe the true burden of disease to be much higher. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the number
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