ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ground has been broken for a new museum in Texas that will honor those who have been awarded the nation’s highest military honor. The National Medal of Honor Museum will be built in Arlington, located just west of Dallas. The museum will tell the stories of the recipients of the medal,
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — New Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson maintained his innocence and strongly denied committing any sexual misconduct despite allegations made by 22 women against him. Wearing a dark pinstriped suit and orange tie at his introductory news conference, Watson showed little emotion while saying he’s done nothing
Continue ReadingBy DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach officials have spent recent years trying to control the raucous crowds, public drinking and growing violence associated with the city’s world-famous South Beach neighborhood. Business owners claim they’re being unfairly targeted by regulations, and civil rights advocates say the city is trying to
Continue ReadingBy DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach officials have spent recent years trying to control the raucous crowds, public drinking and growing violence associated with the city’s world-famous South Beach neighborhood. Business owners claim they’re being unfairly targeted by regulations, and civil rights advocates say the city is trying to
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The father and stepmother of a New Hampshire girl who disappeared in 2019 at age 5 have been formally indicted on the charges they were arrested on earlier this year related to the child’s well-being. Adam and Kayla Montgomery have been jailed since January. Adam Montgomery
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Four Chinese badminton players are on probation for two years for failing to try their best to win a doubles match in 2018. The incident happened in the Fuzhou Open quarterfinals in China in November 2018. World-ranked No. 2 pair Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen were playing No.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — States and localities are increasingly tapping federal funds to help finance efforts to build more affordable housing, repair dilapidated units or reduce their homeless numbers. Housing advocates believe the money from the $350 billion Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds could transform the way communities address
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — States and localities are increasingly tapping federal funds to help finance efforts to build more affordable housing, repair dilapidated units or reduce their homeless numbers. Housing advocates believe the money from the $350 billion Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds could transform the way communities address
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez and Hafsa Khalil, CNN An ice shelf in Antarctica nearly the size of Los Angeles disintegrated in mid-March within days of extraordinary warmth on the continent, scientists say. The Conger Ice Shelf, spanning approximately 460 square miles, collapsed around March 15. It was around the time temperatures soared to minus-12 degrees Celsius,
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill that dramatically increases the secrecy surrounding the state’s execution drugs. The Republican governor on Wednesday signed the bill that prohibits Idaho officials from revealing where they obtain the drugs used in lethal injections, even if they
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Iga Swiatek started her week by deciding that she wanted to set her sights on becoming the No. 1 player in the world, without knowing how long that quest would take. A few days and one surprising retirement by Ashleigh Barty later, mission accomplished.
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen and Lauren Fox, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin, the moderate Democrat from West Virginia who torpedoed President Joe Biden’s climate and economic bill in December, is having informal discussions with White House officials about measures involving energy, prescription drug costs, tax changes and deficit reduction that he could potentially support in a new
Continue ReadingCNN By Zeena Saifi, Eoin McSweeney, Bear Hutchison and Becky Anderson, CNN The European Space Agency may seek closer ties with NASA on its upcoming missions, especially the ExoMars rover, after it became clear ESA needed “to sever” its ties with Russia, the agency’s director general, Josef Aschbacher, said. “Certainly one option which we are
Continue ReadingBy Zeena Saifi, Eoin McSweeney, Bear Hutchison and Becky Anderson, CNN The European Space Agency may seek closer ties with NASA on its upcoming missions, especially the ExoMars rover, after it became clear ESA needed “to sever” its ties with Russia, the agency’s director general, Josef Aschbacher, said. “Certainly one option which we are studying,
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood. They compared vampire bats to 26 other bat species and identified 13 genes that are missing or no longer work in vampire bats. Over the years,
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s unemployment rate has fallen to 5.4% after employers added a surprising 138,100 jobs in February. New data released Friday from the state’s Employment Development Department show California has regained 87.2% of the jobs that the state lost in March and April of 2020 at the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Es posible que hayas oído el proverbio ‘Marzo entra como un león y sale como un cordero’. Bueno, el último fin de semana de marzo tendás al cordero vistiendo una camiseta sin mangas y sandalias en el oeste de Estados Unidos. En el oeste del país las personas experimentarán un
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El automóvil en el que iban seis adolescentes y que murieron tras chocar con un camión en Oklahoma no se detuvo completamente en una señal de alto antes de ingresar a la carretera, dijeron testigos, según una actualización de una investigación de la Junta Nacional de Seguridad en el Transporte (NTSB,
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A wrongful-death claim against the city of Seattle seeking $10 million has been filed for the children of a 45-year-old man whose lawyer says he died from a heart attack because his treatment by medics was delayed due to a mistake that had him listed as a danger to first responders. The
Continue ReadingMUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — UCLA assistant coach Michael Lewis will be taking over Ball State’s program once the Bruins have completed their NCAA Tournament run. Lewis will replace the fired James Whitford. Ball State went 131-148 in Whitford’s nine seasons. Goetz said Lewis won’t officially begin his new job until UCLA’s season is over. The
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