WASHINGTON (AP) — Jacob deGrom went on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a stress reaction on his right shoulder blade as the New York Mets set their 28-man active roster for opening day. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner got hurt late in spring training and won’t throw for about a month, meaning
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The World Health Organization said that up to 65% of people in Africa have been infected with the coronavirus and estimates the number of actual cases may have been nearly 100 times more than those reported. In a new analysis released Thursday, the U.N. health agency reviewed 151 studies of
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, tiene covid-19, según informó este jueves un portavoz de la demócrata californiana. “Después de dar negativo esta semana, la presidenta Pelosi recibió un resultado positivo en la prueba de covid-19 y actualmente está asintomática”, tuiteó Drew Hammill, subjefe de personal de Pelosi.
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El presidente de Perú, Pedro Castillo, decretó por 30 días el estado de emergencia en la red vial nacional. En la norma, publicada en el diario oficial El Peruano con fecha del miércoles, señalaron que la Policía Nacional mantiene el control del orden interno, con el apoyo de las Fuerzas
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal marshals have arrested an Iowa man in Washington state who has been on the run for six years after allegedly faking his own death to avoid a child pornography trial. U.S. Marshals for the Southern District of Iowa say in a news release that 28-year-old Jacob Greer was arrested
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A judge in Genoa has ordered all 59 defendants to stand trial for the 2018 deadly collapse of a heavily used highway bridge in that Italian port city. Forty-three people were killed when a large section of the Morandi Bridge broke off on Aug. 14, 2018, on the eve of one of
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A judge in Genoa has ordered all 59 defendants to stand trial for the 2018 deadly collapse of a heavily used highway bridge in that Italian port city. Forty-three people were killed when a large section of the Morandi Bridge broke off on Aug. 14, 2018, on the eve of one of
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Serena Williams’ coach for a decade is going to work with Simona Halep. Patrick Mouratoglou announced his partnership with Halep via social media on Thursday. It raises questions what this means for the future of Williams as a player. Williams owns a professional-era-record 23 Grand Slam singles titles but
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Unable to walk or move half his face after being injured by a Russian shell that killed his father as the family of three tried to flee Kyiv by car, a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy has found new hope in a Polish hospital. Pediatric surgeon Professor Jan Godzinski, of the T. Marciniak
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Strasburg has been put on the 10-day injured list as he continues his return from thoracic outlet surgery. That is one of a series of moves the Washington Nationals made to set their 28-man active roster for opening day. Right-handed reliever Will Harris was put on the 60-day IL after right
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El pasado mes de julio, Andrea Ogg se plantó en la puerta de una farmacia de Castle Rock (Colorado), totalmente dispuesta a mentir para vacunarse contra el covid-19. Con el estómago revuelto por la ansiedad, Ogg estaba dispuesta a decir que iba a recibir su primera vacuna cuando en realidad iba a
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Walmart is raising pay for long-haul truck drivers, a taxing job that is increasingly difficult for companies to fill. Walmart, one of the few retail chains that runs its own trucking fleet, said it’s raising the average starting salary for first-year drivers from around $88,000 to a range of $95,000
Continue ReadingDUBLIN (AP) — Conor McGregor has appeared in a court in Dublin charged with six driving offenses. The biggest star in mixed martial arts was stopped by police as he was driving in his Bentley in west Dublin on March 22. McGregor was accused of two counts of dangerous driving as well as driving without
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business As if home prices in the US weren’t high enough, now they’re getting even more expensive. Stubbornly low numbers of homes for sale continue to push prices higher and mortgage rates are rising faster than they have in decades. That has put the squeeze on home buyers and the real
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Good news for student loan holders is bad news for anyone who happens to be an investor in fintech company SoFi. Shares of SoFi tumbled 7% Thursday after the Biden administration extended a moratorium on federal student loan repayments. SoFi offers private student loans and refinancings to undergraduates
Continue ReadingCNN By Richard Roth, Kate Sullivan, Samantha Beech and Laura Ly, CNN The United Nations General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council after high-profile allegations of atrocities committed by Russian soldiers during the war in Ukraine. The voting result was 93 in favor, 24 against and 58 abstentions. A
Continue ReadingBy MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York appeals judge says he will “likely” rule Friday on whether to continue blocking a lower court ruling that declared the state’s new congressional and legislative district maps unconstitutional. New York’s electoral landscape was thrown into question last week when a Republican trial court
Continue ReadingBy FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — For the first time in history, Mexicans will vote Sunday on whether their president should finish out the rest of his term. It has been a bizarre journey to this vote. For one thing, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador himself demanded it. The president got angry
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit in which the Girl Scouts claim that the Boy Scouts are creating marketplace confusion and damaging their recruitment efforts through their use of words such as “scouts” and “scouting.” Manhattan Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ruled Thursday that the
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have acquired right-handed pitchers Chris Paddack and Emilio Pagán from the San Diego Padres for All-Star left-handed pitcher Taylor Rogers and outfielder Brent Rooker. The Twins also will receive a player to be named later and the Padres will get $6.6 million in cash under terms of the deal.
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