By GERALD HERBERT Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police say an elderly woman was killed and two males wounded when an argument between two females erupted into gunfire at a university campus. Police told news outlets two males received wounds that weren’t life-threatening. The gunfire occurred near the Xavier University of Louisiana
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery fell 40 cents to $114.67 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for July delivery rose $1.17 to $122.84 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for June delivery rose 6 cents to $4.08 a gallon. June heating oil rose 9 cents to $4.09 a gallon. July natural gas fell
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un ritmo más lento al caminar a medida que se envejece siempre ha sido una señal de alarma sobre una mayor fragilidad que podría provocar caídas y otras discapacidades, afirman los expertos. Nuevas investigaciones realizadas en pequeños grupos de adultos mayores también han descubierto que una disminución en la velocidad al
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes are facing the challenging stretch of building a perennial Stanley Cup contender. A second-round exit to the New York Rangers highlighted the need for more postseason goal scoring and better special-teams play. Yet the Hurricanes must decide how much to change after
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Stacker investigated how laws protect or restrict trans youth in Oregon using data from the Transgender Law Center.
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Researchers say the newest member of a group of endangered southern resident orcas is a female. The Center for Whale Research says the southern residents’ population growth is largely limited by the number of reproductively aged females. The Seattle Times reports that on May 26, the center encountered J pod during a
Continue ReadingBy JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets have optioned first baseman/outfielder Dominic Smith to Triple-A Syracuse amid a slow start to the season for the 26-year-old. The Mets announced Smith’s demotion and promoted right-hander Adonis Medina before a game against the Washington Nationals. Smith batted .316 during a
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers have hired former Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton as an assistant under J.B. Bickerstaff. The 42-year-old Walton finished his 11-year NBA playing career with the Cavs in 2012 before getting into coaching. He spent nine years playing for the Lakers, winning NBA
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St. Charles Urgent Care clinics are now federally designated Test to Treat (T2T) sites where people at high risk of severe COVID-19 illness can get fast and easy access to therapeutics, the health system said Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A former Vatican official has testified about the frenzied meetings in 2018 that the Holy See had thought would salvage its 350 million euro investment in a London property and stem its losses. Instead, the contracts negotiated and signed in those days ended up turning control
Continue ReadingOREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Clackamas County, Oregon, said Tuesday they have finished duplicating the majority of primary election ballots that were rejected by vote-counting machines because of a printing error that resulted in blurred barcodes on tens of thousands of ballots. Elections officials were forced to transfer the voter’s intent from a
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix’s world may be upside-down, but “Stranger Things” is still super popular. The latest season of the science-fiction horror series debuted this weekend to record numbers, becoming Netflix’s biggest debut ever for an English-language TV show. Netflix said that “Stranger Things 4 — Volume 1” clocked in at 286.7 million
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El candidato presidencial colombiano Gustavo Petro dijo que una denuncia admitida parcialmente a trámite en España por presunto secuestro de un periodista no tiene “ni pies ni cabeza” y negó conocer en persona a la víctima. “Lamentablemente, nunca lo pude conocer personalmente, era una persona muy querida por las generaciones
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers, Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN An 80-year-old woman who was killed in a shooting at a high school graduation ceremony Tuesday on the campus of Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans has been identified, officials said. The woman was identified Thursday as Augustine Greenwood, who died from gunshot wounds,
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has signed a decree outlawing the sale of e-cigarettes, continuing the government’s anti-vaping policy. Mexico had already prohibited imports of the devices since at least October. And even before that, consumer protection laws had been used to prohibit open sales. Despite Tuesday’s decree, many Mexicans
Continue ReadingCNN By Jen Christensen and Naomi Thomas, CNN Every month, like clockwork, Renee Steiber got formula delivered to her home in the Chicago suburbs for her 11-year-old son, Owen. He has a feeding tube and needs a specialized formula, Neocate Jr., due to a rare disease that makes him severely allergic to a variety of
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Nick Saban tried to put an end to his feud with Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher at the Southeastern Conference meetings. Two weeks after alleging the Aggies were buying players with name, image and likeness deals, Saban told reporters that he never accused anyone
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist After making landfall Monday afternoon as a Category 2 hurricane just west of Puerto Angel, Mexico, Agatha rapidly weakened and is now just a remnant low-pressure system, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). However, some of the remnants of this storm could drift east, help spark a storm off
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A medida que aumenta el calor antes de lo que, según los pronósticos, será un verano boreal más caluroso de lo normal, los expertos en electricidad y los funcionarios advierten que los estados podrían no tener suficiente energía para satisfacer la demanda en los próximos meses. Y muchos de los operadores
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eleven months after he was freed from prison, 85-year-old Bill Cosby will again be the defendant in a sexual assault proceeding. This time it’s for a civil case in California. Judy Huth, who is now 64, alleges that in 1975 when she was 16, Cosby
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