By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida quarterback Jack Miller, who transferred from Ohio State last December, will make his first collegiate start when the Gators play 17th-ranked Oregon State in the Las Vegas Bowl next week. Coach Billy Napier made the announcement Thursday, three days after standout Anthony Richardson left
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business US stocks surged higher on Thursday as investors staged a comeback from their current losing streak, spurred on by recession and interest rate hike fears. The Dow closed 184 points, or 0.6% higher. The S&P 500 gained 0.8%, while the Nasdaq Composite added 1.1%. Gains in semiconductor stocks such as
Continue ReadingKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee senior center Tamari Key will miss the rest of this season because of blood clots in her lungs. Coach Kellie Harper said Thursday that doctors found the issue during testing. Key missed the first game of her career in a win Tuesday night over Chattanooga. She is expected to make
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Detained American Paul Whelan expressed his frustration that more has not been done to secure his release in an exclusive CNN interview hours after another detained American, Brittney Griner, was freed. Whelan said he was happy that Griner was released, but told CNN, “I am greatly disappointed that more has not
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales and Dakin Andone, CNN The “Boy in the Box” finally has a name. Police on Thursday publicly identified a boy found dead in a box in Philadelphia 65 years ago as four-year-old Joseph Augustus Zarelli, the victim of what police say is one of the city’s oldest unsolved homicides. The identification, made
Continue ReadingDOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar is investigating the death of a migrant worker who reportedly was killed while doing repairs at a resort that had served as the Saudi team’s training base during the World Cup. Nasser Al Khater, the head of Qatar’s organizing committee for the World Cup, expressed his condolences to the family
Continue ReadingEARLE, Ark. (AP) — An 18-year-old college student has been elected to serve as mayor of a small east Arkansas city, becoming one of the youngest people to serve as a city’s top leader in the U.S. Jaylen Smith, who is Black, was elected mayor of Earle in Tuesday’s runoff election, winning 235 votes to
Continue ReadingCNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN The US government recorded a monthly budget deficit of $249 billion in November, a 30% increase from a year earlier amid increased spending and falling revenue, the Treasury Department reported Monday. Federal budget outlays increased by $28 billion, or 6% in November, with agencies such as the Education Department reporting
Continue ReadingBy Amy Cassidy, Ivana Kottasová and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN American citizen Anne Sacoolas was sentenced to eight months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, at the Old Bailey in London for causing the death of British teenager Harry Dunn in a fatal traffic collision in August 2019, meaning she will not have to go to
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN News publishers are getting in on the TikTok trend. That’s according to a brand new survey published Wednesday evening by the Reuters Institute and University of Oxford. The survey found that, from a global standpoint, about half of the world’s top newsrooms are now regularly posting on the ByteDance-owned app.
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN News publishers are getting in on the TikTok trend. That’s according to a brand new survey published Wednesday evening by the Reuters Institute and University of Oxford. The survey found that, from a global standpoint, about half of the world’s top newsrooms are now regularly posting on the ByteDance-owned app. The
Continue ReadingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Parliament has approved a budget that includes reforms aimed at improving the country’s finances as it attempts to recover from its worst economic crisis. The $15-billion budget includes a $117-million relief package for those affected by the crisis. It provides for a restructuring of state-owned enterprises, reduced subsidies
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Jerrod Carmichael has been named host of the 2023 Golden Globes. “We’re so excited to have Jerrod Carmichael host the historic 80th Golden Globe Awards. His comedic talents have entertained and thrilled audiences while providing thought-provoking moments that are so important in the times we live,” said Helen Hoehne, President of
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Es un final humillante para el breve tiempo que el ahora expresidente de Perú Pedro Castillo estuvo en el cargo. Ahora, Dina Boluarte es desde este miércoles la primera mujer presidenta de Perú, culminando un día dramático en el que su predecesor fue arrestado por el presunto delito de rebelión
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Thousands of previously banned Twitter users, including members of the far-right and users sharing blatant misinformation, have begun to have their accounts restored to the platform, according to an independent analysis. The mass restoration of accounts comes after new owner Elon Musk said late last month that he would offer
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN A former US Border Patrol agent charged with fatally shooting four women in and around the border city of Laredo, Texas, in 2018 was found guilty of capital murder Wednesday for their killings, according to the Webb and Zapata County District Attorney’s Office. Juan David Ortiz was convicted by a Bexar
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, CNN The House voted on Thursday to pass sweeping legislation that would authorize $858 billion in national defense funding and rescind the US military’s Covid vaccine mandate. The measure passed with wide bipartisan support with a tally of 350 to 80. House lawmakers approved a final negotiated version of the National Defense
Continue ReadingBy MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press The brother of an American detained in Russia since 2018 says that his family fears he will not be released for years. He said Paul Whelan’s family also supported the U.S. government’s agreement to a prisoner exchange that freed WNBA star Brittney Griner but left Whelan behind.
Continue ReadingBy E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces have installed multiple rocket launchers at Ukraine’s shut-down Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials claimed Thursday, raising fears Europe’s largest atomic power station could be used as a base to fire on Ukrainian territory and heightening radiation dangers. Ukraine’s nuclear company Energoatom said
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. regulators have cleared doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 5. Omicron-targeted booster shots made by both Moderna and Pfizer already are urged for everyone 5 and older. On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration said younger children who’ve had two original Moderna shots qualify
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