By Faith Karimi, CNN On February 4, 2019, the Miami Dolphins introduced Brian Flores as the team’s 13th head coach at a press conference full of smiles and heady talk about the team’s future. It was the day after Flores had won his third Super Bowl as a longtime assistant coach with the New England
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Las autoridades penitenciarias de República Dominicana investigan las circunstancias en que se produjo la evasión de tres detenidos que se fugaron cuando eran trasladados. El suceso ocurrió en la zona sureña de Paya, mientras los tres individuos eran llevados desde una audiencia en la ciudad de Baní hacia el recinto
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say one man was shot and killed and another was shot and expected to survive on Wednesday afternoon in Southeast Portland. The Portland Police Bureau said in news release that Portland police responded shortly before 4 p.m. to the incident reported near Southeast 119th Avenue and Stark Street. Police Lt.
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Continue ReadingBy ROB POLANSKY, SHARON JOHNSON Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — An altercation between a teacher and a student at a magnet school in New Haven led to the teacher being charged. Police said they charged 49-year-old Jennifer Wells-Jackson with risk of injury to a minor and second-degree breach
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There are 39 newly reported COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, one from Jefferson County, raising the state’s death toll to 6,163, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy JIANI NAVARRO Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Another truck got stuck in the Bankhead Tunnel Wednesday morning, making it the second time in three days. The semi-truck was stuck for a few hours in the tunnel’s eastbound lane, a wreaker having to lift heavy metal poles from the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he will create a state-owned company to mine lithium and appears to suggest he will seek to cancel one of the few existing permits held by a Chinese company. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had said in October he wants to declare lithium a “strategic mineral,” but it
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Salud de Uruguay formó un equipo técnico para “dar respuesta inmediata” a los padres de 158 niños que recibieron parte de una dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19 de Sinovac en vez de Pfizer. Este miércoles, en declaraciones a medios locales, Gabriel Peluffo, pediatra encargado de
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Officials are attempting to locate a missing Buncombe County teenager. The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office says 16-year-old Frances Buckner was last seen at her Swannanoa residence around 3 p.m. on Feb. 1. She was driving a black 2005 Mercury
Continue ReadingBy MARY ALICE ROYSE Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Nashville Police charged rapper Young Buck with vandalism, according to an affidavit. According to the arrest affidavit, officers responded to a domestic disturbance involving 40-year-old David Darnel Brown on Rockland Trail. Authorities said that Brown’s ex-girlfriend reported that early
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Manu Raju, CNN Sen. Kevin Cramer had just arrived at the US Capitol on Monday night when he found Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on the floor of the Senate. His message to the GOP leader: Avoid a messy confirmation fight for President Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court pick. McConnell agreed.
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Los enfrentamientos registrados este miércoles en un pabellón de la Penitenciaría Litoral, una de las cárceles más grandes de Ecuador en la ciudad costera de Guayaquil, se encuentran bajo control, según informó el Servicio Nacional de Atención Integral a Personas Adultas Privadas de la Libertad y a Adolescentes Infractores del
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The biggest challenge at the Super Bowl might not be on the field. Los Angeles-area officials are urging fans to follow strict mask rules throughout the outdoor game on Feb. 13, and to keep them in place except for eating or drinking. They acknowledged it
Continue ReadingBy IYANI HUGHES Click here for updates on this story DECATUR, Georgia (WGCL) — DeKalb County School District police responded to a large fight at Towers High School in Decatur Wednesday afternoon. Authorities said measures were taken by the school resource officer to control the situation, including discharging pepper spray. EMS treated those who were
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government will end its quarantine requirements for incoming travelers and reopen its borders. The change is welcomed by thousands of citizens abroad who have endured long waits to return home. Since the start of the pandemic, New Zealand has enacted some of the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — La Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua canceló este miércoles la personalidad jurídica de 14 organizaciones civiles sin fines de lucro, incluidas cinco universidades privadas independientes. Entre las universidades afectadas por la medida se encuentran la Politécnica de Nicaragua (Upoli), perteneciente a la Convención Bautista y considerada bastión de las protestas antigubernamentales
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Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Most of NBC’s announcers for the Winter Olympics in Beijing are going to be stationed stateside. NBC isn’t alone in keeping its announcers home. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has almost all its analysts and announcers working out of studios in Toronto and Montreal. The British Broadcasting Corporation is keeping
Continue ReadingSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady’s family has pleaded guilty to fraud. Scott Spina Jr. entered the plea Tuesday in Santa Ana federal court. Prosecutors say
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