By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts opened the season with three losses. Losing the last two games on the schedule doomed their playoff hopes. After charging back from yet another slow start, Indy blew opportunities in each of its final two games to win and get in. Instead of
Continue ReadingBy MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Mint said Monday it has begun shipping quarters featuring the image of poet Maya Angelou, the first coins in its American Women Quarters Program. Angelou, an American author, poet and Civil Rights activist, rose to prominence with the publication of “I Know Why
Continue ReadingBy MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Mint said Monday it has begun shipping quarters featuring the image of poet Maya Angelou, the first coins in its American Women Quarters Program. Angelou, an American author, poet and Civil Rights activist, rose to prominence with the publication of “I Know Why
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN Clay Aiken, widely known for his stint on “American Idol,” announced Monday that he’s launching another bid for Congress in North Carolina. “If the loudest and most hateful voices think they are going to speak for us, just tell them I’m warming up the old vocal chords,” Aiken said in an announcement video
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago has scrapped classes for days in a confusing standoff with the teachers’ union over COVID-19 safety measures in the nation’s third-largest school district. From remote instruction to testing, both sides have been negotiating nearly a dozen complex points of a safety plan that has cast a
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, CNN As Los Angeles students and staff prepare to return to school Tuesday, about 62,000 have tested positive for Covid-19, school district data show. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is requiring all students and employees to show a negative test result before returning. It is the nation’s second largest district,
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, UNIFIED SCHOOLS, KCAL, KCBS, NORTHWELL HEALTH, WSVN, WCAX, WJLA, KPIX, WSB, METROBUS, KPTV, ROYAL CARIBBEAN, ALASKA AIRLINES, KCAL/KCBS By Cheri Mossburg, CNN As Los Angeles students and staff prepare to return to school Tuesday, about 62,000 have tested positive for Covid-19, school district data show. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Maria Ewing, a soprano and mezzo-soprano noted for intense performances who was the wife of director Peter Hall and the mother of actor-director Rebecca Hall, has died at age 71. Spokeswoman Bryna Rifkin says Ewing died Sunday at her home in Detroit. Ewing married Peter Hall in 1982 and they divorced in
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Aquí, un vistazo a los premios Screen Actors Guild. Los últimos cinco mejores elencos premiados por el Sindicato de Actores Acerca de los premios SAG Los nominados y los ganadores son elegidos por los miembros del Screen Actors Guild. Dos paneles (cine y televisión), cada uno compuesto por 2.500 miembros elegidos
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Elche has ended Espanyol’s seven-game unbeaten streak at home with a 2-1 win in the Spanish league. Pere Milla scored twice in the first 15 minutes to give Elche the win and lift the team out of the relegation zone. Raúl de Tomás scored in first-half stoppage time for Espanyol. The Catalan
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Hacer ejercicio es bueno para ti. Se ha demostrado que ejercitarse mejora casi todos los órganos del cuerpo, combate casi todas las enfermedades que los médicos diagnostican y mejora casi todas las condiciones de salud con las que se puede vivir a diario. Y la cosa se pone aún mejor. Un
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is pledging not to allow inflation to become ingrained in the American economy, according to prepared remarks released on Monday. “We know that high inflation exacts a toll, particularly for those less able to meet the higher costs of essentials like food, housing and transportation,” Powell said
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Changes in the Senate’s schedule have prompted Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., to postpone three of his six planned online town halls next week, including ones set for Jefferson and Crook County residents.
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — While the Rams shook hands with the 49ers on the field, a celebratory graphic blared from the massive Oculus video board. Virtual confetti flew while SoFi Stadium heralded Los Angeles as the “NFC West Division Champs.” A few moments after the Rams’ heartbreaking sixth consecutive
Continue ReadingBy GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced a $500 million plan to divert water out of Colorado under a 99-year-old compact between the states that allows Nebraska to seize access to Colorado land along the South Platte River and build canals. Ricketts says Nebraska would invoke its rights
Continue ReadingMANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Police have finished their search of the last known residence of Harmony Montgomery as they investigate the disappearance of the New Hampshire girl, who vanished in 2019 at age 5, but was not reported missing until late last year. Police searched the Manchester property once at the end of last year,
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business A judge has ordered Google to turn over hundreds of internal documents — many related to its efforts to quash an employee union — as part of a National Labor Relations Board case over the tech giant’s firing of former employees. In 2019, a group of workers who had recently
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Jasmine Wright and Dan Merica, CNN Pressure is intensifying on President Joe Biden to articulate a plan to enact meaningful voter protections as a counter to strict new voting laws going into place around the nation after warning for the past year of nascent dangers to democracy. Biden heads to Atlanta on
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has ended travel restrictions on flights from southern Africa well over a month after imposing it on hopes of containing the spread of the omicron variant of the corona virus. The highly contagious variant was first discovered in southern Africa in late November and the 27-nation bloc restricted travel
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Refugee admissions to the United States will restart this week, a State Department spokesperson told CNN, following a temporary freeze put in place late last year to focus on the resettlement of Afghan evacuees. The Biden administration had paused admissions of refugees, unless they met certain exceptions, as officials and refugee
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