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No. 15 Texas 81, Iowa State 67: One year after injury, Jase Febres ready to contribute again
When an athlete can’t play because of injury, it leads to some lonely days. The mind drifts as your team plays on. Texas guard Jase Febres had arthroscopic knee surgery one year ago. The road back was every bit as challenging mentally as it was physically. “From having to re-learn how to walk, to run, to moving on defense. It’s been a long journey,” Febres said. “This whole journey has been a good one, and it’s built a lot of character for me more than anything.” Tuesday night inside Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa, was the first time since the injury that Febres looked like his old self. The UT...
Austin American-Statesman
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NY lawmakers to strip Cuomo of emergency COVID-19 powers
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York lawmakers reached an agreement Tuesday to rescind and limit Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s sweeping emergency pandemic powers. With the governor facing swirling scandals related to sexual harassment claims and his administration’s handling of nursing home COVID deaths, legislative leaders said it’s time to restore “checks and balances.” The legislation introduced by Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, will immediately repeal the temporary emergency powers granted to the governor last year, while allowing some execut...
New York Daily News
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Pele gets COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil: ‘Today is an unforgettable day’
This time, he received the shot instead of taking it. Pele got his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday in Brazil. “Today is an unforgettable day — I received the vaccine!” the 80-year-old soccer superstar said in an Instagram post. “The pandemic is not over yet. We must keep discipline to preserve lives until many people have taken the vaccine.” The three-time World Cup winner encouraged people to keep wearing masks and social distancing. The New York Cosmos legend has spent the pandemic isolated at his home in Guaruja, 55 miles southeast of downtown Sao Paulo. He suffers from various hea...
New York Daily News
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Ask Anna: Is it normal to fantasize about my boyfriend's infidelity?
Dear Anna, My boyfriend took a trip out of state to visit some friends. When he got back home, I noticed a strange woman commenting on and "loving" all of his posts and photos. I asked him if he had slept with her or had done "anything" while on his trip and he said he didn't. I found out that she was in a private Facebook group that he is also in. (I've known he has been a part of the group since meeting him.) The group is a sex-positive group and she and him had a few interactions in the group over the course of three months after his visit that suggested they were conversing in a sexual man...
Tribune News Service
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott lifts COVID-19 mask mandate, allows businesses to open at 100%
FORT WORTH, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott says it’s time to reopen businesses in Texas and remove the state’s mask mandate. “It is now time to open Texas 100%,” Abbott said in Lubbock, joined by Lubbock business leaders at Montelongo’s Mexican Restaurant. “Everybody who wants to work should have the opportunity. Every business that wants to be open should be open.” Abbott, a Republican, pointed to the state’s “abundance” of personal protective equipment, testing capabilities and antibody therapeutic drugs to treat the virus as reasons why businesses can fully reopen. He also maintained “Texans have...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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UPS shipping out first batch of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine
UPS is shipping out its first batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccines Tuesday, now that the single-dose vaccine for the coronavirus has emergency use authorization. Sandy Springs-based UPS said the vaccine packages were being flown from its Worldport air hub in Louisville, Kentucky to sorting facilities in other parts of the country, then loaded onto UPS trucks for delivery starting Tuesday morning. This is the third vaccine UPS is shipping, in addition to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines authorized since December. UPS and Memphis-based FedEx Express are splitting the shipments of vaccines allocate...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott lifts COVID-19 mask mandate, allows businesses to open at 100%
FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says it’s time to reopen businesses and remove the state’s mask mandate. “It is now time to open Texas 100%,” Abbott said in Lubbock, joined by Lubbock business leaders at Montelongo’s Mexican Restaurant. “Everybody who wants to work should have the opportunity. Every business that wants to be open should be open.” The announcement comes after Abbott hinted that his COVID-19 orders could soon be lifted. On Monday, sharing a tweet about his approval ratings, Abbott teased that “exciting news” was coming Tuesday. Abbott’s regular updates on guidelines f...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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World Health Organization advises against using hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 treatment
A World Health Organization panel has officially advised against the use of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-inflammatory drug previously touted by the Trump administration, for patients infected with COVID-19. The international health agency revealed that a group of experts recently concluded with “high certainty” that the drug, typically used to treat malaria, ”had no meaningful effect” on deaths or admissions to hospitals, and “moderate certainty” that it actually increases the risk of adverse effects. The WHO’s findings were published Monday in the medical journal BMJ and were based on clinical...
New York Daily News
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Johnson & Johnson's vaccine is coming. Here's what you need to know about it
A third COVID-19 vaccine is coming to town — this time from American pharma giant Johnson & Johnson. The Food and Drug Administration authorized the vaccine on Saturday, after it was encouraged to do so by an independent panel of doctors and researchers. Infectious disease expert Dr. Mark Sawyer of Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego was one of them. We reached out to him to understand how this vaccine works and how it compares to the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. Sawyer sat on the FDA advisory panels for those vaccines, too, and is one of 11 experts tapped by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to ...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
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States fail to prioritize homeless people for vaccines
Frank Galloway falls into the most vulnerable categories for COVID-19: He is 87, he is Black, and he is experiencing homelessness. “It ain’t no joke,” Galloway said of the coronavirus, which has killed some of his friends in Greensboro, North Carolina. “I don't mind taking something that will help my life to keep going.” He’s waiting for a vaccine while staying in an emergency shelter. Although the state began vaccinating people age 65 and up in mid-January, Galloway, like many others without housing, doesn’t have access to the technology and transportation that people in many places need to g...
Stateline.org
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