The Pfizer or Moderna vaccine were 94% effective against death or ventilation during the recent omicron surge Two doses were only 79% effective in comparison The CDC says these findings revealed that remaining up to date on COVID vaccinations is highly effective in preventing severe illness or death even against the current variants And search and rescue efforts are underway after a U.S. Military aircraft crashed in Norway Officials say the marine MV 22 Osprey went missing with four service members on board while performing a NATO exercise And that's the very latest I'm Jim Forbes Now this Bloomberg sports update south region 9th seed TCU got its first NCAA tournament victory in 35 years easily defeating the 8th seed seton hall 69 to 42 the pirates really were never in this one TCU led 33 21 and a half time and began the second half of the 15 to four run the pirates set a record for the fewest amount of points scored in a tournament game with 42 the previous low was 52 Not that much in the way of a surprise on the second day of the tournament on Friday in the south region top seed Arizona advances to the second round along with Houston Illinois Villanova and Ohio State from the east region Purdue and Texas on to the second round Saint Peter's takes on Murray state at 7 45 tonight in their second round east region game From the Midwest region Wisconsin Iowa state Miami and auburn all advance Notre-Dame after defeating Rutgers in the play in game on Wednesday defeated Alabama in the west region 78 64 also advancing out of the west Texas tech duke and Michigan state In the NBA the nets defeated the Portland Trail Blazers one 28 one 23 at the Barclays center Kevin Durant scored 38 points Seth curry returned to the lineup with 7 three pointers in his best game has a net as the nets rallied to beat the trailblazers curry finished with 27 points his most since coming from Philadelphia last month in the James Harden Ben Simmons deal Andre Drummond and Bruce Brown each added 17 for the nets Meanwhile if the garden Julius Randle scored 18 points and grabbed 17 rebounds RJ Barrett at 18 points at the next outlasted Washington 100 to 97 The Yankees opened their pre season schedule losing to the Pittsburgh pirates four to three earlier in the day the Yankees traded first baseman Luke voigt to the San Diego Padres for a pitching prospect but the Bloomberg sports update I'm Tom Rogers.