Chloe’s change: Olympic champ Kim eyes 2nd gold on her terms
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer American snowboarder Chloe Kim is eyeing a second Olympic gold medal in the halfpipe on her terms. Kim stormed to…
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UAE welcomes Somali apology for seized cash, easing dispute
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has welcomed the Somali prime minister’s public…
Continue Reading Iran state TV streaming site targeted with dissident message
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A streaming website that features Iranian state television programming has acknowledged suffering technical…
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LeDuc to become 1st openly nonbinary US Winter Games athlete
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Adam Rippon delivered one of those quintessential Olympic moments four years ago in Pyeongchang,…
Continue Reading USA Luge’s cool uncle: Chris Mazdzer ready for 4th Olympics
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chris Mazdzer tends to be the guy with just about all the answers for USA Luge. He always finds the…
Continue ReadingHeavy snow falling as storm system threatens to leave a treacherous mix of wintry precipitation for millions from Plains to Northeast
By Aya Elamroussi and Holly Yan, CNN A mammoth storm dropping significant snowfall Wednesday threatens to paralyze parts of the Midwest and South…
Continue Reading Hunger crisis looms in Nigeria’s ‘food basket’ amid conflict
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press AGATU, Nigeria (AP) — Violence in northwestern Nigeria between farmers and herders over access to water and land…
Continue Reading Spider-Man lifts profit at Japanese electronics maker Sony
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony says its profit for the quarter through December rose 11% on healthy sales from its film…
Continue Reading Spider-Man lifts profit at Japanese electronics maker Sony
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony says its profit for the quarter through December rose 11% on healthy sales from its film…
Continue Reading Alpine skiing hill at Beijing Olympics is a new test for all
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer None of the elite athletes competing when Alpine skiing starts Sunday at the Olympics ever has been on the…
Continue Reading Israel pushes ahead with deal to authorize West Bank outpost
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli media reported Wednesday that the country’s outgoing attorney general has…
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Después del volcán y el tsunami, ahora Tonga se confina después de registrar los primeros casos locales de covid-19
olivertapia (CNN) — La nación insular del PacÃfico de Tonga entró en confinamiento después de informar sus primeros casos comunitarios de…
Continue Reading Brady bids football adieu, thanks everyone — except Patriots
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady took the New England Patriots to the top echelon of the NFL during his…
Continue Reading Olympic advisers at ease with COVID rate, see cases falling
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — More than 30 new COVID-19 cases are being detected daily ahead of the Beijing Olympics but…
Continue Reading Olympic advisers at ease with COVID rate, see cases falling
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — More than 30 new COVID-19 cases are being detected daily ahead of the Beijing Olympics but…
Continue Reading Historic day for comebacks on conference championship Sunday
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Double-digit leads in the second half with a berth in the Super Bowl at stake are typically pretty safe in the…
Continue Reading Historic day for comebacks on conference championship Sunday
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Double-digit leads in the second half with a berth in the Super Bowl at stake are typically pretty safe in the…
Continue Reading Historic day for comebacks on conference championship Sunday
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Double-digit leads in the second half with a berth in the Super Bowl at stake are typically pretty safe in the…
Continue Reading No. 3 UCLA at No. 7 Arizona tops week in Pac-12 hoops
By The Associated Press The Pac-12′s two highest-ranked teams meet for the second time in nine days when No. 3 UCLA plays at No. 7 Arizona on…
Continue Reading No. 3 UCLA at No. 7 Arizona tops week in Pac-12 hoops
By The Associated Press The Pac-12′s two highest-ranked teams meet for the second time in nine days when No. 3 UCLA plays at No. 7 Arizona on…
Continue Reading No. 3 UCLA at No. 7 Arizona tops week in Pac-12 hoops
By The Associated Press The Pac-12′s two highest-ranked teams meet for the second time in nine days when No. 3 UCLA plays at No. 7 Arizona on…
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FBI urges Olympic athletes to leave personal phones at home ahead of Beijing games
By Paul LeBlanc and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The FBI is urging Olympic athletes to leave their personal cell phones at home and instead take burner…
Continue Reading Two-time WNBA MVP Delle Donne feels healthy, ready to play
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Elena Delle Donne is ready to play again. The two-time WNBA MVP has only been able to play three games the last…
Continue Reading Former UCLA lecturer tied to a violent ‘manifesto’ is in custody after allegedly making threats against university, authorities say
By Cheri Mossburg, Stella Chan and Kevin Flower, CNN A former UCLA lecturer is in custody for allegedly making threats toward the university after…
Continue Reading Shiffrin’s Slovakian rival has big plans for the Olympics
By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin isn’t the only Alpine skier who could enter all five individual events at the…
Continue Reading Kremlin critics stay undaunted after yearlong crackdown
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The prison sentence imposed a year ago on leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was a severe blow…
Continue Reading Kremlin critics stay undaunted after yearlong crackdown
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The prison sentence imposed a year ago on leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was a severe blow…
Continue Reading El equipo de Washington de la NFL revela su nuevo nombre: Commanders
olivertapia (CNN) — Aproximadamente 18 meses después de deshacerse del mote de “Redskins” (Pieles Rojas) por sus connotaciones…
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China’s biggest Lunar New Year release is another Korean War propaganda movie
By Laura He, CNN Business The Chinese box office has raked in $314 million so far during the Lunar New Year holiday, largely thanks to a patriotic…
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David Goodwillie: Scottish club Raith Rovers criticized after it signs striker who was ruled to have been a rapist by a judge in a civil case
By Ben Morse, CNN Scottish football club Raith Rovers is facing outrage from fans and from within its own organization for signing striker David…
Continue Reading Brian Flores, exentrenador de los Dolphins, dice que sus hijos lo inspiraron a demandar a la NFL y a 3 equipos por discriminación racial
olivertapia (CNN) — Brian Flores, exentrenador en jefe de los Dolphins de Miami, presentó el martes una demanda contra la NFL, los Giants de…
Continue Reading Turkish jets target Kurdish positions in Iraq, Syria; 4 die
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense ministry says Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish insurgent positions in…
Continue Reading Hamilton, Williams carry UNLV past Nevada 69-58
LAS VEGAS — Bryce Hamilton and Donovan Williams scored 17 points apiece as UNLV beat Nevada 69-58. Jordan McCabe added 16 points for the…
Continue Reading Hamilton, Williams carry UNLV past Nevada 69-58
LAS VEGAS — Bryce Hamilton and Donovan Williams scored 17 points apiece as UNLV beat Nevada 69-58. Jordan McCabe added 16 points for the…
Continue Reading Israeli bigwigs eye profits from cannabis legalization
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press ASHKELON, Israel (AP) — A number of former Israeli leaders and security chiefs have found new careers in the…
Continue Reading Israeli bigwigs eye profits from cannabis legalization
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press ASHKELON, Israel (AP) — A number of former Israeli leaders and security chiefs have found new careers in the…
Continue Reading Power cuts help revive Syrian tradition of public bathhouses
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — At Hammam Bakri in Damascus’ Old City, Syrian men wrapped in towels from the waist down lie down on a scalding marble…
Continue Reading ‘3 times a hero’: NYC honors 2nd officer slain in Harlem
KAREN MATTHEWS NEW YORK (AP) — Throngs of police have converged for New York City’s second funeral in a week for an officer ambushed while…
Continue Reading Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — There will be six more weeks of winter. That’s the prediction made Wednesday by Punxsutawney Phil after he emerged…
Continue Reading Suspect who allegedly killed 2 officers in shooting at Virginia college was former student athlete
By Travis Caldwell and Jenn Selva, CNN The man accused in the Tuesday shooting deaths of two police officers at Bridgewater College in Virginia was a…
Continue Reading Robinson carries Fresno St. over San Jose St. 73-43
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Orlando Robinson had 18 points to lead five Fresno State players in double figures and the Bulldogs romped past San Jose State…
Continue Reading Robinson carries Fresno St. over San Jose St. 73-43
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Orlando Robinson had 18 points to lead five Fresno State players in double figures and the Bulldogs romped past San Jose State…
Continue Reading La fiscalÃa de Michoacán investiga homicidio de Roberto Toledo como delito contra la libertad de expresión
olivertapia (CNN Español) — La FiscalÃa General del Estado de Michoacán ratificó este martes que investiga como delito contra la libertad…
Continue Reading Vegas closes first half of season with 5-2 win over Buffalo
By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Stone, Jonathan Marchessault and Brett Howden each had a goal and an assist, and the Vegas…
Continue Reading Vegas closes first half of season with 5-2 win over Buffalo
By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Stone, Jonathan Marchessault and Brett Howden each had a goal and an assist, and the Vegas…
Continue Reading University of Utah suspends all fraternity and sorority social activities following second sexual assault report
Amanda Musa, CNN The University of Utah has suspended all social activities at fraternities and sororities after two reports of sexual assault that…
Continue Reading Suns roll to 11th straight victory, beat Nets 121-111
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 35 points, Mikal Bridges added a season-high 27 and the NBA-leading Phoenix…
Continue Reading Suns roll to 11th straight victory, beat Nets 121-111
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 35 points, Mikal Bridges added a season-high 27 and the NBA-leading Phoenix…
Continue Reading Inside ABC News, some staffers accepted Whoopi Goldberg’s apology while others sought action
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue Reading ABC News suspends ‘The View’ host Whoopi Goldberg
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business ABC News suspended “The View” host Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks on Tuesday night, hours after she…
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