By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer South Carolina is ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason women’s basketball poll for the second consecutive season. UConn is No. 2. Defending national champion Stanford was third. Maryland and North Carolina State round out the top five. Two Big Ten teams have their best preseason ranking ever:
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer South Carolina is ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason women’s basketball poll for the second consecutive season. UConn is No. 2. Defending national champion Stanford was third. Maryland and North Carolina State round out the top five. Two Big Ten teams have their best preseason ranking ever:
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Emma Raducanu has been named a Dior ambassador just over a month after winning the women’s singles title at the 2021 US Open. The 18-year-old British tennis star will represent the womenswear collections of French luxury fashion house as well as its skincare and makeup categories. Ahead of the announcement on Tuesday,
Continue Reading By KHADIJA KOTHIA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A giant puppet of a Syrian refugee girl symbolizing millions of displaced children has landed on the southeast coast of England on the last leg of a 5,000 mile (8,000-kilometer) journey across Europe from Syria. The puppet is operated by three people and has travelled through much
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN The UK government on Tuesday unveiled its roadmap to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, putting new funds behind electric vehicles, sustainable aviation fuel and forests as carbon sinks, while boosting the role of nuclear in its energy transition. The Net Zero Strategy comes less than two weeks before the UK
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By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Celine Dion is delaying the opening of her new Las Vegas show due to muscle spasms that have kept her from performing. A statement posted on her website on Tuesday said the singer has been having severe and persistent muscle spasms and she is being evaluated and
Continue Reading By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Celine Dion is delaying the opening of her new Las Vegas show due to muscle spasms that have kept her from performing. A statement posted on her website on Tuesday said the singer has been having severe and persistent muscle spasms and she is being evaluated and
Continue Reading GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Ninth-ranked Duke is the preseason favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference in its final season under Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski. Touted Blue Devils freshman Paolo Banchero is the pick to be the league’s player and freshman of the year. The ACC released results Monday from voting by 81
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Crowds have gathered for a second day outside prisons around Myanmar, waiting for at least a glimpse of friends and relatives who are being freed under an amnesty for people arrested for protesting against military rule. The head of the army-installed government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing,
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlyn Naples, Erin Edwards and Roger Susanin Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connectitcut (WFSB) — Following a soft launch last week, the state fully launched sports betting in Connecticut on Tuesday morning. The full launch of online wagering and iCasino began at 6 a.m. It came after a delayed start and
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Christian Pulisic is yet to resume training with Chelsea following another injury setback. Pulisic has not featured since Aug. 14 when he scored in Chelsea’s 3-0 win over Crystal Palace to open the English Premier League. The American forward injured an ankle while on international duty in early September — his sixth
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Zillow dejará de comprar viviendas a través de Zillow Offers durante el resto del año, mientras que el programa iBuying de la compañÃa pasa de la alta velocidad al freno. La compañÃa anunció este lunes que no cerrarÃa nuevos contratos de compra de más viviendas en 2021 para poder trabajar
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Almost a third of Premier League players have yet to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and about 20% have yet to receive a first dose. The first vaccination data from the league shows its players are below the national average. Government statistics show 79% of people over the age of 12
Continue ReadingBy Gianluca Mezzofiore, Bethlehem Feleke, Barbara Arvanitidis and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Three children were killed and one person was injured in Monday’s airstrikes in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region, the United Nations said Tuesday. Jens Laerke, spokesperson of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said at a briefing
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Edney Click here for updates on this story MARIETTA, Georgia (WGCL) — Two ER nurses met and fell in love in the midst of the pandemic and now, they are getting hitched. The video of Jacob Young’s proposal to Kelsey Dunlap has already racked up a million views on TikTok and is still
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By Gregory Lemos and Eric Levenson, CNN Alex Murdaugh, the embattled attorney accused of misappropriating millions of dollars in funds meant for the family of his longtime housekeeper, was denied bond and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation on Tuesday, a South Carolina judge ruled. “There is no way this court can set a bond
Continue ReadingBy Anna Muckenfuss Click here for updates on this story MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan (WNEM) — A man accused of stabbing three people at a nightclub near the campus of Central Michigan University has been sentenced. On Feb. 22, 2020 at Wayside Central Bar in Mt. Pleasant, police responded to the scene for reports of a
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Desde semiconductores hasta combustibles, pasando por juguetes, ropa y comida, una larga lista de productos de uso diario están siendo afectados por la crisis en la cadena de suministros que golpea a la economÃa global, generando escasez y aumento de precios. Esta crisis en la cadena de suministros se remonta
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Wind gusts clocked in at nearly 40mph yesterday in the Valley. Bu this morning things are quite a bit calmer with winds below 15mph in all reporting stations on the map. A front approaching will bring some clouds in as we move into the latter part of the week, but also some rain and snow
Continue ReadingBy Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Soaring natural gas prices have raised the specter of cold homes and inflated energy bills for millions of people over winter across Europe and the United States, where most people rely on gas-fired boilers for heat and hot water. At the same time, pressure is mounting on world leaders ahead of
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