By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The fitness tracker on your phone or wrist may be doing more than just monitoring your steps — it could kick them up a notch. Monitoring exercise increased that activity among the more than 16,000 participants in a study published last week. Researchers looked at data from 121 randomized control trials
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By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The mayor of a Connecticut city has ordered two police officers be placed on administrative leave after the families of two Black women criticized the police responses and investigations into their deaths. Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim expressed his condolences Sunday to the families of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls, saying
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By HOWARD FENDRICH and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Olympic athletes in Alpine skiing and other outdoor sports dependent on snow are worried as they see winters disappearing. Ski racers who will compete entirely on manufactured snow during the Beijing Games in February know that global warming is threatening the
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By HOWARD FENDRICH and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers Winter Olympians in outdoor sports such as Alpine skiing or snowboarding say the weather can be a key factor in success or failure. The wind, the light, the temperature and whether or not there is any precipitation can affect all sorts of things during competition. Those
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers Winter Olympians in outdoor sports such as Alpine skiing or snowboarding say the weather can be a key factor in success or failure. The wind, the light, the temperature and whether or not there is any precipitation can affect all sorts of things during competition. Those
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business China’s government is using new intimidation methods against journalists and their sources, according to an annual survey by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China. The report, which was released Monday, said foreign correspondents are facing “unprecedented hurdles” covering the world’s most populous nation. Those hurdles include online trolling, cyber hacking,
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olivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — Spotify respondió el domingo a las críticas que recibió con respecto al contenido sobre el covid-19 después de que varios artistas de renombre dijeron que abandonarán la plataforma si esta continúa dando espacio al comediante Joe Rogan, cuyo podcast ha difundido afirmaciones engañosas e inexactas sobre las vacunas y
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By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A top Hong Kong official has resigned after he attended a birthday party with 200 guests, at least one of whom later tested positive for the coronavirus. Cabinet member Caspar Tsui says he did not “set the best example during the recent outbreak” and was resigning
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Denise pensó que su divorcio había quedado atrás. Entonces llegó la pandemia. Y no pasó mucho tiempo antes de que el caso de custodia que ella pensaba que estaba cerrado ya no lo estuviera. El covid-19 es una realidad diaria que millones de padres divorciados y en proceso de divorcio en
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau, CNN Business A Chinese subway system’s attempt to spread some Lunar New Year cheer backfired over the weekend, as panicked passengers mistook seasonal red QR codes for positive Covid tests. Chinese social media users reported Sunday that the Shanghai metro’s QR code — which passengers scan when they
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business Coronavirus outbreaks and strict lockdowns in China are continuing to take their toll on the country’s factories. A private index measuring activity at factories in China fell to 49.1 in January from December’s 50.9. It’s the lowest level for the Caixin/Markit manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index since February 2020, when the
Continue Reading By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Angela Barajas and Melissa Alonso, CNN A federal judge Monday rejected the plea deal reached by prosecutors and Travis McMichael on hate crime charges, an agreement that would have precluded his federal trial in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing. Earlier, McMichael had agreed to plead guilty to a single hate crime charge —
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Spotify is pledging to combat the spread of COVID-19 misinformation as part of a damage-control campaign sparked by musician Neil Young, who called out the streaming service’s top podcaster for amplifying vaccine skepticism. Spotify said Sunday that it will add content advisories before podcasts discussing
Continue Reading By LAURA UNGAR and LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writers Omicron’s race across the globe has amped up concerns about long COVID, which some estimates suggest affects a third of COVID-19 survivors. Long COVID symptoms can include pain, fatigue and brain fog weeks or months after the initial infection. As coronavirus infections soar worldwide, scientists are
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Los Rams de Los Angeles se enfrentarán a los Bengals de Cincinnati en el Super Bowl LVI, en Inglewood, California, el 13 de febrero. ¿Cuánto sabes de la historia del Super Bowl? Descúbrelo en este test Los Rams derrotaron a los 49ers de San Francisco por marcador de 20-17 en el juego
Continue Reading PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Michael Flowers hit four 3-pointers and finished with 16 points, Andrej Jakimovski added 14 points and 10 rebounds and Washington State never trailed in its 70-43 win over Colorado. Flowers shot 6 of 9 from the field and had five assists. Jakimovski made 4 of 8 from 3-point range and added
Continue Reading The Associated Press The Commerce Department serves up its monthly snapshot of U.S. construction spending Tuesday. Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms reports quarterly results Wednesday. The Labor Department issues its January tally of hiring by nonfarm employers Friday.
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is preparing to host the ruling leader of Qatar at the White House as the West faces the prospect of a European energy crunch if Russia invades Ukraine. Qatar is one of the world’s biggest natural gas suppliers, but it might only be able
Continue Reading By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Cybersecurity experts say that ransomware attacks on K-12 schools have increased during the pandemic. Cyberattacks have crippled schools in recent weeks as teachers become more reliant on computers to take attendance and deliver lessons. Before the pandemic, cyber hacks of schools rarely
Continue ReadingBy Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN Yohannes and Gebremeskel knew it would be freezing cold inside the bulk cargo area of the Airbus A350 plane on the long flight from Ethiopia’s capital to Belgium. But the two ground technicians with Ethiopian Airlines, both of Tigrayan origin, said they felt a threat from the Ethiopian
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