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By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Curling technique and strategy can be complicated. But the scoring isn’t. The goal is to position as many stones as possible closest to the center of the target. All that is left then is to tally up the points.
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN The Biden administration believes it has until the end of February to salvage the Iran nuclear agreement, otherwise the US will have to change tack and launch aggressive efforts to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, according to three administration officials. “This session is the critical one,” a senior administration
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — American snowboarder Nick Baumgartner remembers the exact time he started feeling old. It was noon on Dec. 17, 2017 — his 36th birthday. He was racing in Austria and got tangled up in a jump. He broke three vertebrae in his back and said it
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN Mikaela Shiffrin sat at the side of the slope, her arms on her knees and her head bowed. The American, who is so accustomed to success as one of the greatest to ever put on a pair of skis, has now suffered two bitter disappointments in the space of three days
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olivertapia (CNN) — La jefa de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC) defiende las pautas de uso de mascarillas de la agencia y el martes subrayó que ahora no es el momento de cambiar las recomendaciones o relajar las restricciones destinadas a prevenir el covid-19. Los CDC “todavía
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Ellia Smeding and Cornelius Kersten are realistic about their medal chances at the Olympic speedskating oval. That’s not on their radar. The British couple has a higher goal of raising the popularity of the sport they love so much in a country that barely knows it
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Formula One team McLaren has signed Lando Norris to a four-year contract extension that locks the young British driver in through the 2025 season. The extension was announced Wednesday. Norris turned 22 in November and the British driver is one of F1’s bright young stars. He debuted for
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — At the Beijing Olympics, the key to freedom is a number: 35. The number is a measure of how closely COVID-19 testing machines have to hone in on a sample before detecting virus particles. A reading below 35 triggers a positive, requiring quarantine in an isolation facility.
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GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says coronavirus case counts have fallen 17% worldwide over the last week compared to the previous week. The new figures include a 50% drop in the United States. Global deaths have declined 7%. The weekly epidemiological report from the U.N. health agency was released late Tuesday. It shows
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — David Krejci is one of the most accomplished players at the Olympics without NHL participation. He’s only in the tournament with the Czech Republic because he wanted to play one more season at home in front of friends and family. The longtime Boston Bruins center says
Continue ReadingBy Nathan Hodge, Mitch McCluskey, AnneClaire Stapleton and Gawon Bae, CNN Figure skaters have not yet received their medals in the figure skating team event at Beijing 2022 after one athlete on the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) tested positive for a prohibited substance, Russian newspaper RBC and CNN Sports analyst Christine Brennan reported Wednesday. The
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks and Wall Street futures are higher as investors waited for U.S. inflation data for signs of how fast the Federal Reserve might pull back stimulus. London and Frankfurt opened higher. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. U.S. inflation data Thursday are expected to show
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that German exports increased for the third consecutive month in December. That capped a year in which they rose 14% compared with 2020. The Federal Statistical Office said Wednesday that exports from Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, were up 0.9% in December compared with the previous month. That followed gains
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ritchie and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN Skier Darya Dolidovich has fled Belarus after being barred from competing in the Winter Olympics over accusations regarding her involvement with the country’s opposition movement. The 17-year-old cross-country skier’s International Ski Federation (FIS) code — which is required for athletes to compete in events run by the governing
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Lindsey Jacobellis captured the United States’ first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics. The 36-year-old rode hard to the line in her snowboardcross final a full 16 years after a mistake cost her the title. Jacobellis had been best known for taking
Continue Reading By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden has ended wide-scale testing for COVID-19 even among people showing symptoms of a coronavirus infection. The move on Wednesday puts the Scandinavian nation at odds with most of Europe. But some experts say it could become the norm as costs for testing yield fewer benefits as
Continue ReadingThe state controller’s office and the City of Coachella are inviting small businesses to attend a free webinar Wednesday morning. Various agencies will provide resources for federal, state, and local programs that you can tap into. That includes grants, loans, and future contacts to keep your business thriving. State Controller Betty T. Yee and several
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Hilary Knight and the U.S. women’s hockey team aren’t lacking for shots at the Beijing Olympics. The shots just simply aren’t translating into goals for the Americans, who open the quarterfinals against the Czech Republic on Friday. The U.S. finished second after preliminary round play following
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Lindsey Jacobellis captured the United States’ first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics. The 36-year-old rode hard to the line in her snowboardcross final a full 16 years after a mistake cost her the title. Up until Wednesday, Jacobellis was best known
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — If anyone can speak about the highs and lows of Cincinnati Bengals football it is Darrin Simmons. He has had a front row seat in 19 seasons as special teams coordinator. Simmons arrived in 2003 after Marvin Lewis was hired as head coach to turn
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