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By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A U.N. resolution upholding the Olympic Truce has been passed 15 times. The pact has its roots in ancient Greece, when it was intended to grant athletes from constantly warring city-states safe passage to the Olympic Games. The modern Games brought back the Truce in 1993. But
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Summer Britcher and Emily Sweeney have won World Cup races. They’ve each medaled at the world championships. They’ve each won national championships. Their careers have already been, by any measure, a success. And now both are facing the same decision — keep sliding, or retire. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Michelle Toh, CNN Business SoftBank’s record-breaking sale of a prized chip designer to Nvidia has officially been called off. At an initial value of $40 billion, the US chipmaker’s acquisition of British design firm ARM would have been the largest semiconductor deal on record. But regulators around the world have long raised concerns
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Natalie Geisenberger of Germany is the first three-time women’s luge Olympic champion. Geisenberger had four flawless runs and capped the effort by beating German teammate Anna Berreiter by about a half-second for the gold. Tatiana Ivanova of the Russian team was third. She finished about a
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NEW YORK (AP) — Neil Young isn’t satisfied with urging his fellow musicians to join him in taking their music off the streaming service Spotify. Now he wants company employees to quit their jobs before it “eats up your soul.” In a message on his website Monday, Young said company CEO Daniel Ek is a
Continue ReadingBy EVAN SOBOL, CHRISTIAN COLÓN Click here for updates on this story COLCHESTER, Connecticut (WFSB) — A girls high school basketball team from Colchester is under fire after several of their fans allegedly yelled racist remarks to their opponents. This happened Saturday night when Bacon Academy visited Ledyard High School. As time ran out, the
Continue ReadingBy Liz Stark, CNN Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended the Postal Service’s plan to replace the vast majority of its aging vehicle fleet with gas-powered trucks — rather than electric vehicles — saying on Tuesday that USPS needs to balance its commitment to an electric fleet with “our dire financial condition.” His defense comes as
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s a good morning to be Jane Campion. The director on Tuesday scored the second best director Oscar nomination of her career, entering the history books in the process. Campion, who was nominated for her film “Power of the Dog,” is the first woman to ever be nominated twice in the
Continue ReadingBy NATHAN VICKERS Click here for updates on this story PLATTE, CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A bill before the state senate has drawn harsh criticism from officials who claim the proposal would make it difficult to prosecute some murder cases. If passed, it would mean that prosecutors could not bring charges against people who reasonably
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are off to a muddled start on Wall Street as investors continue to struggle to predict how well the economy will weather the current bout of inflation as well as the Federal Reserve’s medicine for healing it, higher interest rates. The S&P 500 was bouncing between small gains and losses in
Continue Reading VIENNA (AP) — Diplomats from Iran and world powers have reconvened in Vienna to seek a deal reviving Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal, with pressure mounting for results soon. Negotiators from Iran and the remaining parties to the deal — Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China — got back to work on Tuesday after a break
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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The gambling industry’s national trade group estimates a record 31.5 million Americans plan to bet on this year’s Super Bowl. The American Gaming Association has released its annual predictions for wagering on pro football’s championship game, forecasting that over $7.6 billion will be bet. Bettors
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Moody Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Police are looking for a suspect after a violent carjacking was caught on camera over the weekend. The victim says she walked into the chevron on Azalea Road to get something to drink, when she walked out and saw a man
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The Met are bringing back Old-Timers’ Day this year for the first time since 1994 — if there is a season. The team says it will host an old-timers’ game before the Mets play Colorado on Aug. 27. Former players will be introduced starting at 5 p.m. ahead of the 7:10
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Dos opositoras al gobierno de Daniel Ortega en Nicaragua fueron condenadas por delitos de menoscabo a la integridad nacional. El Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (Cenidh) informó en su cuenta de Twitter que Ana Margarita Vijil había sido sentenciada este lunes a 10 años de prisión, mientras que la
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised an Australian company that makes chargers for electric vehicles for agreeing to build a manufacturing facility in Tennessee, saying the plant will “have a ripple effect” far beyond the state. The company, Tritium, and the White House say the new plant will
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Natalie Geisenberger of Germany is the first three-time women’s luge Olympic champion. Geisenberger had four flawless runs and capped the effort by beating German teammate Anna Berreiter by about a half-second for the gold. Tatiana Ivanova of the Russian team was third. She finished about a
Continue ReadingBy Kim Shine Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Nearly 14 years after it first closed, a staple in Milwaukee’s Bronzeville neighborhood is coming back. America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) will open its doors to the public once again — aiming to create dialogue and connection. More than 400 years of
Continue ReadingBy Abbas Al Lawati and Eoin McSweeney, CNN Iran and the United States return to Vienna on Tuesday for another round of talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement abandoned by the Trump administration. There have been enough indications of progress from both sides to suggest that negotiations have entered a critical phase, but
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