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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Germany’s Johannes Ludwig, Austria’s Wolfgang Kindl or Italy’s Dominik Fischnaller will more than likely be the Olympic men’s luge champion on Sunday. That’s what history says at least. Ludwig, Kindl and Fischnaller were the leaders after the first two runs at the Yanqing Sliding Center and
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — China won its first gold of the Beijing Games in short track speedskating’s mixed team relay in the event’s Olympic debut. Wu Dajing edged Pietro Sighel of Italy by .016 seconds to claim gold. Hungary earned bronze. Qu Chunyu, Fan Kexin and Ren Ziwei joined Wu
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, Lauren Fox and Brenda Goodman, CNN President Joe Biden‘s pick to lead the US Food and Drug Administration has found himself locked in an intense confirmation battle as he fights to secure enough votes to run the agency that’s at the forefront of the pandemic. Dr. Rob Califf, a longtime cardiologist, was
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Tal vez ningún otro destino turístico del mundo haya pasado por una situación más difícil en los últimos años que Puerto Rico. Además de la pandemia, el archipiélago caribeño se ha enfrentado a una impresionante serie de desastres en los últimos cinco años. Entre ellos, la epidemia de Zika en 2016,
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Walter Wallberg of Sweden upset “The King” to take home the gold medal in the men’s moguls at the Beijing Olympics. Wallberg looked almost in shock when his score of 83.23 flashed on the board. It edged defending Olympic champion Mikael Kingsbury of Canada on
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Getting a relatively unknown Olympic downhill champion is a distinct possibility on a previously unknown course. And Spanish skier Adur Etxezarreta could be the one. Etxezarreta has never finished higher than 47th in a World Cup race but he has so far excelled on the Rock course.
Continue ReadingBy Isil Sariyuce, for CNN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife, Emine, have tested positive for Covid-19. Erdogan said on Twitter that the couple had contracted the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and were experiencing mild symptoms. “We will continue our work at home. We look forward to your prayers,” he said. Erdogan
Continue ReadingCNN By Derek Van Dam, CNN It would be hard to hold a conversation over the deafening sound of the snow machines preparing the Olympic venues northwest of Beijing. They are loud and they are everywhere, blowing snow across what will be this month’s most-watched slopes. It is almost beautiful — except that the venues
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq, CNN About 40 decapitated skeletons unearthed by a group of archaeologists in southern England are thought to belong to “criminals” from the Roman period, researchers say. The skeletons were found when archaeologists on England’s High Speed 2 program (HS2) discovered a late Roman cemetery, thought to be the biggest of its
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — El presidente de Turquía, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, y su esposa, Emine Erdoğan, dieron positivo por la variante ómicron de covid-19, según un tuit de este sábado en la cuenta verificada del presidente. “Hoy, el resultado de nuestra prueba de covid-19, que me hice con mi esposa después de síntomas leves, fue
Continue Reading VIENNA (AP) — Authorities in Austria are warning of “considerable” risk of avalanches in the west of the country after nine people were killed within 24 hours. Police said eight people died in three separate incidents in the states of Vorarlberg and Tyrol on Friday. In one avalanche near the Austrian-Swiss border, four Swedish citizens
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The U.S. men’s snowboardcross squad is thinking about a teammate who couldn’t join them at the Beijing Olympics because of an injury. Alex Deibold suffered a head injury in a crash during qualifying at a World Cup event just days before his scheduled arrival in
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Slovenia’s Ursa Bogataj won Olympic gold in women’s ski jumping on a night when Japanese star Sara Takanashi surprisingly failed to earn a medal. Bogataj floated 100 meters through the air and had 121 points on the final jump. Katharina Althaus of Germany won silver
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By Christina Maxouris and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Lauren Reynolds started crying when she found out her university was shuttering the early childhood and elementary education program she was in. One of the last three students in the program, she will graduate in spring. Oklahoma City University officials announced they were suspending the programs in 2020
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Major South Korean presidential candidates have accused China of laying claim to their culture after a performer wore a traditional Korean dress during the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics. A woman in a white and light purple hanbok dress marched along other performers apparently
Continue Reading By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Three-time snowboarding gold medalist Shaun White made it clear that the Beijing Games won’t just be his final Olympics. The 35-year-old American plans to retire from the sport he put on the international map after the halfpipe medal round next week. White has been a transcendent
Continue Reading By Giselle Rhoden and Kaanita Iyer, CNN In 2012, Nupol Kiazolu entered Stone Mountain Middle School with a pack of Skittles, a bottle of iced tea and a gray hoodie that read: “Do I Look Suspicious?” The 12-year-old was threatened with suspension and expulsion from the school in Stone Mountain, Georgia. When she was sent
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — El rastreador de ejercicios en tu teléfono o muñeca puede estar haciendo más que solo monitorear tus pasos: podría mejorarlos un poco. El ejercicio de monitoreo aumentó esa actividad entre los más de 16.000 participantes en un estudio publicado la semana pasada. Los investigadores analizaron los datos de 121 ensayos de
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has tested positive for the coronavirus, preventing him from attending Saturday’s FA Cup match against Plymouth and putting doubts on whether he can go to Abu Dhabi for the Club World Cup. Tuchel will not be on the flight to the United Arab Emirates on Saturday night. Based
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Up to 40 of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are expected to fall out of orbit thanks to some inopportune timing: The company launched the satellites directly into a solar storm. A batch of 49 Starlink internet satellites were on SpaceX’s latest launch on February 3, and now the company is
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