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CNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A sprawling winter storm that blanketed the central and southern US with ice and snow left hundreds of thousands in the dark before making its way toward the Northeast, promising more disruption Friday. More than 95 million Americans were under winter weather warnings or advisories as of Friday morning, and
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olivertapia (CNN) — Una nueva versión de la variante ómicron del nuevo coronavirus se está extendiendo rápidamente en algunas partes del mundo. Este derivado de la variante original de ómicron, llamado BA.2, se ha encontrado en al menos 49 naciones, entre ellas Estados Unidos. En algunos países, como Dinamarca, BA.2 ya ha superado a la
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — It was supposed to be a foregone conclusion that Russia’s powerful stable of figure skaters, including world champions in three of the four disciplines, would run away with the team gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. Nathan Chen and the rest of the Americans must have
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BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a container ship that ran aground off a German North Sea island has been towed free a day after it got stuck. The 400-meter (1,310-foot) -long Mumbai Maersk ran aground Wednesday night near the island of Wangerooge, on the approach to the port of Bremerhaven. Rescuers waited for a high
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A planned $3.4 billion coal-fired power plant in Dubai instead will be converted to use natural gas. That’s according to a statement Thursday by the sheikhdom. The conversion comes amid the United Arab Emirates’ wider pledge to have net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The statement offered no details on
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By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer What started with a simple invitation to a few homeless people to watch the Super Bowl together in New York City has turned into quite a party. And it just keeps growing. Super Soul Party is a nonprofit started by filmmaker and social media influencer Meir Kay.
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer What started with a simple invitation to a few homeless people to watch the Super Bowl together in New York City has turned into quite a party. And it just keeps growing. Super Soul Party is a nonprofit started by filmmaker and social media influencer Meir Kay.
Continue Reading By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India won’t be sending its top diplomat in Beijing to the Winter Olympics after a Chinese soldier wounded in a deadly border clash between the countries carried the symbolic torch. It will, however, participate in the games. Its sole sportsperson at the event is a skier
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer No one’s been able to slow down top-ranked Auburn this season. Struggling Georgia is the next to try when the teams play in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday. The Tigers have won 18 straight, including their first nine games in the Southeastern Conference, including putting 100 points on state rival
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer No. 4 Purdue will be looking to change its fortunes against Michigan when the teams meet Saturday in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Wolverines have beaten Purdue five straight times. Purdue needs a win to keep pace with Illinois in the Big Ten race. Iowa is looking for a turnaround
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer A look at the upcoming weekend around the Big 12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND Reigning national champion Baylor and perennial contender Kansas, both again stocked for NCAA Tournament runs, as the afternoon light spills through the old clerestory windows of Allen Fieldhouse? Yes, please. Yet the last few
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Ninth-ranked Duke’s trip to rival North Carolina headlines the Atlantic Coast Conference schedule for the week. Saturday marks the final trip to Chapel Hill for retiring Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski. It also marks the first rivalry game for UNC’s Hubert Davis as head coach. The week ahead includes
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Xavier Prep girls water polo, Palm Desert girls soccer and Yucca Valley girls basketball are all champions in their respective sport and local league. 1-2-3! Congrats to @XCPAthletics girls water polo🤽♀️ @pdhsofficial girls soccer⚽️and Yucca Valley girls basketball🏀All three are respective league champions! 🏆@B_Btr_2day_wMrK @CoachJohnsonYV @XavierPrepHS @PDAztec_Zink @MyYuccaValley @KESQ @Jesus_G_Reyes @baileyarredondo pic.twitter.com/MGIuLbLVlI— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24)
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) investigan un brote de listeria relacionado con las ensaladas envasadas de Dole que resultó en dos muertes. El brote también enfermó a 17 personas y resultó en 13 hospitalizaciones en 13 estados.
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian markets are mostly higher after a historic plunge in the stock price of Facebook’s parent company helped yank other tech stocks lower on Wall Street. Hong Kong jumped 3.3% after reopening from Lunar New Year holidays. Shanghai remained closed. Tokyo and Seoul advanced while Sydney
Continue Reading RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Callum McRae posted 19 points and three assists as UC Riverside narrowly defeated Hawaii 64-59. Kamaka Hepa led the Rainbow Warriors with 12 points and seven rebounds.
Continue Reading RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Callum McRae posted 19 points and three assists as UC Riverside narrowly defeated Hawaii 64-59. Kamaka Hepa led the Rainbow Warriors with 12 points and seven rebounds.
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — U.S. women’s hockey star Brianna Decker will miss the rest of the Olympics after injuring her left leg in the Americans’ tournament-opening victory against Finland. Decker is expected to remain in Beijing rather than fly back to the U.S. immediately. The forward was hurt when she was tripped from behind by Ronja
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Polish luge athlete Mateusz Sochowicz went back to the Peking University hospital this week for the second time this season. The first trip was so doctors could tend to his badly injured legs. The second trip was to thank them for saving his Olympic hopes. Sochowicz
Continue Reading By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The ice rinks hosting the figure skating and speedskating competitions at the Beijing Olympics will also be putting a major environmental problem on the world stage – the greenhouse gases often used in refrigerators, air conditioners and other cooling systems. Four newly built rinks at the Games
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