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BEIJING (AP) — Austrian skier Matthias Mayer will be the first athlete to test the downhill course at the Beijing Olympics after drawing the No. 1 bib for Thursday’s first official training session. Mayer is aiming for his third gold medal in as many Olympics. He won the downhill in 2014 and the super-G in
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Many countries that have been especially hard-hit by the coronavirus are easing their tough and often unpopular restrictive measures to fight COVID-19. There is a resumption of late-night disco partying, elbow-to-elbow seating in movie theaters and people not wearing masks in public. The early moves to relax
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United player Mason Greenwood has been released on bail by police who questioned him on suspicion of the rape and assault of a woman. The 20-year-old forward had been in custody since being arrested on Sunday. Greater Manchester Police say he has been “released on bail pending further investigation.” United
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olivertapia (CNN) — No puedo pensar en un comienzo más apropiado para esta historia que señalar que es la misma que escribí el año pasado, con algunas fechas cambiadas para reflejar dos años después de la pandemia en lugar de uno. No te molestes. Probablemente nunca lo leíste el año pasado, y si lo hiciste,
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malagò is at least the second IOC member who has tested positive for COVID-19 and been placed in isolation at the Beijing Games. Two-time Olympic hockey medalist and IOC athlete representative Emma Terho is also in an isolation hotel after testing positive on arrival. CONI says Malagò
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation fed by high oil and gas prices hit record levels in Europe for the third month in a row. That’s extending pain for consumers and sharpening questions about future moves by the European Central Bank. European Union statistics agency Eurostat reported Wednesday that the 19
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Jack Bantock, CNN The National Football League’s Washington franchise unveiled its new team name on Wednesday — the Washington Commanders. Accompanied by a new logo, the changes come about 18 months after the franchise ditched the “Redskins” name for its racist connotations. The team had competed as the Washington Football Team
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed The path that took US District Judge J. Michelle Childs to a public honors college in Florida is about as unconventional as the rest of the eclectic professional journey that has now put the South Carolina jurist in contention for a seat on the Supreme Court. She landed at the University of
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeff Zeleny, Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN Politics is never far removed from the selection of any Supreme Court justice, but the political winds are blowing with unusual ferocity around J. Michelle Childs, a federal judge from South Carolina who is among those on a short list to fill President Joe Biden’s
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Una poderosa tormenta que ocasionó fuertes nevadas el miércoles amenaza con paralizar partes del medio oeste y el sur de Estados Unidos con una combinación potencialmente devastadora de nieve, hielo, temperaturas peligrosamente frías y cortes de energía. Más de 100 millones de personas están bajo advertencias de tiempo invernal, desde las Montañas
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Editor’s note: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings began Monday. Click here for updates. Six days after President Joe Biden‘s inauguration, White House counsel Dana Remus put in a call to Ketanji Brown Jackson to see if the judge might be interested in a new
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, C-SPAN, AP IMAGES, SENATE TV, ABC, SUPERTALK MISSISSIPPI, SENATE JUDICIARY By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Six days after President Joe Biden‘s inauguration, White House counsel Dana Remus put in a call to Ketanji Brown Jackson to see if the judge might be interested in a new job: replacing Merrick Garland
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer As a 35-year-old assistant US solicitor general, Leondra Kruger stood before the US Supreme Court in October 2011 with a religious liberty case that was an outright loser. The justices immediately pounced on her claim, made on behalf of the Obama administration, that First Amendment
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday relaunched the White House’s “Cancer Moonshot” initiative, committing the nation to working toward reducing the death rate from cancer by at least 50% over the next 25 years. “We can do this. I promise you, we can do this. For all those we
Continue ReadingBy Paula Newton and Travis Caldwell, CNN A demonstration that began with a group of truckers objecting to new Canadian Covid-19 vaccine mandates and escalated into wider protests over the weekend continued Wednesday, as authorities say multiple investigations into criminal activity are underway in the nation’s capital. There are fewer protesters in Ottawa now than
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By Rachel Ramirez, Ella Nilsen and John Keefe, CNN Amid a surge in gas prices and slow action on clean energy in Congress, a new poll shows Americans are unhappy with US energy policies and unsatisfied with the quality of their environment. The annual Gallup “Mood of the Nation” poll, which was conducted from January
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks are higher while China is closed for the Lunar New Year. London and Frankfurt opened higher. Tokyo, Sydney and India gained. Oil prices rose. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index gained 0.7%, boosted by gains for energy and tech stocks in a late burst
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An American farmer is jailed in Ukraine on charges he attempted to assassinate a former business partner who is now a government minister. The family of Kurt Groszhans says the charges are bogus and designed to stifle his claims of corruption. His former partner, Roman Leshchenko, has
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s men’s hockey team at the Beijing Olympics features 19 players who were born, trained or both in North America. The group includes Americans Jake Chelios and Jeremy Smith and Canadians Brandon Yip and Ryan Sproul. Some have no connection to China other than playing for
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s men’s hockey team at the Beijing Olympics features 19 players who were born, trained or both in North America. The group includes Americans Jake Chelios and Jeremy Smith and Canadians Brandon Yip and Ryan Sproul. Some have no connection to China other than playing for
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