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CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — Nanna Koerstz Madsen became the first Danish player to win an LPGA Tour title after a dramatic second-hole playoff victory over Lin Xiyu of China at the Honda LPGA Thailand on Sunday. Both players set a new tournament record of 26-under-par 262 in regulation, and then birdied the par-5 18th in
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN Two years after his second project, the critically acclaimed “Care For Me,” rapper Saba was ready to release his third full-length album. It was early 2020. The songs had been mixed and mastered; the videos shot; the rollout planned. You can guess what happened next. Rumors of a “novel coronavirus” turned
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Text by AJ Willingham; illustrations by Leanza Abucayan, CNN The sun won’t rise for hours in Celebration, Florida, but the party is already in full swing. Is it too early for bone-rattling cardio beats or a “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” singalong? Objectively, yes. But the tens of thousands of runners huddled in the parking
Continue Reading By Emmy Abbassi, CNN Going once. Going twice. Sold! A rare first edition 1999 Pokémon Charizard No. 4 card sold on Thursday for $336,000 at auction. The Charizard card, sold by Heritage Auctions, drew widespread attention because it’s from the game’s first English print run and had been given a perfect PSA GEM-MT 10 grading.
Continue Reading KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Henrik Kristoffersen has won his second men’s World Cup race in two days. Olympic champion Marco Odermatt finished third to all but clinch the overall title in the penultimate giant slalom of the season. Kristoffersen’s double came two weeks after the Norwegian also won two slaloms in two days in
Continue ReadingBy Genevieve Beauchemin and Nicole Bogart, CTV News Click here for updates on this story RIGA, Latvia (CTV Network) — Liquor connoisseurs the world over are pouring out Russia-made vodka in a show of support for Ukraine, but the boycott is impacting distillers from other regions, some of which are trying to give aid to
Continue ReadingBy Brooklyn Neustaeter, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new study has found that those who gained immunity to the original strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, likely have some protection against the Omicron variant. The study, conducted by an international research team from
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you’re reading this right after waking up this morning, you’ve already lost an hour of your day. But don’t be alarmed. The clock on your cell phone automatically sprang forward while you were asleep because it knew all about daylight saving time. Check the rest of your clocks, though. They
Continue ReadingCNN Sport staff With both the NCAA men’s and women’s postseason basketball tournaments starting next week and Selection Sunday just hours away, here’s what you need to know about the road to both Final Fours. Selection Sunday, when college basketball teams find out their March Madness place, features two special programs this Sunday — CBS
Continue Reading By Claire Colbert and Keith Allen, CNN A 23-year-old soldier died Thursday in a training incident at Fort Irwin, California, the Army announced Saturday. Specialist Joseph M. Meitl, Jr., served as an armored cannon crewmember in the 1st Cavalry Division, based at Fort Hood, Texas. “Specialist Joseph Meitl Jr. was a valuable member of our
Continue Reading By Maya Brown, CNN Sarah Rodriguez spends most of her day multitasking as she switches from watching her mother on remote cameras to talking on video and phone calls with doctors and aides to organize proper care for the 67-year-old. The 40-year-old’s life in Virginia has been like this ever since her mom was diagnosed
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN Comedian Katt Williams ended his show in Nashville, Tennessee, early Saturday night because of a bomb threat, according to a statement from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium, where Williams was performing. Williams had to “abruptly end” the show “10 minutes before the end of his set due to a bomb threat,” the
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president says AirSerbia will go back to one flight a day to Moscow after criticism that the Serbian national carrier is busting a European Union-wide ban on flights to Russia and profiting from the war in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion started over two weeks ago, AirSerbia has doubled the
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell, CNN In the span of just two weeks, millions of Ukrainian refugees have been forced to flee as the brutal Russian invasion of their homeland continues. The amount of people on the move constitutes “the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II,” UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Commissioner Filippo Grandi
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Federal Reserve is going to try to hike interest rates without pushing the world’s biggest economy into recession. Russia’s war in Ukraine will make its balancing act more difficult. With inflation running near 8%, the US central bank can’t afford to wait any longer to start raise rates from
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The president of the International Paralympic Committee has expressed “hopes for peace”as the Winter Paralympics closed in Beijing but avoided mentioning Russia’s war on Ukraine. The closing ceremony marked the end of an almost six-week run for international sports in the Chinese capital that began with the opening of the Winter Olympics
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Hertha Berlin has fired Tayfun Korkut as coach in a desperate attempt to stave off a humiliating Bundesliga relegation. Korkut had been given every chance to turn around Hertha’s fortunes after he replaced club favorite Pál Dárdai last November. But Saturday’s 2-0 loss at Borussia Mönchengladbach
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Police are offering a $10,000 reward after an armed suspect opened fire Saturday on two apparently homeless people who were sleeping on the streets of New York City, killing one and wounding the other. The shootings happened about 90 minutes apart in Lower Manhattan and were caught on surveillance footage, the
Continue Reading KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Olympic champion Marco Odermatt posted the fastest time in the opening run of the penultimate men’s World Cup giant slalom of the season. He locked up the discipline title the day before. The Swiss skier was 0.22 seconds faster than Alexander Schmid of Germany. Henrik Krisoffersen was 0.30 behind in
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN You’re exhausted, your body yawning for sleep. Yet once your head hits the pillow, your mind is flooded with worry, making sleep elusive, at times impossible. Don’t fret, experts say: There are relaxation techniques you can use to calm that racing mind. “Think of these relaxation exercises as tools in your
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