BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Sergio Higuita of Colombia has won the Catalonia Volta after protecting his lead over Richard Carapaz on Sunday’s seventh and final stage in Barcelona. It was the 24-year-old’s first title on the world tour. Higuita quickly neutralized all his attackers over the 138.6-kilometer (86.1-mile) ride that started and finished in the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Drayer, CNN Most of us know we should eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains. So why would the National Institutes of Health spend $150 million to answer questions such as “What and when should we eat?” and “How can we improve the use of food as medicine?” The answer may be precision
Continue ReadingBy Simone Pathe, CNN The war in Ukraine has shifted attention overseas, but even if President Joe Biden‘s approval has ticked up nominally, the national environment heading into the 2022 midterms still looks treacherous for his fellow Democrats as they try to hold their Senate majority. Russian President Vladimir Putin has given Biden a convenient
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Federal Reserve has already raised interest rates once this year and is likely to keep hiking them for the rest of 2022. Investors have largely brushed off worries about higher rates, with the hope that the increases will ease inflation pressures without slowing down the economy too
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, CNN Russia’s invasion of Ukraine opened up a new front in the 2022 US midterm cycle, with America’s role in the conflict taking a place alongside the culture war clashes, economic worries and fights over pandemic policy that had driven the early stages of the election. The global implications
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN After waiting more than 80 years, Merrill Pittman Cooper finally received his high school diploma. Cooper, 101, attended Storer College in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, from 1934 to 1938, but dropped out during his senior year when his family relocated to Philadelphia for financial reasons, Jefferson County Schools said in a
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By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say the second “black box” has been recovered from the crash of a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that killed 132 people last week. Searchers had been looking for the flight data recorder after finding the cockpit voice recorder four days ago. The two recorders
Continue Reading By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela is claiming victory in his nation’s election for Parliament as the vote count continued on Sunday. The win if officially confirmed would mean the Labour Party will start its third consecutive term in office. The election was held Saturday on
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the first time in two years, the Academy Awards are rolling out the red carpet at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre for what organizers hope will be a back-to-normal Oscars. Except for all the stuff that’s changed. The telecast for the 94th Academy Awards will
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The 94th Academy Awards are right around the corner. The ceremony will be broadcast live on ABC, starting at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday. ABC’s official red carpet pre-show starts 90 minutes beforehand at 6:30 p.m. ET, but many outlets, like E!, will be in place waiting for the stars to
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The 94th Academy Awards are right around the corner. The ceremony will be broadcast live on ABC, starting at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday. ABC’s official red carpet pre-show starts 90 minutes beforehand at 6:30 p.m. ET, but many outlets, like E!, will be in place waiting for the stars to
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, CNN A funding shortfall in the latest Ukraine aid package could affect the Internal Revenue Service criminal investigations unit that tracks the luxury yachts, apartments and other hidden assets of Russia’s elite, raising the possibility that the US enforcement of sanctions might have some gaps or pull resources from other priorities. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Sam Fossum, CNN A funding shortfall in the latest Ukraine aid package could affect the Internal Revenue Service criminal investigations unit that tracks the luxury yachts, apartments and other hidden assets of Russia’s elite, raising the possibility that the US enforcement of sanctions might have some gaps or pull resources from other priorities.
Continue ReadingZoe Sottile, CNN On most days, Rob Kempton guards the many beautiful works on display at the Baltimore Museum of Art — but this weekend, he’s curating them. Kempton is one of 17 officers participating in “Guarding the Art,” an exhibition featuring 25 unique works selected by members of the BMA’s security team. The exhibit,
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Florida’s got yet another spring breaker in town: Scot, a massive great white shark, has been recorded swimming off the Gulf Coast. Scot, an adult male, measures just over 12-feet long and weighs 1,600 pounds, according to OCEARCH, the non-profit marine group that spotted the big fish Thursday. Scot is the
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine is causing a swift and broad decaying of scientific ties between Moscow and the West. Post-Cold War bridge-building through shared science is unraveling as Western nations seek to punish and isolate the Kremlin by drying up support for scientific programs
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN David Lipson sat in his dining room talking on the phone with his son when he smelled the smoke. He grabbed his dog, his gun and a pair of guitars he bought in 1976 — the year he married his wife — and ran out of his home near Gorman, Texas.
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The western German state of Saarland is holding a state election that offers the country’s first test at the ballot box since Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s national government took office in December. Polls point to a solid lead for Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats in a region led since 1999 by the center-right Christian
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN College students across the country are facing a crisis. It’s not just the basic cost of attending college, which has steadily been climbing. And it’s not the stress of getting into a post-secondary program. The problem is housing. For many college students across the country, especially those who are low-income or
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS, ARITZ PARRA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Europe’s most pressing energy policy goal was reducing carbon emissions that cause climate change before Russia’s war in Ukraine. Officials are now fixated on rapidly reducing the continent’s reliance on Russian oil and natural gas. And that means friction between security and
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