MADRID (AP) — Davis Cup Finals organizers say that Serbia and Spain have been drawn the same group. That could mean a matchup of Novak Djokovic against Rafael Nadal when their nations play as part of Group B along with Canada and South Korea in Valencia from Sept. 14-18. Group A to be played in
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Actor Reese Witherspoon and Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry have joined the ownership group of Major League Soccer’s Nashville team ahead of the opening Sunday of Geodis Park, its 30,000-seat stadium. Witherspoon’s husband, agent and investor Jim Toth, also has joined the ownership group, the team said Tuesday. The soccer
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Continue Reading COPPERHILL, Tenn. (AP) — A fire early Tuesday destroyed Tennessee’s Ocoee Whitewater Center, which served as the host site for paddling events during the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Polk County Emergency Management Agency Director Steve Lofty told the Chattanooga Times Free Press the blaze had engulfed about 90% of the structure by the time a
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Juventus and Bayern Munich learned the hard way that Villarreal is no pushover even in Europe’s elite competition. Now the club from a small town of 50,000 inhabitants in eastern Spain must get past one more giant standing in the way of a dream appearance in
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden, the Brooklyn Nets had expectations of being the last team standing. Instead, they were the first team sent packing. Irving wasn’t around to start the season. Harden was long gone before the end of it. And after
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday as markets remain turbulent amid a busy week of earnings from some of the nation’s biggest companies. The S&P 500 fell 2% as of 2:48 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 627 points,
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Beijing realiza pruebas masivas de covid-19 a casi 20 millones de residentes en gran parte de la ciudad, mientras las autoridades intentan contener un nuevo brote de la variante ómicron, que ha generado compras de pánico ante los temores de un confinamiento similar al de Shanghái. La capital de China comenzó
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An armed suspect who held someone hostage in a Sacramento home surrendered early Tuesday after a long standoff with police and the victim was safe, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody in the early morning hours, the Sacramento Police Department said in a brief social media post. “The victim
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By Megan Marples, CNN When one tiny species of spider mates, one partner needs a special move to survive the encounter. Philoponella prominens are social spiders, meaning they live in groups, but soon after they mate, the male arachnid has to rapidly leap away to avoid being eaten by its female partner, new research has
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By Brian Stelter, CNN Business As Netflix licks its wounds and investors worry about big streaming bets, David Zaslav is positioning Warner Bros. Discovery as a “far more balanced” company. “We have the ability to ring any number of cash registers,” Zaslav, the longtime Discovery CEO who took control of WarnerMedia earlier this month, told
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Even the world’s richest person needs financial advice. That’s great news for Morgan Stanley, the investment bank of choice for Elon Musk. Morgan Stanley advised the Tesla CEO on his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. The bank also helped secure $25.5 billion in funding for the deal, including
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Indonesia will start restricting exports of palm oil this week, a move that could make the global food crisis worse and push up the prices of hundreds of consumer products. President Joko Widodo announced Friday that Indonesia would suspend exports of cooking oil, and the raw materials used to make
Continue Reading CNN By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Indonesia will start restricting exports of palm oil this week, a move that could make the global food crisis worse and push up the prices of hundreds of consumer products. President Joko Widodo announced Friday that Indonesia would suspend exports of cooking oil, and the raw materials used to
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence dampened slightly in April but remains high even as inflation continues to cloud their optimism about the rest of the year. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index — which takes into account consumers’ assessment of current conditions and their
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By Zahid Mahmood and Hafsa Khalil, CNN and Reuters Tigrayan forces are fully withdrawing from Ethiopia’s Afar region, a spokesperson for the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Forces (TPLF) told CNN on Monday, saying the pullout should allow humanitarian aid to reach the area. The conflict in northern Ethiopia broke out in Tigray between the TPLF and
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business US home prices continued to surge higher in February. Prices rose 19.8% year-over-year in February, an even higher rate than the 19.2% growth seen in January, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index. Phoenix, Tampa and Miami reported the highest year-over-year gains among the 20 US
Continue Reading By JANIE HAR Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — UC Berkeley sophomore Terrell Thompson slept in his car for nearly two weeks at the start of the school year last fall, living out of a suitcase stashed in the trunk and texting dozens of landlords a day in a desperate search for a place to
Continue Reading By JANIE HAR Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — UC Berkeley sophomore Terrell Thompson slept in his car for nearly two weeks at the start of the school year last fall, living out of a suitcase stashed in the trunk and texting dozens of landlords a day in a desperate search for a place to
Continue Reading By JANIE HAR Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — UC Berkeley sophomore Terrell Thompson slept in his car for nearly two weeks at the start of the school year last fall, living out of a suitcase stashed in the trunk and texting dozens of landlords a day in a desperate search for a place to
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