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Month: July 2023

Russians can qualify for Olympic spots in some sports. That doesn’t mean they’ll be allowed in Paris

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — A year before the Paris Olympics, and nearly a year-and-a-half since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, officials governing many of the sports on the 2024 program are still split on how to treat Russian athletes. Increasingly, various governing bodies are allowing them back into Olympic qualifying

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US announces punitive measures over concerns that Cambodia’s elections were ‘neither free nor fair’

By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s longtime ruling party is lauding its landslide victory in weekend elections as a clear mandate for the next five years. But the United States says the party’s stifling of the opposition means the vote couldn’t be considered free or fair and

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Miami-Dade police Director Freddy Ramirez critically injured after self-inflicted gunshot wound in Tampa area

By CBS MIAMI TEAM Click here for updates on this story     TAMPA (WFOR) — Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez was critically injured after he apparently shot himself during an apparent suicide attempt after traveling to Tampa for a law enforcement conference, authorities and sources said. Ramirez, 52, was rushed into surgery in a hospital

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