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Month: January 2024

A general view shows performers hold signs with the name of participating countries under the Olympic rings during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games

Trimetazidine: What is the competition-banned drug that Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for?

By Samuel Joseph, CNN (CNN) — A doping saga that has rumbled on since the 2022 Winter Olympic Games finally reached a conclusion on Monday. Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva received a four-year ban from competition and saw her results since Christmas Day 2021 disqualified after Switzerland’s Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said that

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Indiana legislation would add extra verification steps to prove voters are eligible

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Indiana have advanced a bill that would make first-time voters prove where they live and would increase the power of the state to verify all voters’ addresses. Voting advocates worry the legislation approved Monday could inadvertently remove lawfully registered voters. They say the changes

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Tourists flood one of Florence's popular attractions

Mass tourism has turned Florence into a ‘prostitute,’ museum boss says, sparking outrage

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Mass tourism has turned the Italian city of Florence into a “prostitute,” the director of Galleria dell’Accademia has said, sparking anger and calls for her to step down. Although Cecilie Hollberg has apologized, Italian politicians have slammed her comments this week as being offensive to Florentines. “Once

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Olivia Rodrigo on the 2024 Grammy Awards, performing rage on ‘GUTS,’ and learning from Leonard Cohen

By KRYSTA FAURIA and MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The second chapter in Olivia Rodrigo ‘s musical story began similar to the first: with a big-hearted, full-throated piano ballad about a relationship gone awry. But the bloodsucking “vampire” was no “drivers license,” the song that kickstarted her career. Instead of descending into

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Olivia Rodrigo on the 2024 Grammy Awards, performing rage on ‘GUTS,’ and learning from Leonard Cohen

By KRYSTA FAURIA and MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The second chapter in Olivia Rodrigo ‘s musical story began similar to the first: with a big-hearted, full-throated piano ballad about a relationship gone awry. But the bloodsucking “vampire” was no “drivers license,” the song that kickstarted her career. Instead of descending into

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An auction of Nelson Mandela’s possessions is suspended as South Africa fights to keep them

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The planned auction of dozens of items that belonged to Nelson Mandela has been suspended pending a court application to completely halt it. The online auction, by New York-based Guernsey’s auction house in conjunction with Mandela’s eldest daughter was due to take place on Feb. 24. However,

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US figure skater Nathan Chen welcomes ‘a win for clean sport’ as Kamila Valieva’s ban hands him an Olympic gold medal

By Jill Martin and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — After enduring a near-two-year wait, figure skating star Nathan Chen will finally receive a gold medal as a member of the US team at the Beijing Olympics. The US team’s upgraded position on the podium comes after Kamila Valieva’s four-year ban for a positive drug test

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Mourners grieve next to the body of a Palestinian man killed in the raid.

Undercover Israeli troops dressed as medical staff kill three militants in West Bank hospital raid, officials say

CNN By Abeer Salman and Christian Edwards, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli special forces, dressed as civilians and medical staff, infiltrated the Ibn Sina hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday and killed three Palestinian men, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials. CCTV footage shared on social media appeared to show

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Ohio could begin nitrogen gas executions under bill backed by state’s Republican attorney general

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general put his weight behind a legislative effort Tuesday that would bring nitrogen gas executions to the state, ending a yearslong unofficial death penalty moratorium. Attorney General Dave Yost made the remarks at a news conference about the bill, sponsored by Republican

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