KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Kristers Aparjods is the first Latvian to win a men’s World Cup luge race. He rallied in the second heat on Saturday for victory on the track built for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Jonny Gustafson led the U.S. men with a 14th-place finish. Tucker West was 16th and Chris Mazdzer
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police say at least 18 people died after a bus carrying choir members to a wedding plunged into a river in Kenya on Saturday. Mwingi East Sub-County Police Commander Joseph Yakan said the driver tried to steer the bus past a flooded bridge, but the strong current swept the vehicle into
Continue Reading By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of protesters have gathered in Belgrade and other Serbian towns and villages to block roads and bridges despite police warnings and an intimidation campaign launched by authorities against the participants. Blowing whistles and chanting “Uprising! Uprising!” thousands of people stopped traffic Saturday on the main
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By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of protesters have gathered in Belgrade and other Serbian towns and villages to block roads and bridges despite police warnings and an intimidation campaign launched by authorities against the participants. Blowing whistles and chanting “Uprising! Uprising!” thousands of people stopped traffic Saturday on the main
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business For months, jurors at Elizabeth Holmes’ criminal trial have heard one witness after another speak about the confident and charismatic former CEO of Theranos. Witnesses testified about how she convinced investors to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into her failed blood-testing startup, attracted a star-studded roster of board
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business When PayPal split off from eBay a few years ago, eBay was considered to be the less exciting company. But that’s certainly not the case on Wall Street this year. Shares of eBay have surged more than 30% this year, while PayPal has stumbled more than 20%. The
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Few companies have gained more of an advantage during the pandemic than America’s warehouse club giants. During the early days of Covid, shoppers flooded into Costco, BJ’s and Sam’s Club — which were deemed “essential” businesses and stayed open through lockdowns — to load up on groceries and household staples
Continue ReadingBy Brynn Gingras, CNN Video by Yon Pomrenze, Julian Cummings and Margaret Dawson, CNN Omar Soriano has waited 22 years for good news from police about his younger cousin Minerliz, ever since that winter day in 1999 when the 13-year-old never returned home from school. Her body was found in a Bronx, New York, dumpster
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say five bodies with gunshot and stabbing wounds have been found Saturday in a house just outside Berlin. The victims included three children. Officers found the bodies in Koenigs Wusterhausen, southeast of Berlin, on Saturday after witnesses reported seeing dead people in the building, prosecutors and police said in a
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press German Chancellor-designate Olaf Scholz’s center-left party has given its overwhelming approval to a deal to form a new government with environmentalist and pro-business parties. Saturday’s vote at a Social Democratic Party convention was the first of three such decisions needed for Scholz to take office next week. Scholz’s Social Democrats
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Andrey Rublev has given Russia a 1-0 lead over Germany in their Davis Cup semifinals after beating Dominik Koepfer 6-4, 6-0 in Madrid. The fifth-ranked Rublev smashed in six aces to ease to a set advantage on the indoor hard court. Koepfer ceded breaks in his three service games of the second
Continue Reading By COREY WILLIAMS and ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A sheriff’s office in Michigan says the parents of a teen accused of killing four students in a shooting at a high school have been caught while hiding in a Detroit commercial building that housed artwork. Police say James and Jennifer Crumbley appeared
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Ted Cruz, Republican senator from Texas and former 2016 presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: December 22, 1970 Birth place: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Birth name: Rafael Edward Cruz Father: Rafael Cruz, pastor Mother: Eleanor Darragh, computer programmer Marriage: Heidi (Nelson) Cruz (2001-present) Children: Caroline and Catherine
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at lockouts and strikes in professional sports. A lockout is imposed by management or the owners. A strike is initiated by the employees or players. Major League Baseball (MLB) Lockouts & Strikes There have been nine work stoppages in MLB history, as a result of five strikes and four
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a selected list of commercial airplane crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism. June 14, 1940 – Soviet bombers shoot down the Kaleva, a Finnish commercial plane traveling from Estonia to Finland, killing all nine on board. One passenger was Henry W. Antheil Jr., an American diplomat who was carrying
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Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of retired Army General Wesley Clark. Personal Birth date: December 23, 1944 Birth place: Chicago, Illinois Birth name: Wesley Kanne Father: Benjamin J. Kanne, WWI veteran and attorney Mother: Veneta Kanne Clark Marriage: Gertrude (Kingston) Clark (June 1966-present) Children: Wesley Clark Jr. Education: United States Military
Continue Reading By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A local official in central Mali says gunmen attacked a truck carrying civilians in central Mali, killing at least 31 people. The mayor of Bandiagara, Housseini Saye, said the truck was carrying about 50 civilians when the identified gunmen attacked the vehicle Friday about 10 kilometers
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams’ 2022 Democratic campaign for Georgia governor is likely to be different than her narrow 2018 loss. Abrams faces a sour national environment for Democrats. But incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp is trying to stave off GOP challenges pushed by former President Donald Trump. Abrams says
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans city council member is pushing to change a street currently named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and replace it with one the city’s most famous musicians, Allen Toussaint. Jared C. Brossett introduced an ordinance to rename the street that goes through the northern part of
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