By Wayne Sterling, CNN History was made in Australia Friday as Genevieve Beacom became the first woman to pitch in the Australian Baseball League (ABL). The 17-year-old left-hander took the mound in the sixth inning for the Melbourne Aces in the team’s Melbourne Challenge Series game against the Adelaide Giants. She pitched a scoreless inning
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La Nebulosa de la Flama es una de las muchas maravillas que se pueden encontrar en la constelación de Orión, y los astrónomos han captado ahora una nueva perspectiva de esta llamativa característica celeste. Aunque la Nebulosa de la Flama parece hacer honor a su nombre, la ardiente imagen representa en
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By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Survivors of a deadly attack in Nigeria’s northwest say the death toll has reached 200. But authorities say that only 58 were killed in the three days of bloodshed. It was the latest attack in a cycle of violence in the West African nation. The Zamfara
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By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Jan Thielmann has scored in injury time to help Cologne move to sixth in the Bundesliga with a 3-1 win at Hertha Berlin. Anthony Modeste and former Hertha player Ondrej Duda also scored as Cologne won its third straight league game to move ahead of Union
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos are looking for a new head coach to lead them out of a six-year playoff drought and a half decade of losing seasons that marks the most protracted plunge by a Super Bowl champion in NFL history. The Broncos fired Vic Fangio
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Even though NBC dropped the 2022 Golden Globe Awards, the embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association proceeded with its 79th edition Sunday night without a telecast, nominees, a red carpet, a host, press or even a livestream. Members of the HFPA and some recipients of the group’s philanthropic grants gathered
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By Eric Levenson and Claudia Dominguez, CNN A Tennessee prisoner escaped from a work detail, eluded his captors, obtained a gun and barricaded himself in a Knoxville home this weekend before ultimately surrendering to authorities, officials said. Jason Copley, a 44-year-old minimum-trustee prisoner, escaped from custody of the Morgan County Correctional Facility when he walked
Continue Reading By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The National Library of Israel says the number of visitors to its Arabic website more than doubled over the course of 2021, thanks to the digitization of its Arabic manuscripts and archives and an extensive outreach program in recent years. The library says about 650,000 users
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By Raja Razek, CNN At least 34 people were rescued on Saturday after being stranded on a large chunk of floating ice off the shore of Point Comfort on Green Bay, according to the Brown County Sheriff’s Office in Wisconsin. At about 10:15 a.m., Brown County received a report that a large chunk of ice
Continue Reading PRAGUE Thousands of people have marched through the Czech Republic’s capital to protest against compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for certain groups and professions. The protesters gathered Sunday at central Wenceslas Square to question the efficiency of the vaccines and reject the vaccination of children before marching through the capital chanting “Freedom, freedom.” The previous government released
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PRAGUE Thousands of people have marched through the Czech Republic’s capital to protest against compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for certain groups and professions. The protesters gathered Sunday at central Wenceslas Square to question the efficiency of the vaccines and reject the vaccination of children before marching through the capital chanting “Freedom, freedom.” The previous government released
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WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — One person died Saturday after a shooting at a Waterloo convenience store. Waterloo Police said officers found the victim with several gunshot wounds around 10 p.m. Saturday at the Prime Mart at 508 Broadway Street. Paramedics arrived and provided emergency treatment but the victim died at the convenience store. The victim’s
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By David Williams, CNN DaVante Williams was just focused on getting his teenage passenger home safely to her parents during the more than five hours they were stuck on Interstate 95 in Virginia along with countless other vehicles. The part-time Uber driver told CNN he didn’t know that Monday’s severe winter storm had created a
Continue Reading By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, Michael Lang has died. A spokesperson for Lang’s family says the 77-year-old had been battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma and passed away Saturday in a New York City
Continue Reading By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, Michael Lang has died. A spokesperson for Lang’s family says the 77-year-old had been battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma and passed away Saturday in a New York City
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Tottenham and Liverpool came from behind to avoid being embarrassed at home by third-tier opponents in the FA Cup. A little bit of luck proved crucial Sunday in Tottenham’s third-round turnaround. Spurs’ 73rd-minute equalizer in its 3-1 win over Morecambe came when Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks sent in a
Continue Reading WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — Francesco Friedrich of Germany has clinched the World Cup four-man overall season championship with one race remaining, after getting a relatively easy win on Sunday. It was Friedrich’s 14th consecutive international victory in four-man competition, and the fourth consecutive season in which he’s won the World Cup four-man overall crown. Brad
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By Devan Cole, CNN Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson urged large businesses in the state not to comply with the Biden administration’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, saying employers should not follow the “oppressive” rule hours before the order is set to partially go into effect. “They should wait until they get the Supreme Court decision, and of
Continue Reading By FRANCIS KOKUTSE and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — West African leaders are signaling they won’t support a move by Mali’s military rulers to extend their time in power by four years. The junta that seized power in Mali in 2020 had promised to hold new democratic elections by the end of
Continue Reading By FRANCIS KOKUTSE and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — West African leaders are signaling they won’t support a move by Mali’s military rulers to extend their time in power by four years. The junta that seized power in Mali in 2020 had promised to hold new democratic elections by the end of
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