By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Vlatko Andonovski earned $357,597 over his first full year as U.S. women’s soccer coach, less than 28% of the $1,291,539 that went to men’s coach Gregg Berhalter. The figures were revealed in the U.S. Soccer Federation’s tax filing for the year ending on March 31,
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Drug overdose deaths have doubled over the past six years, soaring in recent months amid the Covid-19 pandemic and continued rise of fentanyl. The country first surpassed 100,000 annual deaths in April, and overdose deaths have persisted at staggeringly high levels since. The latest data from the US Centers for Disease
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Drug overdose deaths have doubled over the past six years, soaring in recent months amid the Covid-19 pandemic and continued rise of fentanyl. The country first surpassed 100,000 annual deaths in April, and overdose deaths have persisted at staggeringly high levels since. The latest data from the US Centers for Disease
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By Sean Lyngaas, Anastasia Graham-Yooll, Tim Lister and Matthew Chance, CNN A high-volume cyberattack that temporarily blocked access to the websites of Ukrainian defense agencies and banks on Tuesday was “the largest [such attack] in the history of Ukraine,” according to a government minister. Speaking at a press conference Wednesday, Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will consider a renewed request from New York City teachers and staff to block a vaccine mandate due their religious objections, despite an earlier denial by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The teachers had previously asked Sotomayor — who has jurisdiction over
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Opinion by Janneke Ratcliffe for CNN Business Perspectives Millions of Americans are losing out on the chance to reap the benefits of homeownership because of a supply shortage. This shortage is most acute among affordable homes, where low- and moderate-income renters, younger first-time homebuyers, and people of color are losing faith that they will be
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Oil prices briefly touched $95 a barrel on Wednesday before backing away as investors try to make sense of the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine crisis. US crude jumped as much as 3.2% to an intraday peak of $95.01 a barrel as US and NATO officials said they saw no
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Spanish health authorities have decided to allow soccer stadiums and other sports venues to return to full capacity. Health Minister Carolina Darias says that restrictions limiting fan attendance will be fully lifted on March 4 as the most recent wave of the pandemic driven by the omicron variant wanes. Spain had allowed
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Jacque Smith es productora ejecutiva de CNN Digital Video. (CNN) — Eliminé Instagram y TikTok. Cerré mi sesión de Facebook y Twitter. Recordé vagamente que todavía tenía una cuenta de Snapchat y la eliminé de mi biblioteca de aplicaciones antes de dejar el teléfono. Luego respiré profundamente. Era el 1
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby provided another electric highlight in a career full of them when he collected his 500th career goal against the Philadelphia Flyers. Crosby became the 46th player in NHL history to reach the milestone when he scored a first-period goal in what
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A winter storm set to start early Thursday is likely to cause travel problems right when many children would be heading to school for the day.
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TONIGHT Temperatures are approaching 60 degrees again this morning with a continued stout wind from the south. Clouds will stay with us today as shower chances begin to build this afternoon. Shower chances will turn to heavier rainfall across mid-Missouri. Don’t be surprised if you hear a few rumbles of thunder tonight. Late in the
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The women’s figure skating event ends Thursday — the competition portion, at least. It remains to be seen how much longer it will be adjudicated. Kamila Valieva is in first place after the short program. That part isn’t a surprise — but the 15-year-old Russian’s path
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A Columbia woman convicted of killing her husband has filed a defamation lawsuit against one of her accusers.
Continue Reading DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR has named Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch the honorary starter of the season-opening Daytona 500. Murdoch is the executive chair and chief executive officer of Fox Corp. He will wave the green flag Sunday to start “The Great American Race.” The 64th running will be aired live on Fox. The
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FULTON, Mo. (AP) — One of three suspects charged as an adult after a historically Black church in central Missouri was vandalized has pleaded guilty. Eighteen-year-old Dylan Smith, of Jefferson City, pleaded guilty Monday in Fulton to burglary and vandalism in the January 2021 vandalism of Oakley Chapel A.M.E. Church in Tebbetts. KMIZ-TV reports the
Continue Reading CROFTON, Neb. (AP) — Officials in northeastern Nebraska say two Iowa residents have been killed in a crash near Crofton. The Sioux City Journal reports that the crash happened around noon Tuesday at a rural Cedar County intersection about 4 miles east of Crofton. Cedar County Sheriff’s investigators say a 90-year-old Orleans, Nebraska, man was
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Oh no, it was a short track shutout for the Americans at the Beijing Olympics. A program that has struggled to recapture the buzz and success it had when Apolo Anton Ohno was the star attraction failed to win a medal for the first time since
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Google plans to develop new privacy measures that remove the ability to track users across apps on Android devices, potentially rattling digital advertising-based businesses like Facebook that have already been disrupted by app tracking changes introduced by Apple last year. Google said Wednesday that it is launching a multi-year effort
Continue Reading By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s avocado producers have used clever Super Bowl ads, an irresistible fruit and apparently insatiable appetite from U.S. consumers to separate their product from the conflictive landscape that produces it. At least that was the case until a threat to a U.S. agricultural inspector essentially shut
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