By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer The NBA All-Star Game seems to be tailor-made for Ja Morant and LaMelo Ball. The flashy point guards are sitting atop the leaderboard when looking to see which of the seven first-time All-Stars will deliver a memorable moment during the league’s annual showcase on Sunday. Morant and Ball are
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Government investigators say former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a Montana development project and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement. The Interior Department’s inspector general said Wednesday that Zinke continued working on the commercial project even after he
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Si eres extranjero y buscas mudarte a México para trabajar es necesario que antes de viajar al país obtengas un permiso de trabajo y, en la mayoría de los casos, cuentes ya con una oferta laboral. Para realizar estos trámites puedes acudir a cualquiera de las oficinas consulares que tiene
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Científicos en Nueva Zelandia descubrieron un tiburón fantasma recién nacido que, según dicen, podría ampliar su conocimiento sobre la criatura “misteriosa”. El tiburón fantasma se descubrió a una profundidad de alrededor de 1.200 metros en Chatham Rise, un área del fondo del océano frente a la costa este de la Isla Sur.
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BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa man has been charged with vehicular homicide after police say he ran over his girlfriend with his pickup truck during an argument, killing her. Television station KWQC reports the incident happened Tuesday night in Bettendorf. Police arrested 24-year-old Logan Paul Voss, of Goose Lake. He has been charged
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business AMC Entertainment, the theater chain and darling of the meme stock crowd, is hoping to profit as more people stay home to watch movies on streaming networks like Netflix and Disney+. How? In the immortal words of NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens: Getcha popcorn ready. AMC announced
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s leaders have announced plans to end most of the country’s coronavirus restrictions by March 20. The decision coincided with moves by neighboring Austria and Switzerland to drop many of their virus curbs sooner. A three-step plan was endorsed Wednesday by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the country’s
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Russian government-backed hackers have acquired sensitive information on the development and deployment of US weapons by breaching American defense contractors over the last two years, US security agencies said in a public advisory on Wednesday. The information gathered is unclassified, but offers “significant insight into US weapons platforms development and deployment
Continue Reading BOLIVAR, Mo. (AP) — A 35-year-old Willard man is facing a felony terrorism charge after prosecutors said he threatened to shoot one of his son’s basketball coaches at a junior varsity game between Marion C. Early High School in Morrisville and Branson High School. Police were called to Bolivar High School on Jan. 27 after
Continue Reading SALÉ, Morocco (AP) — Trailblazing basketball coach Liz Mills has become the first female head coach of a men’s team in Morocco. Mills has been hired by AS Salé which competes in Morocco’s top division and she is set to be the first female head coach in the Basketball Africa League when the joint NBA-FIBA
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By Michael Warren and Gabby Orr, CNN David Perdue kicked off his campaign for governor of Georgia with an emphatic endorsement from former President Donald Trump. But since then, his primary challenge to unseat Brian Kemp — the Republican governor Trump loves to hate — has been a big flop. Perdue, a former US senator,
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By Rebecca Wright, CNN The International Finance Corporation, one of the world’s leading development banks, has for decades touted its success in funding companies it says can help end extreme poverty in developing countries. But new research suggests the organization, which operates under the World Bank Group, has been providing hundreds of millions of dollars
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By Jennifer Korn Confused how you ended up with a low rating on Uber? A new feature will offer a bit more insight. Uber on Wednesday announced an option that lets you see a breakdown of how many drivers left you a one-star rating, a five-star rating and other ratings in between. Previously users of
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have finalized their hiring of head coach Kevin O’Connell. The announcement completes a sharp offseason shift in direction for the team. The 36-year-old offensive coordinator of the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams replaces Mike Zimmer and becomes the 10th head coach
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Better Mortgage, an online lender and homeownership platform with a free mortgage calculator, analyzed housing data from the Redfin Data Center to rank metros with the highest average sale-to-list ratios.
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Between teacher strikes and politics, U.S. teachers unions have a long, complex history of forming the modern-day education system. To track these changes, HeyTutor gathered information on how teachers unions have changed since the 1980s based on data from UnionStats.com.
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From tactical RPGs to match-threes, Smartlook compiles a list of the 10 biggest mobile games that dominated the industry over the past decade.
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Stacker used YouGov ratings data to find the most popular department stores in the U.S. at the end of 2021, from big-box discount stores to iconic retailers.
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Stacker put together a list of every season of “The Bachelor,” comparing their ratings, their results, and how fans reacted to them.
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Stacker put together a list of every Tom Hanks movie ranked worst to first.
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