LONDON (AP) — Two-time Olympic equestrian champion Mark Todd has temporarily lost his license as a racehorse trainer pending an investigation into a video showing him striking a horse with a branch. The British Horseracing Authority has imposed the interim suspension on the 65-year-old New Zealander preventing him from racing horses in Britain or internationally.
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv Capturan al expresidente de Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández. ¿Extraviaste tu tarjeta de vacunación? No pierdas la calma y sigue estos pasos. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Biden, dispuesto a apoyar la vía diplomática en crisis de Ucrania El presidente Joe Biden hizo un llamamiento
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he emergency overnight warming center at the Wabash Bus Station both Wednesday and Thursday, ahead of expected winter weather and below freezing temperatures.
Continue Reading By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo completed a second straight cross-country sprint double by teaming with Erik Valnes to give Norway the Olympic gold medal at the Beijing Games. Klaebo also won the individual sprint and is the first man to win both at two straight Olympics. Klaebo and
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Muchos estadounidenses están desconcertados al verse arrastrados a un duelo de la Guerra Fría al estilo de la década de 1970 con Rusia. El martes, el presidente Joe Biden trató de explicar por qué es importante la crisis. Después de construir una fuerte coalición occidental para tratar de disuadir la posible invasión
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Sana Noor Haq, CNN One of the most valuable blue diamonds to ever feature at an auction could sell for more than $48 million, according to Sotheby’s. Named “The De Beers Cullinan Blue,” it is the biggest vivid blue diamond to be put up for auction, according to a press release from Sotheby’s Wednesday. The
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN Two Harris County, Texas, deputies are recovering after being shot while exchanging gunfire with a suspect at a Houston-area home, officials said. The suspect was killed, said Edison Toquica, chief deputy for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, at a news conference Tuesday night. Both deputies were shot in a leg and
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German vaccine maker BioNTech unveiled plans Wednesday to establish manufacturing facilities in Africa that would boost the availability of much-needed medicines on the continent. BioNTech developed the first widely approved shot against COVID-19 together with Pfizer. The modular design of the facility consists of shipping containers fitted
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — French skier Clement Noel put down a blistering second run to win the slalom at the Beijing Olympics by a large margin. Noel moved up from sixth after the first leg to beat first-run leader Johannes Strolz of Austria by 0.61 seconds after posting the fastest
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Gus Kenworthy certainly wishes his final Olympic trip down the mountain didn’t have to be in China. Yet skipping the trip didn’t seem like the right thing, either. The freestyle skier whose kiss with his boyfriend at the bottom of the hill stole the show
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By Selina Wang, Simone McCarthy and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Kamila Valieva — the teenage Russian figure skater at the center of a doping controversy roiling the Beijing Olympics — had three substances that can be used to aid the heart in her testing sample, according to a report in the New York Times, which cited
Continue Reading By Selina Wang, Simone McCarthy and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Kamila Valieva — the teenage Russian figure skater at the center of a doping controversy roiling the Beijing Olympics — had three substances that can be used to aid the heart in her testing sample, according to a report in the New York Times, which cited
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Freestyler skier Alex Hall led a 1-2 American finish in the men’s Olympic slopestyle competition with a trick on his first run where he stopped his rotation midair and turned in the other direction before softly landing. Hall’s opening run drew a score of 90.01.
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By Sarah Jorgensen, Jason Hanna and Erica Hill, CNN The families of five children and four adults killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have reached a $73 million settlement with the now-bankrupt gun manufacturer Remington and its four insurers, the plaintiffs’ attorneys said Tuesday. The settlement comes more than seven years after
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has accused China of failing to meet its commitments to the World Trade Organization. It says will explore new ways to combat aggressive Chinese trade practices. In its annual report on Chinese compliance with WTO rules Wednesday, the Office of the U.S. Trade
Continue Reading By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Victoria Carl outpaced Swedish sprint champion Jonna Sundling to the finish line in the women’s cross-country team sprint to give Germany the Olympic gold medal. Carl and teammate Katharina Henning won in 22 minutes, 9.85 seconds. Sundling and Maja Dhalqvist ended up second. They finished only
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Curling ice has come a long way in the 600 years since the Scottish began sliding stones across frozen lochs. A modern curling sheet like one at the Ice Cube venue in Beijing is made with ultra-purified water and maintained at a precise range of temperature
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Apunten sus cámaras hacia el cielo mientras la luna llena de febrero, conocida como la luna de nieve, hará su aparición desde la medianoche del martes hasta la medianoche del jueves, según la NASA. La luna de nieve estará en su punto más brillante el 16 de febrero a las 11:57 am
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — American figure skater Vincent Zhou is out of quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 at the Beijing Games. He plans to perform in the exhibition gala that traditionally closes the Olympic program. Zhou had just helped the U.S. win team silver on Feb. 7 when he
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WEDNESDAY We’re starting out dry and mild but showers will develop this afternoon. Things will start out light before becoming heavier later this evening. Temperatures with a mild start and a steady southerly breeze will still make it into the low 60’s. TONIGHT A few rumbles of thunder will be possible as that rain picks
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