By George Ramsay, CNN Banning Russian and Belarusian tennis players from this year’s Wimbledon tournament in light of the war in Ukraine is not discriminatory, say organizers of the grand slam tournament. The tournament’s chairman Ian Hewitt said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had placed organizers in “an extreme and exceptional situation,” adding that the decision
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The mother of Tyre Sampson, a teen killed on a Florida amusement park ride, made her first public comments Thursday morning in St. Louis.
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Anna-Marie Campisi and Mursel Mistanoglu of “90 Day Fiancé” have welcomed their first child. Campisi announced the news that their son, Gokhan John, was born via a surrogate on April 11. She wrote in the caption of a series of photos that their son was born five weeks early but
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The 150th edition of the British Open is expected to attract a record-breaking crowd of 290,000 when St. Andrews hosts in July. Organizers say they received more than 1.3 million ticket applications, leading to the highest-ever number of general admission tickets being issued to fans for the world’s oldest major
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By Devan Cole, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday that he supports efforts to allow some of the proceeds from assets the Justice Department seizes from Russian oligarchs to go “directly to Ukraine.” “The government — we would support legislation that would allow some of that money to go directly to Ukraine,” Garland told
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Retirement giant Fidelity said Tuesday that it’s launched a way for workers to put some of their 401(k) savings and contributions directly in bitcoin. Fidelity said it’s the first in the industry to allow such investments without having to go through a separate brokerage window,
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By Jen Christensen, CNN After years of recommending regular aspirin to prevent heart attack and stroke, scientists now see little benefit for most healthy people, and say it may contribute to a risk of bleeding in your stomach or brain that goes up as you get older. The US Preventive Service Task Force has finalized
Continue Reading ZURICH (AP) — Russia was removed Tuesday as host of the 2023 world championship in men’s ice hockey that was to be played in Vladimir Putin’s home city St. Petersburg. Citing “concern for the safety and well-being of all participating players, officials, media, and fans,” the International Ice Hockey Federation announced the decision after its
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A jury has convicted two men of murder for shooting three Iowa teenagers at point-blank range while stealing their video game console and cellphones. Daishawn Gills, 23, was found guilty Monday of three counts of first-degree murder and a robbery charge, while Emmanuel Totaye Jr., 21, was found guilty of
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Un total de 5.688 migrantes fueron encontrados en México en los últimos cuatro días, según un comunicado del Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM). El documento agrega que la mayoría estaba escondida en lugares como casas de seguridad, cajas de tráiler, remolques para ganado y compartimentos de vehículos. Todos, en condiciones de
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Davis Cup Finals organizers say that Serbia and Spain have been drawn the same group. That could mean a matchup of Novak Djokovic against Rafael Nadal when their nations play as part of Group B along with Canada and South Korea in Valencia from Sept. 14-18. Group A to be played in
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Actor Reese Witherspoon and Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry have joined the ownership group of Major League Soccer’s Nashville team ahead of the opening Sunday of Geodis Park, its 30,000-seat stadium. Witherspoon’s husband, agent and investor Jim Toth, also has joined the ownership group, the team said Tuesday. The soccer
Continue Readingmacamilarincon Nota del editor: Kara Alaimo, profesora asociada en la Escuela de Comunicación Lawrence Herbert de la Universidad de Hofstra, escribe sobre temas que afectan a las mujeres y las redes sociales. Fue portavoz de asuntos internacionales en el Departamento del Tesoro durante la administración Obama. Síguela en Twitter @karaalaimo. Las opiniones expresadas en esta
Continue Reading COPPERHILL, Tenn. (AP) — A fire early Tuesday destroyed Tennessee’s Ocoee Whitewater Center, which served as the host site for paddling events during the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Polk County Emergency Management Agency Director Steve Lofty told the Chattanooga Times Free Press the blaze had engulfed about 90% of the structure by the time a
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Juventus and Bayern Munich learned the hard way that Villarreal is no pushover even in Europe’s elite competition. Now the club from a small town of 50,000 inhabitants in eastern Spain must get past one more giant standing in the way of a dream appearance in
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden, the Brooklyn Nets had expectations of being the last team standing. Instead, they were the first team sent packing. Irving wasn’t around to start the season. Harden was long gone before the end of it. And after
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday as markets remain turbulent amid a busy week of earnings from some of the nation’s biggest companies. The S&P 500 fell 2% as of 2:48 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 627 points,
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Beijing realiza pruebas masivas de covid-19 a casi 20 millones de residentes en gran parte de la ciudad, mientras las autoridades intentan contener un nuevo brote de la variante ómicron, que ha generado compras de pánico ante los temores de un confinamiento similar al de Shanghái. La capital de China comenzó
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By Megan Marples, CNN When one tiny species of spider mates, one partner needs a special move to survive the encounter. Philoponella prominens are social spiders, meaning they live in groups, but soon after they mate, the male arachnid has to rapidly leap away to avoid being eaten by its female partner, new research has
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By Brian Stelter, CNN Business As Netflix licks its wounds and investors worry about big streaming bets, David Zaslav is positioning Warner Bros. Discovery as a “far more balanced” company. “We have the ability to ring any number of cash registers,” Zaslav, the longtime Discovery CEO who took control of WarnerMedia earlier this month, told
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