By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Romain Grosjean used a line from “Days of Thunder” to shrug off criticism from Graham Rahal following late contact between the two in last week’s IndyCar race: “Racing is rubbing, or rubbing is racing.” He says he was racing for points when he
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By Laura He and Mark Thompson, CNN Business Global markets slid Friday after Wall Street suffered its worst day of the year. Major European indexes dropped in early trading. They followed stocks in Asia, which sold off as China’s pledge to stick to its zero-Covid policy stoked concerns about the world’s second biggest economy. Hong
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower Friday as fears spread that U.S. interest rate hikes to fight inflation might stall economic growth. Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney declined. Tokyo gained as trading resumed after a holiday. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index plunged 3.6% on
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The American Hockey League is staging a full playoffs for the Calder Cup for the first time since 2019. The pandemic kept the NHL’s top feeder league from handing out the storied trophy the past two years because it wasn’t feasible to put on a postseason tournament. The AHL
Continue ReadingCNN en Español (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Perú investiga al presidente Pedro Castillo y su esposa, Lilia Paredes, por los presuntos delitos de plagio agravado, falsedad genérica y cobro indebido en agravio del Estado. Ello tras la denuncia difundida este domingo por el programa de televisión Panorama en la que se señala que
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By Paradise Afshar, CNN In the weeks following the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, Greg McMichael, one of the men later convicted in Arbery’s death, participated in 16 phone calls with the former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson, according to court documents filed in the Superior Court of Glynn County on Wednesday. Arbery,
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Ryan Young, Jaide Timm-Garcia, Paradise Afshar and Christina Maxouris, CNN The escape vehicle used by Vicky White and Casey White, the missing former Alabama corrections officer and inmate, was found in Tennessee — and authorities are trying to determine whether the pair may now have another car. The orange 2007 Ford Edge
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer The AVP is heading back to the beach with a bunch of new teams and a lot more tournaments for them to figure things out. The domestic beach volleyball tour season opens this weekend in Austin, Texas. It is emerging from the pandemic with its longest and most lucrative
Continue Reading CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Jake Oettinger made 29 saves and got his first postseason shutout in his second career playoff start to lift the Dallas Stars over the Calgary Flames 2-0 to even their first-round series at a game each. Joe Pavelski scored and Michael Raffl added an empty-net goal for the Stars. The best-of-seven
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Cale Makar scored 8:31 into overtime, Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves on his 32nd birthday and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round playoff series. Makar got the rebound in the middle of the offensive zone and
Continue Reading Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Public Library is responding to library scrutiny in Tennessee with a goal to distribute 5,000 “I read banned books” library cards this month. Library Director Kent Oliver says the library will always respect people’s freedom to choose what they and their children will read. The library is showcasing
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By Nectar Gan, CNN China’s top leader Xi Jinping has issued the strongest warning yet against anyone who questions the country’s zero-Covid policy, as stringent, frequent lockdowns fuel public discontent and deal a devastating blow to the Chinese economy. At a meeting chaired by Xi on Thursday, the ruling Communist Party’s supreme Politburo Standing Committee
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Three NASA astronauts and a European astronaut splashed down aboard their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule off the coast of Florida after midnight Friday morning, capping off their six-month mission during which they worked alongside Russian cosmonauts and hosted the first all-private crew to visit the orbiting outpost. The crew of
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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yadier Molina homered leading off the third inning for his first RBI of the season, Tommy Edman hit a two-run single and another RBI single, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the stumbling San Francisco Giants 7-1. Edman singled in the fifth to back right-hander
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yadier Molina homered leading off the third inning for his first RBI of the season, Tommy Edman hit a two-run single and another RBI single, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the stumbling San Francisco Giants 7-1. Edman singled in the fifth to back right-hander
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yadier Molina homered leading off the third inning for his first RBI of the season, Tommy Edman hit a two-run single and another RBI single, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the stumbling San Francisco Giants 7-1. Edman singled in the fifth to back right-hander
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By Wayne Chang, CNN Taiwan’s Southern Cross-Island Highway has reopened to the public following a 13-year closure. The alpine highway, which was popular with tourists as well as locals due to its route through rural, scenic parts of the island, was devastated by a typhoon in 2009. More than 90% of the road was damaged
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Minnesota Twins star Carlos Correa may have a broken finger after he was struck by a pitch in Baltimore. The Twins said after the game that preliminary imaging showed the potential for a non-displaced fracture of Correa’s right middle finger. Correa is expected to have a
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manny Machado had two impressive home runs and Nick Martinez threw seven strong innings to lead the San Diego Padres to a 2-1 victory against the Miami Marlins. Both homers by the $300 million third baseman came off left-hander Jesus Luzardo. Machado homered to straightaway
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Zunino hit a three-run homer against his former team, Shane McClanahan held Seattle hitless into the fifth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Mariners 4-3 for their fourth straight win. McClanahan was overpowering early, received some terrific defensive help and kept Seattle’s slumping
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