By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Longtime American downhiller Steven Nyman will wrap up his career this weekend in Aspen, Colorado. He won’t be racing to win, either, but merely to say goodbye. He plans on wearing jeans and taking his sweet time in his last World Cup downhill race. It’s been quite a career
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams continued to see his reach shrink Monday as dozens of newspapers and a major comic strip platform said they would no longer publish his long-running office workplace comic strip over his recent racist remarks. Newspaper readers around the country were greeted by notes from publishers
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN A sugar replacement called erythritol — used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monkfruit and keto reduced-sugar products — has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study. “The degree of risk was not modest,” said lead study author Dr. Stanley Hazen, director of
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday she believes US inflation remains too high but that a soft landing is on the radar. During an exclusive interview with CNN’s Melissa Bell from Kyiv, Yellen said the Federal Reserve’s efforts to date to bring down inflation while maintaining a strong labor market appear
Continue Reading By Jon Passantino and Oliver Darcy, CNN Andrews McMeel Universal, the company that syndicates “Dilbert,” said it is cutting ties with the comic strip’s creator, Scott Adams, after his racist remarks about Black Americans led hundreds of newspapers across the country to drop the satirical cartoon. In a joint statement, Andrews McMeel Chairman Hugh Andrews
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, Connecticut (WFSB) — A music teacher who was credited with saving a man from a burning vehicle has been working to help get a replacement van for him. According to firefighters, Heather Sica-Leonard, pulled the man, who has a disability, from the van on
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s Department of Transportation swung and missed with a road sign for the Jackie Robinson Parkway that misspelled the baseball Hall of Famer’s first name. The sign spotted Sunday in Queens featured a picture of Robinson over the words “Jakie Robinson Parkway.” Department of Transportation spokesperson Scott Gastel said
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Elon Musk defendió al creador de “Dilbert”, Scott Adams, después de que cientos de periódicos dejaran de imprimir la tira cómica por los recientes comentarios racistas de Adams. La semana pasada, Adams calificó a los negros estadounidenses de “grupo de odio” y sugirió que los blancos deberían “alejarse de ellos”. Adams alentó
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer The top five spots in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll remained the same. The rest of the AP Top 25 was a big jumble. Houston was No. 1 for the second straight week in the poll released Monday, receiving 49 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel.
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN The Oscars have never been exactly predictable, but Hollywood’s biggest night used to consistently reward crowdpleasers. In the ’90s, box office smashes like “Forrest Gump” and “Titanic” took home best picture, and original hits like “Ghost” and “Beauty and the Beast” reliably earned nominations for the top prize. But over the
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Parts of the Southern Plains counted the injured and surveyed the damage Monday after tornadoes and other powerful winds swept through, killing at least one person in Oklahoma, while some Michigan residents faced a fifth consecutive day without power following last week’s ice
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By Uliana Pavlova, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to honor the American actor Steven Seagal with the state Order of Friendship. The decree cited what it called Seagal’s “great contribution to the development of international cultural and humanitarian cooperation.” Seagal has been a regular visitor to Russia and became a citizen
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and the European Union sealed a deal on Monday to resolve their thorny post-Brexit trade dispute over Northern Ireland, hailing the agreement as the start of a “new chapter” in their often fractious relationship. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von
Continue Reading Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN The sale of an Egyptian presidential passport at an auction is causing anger and confusion. The family of the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat has called on authorities to investigate the sale of the leader’s passport at a US auction house, arguing that the travel document is part of the nation’s heritage.
Continue Reading By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — The United Nations says that one of its helicopters came under heavy fire in eastern Congo, bringing the mission to suspend flights in the conflict-riddled region. The U.N. World Food Program said that a helicopter returning from Walikale to Goma in North Kivu province, came under
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek Nota del editor: este artículo tiene spoilers del episodio 7 de “The Last of Us”, “Left Behind”, que se estrenó el 26 de febrero en HBO. (CNN) — Volvemos a interrumpir tu drama zombi con una conmovedora historia de amor, esta vez en forma de un flashback extendido durante una fase diferente
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are edging higher Monday, clawing back some of their losses from Wall Street’s worst week since early December. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in late trading and on pace for just its second gain in the last seven days. The Dow Jones Industrial
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By Ashley Holden Click here for updates on this story GILBERT, Arizona (KNXV) — A Gilbert woman took an unexpected trip to the past after buying a desk at Goodwill. “My husband and I refurbish furniture, so we are always looking for rare pieces that we can flip and sell,” said Jenna Franzoy. That’s exactly
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By Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN Appearing at the doorstep of Walt Disney World, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday that gives him new power over Disney, effectively punishing the entertainment giant for speaking out against the Republican’s political agenda. The new law amounts to a state takeover of the Reedy Creek
Continue Reading By MARIA CHENG and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Two experts appointed by the World Health Organization to investigate allegations that some of its staffers sexually abused women during an Ebola outbreak in Congo have dismissed the U.N. agency’s own efforts to excuse its handling of such misconduct as “an absurdity.”
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