By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner texted her good friend Diana Taurasi on Tuesday morning asking how the USA Basketball training camp was going. Griner was back in Arizona, choosing to skip the camp in Minnesota so she can be with her wife and recover from her time in a Russian jail. She
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has strongly defended her team in response to comments by UConn coach Geno Auriemma after the top-ranked Gamecocks’ 81-77 victory over the Huskies on Sunday. Staley spoke on her radio call-in show Tuesday night, saying she’s angry when her team is wrongly criticized for its success.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Una selfie tomada por Gabby Petito semanas antes de su muerte muestra que tenía heridas en la cara el día que ella y su prometido Brian Laundrie fueron detenidos por la policía mientras investigaba una llamada por disturbios domésticos, según el abogado de su familia. La foto fue publicada este lunes
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Microsoft’s stalled $68.7 billion deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard has hit a fresh hurdle in the United Kingdom. Britain’s antitrust watchdog said Wednesday that the deal will stifle competition and hurt gamers. The watchdog’s investigation found that the deal could strengthen Microsoft’s position in the growing cloud gaming market.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Kareem Abdul-Jabbar passed Wilt Chamberlain for the NBA’s career scoring lead on April 5, 1984 during a game against the Utah Jazz in Las Vegas. The Associated Press, as part of its coverage of LeBron James’ pursuit of Abdul-Jabbar’s record, is looking back at Abdul-Jabbar’s historic night.
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell threw markets into a tizzy on Tuesday as he spoke about the economy alongside his former boss, Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein, at the Economic Club of Washington. Stocks struggled for direction as investors tried to get a read on Powell’s economic outlook, attitude towards inflation
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By Ben Morse, CNN Some NBA trades are simple transactions. One team gets this player or draft picks and in return, the other franchise gets a player, or players, or draft capital. But other NBA trades have a ripple effect across the league, impacting a multitude of teams in perhaps unusual ways. This looks to
Continue Reading By FRANCESCO SPORTELLI Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Visitors to one of Florence’s most iconic monuments — the Baptistry of San Giovanni, opposite the city’s Duomo — are getting a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see its ceiling mosaics up close thanks to an innovative approach to a planned restoration effort. Rather than limit the public’s
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By Laura Paddison, CNN The Australian government on Wednesday turned down a proposal for a new open-cut coal mine near the Great Barrier Reef, invoking environmental laws and the risk of “irreversible damage.” The mining project, proposed by controversial Australian businessman Clive Palmer, would have been located less than 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from the
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden advirtió crudamente que protegerá a Estados Unidos contra las amenazas chinas a su soberanía y señaló al presidente Xi Jinping, una llamativa escalada de un posible enfrentamiento por los supuestos globos espía durante su discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión.. Biden llamó la atención de
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By MATTHEW BROWN and SAM METZ Associated Press HARLOWTON, Mont. (AP) — As U.S.-China relations cool amid trade disputes and espionage fears stoked by the Chinese spy balloon shot down off the Atlantic Coast, lawmakers in Congress and at least 11 statehouses are weighing legislation to further limit foreign ownership of farmland. The proposals were
Continue Reading MERIBEL, France (AP) — Marta Bassino has won the women’s super-G to give Italy its second gold medal at the Alpine skiing world championships and Mikaela Shiffrin took silver. Shiffrin led Bassino by three-tenths of a second at the second split but couldn’t match the Italian’s pace in the last part of the Roc de
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By Issy Ronald, CNN Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex will be deposed as part of a defamation case brought against the duchess in the United States by her half-sister, Samantha Markle, a Florida judge ruled on Tuesday. Markle is suing Meghan for “defamation and injurious falsehood” following the couple’s 2021 interview with Oprah
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El líder norcoreano Kim Jong Un llevó este martes a una niña que se cree que es su hija a un lujoso banquete en un cuartel militar, la última señal de que la niña posiblemente esté siendo preparada como su eventual sucesora en una familia autoritaria de un régimen que
Continue Reading By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds Shopping for a new or used car over the last few years has become a frustrating and expensive undertaking. For those who haven’t been in the market recently, car shoppers have had to deal with vehicle shortages, high prices, dwindling incentives and rising interest rates. Will 2023 bring any relief? Yes
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — A team from the seventh tier of English soccer has apologized for signing a player who was ruled in 2017 to have raped a woman and says it had made a “significant misstep.” Manchester-based Radcliffe made no announcement of the signing of former Scotland striker David Goodwillie and selected him a
Continue Reading By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer CVS Health is plunging deeper into providing primary care with an approximately $10.6 billion deal to acquire Oak Street Health. The drugstore chain and health insurer said Wednesday it would pay $39 per share in cash for each share of Oak Street Health in a deal expected to close
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By Cheri Mossburg, CNN A pair of California woodpeckers are surely crushed after a pest control technician on a routine call recently found their massive trove of acorns cleverly stashed in the walls of a California home. The Sonoma County homeowners called on Nick Castro, owner of Nick’s Extreme Pest Control, when they spotted worms
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN After the Super Bowl this weekend, the host stadium will have tons of leftover food — but it won’t go to waste. An army of volunteers has an elaborate game plan to gather thousands of pounds of surplus food and quickly get it to people in need. Here’s what else you
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN After the Super Bowl this weekend, the host stadium will have tons of leftover food — but it won’t go to waste. An army of volunteers has an elaborate game plan to gather thousands of pounds of surplus food and quickly get it to people in need. Here’s what else you
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