By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s government wants to increase the number of Danes doing military service by making conscription mandatory for women and by increasing the time of service to 11 months for both genders. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Wednesday that “we do not rearm because we want war.
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Daulton Jefferies is trying to come back from a second Tommy John surgery at age 28. A torn ulnar collateral ligament used to be a career-stopper for pitchers. Now, it is seen as more of a speed bump. But as Jefferies can attest, there are
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — There is a bridge that runs from Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe in 1974, all the way to Shohei Ohtani, Justin Verlander and Bryce Harper. A thread that connects an increasing number of baseball’s biggest stars. Mostly on the mound, but at the plate,
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By Kevin Dotson and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Invited to speak at a roundtable discussion with a handful of US Senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday, former football coach Nick Saban spoke about how the current landscape of college athletics contributed to his decision to retire from the University of Alabama after the 2023 season.
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CNN By Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Macapá, Brazil (CNN) — At the port of Igarapé da Fortaleza, in the far north of Brazil, dock workers unload large orange-red sacks from small wooden boats. Small dark berries scatter around the dock, staining everything purple and making the pavement slippery. After being washed, processed, and blended, each
Continue Reading By Julia Vargas Jones and Eduardo Duwe, CNN Macapá, Brazil (CNN) — At the port of Igarapé da Fortaleza, in the far north of Brazil, dock workers unload large orange-red sacks from small wooden boats. Small dark berries scatter around the dock, staining everything purple and making the pavement slippery. After being washed, processed, and
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press GORDONVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Spring in southcentral Pennsylvania brings an annual tradition in Amish communities: mud sales. That’s what they call the country auctions that began in Lancaster County in the 1960s. These days some get thousands of bidders and can do more than a million dollars in sales. The
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — In many ways, Conner Mantz and Clayton Young are typical friends. They have known each other for years, live just a short drive from each other in Utah and spend a lot of time together. Mantz and his wife have occasionally stepped in for baby-sitting duties and Young once
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Continue ReadingBy LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Leonid Volkov, the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s close associate and top strategist, has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “henchmen” of being behind a brutal attack that left him hospitalized in Lithuania’s capital. He also vowed to “not give up.” Police said an assailant attacked
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — For more than a decade, Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has been the driving force behind plans to build Titanic II — a replica of the ill-fated ship that sank in 1912 with more than 2,200 people on board. Only about 700 survived, making it the world’s most
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By Clare Foran, Brian Fung and Haley Talbot, CNN The House voted with bipartisan, overwhelming fashion on Wednesday to pass a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban against TikTok, a major challenge to one of the world’s most popular social media apps. The bill would prohibit TikTok from US app stores unless the social media
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration launched an initiative Wednesday that it describes as a nationwide call to increase training on and access to life-saving opioid overdose reversal medications, dubbed the Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose. Naloxone, sometimes sold under the brand name Narcan, is a medication that can rapidly reverse
Continue Reading The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a bill that would ban TikTok in the U.S. unless it sells to a domestic owner.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Moscú está lista para usar armas nucleares si existiera una amenaza para la existencia del Estado ruso, pero “nunca ha habido tal necesidad”, dijo el presidente Vladimir Putin en una entrevista con los medios estatales publicada este miércoles. El líder ruso hizo estos comentarios a los medios estatales Rossiya 1
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TODAY: Wednesday is an ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day, with potential for very large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes. Most of the day is warm and quiet, with temperatures warming into the upper 70s under mostly sunny skies. Winds will be from the southwest near 5-10 mph through the day. TONIGHT: Storms will develop
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of performers and speakers have canceled appearances at the ongoing South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, in protest of event sponsorship from by the US military and defense companies amid the war between Israel and Hamas. The protesting bands, singers and panelists have shared
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. Congress-mandated group cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia after officials in the kingdom ordered a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in public, highlighting the religious tensions still present in the wider Middle East. Speaking to The Associated Press, Rabbi
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Ahora, completamente despierto de un sueño que alguna vez fue pacífico, te das la vuelta para mirar el reloj y descubres que son las 3 a.m. Es la misma hora a la que te despertaste anoche. Y la noche anterior. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Si esto te suena familiar,
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — La administración Biden anunció otro paquete de ayuda militar para Ucrania por un valor de hasta US$ 300 millones este martes, después de meses de advertir que no quedaba dinero, con funcionarios diciendo que el nuevo financiamiento fue posible como resultado de ahorros realizados en contratos de armamento. El asesor de
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