urielblanco (CNN) — De niña, Wishma Rathnayake estaba fascinada con “Oshin”, un popular drama televisivo de la década de 1980 sobre una joven que sale de la pobreza para dirigir una cadena de supermercados de Japón. Impulsada por su padre a emular a su heroína, Rathnayake comenzó a aprender japonés con el sueño de trasladarse
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas Cyber Command, the US military’s hacking unit, has taken offensive action to disrupt cybercriminal groups that have launched ransomware attacks on US companies, a spokesperson for the command confirmed to CNN Sunday. The spokesperson declined to specify what actions the command had taken. But it’s one of the first, unequivocal acknowledgements from
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NEWRY, Maine (AP) — Santa is back to “sleighing” it on the slopes. More than 230 skiing and snowboarding Kris Kringles took to a western Maine resort on sunday to raise money for charity. The Santas had taken a break last year because of the global pandemic. But this year, the jolly old St. Nicks
Continue Reading The Associated Press The Memphis Tigers and Hawaii Rainbows will meet for the first time ever in the Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu on Dec. 24. Hawaii’s leading passer Chevan Cordeiro and rusher Dae Hunter entered the transfer portal before Hawaii knew it would be eligible for a bowl game. Hawaii won five of its final
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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams snapped their three-game losing streak with a 37-7 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Cooper Kupp, Van Jefferson and Odell Beckham Jr. caught touchdown passes from Matthew Stafford. Stafford passed for 295 yards while Sony Michel rushed for 121 yards and a
Continue Reading By Walé Azeez, CNN Business Britain’s economy needs much more investment. Business says it’s unlikely to get it any time soon. The Confederation of British Industry said in its latest forecast that a “short-lived recovery” in capital spending would end in 2023 because of tax hikes on companies. Investment in the United Kingdom has lagged
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press BARINAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has named a former foreign minister as his party’s candidate for a special gubernatorial election in the home state of his predecessor and mentor, Hugo Chávez. The election was scheduled after the opposition contender in November’s regular contest was retroactively disqualified.
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By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer Buck O’Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers during a monumental, eight-decade career on and off the field, has joined Gil Hodges, Minnie Miñoso and three others in being elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. Former Minnesota Twins teammates Tony Oliva and Jim Kaat also were chosen along with
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER and JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who lodged a sexual harassment allegation against former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was “disgusted” by what she saw as his hypocrisy and attempts to discredit women who made similar allegations against his brother. The woman’s lawyer released a statement Sunday.
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By DAVID BAUDER and JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who lodged a sexual harassment allegation against former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was “disgusted” by what she saw as his hypocrisy and attempts to discredit women who made similar allegations against his brother. The woman’s lawyer released a statement Sunday.
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — La pandemia de covid-19 no será eterna. Es probable que siga diluyéndose y desvaneciéndose a medida que se acerque a su tercer año, resurgiendo con nuevas variantes y luego menguando ante las vacunas, las medidas de mitigación y el comportamiento humano. Pero incluso si el virus no llega a ser erradicado, la
Continue Reading By ABDOULIE JOHN Associated Press BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has secured his re-election with a comfortable margin over his opposition in a vote that set the bar for a new chapter in the small West African nation’s democracy. Barrow won about 53% of the vote, according to results of the Dec.
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, Elizabeth Joseph and Susannah Cullinane, CNN A 65-year-old man has publicly identified himself as the person law enforcement says helped the fugitive parents of the alleged Michigan school shooter into the building where they were later arrested. James and Jennifer Crumbley are each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — After successfully defending its weapons ban in court, the St. Louis Zoo is now trying to force the gun rights activist who challenged the ban to pay part of its $150,000 in legal bills. The zoo filed a request for its request for legal fees in August, but a judge has
Continue Reading By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark had her second triple-double of the season with 24 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds, and McKenna Warnock had 21 points as No. 9 Iowa beat Michigan State 88-61 for coach Lisa Bluder’s 800th career victory. Monika Czinano added 19 points as the
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN As millions of Jewish people across the country celebrate Hanukkah, police say vandals painted anti-Semitic messages and symbols in tunnels near Idaho’s Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial on Friday. Law enforcement officials are looking for whoever is responsible for the vandalism along the Greenbelt in Boise, the Boise Police Department (BPD)
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Un conductor y su acompañante fueron arrestados este domingo acusados de atropellar presuntamente a una docena de personas que se dirigían a la Basílica de Guadalupe en la Ciudad de México, informó en un comunicado la Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana. El incidente se registró en la colonia Centinela
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Tucker DeVries had 21 points as Drake defeated St. Thomas of Minnesota 74-64. ShanQuan Hemphill had 17 points and seven rebounds for Drake, which earned its fifth consecutive home victory. Riley Miller had 22 points for the Tommies.
Continue Reading By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press A Detroit-area artist whose studio was where the parents of the Oxford High School student charged in a deadly shooting were found by police is cooperating with authorities and didn’t know the couple had stayed overnight. That’s according to attorney Clarence Dass. He’s representing artist Andrzej Sikora. James and Jennifer
Continue Reading MARION COUNTY, Iowa (AP) — A 37-year-old Iowa man was killed while deer hunting this weekend. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said Nathan Allen Sharpnack of Winterset was shot Saturday afternoon while hunting with a large group of people in the Red Rock Wildlife Management Area north of Knoxville, Iowa. Officials said Sharpnack was
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