GENEVA (AP) — The International Ski Federation had just four presidents in its first 97 years. Now it has voted to modernize with leadership term limits plus adding more women to the ruling committee. Presidents will be limited to three four-year terms after a near-unanimous vote by member federations to update their legal statutes. Johan
Continue Reading GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Former NBA guard J.R. Smith is set to make his debut next week as a golfer for North Carolina A&T. The school announced Smith will play his first collegiate tournament Monday and Tuesday at the Phoenix Invitational hosted by Elon. The tournament will take place at the Alamance Country Club golf
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CNN By Ehsan Popalzai and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN A suicide blast ripped through a Shia mosque in northern Afghanistan Friday, killing 46 people and injuring 143 others, provincial spokesman Matiullah Rohani told CNN. The attack occurred during Friday prayers at the Sayed Abad mosque in Kunduz, Rohani said. A Taliban spokesman said security forces were
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Se espera que la lluvia de meteoros de las Dracónidas alcance su punto álgido este viernes 8 de octubre y dure hasta el próximo domingo 10 de octubre, trayendo consigo una llovizna de meteoros para los observadores de las estrellas. Las Dracónidas son lluvias notoriamente “somnolientas”, que solo producen cinco
Continue Reading STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn interim coach Lou Spanos, two assistant coaches and two Huskies players have tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Saturday’s game against UMass. UConn says Spanos, offensive coordinator Frank Giufer, tight ends coach Corey Edsall, senior offensive tackle Ryan Van Demark and freshman offensive lineman Will Meyer are all in
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Premio Nobel de la Paz 2021 fue otorgado a dos periodistas por sus esfuerzos para salvaguardar la libertad de expresión. Se trata de Maria Ressa y Dmitry Muratov. Te contamos aquí sus historias. Maria Ressa, Premio Nobel de la Paz 2021 Maria Ressa es nativa de Filipinas. Periodista y
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Fueron sufragistas, líderes, artistas y astronautas que transformaron Estados Unidos, incluso si no las conoces por su nombre. Ahora, serán inmortalizadas en las monedas de 25 centavos estadounidenses. La Casa de la Moneda de EE.UU. ha anunciado la lista completa de cinco mujeres pioneras que aparecerán en la primera parte del “Programa
Continue Reading By Mirna Alsharif and Alex Harring, CNN A New Jersey man arrested in July after a video showed him shouting racial slurs at a neighbor has been charged “with leaving a threatening note on one of his victim’s cars earlier this year,” as well as vandalizing the victim’s vehicle, according to a news release from
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By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s company lost more than $70 million on his Washington, D.C., hotel during his four years in office. That’s according to documents released Friday by a congressional committee investigating his business. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform says the losses came despite
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By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s company lost more than $70 million on his Washington, D.C., hotel during his four years in office. That’s according to documents released Friday by a congressional committee investigating his business. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform says the losses came despite
Continue Reading By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN New York City will phase out its controversial gifted and talented student program after years of debate that the exclusive classes further segregated students. City officials say the new policy will allow all rising kindergarteners to have access to accelerated learning, in what the Mayor says will provide an equitable model
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By Laura Studley, Alex Harring and Mallika Kallingal, CNN Two staff members were killed in a shooting at a Maryland senior living facility outside Washington, DC, on Friday morning, and a suspect was taken into custody, officials said. The shooting happened at the Gateway Village National Church Residence in the town of Capitol Heights, Prince
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. That lends the most significant boost yet to efforts to refocus the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus toward an appreciation of Native peoples. Biden also issued a proclamation for Columbus Day
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ben Simmons was out of sight, out of mind and out of the team pregame hype video for the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers have largely stopped talking about the three-time All-Star guard. Simmons’ postseason play was the fatal flaw that stoked the trade demand once he
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Brittany Walters made a promise to her mother the day she passed away from cancer: Brittany and her father would go to homecoming, where the high school senior was nominated for queen. Her mom, A.J. Walters, an administrator at Mississippi’s Forrest County Agricultural High School, never missed anything when she was
Continue Reading Homecoming queen gives crown to friend whose mother had just died of cancer — tell her she’s her mom’s queen
Continue Reading By RAGAN CLARK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After reevaluating friendships and emotions during the pandemic, James Blake channeled his reflections into a 12-track LP, his fifth studio album. “Friends That Break Your Heart” strays from traditional love songs, focusing instead on friendship heartbreak, complacency, comparison and hope. The pandemic not only changed the
Continue Reading By Meg Dunn, CNN When runners cross the finish line during Monday’s 125th Boston Marathon, Heather Abbott will be there cheering them on. For Abbott and her friends, catching a Red Sox game and walking through downtown Boston to watch the race had been an annual tradition. But on April 15, 2013, their fun day
Continue Reading Survival expert Dave Canterbury discusses whether Brian Laundrie could survive 25 days in the nature preserve where police are currently searching for him.
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell, Kristina Sgueglia and Melissa Alonso, CNN The search for Brian Laundrie, whose fiancée Gabby Petito was found dead in Wyoming after the pair embarked on a cross-country road trip over the summer, continues in an inhospitable Florida nature reserve that may soon prove easier to navigate for teams trying to find him,
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Nobel literature laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah has criticized the “lack of compassion” of governments, including Britain’s, that treat migrants as a problem or a threat. Gurnah arrived in England from Zanzibar as an 18-year-old refugee in the 1960. On Thursday the Swedish Academy awarded him the Nobel Prize
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By Katie Bo Lillis President Joe Biden on Friday signed into law long-delayed legislation to provide support to victims of the mysterious “Havana syndrome,” a strange confluence of symptoms that have sickened diplomats, spies and service members around the globe. “I was pleased to sign the HAVANA Act into law to ensure we are doing
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The US Marshals Service is back to the drawing board in it search for a fugitive on the run for 23 years. They had just identified someone at a Dodgers baseball game who resembled the wanted man. But it turns out they were looking at the wrong guy. On Thursday, a
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Journalists, human rights groups and other activists enthusiastically welcomed the awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists at a time when media groups around the world face new pressures and crackdowns from the authorities. Friday’s announcement awarding the peace prize to Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian magistrate has rejected the release on bail of Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s son, who was arrested this week in a drug raid on a luxury cruise ship, as the state narcotics agency expressed fear that he could tamper with evidence and influence witnesses. The magistrate sent Aryan Khan
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN A 25-year-old woman from Illinois has been sentenced to four days in federal custody for staying too close to a grizzly bear and her cubs at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Samantha Dehring pleaded guilty on October 6 to “willfully remaining, approaching, and photographing wildlife within 100 yards,” according to a
Continue Reading By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a Christmas album from Norah Jones and the return of “Succession,” with the wealthy, dysfunctional Roy family up to more power-grab shenanigans. In more music offerings, Coldplay look to the heavens with their 12-track collection, “Music of the Spheres.” The Max Martin-produced album has waves
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV AND HRVOJE HRANJSKI Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Nobel Peace Prize sometimes recognizes groundbreaking efforts to resolve seemingly intractable conflicts. In other years, the recipient is someone who promoted human rights at great personal cost. The prestigious award also can serve as a not-so-subtle message to authoritarian governments and leaders that
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — No. 19 Wake Forest is thriving by avoiding mistakes such as turnovers and bad penalties. The Demon Deacons visit Syracuse on Saturday looking to stay unbeaten. Wake Forest is the Atlantic Coast Conference’s highest-ranked team. The Demon Deacons are also pursuing their best start since
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday attributed the disappointing September jobs report to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and fears over the Delta variant. In a speech at the White House, Biden pointed to the specific week when the survey for the monthly jobs report was done as one reason
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