By MARK ROSNER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Marcus Carr scored a season-best 20 points and No. 17 Texas defeated short-handed West Virginia 74-59 in the Big 12 opener for both teams. The Mountaineers’ eight-game winning streak was snapped. West Virginia played without starting guard and leading scorer Taz Sherman along with reserves Gabe
Continue Reading MONACO (AP) — Monaco has fired coach Niko Kovac with the club sixth in the French league at the mid-season break. Monaco says Kovac was informed on Thursday during a meeting. Reserve team coach Stephane Nado will take over in an interim role for Sunday’s French Cup game away to second-tier Quevilly-Rouen. French sports daily
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By Gregory Wallace and Matt McFarland, CNN Thousands of US flights were canceled on New Year’s Day as a combination of Covid-19 and wintry weather have slowed travel. Flight cancellations have trended up steadily since Christmas Eve, hitting a new peak Saturday morning as millions travel over the holidays. Data from the website FlightAware shows
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James Taylor and Carole King have been friends and collaborators for more than 50 years. Watch “CAROLE KING & JAMES TAYLOR: Just Call Out My Name” on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET to learn more about these two musical legends.
Continue Reading Award-winning musicians James Taylor and Carole King explain the thrill of performing and how they always give it their best. See them perform together in the new CNN Film “Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name” which premieres Sunday, January 2 at 9 p.m. ET.
Continue Reading Janelle Davis, CNN Legendary singer-songwriters James Taylor and Carole King, friends and collaborators for more than 50 years, are two of the most successful musicians in American musical history. Taylor’s confessional lyrics, soulful voice and delicate guitar-playing resonated with audiences. King started as a songwriter, making a long list of chart-toppers for other artists that
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CHICAGO (AP) — The year 2021 ended as one of the deadliest on record in recent years in Chicago. According to statistics released by the city’s police department on Saturday, there were 797 homicides compared to 772 in 2020 and 498 in 2019. That is also the highest total since 1996 and higher than recorded
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Another G League referee was called up by the NBA to work a game Saturday as the league continued finding ways to play through the latest coronavirus outbreak. Sha’Rae Mitchell was assigned the San Antonio-Detroit game. She becomes the fourth G League referee called up in a span of
Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds of Ukrainian nationalists held a torchlight march in the capital of Kyiv to mark the birthday of Stepan Bandera, the leader of a rebel militia that fought alongside Nazi soldiers in World War II. The Sunday march came amid persistently high concerns over Russia’s massing of troops near the Ukrainian
Continue Reading WATFORD, England (AP) — Davinson Sanchez’s stoppage-time goal secured Tottenham a 1-0 victory in the Premier League against Watford to enhance its pursuit of Champions League qualification. The Colombia defender headed a freekick from Heung-min Son past goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann in the sixth minute of added time to hand Watford a sixth successive loss. Tottenham
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN)– Una alerta de tornado está vigente para partes del sur de Kentucky y el oeste de Tennessee hasta las 6 pm CST, según el Centro de Predicción de Tormentas. Las ciudades alerta incluyen Nashville y Bowling Green. Una línea de turbonada que se intensifica y se extiende hacia la región está produciendo
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The new year is bringing more of the same old misery that air travelers in the United States have been enduring for more than a week. Airlines are blaming wintry weather and high numbers of sickouts due to the rising number of COVID-19 infections around the country. According to
Continue Reading GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Investigators say three people were killed and four others wounded after several people at a Mississippi party started shooting just minutes before the end of 2021. Gulfport Police Chief Chris Ryle says no arrests have been made and both witnesses and the victims aren’t talking to investigators. Police say a fight
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas, CNN Miley Cyrus rang in the New Year with a live performance in Miami and didn’t let a small wardrobe malfunction stop the show. During her “Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party” on NBC, Cyrus lost part of her silver top while transitioning between songs. She held it in place, turned her back
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has rejected Prince Andrew’s attempt to block the progression of a lawsuit by claiming that a woman who says he sexually assaulted her when she was 17 doesn’t live in the U.S. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan rejected the argument by the prince’s lawyers that
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By Sandrine Amiel, CNN A total of 874 vehicles were set ablaze across France on New Year’s Eve as part of a decades-old tradition. But with coronavirus-related restrictions in place, that figure is lower than in previous years, according to Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. A total of 1,316 cars were set on fire in 2019,
Continue Reading BRADLEY, Ill. (AP) — Police say a woman wanted in the fatal shooting of one police officer and the wounding of another at a northern Illinois hotel surrendered to police hours after a man also suspected in the shooting was arrested in Indiana. Illinois State Police say 26-year-old Xandria Harris of Bradley, Illinois, turned herself
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Lo primero que parece esta isla privada hecha por el hombre, que se extiende entre el mar Adriático y la laguna de Venecia, es la guarida de un villano de Bond. Lo segundo, al atracar en el puente privado, pasar por la fachada brutalista de concreto y entrar en una “sala
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, Natasha Chen, Dakin Andone and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least three people are missing and feared dead after a horrific wildfire tore through Boulder, County, Colorado, Thursday, leveling whole subdivisions and charring more than 6,000 acres. Two of the missing residents were in Superior and the third individual is from the unincorporated
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer An African Cup warmup game between defending champion Algeria and Gambia has been called off hours before kick-off in Qatar after several Gambia players tested positive for the coronavirus. The Gambia soccer federation says 16 of its players are unavailable. Although the federation didn’t mention the virus, organizers in
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state media say paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces and an armed criminal gang clashed in the restive southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, leaving three Guard members and “at least five bandits” dead. The state-run IRNA news agency says the fighting took place late Saturday evening in the district of Kourin,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Terri Irwin and her children Robert and Bindi are grateful to America. That’s because Americans have been so supportive of their conservation work through both the Australian wildfires and the more recent global pandemic. “America’s really stepped up through donations to our charity,” Terri Irwin told CNN. “Everyone has their
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — The winter that took its time getting to the Midwest has begun to finally arrive on the first day of the new year. The National Weather Service that the snow started falling Saturday and was expected to continue through Sunday morning. In Michigan, forecasters said the heaviest snow was falling Saturday night,
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN Dan Reeves, the former National Football League head coach and Dallas Cowboys running back, has died, according to NFL.com. He was 77. Reeves died early Saturday at his home in Atlanta “due to complications from a long illness,” according to a family statement to NFL Network’s Mike Garafalo. Reeves died “peacefully
Continue Reading SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) — Francesco Friedrich of Germany was undefeated in 2021. He won’t repeat the feat in 2022. Friedrich’s 21-race World Cup winning streak was snapped Saturday after his worst finish in more than four years. Russia’s Rostislav Gaitiukevich was the surprise winner of a two-man race, teaming with Mikhail Mordasov to prevail. The
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Two-time U.S. figure skating champion Bradie Tennell, a favorite to make the Olympic team, has withdrawn from next week’s nationals. Tennell has been dealing with a right foot injury. She has missed the season’s main competitions on the road to the Beijing Games. Tennell still could make the American squad for
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Se le pidió al príncipe Andrés que proporcione documentos que prueben su “supuesta incapacidad médica para sudar” en una presentación judicial presentada por los abogados de Virginia Roberts Giuffre, quien acusó a la realeza de agresión sexual en una demanda civil en Estados Unidos. En el documento judicial presentado este jueves,
Continue Reading By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The Holocaust survivor Gertrude Pressburger has died at age 94. She became famous during Austria’s 2016 presidential campaign, when in a video message as “Mrs. Gertrude” she warned of hatred and exclusion triggered by the far right. Pressburger died Friday after a long illness, her family told
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN “Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” I carry the optimism of “Back to the Future” with me as each new year begins. This quote rings especially true as I look at the possibilities awaiting us on the horizon. If you thought 2021 was an exciting year for discoveries, buckle up:
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The new year is bringing more of the same old misery that air travelers in the United States have been enduring for more than a week. Airlines are blaming wintry weather and high numbers of sickouts due to the rising number of COVID-19 infections around the country. According to
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