By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer Cindy Parlow Cone was re-elected to a four-year team as U.S. Soccer Federation president, beating predecessor Carlos Cordeiro in an endorsement of the governing body’s settlement of a lawsuit by women players. Cone, a former national team player, received 52.3% of the weighted vote on the first ballot during
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By Claudia Dominguez and Paradise Afshar, CNN Evacuation orders are still in place for about 600 homes in the Florida Panhandle as crews battle at least four dangerous wildfires, authorities said. The Florida Forest Service said Sunday that nearly 10,000 acres are currently burning in the Panhandle. Additional resources have been deployed to help fight
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By Kunyi Yang, CNN Business The Russian Tea Room is a 100-year-old New York City icon that has long drawn in locals and tourists alike. In its heyday, the restaurant hosted such luminaries as choreographer George Balanchine, artist Salvador Dali and composer Leonard Bernstein, and it was featured in the movies “Tootsie” and “Manhattan.” It
Continue Reading LENS, France (AP) — Marco Bizot pulled off outstanding saves as Brest edged Lens 1-0 to earn its first away win since December and inch closer to safety in the French league. Brest remained in 12th place while Lens lost ground in the race for European spots by dropping to seventh place. Last season, Brest
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — LSU star cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. said Saturday that he isn’t working out at the NFL’s scouting combine because he’s still on the mend after tearing a ligament in his left foot last fall. Stingley provided the specifics of his injury for the first time
Continue Reading GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes have signed center Travis Boyd to a two-year contract. Terms of the deal were not released. The 28-year-old Boyd has set career highs this season with 10 goals and 24 points in 46 games with Arizona. He’s also one assist away from establishing a career high. Boyd was
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — La invasión rusa de Ucrania se ha cobrado cientos de vidas en el campo de batalla y en las ciudades ucranianas bajo bombardeo. Pero a nivel internacional, también está afectando todo, desde la seguridad alimentaria en El Cairo hasta los precios de la gasolina en California. Ha puesto en primer plano
Continue Reading NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Ryan Fraser and Fabian Schar scored early for Newcastle as its English Premier League recovery survived a concerted Brighton fightback in a 2-1 win. The Magpies extended their unbeaten league run to eight games with a fifth win in six attempts but they did so largely against the run of play.
Continue Reading WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Crystal Palace extended its unbeaten away run in 2022 to five games with a 2-0 win at Wolverhampton in the Premier League. Jean-Philippe Mateta opened the scoring from close range in the 19th minute with his second goal in three games after Palace started brightly. Its lead was doubled through Wilfried
Continue Reading FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gulf Coast has fired men’s basketball coach Michael Fly after four seasons. Fly went 21-11 this season, by far the best record of his tenure. He was 55-59 in his four years and will have the chance to coach if the Eagles are chosen for one of this month’s
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By Keith Allen, CNN Actor Johnny Brown, who played building superintendent Nathan Bookman on the 1970s sitcom “Good Times,” has died, according to an Instagram post from his daughter, Sharon Brown. He was 84 and died on March 2, his daughter said. “It’s too terrible. It will never not be. It’s a shock. He was
Continue Reading BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Philippe Coutinho gave a masterful display and Danny Ings offered Southampton a painful reminder of his prowess as Aston Villa’s revival continued in style with a 4-0 win in the English Premier League. Ings joined Villa from Southampton last summer. He scored one and set up two others while Coutinho netted
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By Kerry Flynn, CNN Major League Baseball’s biggest stars and newest faces should be at their respective spring training camps in Florida and Arizona preparing for Opening Day on March 31. Instead, MLB ownership announced on Tuesday that it will begin canceling regular season games due to a self-inflicted lockout for the first time in
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Hong Kong (CNN) — Las morgues están casi llenas, los hospitales están abrumados y, a medida que aumentan los temores de un cierre total de la ciudad, los compradores aterrorizados han dejado los estantes de los supermercados vacíos. Hong Kong, una vez elogiado como una historia de éxito de cero covid, ahora está
Continue Reading NORWICH, England (AP) — A hat trick from Ivan Toney has seen Brentford claim a vital 3-1 win at last-placed Norwich on the day Christian Eriksen took another positive step in his remarkable recovery. Eriksen played the whole match for the Bees and had a hand in the first two goals, almost nine months on
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN It’s been a tough week. The world has watched the Russian invasion of Ukraine unfold during a pandemic that still holds the globe within a firm grip after more than two years. The attacks and the resulting sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe have a far-reaching impact — and
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CNN By Suzanne Malveaux, Jeff Zeleny and Kevin Liptak, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told US lawmakers Saturday that his country urgently needs more assistance from the US, including the establishment of a no-fly zone over Ukraine, as it fights against Russia’s invasion. During an hourlong Zoom meeting Saturday morning with members of Congress, Zelensky
Continue Reading By Suzanne Malveaux, Jeff Zeleny and Kevin Liptak, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told US lawmakers Saturday that his country urgently needs more assistance from the US, including the establishment of a no-fly zone over Ukraine, as it fights against Russia’s invasion. During an hourlong Zoom meeting Saturday morning with members of Congress, Zelensky thanked
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen has exposed Bayern Munich’s defensive frailties but was unable to get more than a 1-1 draw from their Bundesliga encounter. Bayern dropped points for the second time in four league games and posed more questions than answers ahead of its Champions League round of
Continue Reading BURNLEY, England (AP) — Chelsea has scored four goals in a 21-minute burst at the start of the second half in a 4-0 win at Burnley in the English Premier League. Kai Havertz had two of the goals along with one each from Reece James and Christian Pulisic as Chelsea put aside the off-field turbulence
Continue Reading CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports from Kyiv where many people are trying to evacuate as Russian forces close in on the capital city.
Continue Reading By Bob Ortega, CNN One recent evening, American businessman Brent Reynolds was chatting by phone from his fourth-floor apartment on Pushkinskaya Street in downtown Kyiv, when a sudden blast interrupted the conversation. “Just a minute — let me look,” he told me, as he stepped out onto the balcony. “We just had an explosion. It
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DENVER (AP) — Dozens of Colorado counties and cities are opposing a Utah-based railroad project that would bring as many as 10 two-mile-long oil trains through Denver each day. The Denver Post reports the proposed 85-mile line has federal approval but opponents say there is no clear picture of the environmental damage it might cause.
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN The maker of Stolichnaya vodka announced a major rebrand Friday, in direct response to its founder’s “vehement position” against the Putin regime and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The vodka, famously marketed as Russian, will now be sold and marketed simply as Stoli, the company said in a statement. Stoli Group’s
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EL PASO, Texas — One person was rushed to the hospital with life threatening injuries after being struck by a car. The crash happened just after 3.30 a.m. at the intersection of Paisano and Stanton in downtown El Paso. Fire Dispatch was unable to tell us what led up to the crash.
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN More than a week into Russia’s war in Ukraine, President Joe Biden and his team at the White House are settling in for what many of them believe will become one of the defining backdrops to his presidency: A grinding war in Europe led by an increasingly unsound
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was arrested last month at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges. The Russian Customs Service said Saturday that the cartridges were identified as containing oil derived from cannabis, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was arrested last month at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges. The Russian Customs Service said Saturday that the cartridges were identified as containing oil derived from cannabis, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10
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EL PASO, Texas — A fire erupted in Central El Paso just before 5 a.m. The fire happened at the 2000 block of Magoffin Avenue. Fire dispatch wasn’t able to tell us if anyone was inside the home at the time of the fire but did tell us no one was injured or taken to
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BARAKAT, AMY TAXIN, PHILIP MARCELO and JULIE WATSON Associated Press IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Afghan refugees who fled their country following the Taliban takeover six months ago are struggling to find affordable housing in the high-cost U.S. cities where they’ve chosen to settle. Krish O’Mara Vignarajah is president and CEO of the Lutheran
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