By Patrick Sung and Amy Woodyatt, CNN Former Colombia soccer captain Freddy Rincón has died after being involved in a car crash in Cali, the hospital treating him said in a statement. The 55-year-old Rincón was admitted to hospital on Monday following a car accident in the early hours of the day, CNN en Español
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RUIDOSO, New Mexico –Ruidoso Police detectives and the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau announced Wednesday two people have died in the McBride Wildfire burning in Ruidoso. Authorities discovered the remains of two individuals at #569 Gavilan Canyon Road on Wednesday. These are the first confirmed deaths in the ongoing McBride Fire. Tuesday firefighters responded
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN Allyson Felix — the most decorated US track and field athlete in Olympics history — announced that she plans to retire following the conclusion of the 2022 season. During her illustrious career, she won 11 Olympic medals — seven of them gold — and 13 world championship titles. “As a little
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Colombian national soccer team captain Freddy Rincón has died. He was 55. Rincón played in three World Cups for Colombia and also played for Real Madrid and Napoli. He died after being injured in a car crash on Monday when his vehicle collided with a bus in Cali, Colombia. The
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Funcionarios estadounidenses se enfrentan a nuevas preguntas sobre si un paquete de ayuda masiva para Ucrania llegará lo suficientemente pronto y si este será suficiente para sostener a las fuerzas ucranianas en lo que se está convirtiendo en una guerra prolongada con Rusia. Ucrania se prepara para la esperada escalada
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There are conflicting reports about why one of the Russian Navy’s most important warships is either floating abandoned or at the bottom of the Black Sea. CNN’s Clare Sebastian reports.
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El número de muertos en Filipinas por la tormenta tropical Megi ha aumentado a 76, mientras que cientos de miles de personas siguen desplazadas, dijeron el miércoles las autoridades del país. Muchas de las muertes se produjeron por deslizamientos de tierra e inundaciones causadas cuando la tormenta tocó tierra el domingo, azotando
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Alex Gilady, an Israeli media pioneer and longtime International Olympic Committee member, has died. He was 79. Gilady was a former sports executive at U.S. network NBC and was the first Israeli journalist to report from Egypt in 1977 ahead of the signing of a landmark peace treaty with its Arab neighbor.
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LONDON (AP) — British authorities have authorized a coronavirus vaccine for adults made by French drugmaker Valneva. The U.K. is the first country to authorize Valneva’s vaccine, which is also under review by the European Medicines Agency. Britain’s medicines regulator said Thursday that the two-dose vaccine is intended for adults ages 18 to 50. The
Continue Reading LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — An International Olympic Committee member from Israel who also previously served as a senior vice president of NBC Sports has died. Alex Gilady was 79. The IOC announced Gilady’s death. IOC member John Coates of Australia said Gilady died Wednesday in London. No cause of death was given. Gilady worked in
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden le dijo el miércoles al presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, que Estados Unidos enviará a su nación armas, municiones y otra asistencia de seguridad por un valor adicional de US$ 800 millones. Esto ocurre cuando los funcionarios estadounidenses advierten sobre una nueva fase potencialmente sangrienta en la guerra
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN Español) — Freddy Rincón es leyenda. El exjugador de fútbol colombiano marcó uno de los goles más importantes de la selección Colombia y su muerte, anunciada la madrugada de este jueves, dejó una ola de luto en el país que lo recuerda celebrando sus goles y sus triunfos. Rincón, de 55 años, murió
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PokerListings explored how casino dealers are paid to determine which state has the highest-paid employees, using data from Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics report from May 2020.
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Among the most impactful trends in the U.S. transportation industry over the last several years has been the growing number of electric vehicle offerings to reach the market. CoPilot ranked each state (and Washington D.C.) by the number of registered EVs as a percentage of total registered private and commercial vehicles, using data from the Department of Energy and Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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Stacker explored the highest-paid celebrity couples around the world and how they acquired their massive wealth, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
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Health care in the U.S. has a history that’s as far-reaching and complex as the country itself. To document how it as evolved over time, Sidecar Health compiled a list of 10 of the most impactful moments in U.S. health care history.
Continue Reading olivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — Amazon dijo el miércoles que por primera vez en la historia de la compañía cobrará a los vendedores un recargo por combustible e inflación del 5%. El gigante del comercio electrónico dijo que la nueva tarifa comenzará el 28 de abril y se impone porque la inflación ha empeorado
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The head of the European Central Bank says the bank would raise interest rates “some time after” ending its pandemic stimulus efforts later this year. The bank faces growing pressure to follow the United States, United Kingdom and other countries in taking a harder line to combat soaring consumer prices. But
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN A key, a neon construction jacket, a gun. The items, left behind in a bloody crime scene at a Brooklyn subway station Tuesday morning, offered investigators some of their first clues as they worked to figure out who had opened fire on dozens of unsuspecting New Yorkers commuting to school and
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN After a tornado packing 165 mph winds rolled through Bell County, Texas, Tuesday, JudyLynn Hughes began sifting through what was left of her belongings. “We have found my stuff everywhere. I still have a dress in a tree,” Hughes told CNN affiliate KWTX. Nearly everything she owned was packed up in
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo Lviv, Ucrania (CNN) — Todo lo que Vladimir Nesterenko quería hacer de mayor era jugar baloncesto. El niño de cabello castaño de 12 años driblaba y lanzaba al aro con su padre Oleh en el pueblo donde vivían en la región de Jersón, en el sur de Ucrania. Idolatraba a la leyenda de
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Chris Boyette, CNN Two people have died in the McBride Fire raging in southern New Mexico that has scorched more than 5,000 acres and forced evacuations in the Sierra Blanco mountain range, police said. Police found their remains Wednesday in a home that burned a day earlier in Ruidoso, a village
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Brienne Walsh, CNN Fans of Marvel movies love that the franchise encompasses a multiverse where well-known characters such as Captain America, Spiderman and Doctor Strange can shift identities and destinies depending on which storylines they inhabit. In her latest work, science fiction author Emily St. John Mandel — of “Station Eleven” (2014) fame — builds
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN Español) — La muerte del exfutbolista Freddy Rincón, anunciada la madrugada de este jueves, sacudió a Colombia y provocó una ola de condolencias del mundo del fútbol y más allá. La Federación Internacional de Fútbol (FIFA) lamentó la muerte de Freddy Rincón y recordó con un video su épico gol contra Alemania en
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans are sharing milk rice and oil cakes to celebrate their traditional new year opposite President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office where they have camped out for a sixth day demanding his resignation over the worst economic crisis in memory. Soldiers disabled in the island nation’s
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Presidents Cup golf tournament will return to Australia for the fourth and fifth times in 2028 and 2040. The PGA Tour has announced that the match-play tournament held every two years involving teams from the United States against an International side representing the rest of the world excluding Europe would
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays wrap up their four-game series at Yankee Stadium, a day after the slugger hit three home runs and a double despite a nasty gash. Accidentally spiked while playing first base, Guerrero got two stitches after a 6-4 win and said his hand felt fine.
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN New Zealand’s top court ruled Wednesday that a murder suspect can be extradited to China to face trial in a landmark decision following a more than decade-long legal battle. Chinese authorities accuse Kyung Yup Kim, a South Korean citizen who has permanent residency in New Zealand, of killing a woman in
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have fallen in muted trading as markets close for Good Friday and other holidays. Benchmarks declined in Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai. Sydney and Hong Kong were among markets observing holidays. Shutdowns in major Chinese cities due to coronavirus outbreaks and the war in Ukraine
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer When Stars on Ice, uh, hits the ice Friday night in Estero, Florida, it will be for the first time in two years. Spicing up the tour: an Olympic gold medalist and two world champions. The 24-city tour was idled by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it returns with Beijing
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