By Amy Woodyatt, CNN The US Women’s National Team (USWNT) won the CONCACAF Women’s Championship with a 1-0 victory against Canada in Monterrey, Mexico, on Monday night, securing its place in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Striker Alex Morgan scored a penalty in the 78th minute, after Canada’s Allysha Chapman fouled Rose Lavelle in the box.
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Emiko Jozuka and Junko Ogura, CNN Japanese all-time great figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu announced his retirement from competition on Tuesday, marking the end of a stellar career that included breaking more than a dozen world records and winning two Olympic gold medals. The 27-year-old, dressed in a suit and tie at a
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By DAVID KOENIG and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press FARNBOROUGH, England (AP) — Airplanes are a minor contributor to global greenhouse-gas emissions, but their share is sure to grow as more people travel in coming years. That has the aviation industry facing the prospect of tighter environmental regulations and higher costs. At Monday’s opening of a
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press FARNBOROUGH, England (AP) — Airplanes are a minor contributor to global greenhouse-gas emissions, but their share is sure to grow as more people travel in coming years — and that has the aviation industry facing the prospect of tighter environmental regulations and higher costs. The industry has
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olivertapia (CNN) — Matthew Pottinger, quien se desempeñó en el Consejo de Seguridad Nacional del expresidente Donald Trump antes de renunciar inmediatamente después del 6 de enero de 2021, testificará públicamente en la audiencia en horario estelar del jueves realizada por la comisión selecta de la Cámara de Representantes que investiga el asalto al Capitolio
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Beliefs developed when young about what is or isn’t healthy can follow us for a lifetime, experts say. But what if those beliefs don’t hold up to scientific scrutiny? Here are eight assumptions about diet, exercise and sleep that fail to meet the sniff test. Myth No. 1: Popular diets are
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN Borussia Dortmund‘s new striker Sébastien Haller has been sidelined indefinitely after he discovered a testicular tumor, the club confirmed. In a statement, Dortmund said the 28-year-old had felt unwell during a training camp in Switzerland on Monday and underwent a number of medical examinations. He has now returned to Germany where
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scandinavian Airlines pilots in Sweden, Norway and Denmark have called off a strike that ran for 15 days and caused major disruption, after reaching an agreement with management. SAS CEO Anko van der Werff said the parties had agreed on an agreement covering the next five-and-a-half years that guarantees both cost
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Using IMDb data, Stacker ranked every episode of ‘Stranger Things’ by user rating. Ties between episodes were broken by the number of user votes.
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Popular for both its livability and cultural significance, Giggster highlights iconic film locations that anyone can visit in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Best Universities investigated the strange, creepy, and remarkable items kept by university libraries and museums across the country.
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Stacker compiled data on all action movies to come up with a Stacker score—a weighted index split evenly between IMDb and Metacritic scores—to present the genre’s best fare. To qualify, the film had to have an “action” listing on IMDb, a Metascore, and at least 5,000 votes.
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What’s the worst movie you’ve ever seen? Bet there’s one far worse on Stacker’s list of cringe-inducing box office bombs so bad they’ll fascinate you.
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — A gas explosion after a partial building collapse in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin has left three people missing and 11 injured. The event remains under investigation, but it points to the deterioration of infrastructure following more than three decades of breakneck economic growth. That development has vastly boosted living
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Opening statements began Monday in the trial of a California father and son charged in connection with the death of college student Kristin Smart in 1996. Prosecutors alleged in court Monday that blood was found in the soil outside a home belonging to Ruben Flores, who is accused of helping his
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Emilia Clarke dice que tuvo “el dolor más insoportable” después de sufrir dos aneurismas cerebrales, pero está agradecida tanto por su recuperación como por trabajar en “Game of Thrones” en ese momento. “Fue increíblemente útil que ‘Game of Thrones’ me ayudara y me diera ese propósito”, dijo durante una entrevista con “Sunday
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced Wednesday after Wall Street rallied to its best day in more than three weeks as companies reported strong profits for the past quarter. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 jumped 2.5% to 27,631.50 while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong gained 2% to 21,068.85. In Seoul,
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The All-Star Game suits Dusty Baker — or more precisely, his coaching staff. Managing the American League as skipper of the defending pennant winner, Baker brought in a tailor to craft suits for his coaches: former All-Star Willie Horton, plus Baker’s Houston Astros staff. “I wanted my coaching staff to be
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The All-Star Game suits Dusty Baker — or more precisely, his coaching staff. Managing the American League as skipper of the defending pennant winner, Baker brought in a tailor to craft suits for his coaches: former All-Star Willie Horton, plus Baker’s Houston Astros staff. “I wanted my coaching staff to be
Continue Reading By LUIS RUIZ AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Triple jump, three time champion. This time there was no world record in a big event, but there was another gold for her. And a crowd in the stadium, who paid homage to her show. Yulimar Rojas seizes her third gold in a World Athletics
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in southern China have apologized for breaking into the homes of people who had been taken to a quarantine hotel in the latest example of heavy-handed virus-prevention measures that have sparked a rare public backlash. State media said that 84 homes in an apartment complex in Guangzhou city’s Liwan district had
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A five-year report says Australia’s environment continues to deteriorate due to climate change, resource extraction and other causes. The State of the Environment report found more species are being threatened in Australia as land is lost to wildfires, climate change and development. The report prompted government
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister and acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe faces two rivals in a parliamentary vote on who will succeed the ousted leader who fled the country last week. Wickremesinghe is backed by members of the fragmented ruling coalition but his candidacy is opposed by
Continue Reading Ukrainian soldier Stepan Kaplunov, 31, was desperate to avoid capture because he is actually a Russian citizen and former Russian soldier. He has been fighting on the front lines against his own country since 2014 to help prevent Putin “reviving USSR 2.0.” CNN’s Scott McLean meets him in a rehab center in Kyiv after a tank shell exploded next to him.
Continue Reading By Scott McLean, Sarah Dean and Dennis Lapin, CNN On the outskirts of Kyiv, past endless rows of Soviet-style apartment blocks, there’s a sterile rehabilitation center filled with Ukrainian troops injured on the front lines. There are patients with nerve damage, burns, breaks, even an amputated leg — and it seems almost everyone’s inked arms
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By Jessie Yeung and Yong Xiong, CNN Dinosaur footprints dating back 100 million years have been discovered in southwestern China after a sharp-eyed diner spotted them in a restaurant’s outdoor courtyard. Several stone pits at the restaurant in Leshan, Sichuan province, contained the footprints of two sauropods, a type of dinosaur that lived during the
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN Two people have been charged with running a years-long scheme that took in at least $27 million from foreign investors, which involved false promises for green cards in exchange for investments, funding a fake school and promising access to prominent American politicians, including former President Donald Trump, in exchange for money
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats will push ahead on restraining pharmaceutical prices and extending health insurance subsidies for millions of Americans, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer affirmed Tuesday, backing President Joe Biden’s call for his party to settle for a pared-down economic package and effectively concede to a pivotal senator. Aiming
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN Casino mogul and Republican megadonor Stephen Wynn asked a federal court on Monday to toss out a civil suit the Justice Department brought against him earlier this year seeking an order that he register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Wynn — addressing the DOJ allegations that he was acting as
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