US figure skaters still await medals from Beijing Games
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Eight months after finishing behind the Russians at the Winter Olympics, the U.S. team has yet to receive its…
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Races to oversee elections draw an avalanche of spending
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press In 2018, Democrat Katie Hobbs spent $1 million in campaign funds running to become…
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Facing tough midterms, Biden releasing oil from US reserve
By JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is telling voters that he hasn’t given up on lowering…
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UN genocide official: Hate speech is fueling Ethiopia’s war
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A United Nations official is urging tech companies to do everything possible to stop the…
Continue Reading Bayern, Dortmund, Union Berlin all advance in German Cup
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Bundesliga leader Union Berlin have all safely advanced to the…
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FDA advisers vote to recommend preterm birth drug Makena be removed from market
By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN A US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted Wednesday that a drug approved more than a decade ago to reduce…
Continue Reading Titans’ Henry, Colts’ Pittman among best bets to score
By DORIAN COLBERT RosterWatch The picks this week are a combination of the usual scoring suspects and new entrants to the ranks of the most likely to…
Continue Reading The perfect, unbeaten ’72 Dolphins knew how losses felt
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The only 17-0 team in NFL history was the 1972 Miami Dolphins. The perfect season.…
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Covid’s WFH revolution helped fuel a baby boom
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Economic factors, not just lockdown-induced forced proximity, played a key role in last year’s “baby…
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Ancient DNA reveals first Neanderthal family portrait
By Katie Hunt, CNN Meet the Neanderthals of Chagyrskaya Cave. The riverside hunting camp in the foothills of the Altai mountains in Siberia was home…
Continue Reading The funeral home can’t cope, so a Texas sheriff is storing bodies of migrants who died crossing the border in a refrigerated container, he says
By Rosa Flores, CNN The bodies of migrants who died trying to cross the US-Mexico border are being kept in a refrigerated container near the Rio…
Continue Reading James Webb Space Telescope captures new details of iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope captured a highly detailed snapshot of the so-called Pillars of Creation, a vista of three…
Continue Reading EU leaders united against Russia, divided over energy summit
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders head into Thursday’s energy summit looking for joint measures to…
Continue Reading Tua Tagovailoa glad to be back after clearing protocols
By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa said he is glad to be back after a long process to…
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Conservative lawyer who argued challenges to Harvard admissions policies has brain cancer
By Joan Biskupic, CNN Lawyer William Consovoy, who has shepherded the challenges to race-based affirmative action at Harvard and the University of…
Continue Reading Buffett’s conglomerate closes $11.6B Alleghany insurance buy
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s conglomerate has completed its largest acquisition in years with its…
Continue Reading Ex-Suns ticket executive gets 1 year in jail in fraud scheme
PHOENIX (AP) — A former Phoenix Suns ticket office executive has been sentenced to one year in jail and three years of supervised probation in…
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As MLB playoffs expand, regular-season success matters less
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball views expanded playoffs as the more the merrier. Not for the Los Angeles…
Continue Reading As MLB playoffs expand, regular-season success matters less
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball views expanded playoffs as the more the merrier. Not for the Los Angeles…
Continue Reading Cerebral palsy doing little to slow down determined Duffy
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Charlie Duffy’s left leg wobbles forward like a half-cooked noodle, her toe missing the mark…
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Group of prominent Iranian sports figures calls on FIFA to ban Iranian Football Federation from World Cup
By Wayne Sterling, CNN A law firm has sent a letter to FIFA on behalf of a group of former and current Iranian sports figures urging football’s…
Continue Reading Abanikanda, Maye headline group of versatile ACC playmakers
By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer Pittsburgh running back Israel Abanikanda and North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye lead the nation in all-purpose…
Continue Reading Hornets’ Bouknight unconscious, had gun before DWI arrest
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A police report says Charlotte Hornets guard James Bouknight was found intoxicated and…
Continue Reading Browns RG Teller likely out against Ravens with calf injury
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns Pro Bowl right guard Wyatt Teller is expected to miss Sunday’s game in Baltimore with a…
Continue Reading Liz Truss plunged into deeper turmoil after Suella Braverman leaves as Britain’s Home Secretary
Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman has resigned seven weeks into the role over her use of a personal email address that breached ministerial…
Continue Reading Biden tries to tackle his gas price problem by announcing sale of 15 million barrels from Strategic Petroleum Reserve
CNN, INSTITUTE OF POLITICS AT HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL, POOL By Betsy Klein, Shawna Mizelle and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday…
Continue Reading Avs captain Landeskog undergoes knee surgery, out 12 weeks
DENVER (AP) — Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog will be sidelined about 12 weeks after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery. Avalanche…
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Hallan un impactante pez luna gigante de tres toneladas
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un pez luna gigante fue descubierto en el archipiélago de las Azores, Portugal,y se cree que es el pez óseo más…
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Communication problems between Public Defender’s Office and District Attorney as hundreds of criminal cases dismissed
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso County Jail Magistrate is concerned about the lack of communication between the District Attorney’s Office and the…
Continue Reading Panthers’ Walker will start at QB against Bucs
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — P.J. Walker will make his second straight start at quarterback for the Carolina Panthers on…
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