olivertapia (CNN) — Casi 100 años después de su extinción, el tigre de Tasmania podría volver a vivir. Los científicos quieren resucitar al marsupial carnívoro rayado, conocido oficialmente como tilacino, que solía vagar por la selva australiana. El ambicioso proyecto aprovechará los avances en genética, recuperación de ADN antiguo y reproducción artificial para traer de
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By Matias Grez, CNN Video by Amy Li, CNN As racing driver Sam Schmidt tears around the historic Goodwood Racetrack in a McLaren 720S, reaching speeds in excess of 150 miles per hour, from the outside this looks like an ordinary practice session. He navigates the tight corners with ease, gliding around even as the
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CNN, KSNV By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The richest man on earth has once again created chaos and commotion on the internet with his tweets. Tesla’s billionaire CEO Elon Musk tweeted late on Tuesday that he was buying Manchester United soccer club. “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome,” Musk told his 103 million followers
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By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The richest man on earth has once again created chaos and commotion on the internet with his tweets. Tesla’s billionaire CEO Elon Musk tweeted late on Tuesday that he was buying Manchester United soccer club. “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome,” Musk told his 103 million followers on Twitter,
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By Chris Boyette, CNN A tour plane carrying six French tourists and a pilot crashed into Lake Powell in Utah Saturday, killing two people and injuring five others, officials said. Witnesses called the National Park Service Dispatch to report the crash around 5:20 p.m., the Kane County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Monday. The
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By PAUL BYRNE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A spate of explosions and fires has turned Russian-occupied Crimea from a secure rear base into a new battleground in the war, demonstrating both the Russians’ vulnerability and the Ukrainians’ capacity to strike deep behind enemy lines. Nine Russian warplanes were reported destroyed at an air
Continue Reading Imagine driving a car at 200 mph … without using your hands or feet. Sam Schmidt does just that, using a modified McLaren 720S driven entirely with his head. The former Indy Racing League driver was paralyzed in 2000, after a practice lap crash, but can now go back on the track.
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Using the National Book Foundation website, Stacker looked at the 20 women who have won the National Book Award for fiction and listed them starting with the most recent winner.
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Curating research from several sources, Stacker compiled a list of facts from legendary basketball player Kobe Bryant’s life that you may not know.
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Stacker examined data compiled and analyzed by researchers at the University of Southern California’s Segregation Index to see which parts of the country have the most and least segregated public and private K-12 schools and how those levels of segregation have changed over time.
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The 25 top-earning men’s tennis stars? Stacker reveals who they are, what they’ve earned, and more based on data compiled by the ATP Tour.
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Giggster explores Vancouver, British Columbia, using five of its iconic filming locations used in some of the best comedies.
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NashvillesMLS.com collected Census Bureau data to understand which metro regions across the U.S. have the most old and new homes.
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN The Hong Kong government is distributing thousands of copies of a speech by Chinese leader Xi Jinping to schools in the city for teachers to “study and learn.” In a circular sent to educators on Monday, Hong Kong’s Education Bureau said in “view of the great significance of (Xi’s) ‘Address’ to
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s inflation rate has risen to a new 40-year high of 10.1% in July as climbing food prices tightened a cost-of-living squeeze fueled by soaring energy prices. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that the double-digit surge in consumer prices over a year earlier marked a
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Thursday after the Federal Reserve said U.S. inflation is too high, suggesting support for more aggressive interest rate hikes. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney declined. Oil prices edged higher. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.7% on
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By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company that was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games have been arrested on bribery suspicions. Prosecutors say Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive at advertising company Dentsu, is suspected of receiving bribes from
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company that was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games have been arrested on bribery suspicions. Prosecutors say Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive at advertising company Dentsu, is suspected of receiving bribes from
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — A court in India has appointed a committee to take over the running of the national Olympic committee and hold fresh elections within four months in a move that could have further implications for the country in international sport. The Press Trust of India says the Delhi High Court asked three
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, who since the insurrection at the Capitol has become the Republican Party’s most forceful critic of former President Donald Trump, was ousted from her House seat in by Trump-backed Harriet Hageman, CNN projected Tuesday. In Alaska, voters were casting ballots in another race the former President
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, who since the insurrection at the Capitol has become the Republican Party’s most forceful critic of former President Donald Trump, was ousted from her House seat in by Trump-backed Harriet Hageman, CNN projected Tuesday. In Alaska, voters were casting ballots in another race the former President
Continue Reading By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Inflation in the United Kingdom hit a new 40-year high last month, rising above 10% for the first time since 1982 and piling further pain on households already struggling to pay their bills. Annual consumer price inflation hit 10.1% in July, according to data published by the Office for National
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN A Wisconsin man was arrested and charged in the 1992 killings of two people after his DNA was obtained during a traffic stop last month and matched evidence from the crime scene, according to a criminal complaint. Tony G. Haase, 51, faces two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in connection to
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Rangers are more than a decade removed from their only World Series appearances and mired in the longest stretch of consecutive losing seasons in the franchise’s half-century in Texas. They are again looking for a new manager and already have made a change in
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Rangers are more than a decade removed from their only World Series appearances and mired in the longest stretch of consecutive losing seasons in the franchise’s half-century in Texas. They are again looking for a new manager and already have made a change in
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Continue Reading By CIARÁN GILES and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press MADRID (AP) — While vacationers might enjoy the Mediterranean Sea’s summer warmth, climate scientists are warning of dire consequences for its marine life as it burns up in a series of severe heat waves. From Barcelona to Tel Aviv, scientists say they are witnessing exceptional temperature
Continue Reading By Rachel Janfaza, CNN The results of the Alaska special general election to fill the remainder of the late Rep. Don Young‘s term remain uncertain, as CNN projected none of the candidates on the ballot topped 50% on Tuesday — a necessary feat given the state’s new ranked choice voting rules. The special general election,
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Wolfgang Petersen, el director nominado al Oscar de películas como “Das Boot” y “Air Force One”, murió el 12 de agosto, dijo a CNN su portavoz, Michelle Bega de Rogers & Cowan/PMK. Tenía 81 años. Petersen, un cineasta alemán, obtuvo la mayor cantidad de premios en su carrera por su epopeya de
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN South Korea plans to become one of the world’s top four weapons suppliers, President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday as he addressed reporters in a speech marking his first 100 days in office. “By entering the world’s top four defense exporters after the United States, Russia and France,
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