By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Morocco coach Walid Regragui has guided his team to the World Cup quarterfinals. It’s the first time an Arab nation has advanced that far in the tournament. One might think that would be enough to get him linked to a top European job. Regragui isn’t
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Twitter’s former Head of Trust and Safety, Yoel Roth, joined Kara Swisher in his first public appearance since quitting Twitter where he said Twitter is less safe due to Elon Musk’s management style. Kara Swisher joins “CNN This Morning” to discuss the interview.
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says there’s “no evidence” to back up a claim by a woman that her late father disposed of dozens of bodies of people he had killed decades ago in rural Iowa. Following an investigation that involved the FBI, the DCI said in a statement on
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Two low-ranked French tennis players have been banned from the sport for life after being found guilty of match-fixing by a hearing officer. Jules Okala, a 25-year-old with a career-best ATP ranking of No. 338, and Mick Lescure, a 29-year-old with a top ranking of No. 487, “admitted multiple charges,” the International
Continue Reading GRINNELL, Iowa (AP) — Grinnell College has set an NCAA men’s basketball record for 3-point attempts when it tried every one of its 111 shots from beyond the arc in the Division III school’s 124-67 victory over Emmaus Bible College. The number eclipsed the 109 shots Troy attempted against DeVry in 1992, when the Trojans
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — It was only fitting Tage Thompson got to celebrate the NHL’s most productive goal-scoring outing of the season with Don Granato, who was busy pulling one puck after another out of his pockets before the Sabres coach stopped at five in the visitor’s locker room
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The rulemaking arm of Tennessee’s high school sports oversight organization has made a change that allows student athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness. A news release from the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association says its legislative council voted for the change on Thursday, effective immediately. Students could receive
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Many women with two or three breast tumors can get by with lumpectomy surgery instead of having their whole breast removed, a new study suggests. In recent years, more patients with multiple tumors have been identified, a result of more sensitive imaging techniques that can reveal tiny, once-hidden
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The South African comedian ended his seven-year tenure as the host of Comedy Central’s satirical news report “The Daily Show.”
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(CNN)- A group of former Twitter employees are speaking out after suing the company. They allege new owner Elon Musk violated multiple labor rights laws during November’s mass layoffs. One employee said it was “really clumsy and inhumane and potentially illegal.” 4 lawsuits have been filed and all are seeking class action status. The former
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(CNN)- Brittney Griner is back on U.S. soil. A plane carrying the WNBA star landed at Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas early Friday. Griner had been in Russian custody since February, when she was arrested on drug smuggling charges. She was released Thursday as part of a prisoner swap for convicted Russian arms dealer
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Top 100 tennis player Kamil Majchrzak has been provisionally suspended for doping after testing positive for banned substances at three tournaments in September and October. The International Tennis Integrity Agency announced the ruling Friday. It said the 26-year-old from Poland turned in A samples at the Sofia Open, Japan Open and Seoul
Continue Reading LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee will examine a proposal for athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus to resume competing in international sports events in Asia. IOC president Thomas Bach is said to have welcomed a “creative” plan for Russia to join the Olympic Council of Asia’s competitions. Russia has been excluded
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The ABC-7 StormTrack Weather team issued an ABC-7 First Alert for strong winds and colder temperatures. On Monday, the winds will peak between 45 to 50 mph followed by gusty winds on Tuesday. Be sure to secure your Christmas decorations this weekend, it will be a great weekend with temperatures in the 60s and sunny
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Detained American Paul Whelan says he’s frustrated the U.S. Government has not done more to secure his release from a Russian prison. Whelan spoke exclusively to CNN by phone after basketball star Brittney Griner was freed Thursday in a prisoner swap with a convicted Russian arms dealer held in the U.S. Whelan, a former marine
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EL PASO, Texas– Santa Claus made his way to the Borderland visiting the patients at Providence Children’s Hospital. Holiday magic was seen as he made his way from room to room spreading christmas cheer. Patients shared their many Christmas wishes in hope of receiving a Christmas miracle. Santa even spread a little cheer to nurses and staff collecting their
Continue Reading DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Portugal coach Fernando Santos says Cristiano Ronaldo did not threaten to leave Qatar after being dropped from the starting lineup to play Switzerland at the World Cup. Santos did acknowledge his star player was “not happy” to be told he was not in the starting lineup. That happened in a private
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — Morocco has the highest proportion of players born overseas for any team playing at the World Cup, with 14 of the 26-man squad born overseas. The team reflects the Moroccan diaspora in Europe. Some 5 million Moroccans live abroad, with the majority in European countries including
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Next season’s Bundesliga season will start on Aug. 18 and conclude the following May without interruption apart from its usual winter break. The German soccer federation has announced its schedule for the 2023-24 season, with the final day for the Bundesliga set for May 18, 2024. The first round of next season’s
Continue Reading By David Culver, Anna-Maja Rappard and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Since Hawaii’s Mauna Loa began erupting last week, photographer CJ Kale has sacrificed hours of sleep, rising before dawn to catch the volcano against the sunrise and working late into the night to capture its magnificent glow. For years, Kale has been going to extraordinary lengths
Continue Reading Mauna Loa is the world’s largest active volcano. It stretches 10.5 miles from base to summit and takes up half the entire surface area of Hawaii’s Big Island, the US Geological Survey says. CNN’s David Culver reports.
Continue Reading By MARIAM FAM Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — An emerald inscribed for a Mughal emperor. A Safavid-period knotted wool carpet. An Ottoman-era curtain, intricately embroidered with metal threads, which was part of the covering of the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure in Mecca that Muslims consider the metaphorical “house of God.” Like tiles in a
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s common for South Koreans to have not just one age, but three. Sounds confusing? Well, it is — and it’s causing discrepancies in official documents and in legal matters. In response, the country’s parliament passed a new law that aims to standardize how age is calculated. And technically, this means
Continue Reading Snow continues for the West and Midwest today, while the next system brings the risk of severe storms next week. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the latest forecast.
Continue Reading The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has decided to make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice, the panel’s chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), told reporters. CNN legal analyst Elliott Williams explains.
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CNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as a political independent, she told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an exclusive TV interview. “I’ve registered as an Arizona independent. I know some people might be a little bit surprised by this, but actually, I think it makes a
Continue Reading MONACO (AP) — A long jumper and two officials from Albania could face bans after they were accused of submitting false information that helped the athlete get a spot at the Tokyo Olympics last year. The Athletics Integrity Unit says it has charged long jumper Izmir Smajlaj, Albanian track federation president Gjegj Ruli and the
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EL PASO, Texas – There are many reasons that someone drops out of high school and never received their GED. Every year, more than 700,000 people take the GED test. It has truly never been easier to finish your GED with Texas Tech University. The university’s fully online school district has been awarded $1.8 million
Continue Reading By LEKAN OYEKANMI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brittney Griner returned to the United States Friday and was reunited with her wife nearly 10 months after her detention in Russia made the basketball star the most high-profile American jailed abroad and set off a political firestorm. Griner’s status as an openly
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell, Tina Burnside, Rosalina Nieves and Rosa Flores, CNN For the first time in almost 300 days, Brittney Griner, the American basketball star detained by Russian authorities in February, will spend the night in a bed in her home country. Griner, 32, returned to the United States early Friday after being released from
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