By The Associated Press Victor Wembanyama is leading the French league with averages of 22.9 points and 9.6 rebounds per game. And those are his final numbers as an 18-year-old. He turns 19 on Jan. 4. His Metropolitans 92 club is 11-4 so far this season in France. That’s good for second place in the
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: January 19, 1982 Birth place: South Bend, Indiana Birth name: Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg Father: Joseph A. Buttigieg, an English professor Mother: Anne Montgomery, a
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EL PASO, Texas — The Pitt Head Coaches will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. Pitt faces UCLA in the 89th Annual Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Friday, Dec. 30.
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By AJ Willingham, CNN Twenty-two years ago, humanity was teetering on the fulcrum of a new era. Our love affair with technology still felt glamorous and new, the internet a vast frontier full of danger and promise. Yes, we knew there may be troubles down the road, but the consequences of climate change and geopolitical
Continue Reading By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Spare a thought for German soccer fans over the holidays. Their national team’s World Cup ended embarrassingly early in the group stage and they face a long wait to see any club games. The German Bundesliga doesn’t return from its post-World Cup break until Jan.
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By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Rep.-elect George Santos made additional false claims over the years about his family history, work history and education in campaign appearances over the years, a review of statements made in two of his campaigns for Congress found. CNN’s KFile uncovered more falsehoods from Santos, including claims he was
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By HOPE YEN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Jan. 1, many Americans will qualify for a tax credit of up to $7,500 for buying an electric vehicle. The credit, part of changes enacted in the Inflation Reduction Act, is designed to spur EV sales and reduce greenhouse emissions. But a complex
Continue Reading SEMMERING, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin made ski racing history once again on Thursday night. This time, however, she wasn’t the only American skier doing so. Shiffrin led teammate Paula Moltzan for the U.S. ski team’s first 1-2 finish in a women’s World Cup slalom since 1971. And Shiffrin’s win in the night race made
Continue Reading By Angela Fritz, CNN Lakefront homes in Ontario were encased in a thick, spiky coat of ice after last weekend’s blizzard whipped frigid waves on shore. Residents of the Fort Erie community, coincidentally named Crystal Beach, said the waves were crashing over their Lake Erie break wall during the storm. “Then the water has frozen
Continue Reading (CNN)-The soda market continues to go flat as Americans cut back on bubbly beverages but one brand has continued to grow. It may be just what the doctor ordered, Dr. Pepper, that is. For a century, Dr. Pepper has marketed itself as the odd one out, a quirky alternative to mainstream brands like Coca-Cola and
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN A former Minneapolis police officer is charged with assaulting a man during nighttime civil unrest following the death of George Floyd in May 2020, according to a complaint filed Wednesday. Former officer Justin Stetson is accused of repeatedly punching, kicking and kneeing Jaleel Stallings in the head and
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN A top White House lawyer told two leading Republicans the oversight requests they issued during the last Congress would have to be reissued once the GOP assumes their House majority next week. The letter sent to Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comer, the incoming chairmen of the House Judiciary and Oversight
Continue Reading By The Associated Press No. 19 Notre Dame and 20th-ranked South Carolina will be trying to fill huge holes when they play in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. It’s their first meeting since 1984. The Fighting Irish will be without quarterback Drew Pyne, All-American tight end Michael Mayer, standout edge rusher Isaiah Foskey and cornerback Cam
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines said it expects to return to normal operations Friday after more than a week of widespread flight cancellations that started with a winter storm and spiraled out of control because of a breakdown with staffing technology. If Thursday turns out to be the last
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By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé says he may always be haunted by France’s dramatic World Cup final defeat but bears no bitterness over the way Argentina celebrated and won’t let the loss hold him back with Paris Saint-Germain. Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has been criticized for the excessive tone
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The House Committee investigating the January 6th capitol insurrection is withdrawing its subpoena of former President Donald Trump. Chairman Bennie Thompson wrote a letter to Trump’s attorney Wednesday explaining why. He said the committee can no longer pursue the information covered by the subpoena because the investigation is ending. Trump was subpoenaed in October for
Continue Reading BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Make it five wins in 12 starts for Marco Odermatt this season. The Swiss skier maintained his dazzling form in the last World Cup race of 2022 by dominating a super-G on one of the tour’s toughest courses. Odermatt wasn’t the fastest starter but outclassed his competitors on all other sections
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Good Thursday morning to you. We are no longer under a First Alert, which is a good thing for many of us, but that doesn’t mean our weather won’t impact you today! It will be cloudy and cool, even though our temperatures will be in the upper 50s. On a sunny day with temps in
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Banking giant JPMorgan Chase is under fire, accused of benefiting from sex trafficking by billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. It comes after an attorney in the U.S. Virgin Islands filed suit Tuesday saying the bank failed to report suspicious activity. According to the lawsuit human trafficking was the principal business of the accounts Epstein maintained at JPMorgan.
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EL PASO, Texas – The nation’s airports have been hit with holiday travel chaos, as several major airlines have canceled or severely delayed thousands of flights nationwide. Americans are traveling for the holidays in numbers not seen since before the pandemic, with nearly 113 million people traveling this holiday season, according to AAA. Under federal
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona and Real Madrid resume their fight for the Spanish league title as the competition starts again following a seven-week hiatus for the World Cup. Barcelona has a two-point lead and hosts crosstown rival Espanyol at Camp Nou on Saturday. Defending champion Madrid visits Valladolid on
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN Early this year, even before the national shortage of infant formula or a demand-driven shortfall of pain medications for kids, children’s hospitals began to worry about looming shortages of two critical medications for premature infants: sodium chloride and potassium chloride. These solutions of life-sustaining minerals are key to a therapy called
Continue Reading BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Matthias Mayer of Austria has ended his Alpine skiing career with immediate effect. Mayer surprisingly announced his retirement shortly before a men’s World Cup super-G in an interview with Austrian TV after he returned from the course inspection. Mayer said “last season was fantastic with the third
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, Jeremy Herb and Tierney Sneed, CNN House Democrats’ historic decision to release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns this week is the culmination of a nearly four-year legal battle orchestrated by a little-known government lawyer who rewrote the playbook for congressional investigations. Outgoing House General Counsel Douglas Letter, a 69-year-old government lawyer
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James turns 38 on Friday. And he averaged more points as a 37-year-old than anyone ever has in NBA history. He actually averaged more points at that age than he has at any age since he was 21. But the 20-year NBA veteran made clear
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — This season certainly hasn’t unfolded the way Geno Auriemma envisioned. His UConn Huskies weathered a run of injuries and illness to reach the NCAA Tournament championship game last season and the core of that team was supposed to be back this year. Or so he
Continue Reading An Alaska man says he was finally going to get a heart transplant. A winter storm meant the heart had to go to someone else
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar and Dakin Andone, CNN Patrick Holland had only been on the heart transplant list for a few weeks when he said he got a call last Thursday from the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle that a donor match had been found. The 56-year-old Alaska man, who has congestive heart failure,
Continue Reading CNN’s Poppy Harlow talks to Patrick Holland, a 57-year-old Alaska man battling congestive heart failure, who says last week’s winter storm that battered much of the US and led to thousands of flight cancellations cost him the opportunity to get a heart transplant.
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Stacker ranked a dozen sports records set in the year 2022, including milestones from Aaron Judge, Alyssa Thomas, and more.
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