Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los mejores patinadores artísticos giran a velocidades tan increíbles, de hasta seis revoluciones por segundo, que pueden hacer que incluso los espectadores se sientan un poco mareados. Los espectadores curiosos de los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de Beijing tienen dudas al respecto. “¿Cómo hacen los patinadores artísticos para no marearse?” ha
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By Bill Kirkos and Amir Vera, CNN Cross-examination of Tou Thao got tense Wednesday as the ex-officer snapped at the prosecutor for asking why he didn’t tell Derek Chauvin to get off George Floyd’s neck and back during the 9 minutes and 29 seconds. “I think I would trust a 19-year veteran to figure it
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators approve record-setting annual budget increase to bolster public education, health care, economy.
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By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech has suffered a painful fall from winning last season’s ACC Tournament championship to last place in the league this year. The Yellow Jackets fell to the bottom of the ACC standings with their third straight loss on Tuesday night. Coach Josh Pastner received a
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By Jack Bantock, CNN Amidst all the talk of Liverpool’s new age stars, it was two of the club’s long-time heroes that delivered a late smash and grab raid in the first leg of the Champions League last-16 tie against Inter Milan on Wednesday. As 18-year-old Harvey Elliot made his European debut and new signing
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EL PASO, Texas – U.S. District Judge David Guaderrama did not set a trial date for the Cielo Vista Walmart shooting case. During a hearing Wednesday, Judge David Guaderrama said he did not want to set the date without the federal government first determining whether this would be a death penalty case. Judge Guaderrama wants
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By Ellie Kaufman, CNN A federal judge in Georgia ruled that an anonymous Air Force officer does not have to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, despite the military’s vaccine mandate, because of her religious beliefs. The judge ordered a preliminary injunction preventing the Defense Department and the Air Force from enforcing the military’s vaccine mandate on
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — Roberto Firmino’s header and Mohamed Salah’s strike gave Liverpool a 2-0 win at Inter Milan in the Champions League round of 16. The goals both came in the last 15 minutes from set pieces to give Liverpool a crucial cushion to take back to Anfield for the second leg next month. Inter
Continue Reading SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — Kingsley Coman has scored late to salvage a 1-1 draw for Bayern Munich at Salzburg in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 meeting. Coman equalized in the last minute to prevent the Bavarian powerhouse from slumping to its second consecutive defeat after its 4-2 loss to promoted
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN The state of Texas filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn President Joe Biden’s mask mandate for public transport, marking the latest longshot bid to scrap one of the President’s key Covid-19 health measures. “Biden’s repeated disregard of the individual liberties of Texans is not only disrespectful to the US Constitution,
Continue Reading By Drew Myers, Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN Mark Finchem, the Arizona secretary of state candidate backed by former President Donald Trump, spread dangerous misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic on social media, calling the vaccine a “crime against humanity,” implying it was a “bio-weapon” and sharing an article last August that suggested Covid-19 did
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The calendar has hit mid-February, which is usually a fine time to be a Major League Baseball fan. Not this year. The sounds of spring — from the crack of wooden bats, to music blaring from stadium speakers, to shouted requests from autograph seekers —
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — La crisis entre Rusia y Ucrania está desarrollándose a miles de kilómetros de la ciudad estadounidense más cercana. Y, sin embargo, millones de familias estadounidenses sentirían las consecuencias económicas de un conflicto a gran escala. Esto se debe a que la economía mundial y los mercados financieros están
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer DoorDash has posted better-than-expected sales for its fourth quarter thanks to its growing active-user base and an expansion of its delivery options. The San Francisco-based delivery company said its revenue grew 34% to $1.3 billion in the October-December period. That surpassed Wall Street’s forecast. DoorDash said its DashPass members
Continue Reading BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Jose Perez had 21 points as Manhattan beat Fairfield 74-67. Supreme Cook led the Stags on Wednesday with 17 points.
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Un sismo con una magnitud preliminar de 6,8 golpeó el sur de las Islas Fiji este jueves temprano, hora local, según el Servicio Geológico de los Estados Unidos (USGS). El terremoto se produjo a una profundidad de alrededor de 528 km, según mostraron los datos del USGS. “Según la profundidad del terremoto,
Continue Reading WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — California-based investment company Silver Lake Partners has agreed to buy a stake in the commercial operations of New Zealand’s governing rugby body, which includes the famous All Blacks national team. New Zealand Rugby said Silver Lake will invest $134 million to set up a new commercial entity “that will house
Continue Reading WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — California-based investment company Silver Lake Partners has agreed to buy a stake in the commercial operations of New Zealand’s governing rugby body, which includes the famous All Blacks national team. New Zealand Rugby said Silver Lake will invest $134 million to set up a new commercial entity “that will house
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks shook off an early slump and ended mixed on Wall Street Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting showed policymakers still leaning toward moving decisively to fight inflation. The S&P 500 wound up with a slight gain, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq edged lower. Treasury
Continue Reading HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) — Tubby Smith has announced that he is stepping down as head coach of the High Point men’s basketball team. Smith once won a national championship while coaching at Kentucky. He will be replaced at High Point by his son and current associate head coach G.G. Smith for the remainder of
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer Christina Aguilera, actor Gabrielle Union and designer Rachel Zoe are included in a new group of investors in National Women’s Soccer League expansion team Angel City. The investors in the team’s latest funding round were announced Wednesday, ahead of Angel City’s first season. They join an already large and star-studded
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: ViacomCBS, La-Z-Boy fall; Generac, Owens Corning rise.
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) — Y así terminó todo. El príncipe Andrés de Gran Bretaña, el tercer hijo de la reina Isabel, llegó a un acuerdo con Virginia Giuffre para resolver la demanda civil por abuso sexual que ella interpuso en su contra. Giuffre asegura que el pedófilo convicto Jeffrey Epstein la trafico y la obligó a
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DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas medical center has completed a five-year, $1 billion campaign to benefit its brain research and clinical care institute. The UT Southwestern Medical Center said Wednesday that the campaign for the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute is among the largest brain-focused investments at a U.S. academic medical center. The center says
Continue Reading By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Most Americans are weary of Covid-19, recent polling shows, but there’s less consensus over how that exhaustion should translate into policy. Public opinion, these surveys suggest, isn’t a struggle between two clearly defined opposing camps — one favoring an immediate and total lifting of Covid precautions and the other a state
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Recently consolidated TelevisaUnivision Inc. will launch a ViX streaming service that will offer more than 50,000 hours of Spanish-language entertainment, sports and news content in its first year. ViX will include programs from Mexican broadcaster Televisa and U.S. broadcaster Univision, plus access to an extensive library. The service includes ViX, a free
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York is proposing a $200 million fund to help people of color, women and some others start marijuana businesses. It’s an ambitious plan to make the pot industry more equitable. But officials haven’t yet nailed down some components that experts say are crucial to making
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Pamela Kirkland and Alta Spells, CNN Texts and social media messages from two of the White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery included racist insults about African Americans, an FBI intelligence analyst testified Wednesday in their federal hate crime trial in Georgia. FBI analyst Amy Vaughan testified about several text messages between
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Duke freshman A.J. Griffin is healthy again and ranks as one of the top NBA prospects in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The 6-foot-6 wing missed most of his last two high school seasons with injuries. He also missed time in preseason with the Blue Devils to injury as well.
Continue Reading CLEVELAND (AP) — Some of basketball’s most iconic players will be in attendance when the NBA honors its 75th anniversary team during a special halftime ceremony at Sunday’s All-Star Game in Cleveland. Members of the diamond anniversary team will be inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for the ceremony as the league pays tribute to its best
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