By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Ryan Cochran-Siegle’s silver in the super-G at the Beijing Games has given the United States its first men’s Alpine skiing Olympic medal since 2014. Cochran-Siegel’s second-place finish behind Austrian skier Matthias Mayer comes nearly 50 years to the day after his mother won a slalom gold
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Jerry analyzed a list of statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau and other news sources to determine how the American commute has changed and developed during the past 50 years.
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Football’s ultimate game has a long history of surprising outcomes. Using data from Vegas Insider, Stacker curated a gallery of the biggest underdogs in Super Bowl history, ranking them from the lowest to highest point spreads.
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Stacker compiled a list of 10 animals often misjudged and misunderstood by humans. Keep reading to learn the roles these 10 misunderstood animals play in the ecosystem.
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By Paula Newton and Travis Caldwell, CNN Canadian protesters have impeded access to the busiest international crossing in North America again Tuesday, escalating tensions as frustration over demonstrations against Covid-19 rules continues to roil the nation. After idling trucks and vehicles snarled roadways in major Canadian cities over the weekend, “Freedom Convoy” drivers hindered travel
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China has ordered inhabitants of the southern city of Baise to stay home and suspended transportation links amid a surge in COVID-19 cases at least partly linked to the omicron variant. Classes have been suspended, non-essential businesses closed and mass testing of residents ordered in the southern city. As of Tuesday, 135
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BEIJING (AP) — China has ordered inhabitants of the southern city of Baise to stay home and suspended transportation links amid a surge in COVID-19 cases at least partly linked to the omicron variant. Classes have been suspended, non-essential businesses closed and mass testing of residents ordered in the southern city. As of Tuesday, 135
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olivertapia (CNN) — La patinadora rusa adolescente Kamila Valieva hizo historia el lunes en Beijing 2022 al convertirse en la primera mujer en aterrizar un salto cuádruple (quad) en los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno. Valieva, de 15 años, consiguió dos quads en el evento por equipos cuando el Comité Olímpico Ruso (ROC) aseguró el oro
Continue Reading A unified NATO is telling Russia: Stay out of Ukraine. Don’t even think about invading a NATO ally.
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Taylor Fletcher almost ended his Nordic combined career shortly after his third trip to the Olympics in 2018. Fletcher’s father died of Lou Gehrig’s disease, his stepfather had a near-death experience in a bike accident and he broke up with a longtime girlfriend. Fletcher bounced
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Nissan has swung back into the black for the quarter through December, despite shortages of computer chips that have hit the entire industry. Nissan which is allied with Renault of France, had a 32.7 billion yen, or $284 million profit in the fiscal third
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer NBC’s Mike Tirico began the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics by saying “just over six months ago in Tokyo, we said we were about to embark on an Olympics unlike any other. Now we’re about to top that.” But in the case of ratings topping that has meant
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic defended her Olympic snowboard parallel giant slalom title. She will now switch over to ski racing to try to defend her super-G crown. Ledecka became the first competitor to win gold in two different sports at the same Winter
Continue Reading By Philip Wang The United States has approved the possible sale to Taiwan of military equipment and services, including engineering services to support the Patriot missile defense system, for an estimated cost of $100 million, according to a statement released Monday by the Defense Department. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business SoftBank’s record-breaking sale of a prized chip designer to Nvidia has officially been called off. At an initial value of $40 billion, the US chipmaker’s acquisition of British design firm ARM would have been the largest semiconductor deal on record. But regulators around the world have long raised concerns about
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Arianna Fontana became the most decorated short track speedskater in Olympic history in Beijing. She won the 500 meters to collect her 10th medal after earning silver in the new mixed team relay. She did it with her American husband by her side. Anthony Lobello Jr.
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology investor SoftBank says its planned sale of the British semiconductor and software design company Arm to U.S. chip maker Nvidia has fallen through. SoftBank plans an initial public offering of Arm after the intended sale to Nvidia failed due to regulatory problems. Nvidia confirmed
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Weeks-long isolation, repeat stints in quarantine and sub-par meals — these are conditions that some Olympic athletes snared in Beijing’s stringent system for controlling Covid-19 say they are contending with, and some are pushing back. Finnish ice hockey head coach Jukka Jalonen on Sunday accused China of “not
Continue Reading By EDITH M.. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China in the U.N. Security Council over the usefulness and impact of U.N. sanctions, currently imposed on countries from North Korea to Yemen and Congo as well the al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups and
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Esto es lo mejor de lo peor del cine de 2021. Las nominaciones a los 42º Premio Razzie se anunciaron el lunes e incluyeron un tributo musical a la fallecida princesa Diana, Jared Leto en “House of Gucci”, la película “Karen” y una categoría especial para Bruce Willis. “Diana the Musical” de
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Italy won the gold medal in mixed doubles curling to complete a near-perfect Olympics. The 8-5 win over Norway at the Ice Cube capped a dominant performance for Amos Mosaner and Stefania Constantini. The Italians were undefeated in the round-robin and then advanced to the gold
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By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Keegan Messing went from being stuck in a room with COVID-19 to traveling around the world. One skate at the Olympics made it all worthwhile. The Canadian figure skater’s preparations were derailed when a positive test for the virus put him off Team Canada’s scheduled flight
Continue Reading CNN By Michelle Toh, CNN Business SoftBank’s record-breaking sale of a prized chip designer to Nvidia has officially been called off. At an initial value of $40 billion, the US chipmaker’s acquisition of British design firm ARM would have been the largest semiconductor deal on record. But regulators around the world have long raised concerns
Continue Reading CNN By Michelle Toh, CNN Business SoftBank’s record-breaking sale of a prized chip designer to Nvidia has officially been called off. At an initial value of $40 billion, the US chipmaker’s acquisition of British design firm ARM would have been the largest semiconductor deal on record. But regulators around the world have long raised concerns
Continue Reading CNN By Michelle Toh, CNN Business SoftBank’s record-breaking sale of a prized chip designer to Nvidia has officially been called off. At an initial value of $40 billion, the US chipmaker’s acquisition of British design firm ARM would have been the largest semiconductor deal on record. But regulators around the world have long raised concerns
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Freshman Azzi Fudd was supposed to pair with good friend Paige Bueckers this season and lead No. 8 UConn in a romp toward its 14th straight Final Four and 12th national title. Instead, Fudd, the nation’s top recruit, and Bueckers, the reigning national player of
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer As the coach of his son’s 12-and-under Pop Warner championship team, Eric Weddle had a message for the young players to not take the opportunity to win a championship for granted. Weddle is now aiming for a second title, one with much larger stakes than a Pop Warner
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) — Davidson junior forward Hyunjung Lee and Kayla Padilla of the Penn women’s basketball team are among the players of Asian descent excelling at the NCAA Division I level in the United States. Both are playing well enough to have legit shots of making it to
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer No. 23 Murray State will play two games this week with its first AP Top 25 ranking since 2015. The Racers are unbeaten in the Ohio Valley Conference. Coach Matt McMahon says the ranking is a “big deal” and that he has a mature enough team to handle the
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By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer No. 23 Murray State will play two games this week with its first AP Top 25 ranking since 2015. The Racers are unbeaten in the Ohio Valley Conference. Coach Matt McMahon says the ranking is a “big deal” and that he has a mature enough team to handle the
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