By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 10 years ago, Chad Vincent was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. He vowed not to allow the disease to limit his experiences. On Sunday, Vincent will attend the Super Bowl — one of many sporting events on his attendance resume. Vincent and his wife,
Continue Reading
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A Telenor Myanmar customer has complained to Norway’s data protection authority that a planned sale of the business risks a potentially dangerous breach of privacy. After the military ousted Myanmar’s elected government last year, Norway’s Telenor Group announced it would sell its business there. Final details
Continue Reading
olivertapia (CNN) — México es actualmente una “fuente dominante” del suministro de fentanilo en Estados Unidos y los opioides sintéticos saturan rápidamente los mercados de drogas, según un nuevo informe del gobierno estadounidense publicado el martes que detalla cómo ha cambiado el tráfico de opioides en el país en los últimos años. Encuentran cerca de
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Hockey at the Olympics is happening on NHL-sized ice for the first time since the 2010 Vancouver Games. The smaller surface should be an advantage to teams like the U.S. and Canada that want to play a direct, north-south style game. It’s a bit harder on
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks are higher after Wall Street rebounded as investors waited for U.S. inflation data that might influence the pace of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 rose 0.8%, recovering from the previous day’s slide.
Continue Reading
By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Eileen Gu fans temporarily crashed China’s leading social media platform on Tuesday, as tens of millions rushed online to celebrate the teenage freeski sensation winning her first gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics. American-born Gu, 18, jumped into the top position at the women’s big air competition
Continue Reading
By Rob McLean, CNN Business Crypto fans rejoice: Bitcoin is mounting a comeback. The virtual currency briefly breached the $45,000 milestone for the first time in roughly a month overnight, according to CoinMarketCap. It later dipped back below that mark, and was last trading around $44,800 per coin. It’s not clear what caused the latest
Continue Reading By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — China is fielding naturalized athletes at the Beijing Games in an effort to popularize winter sports and be represented across the Olympic program. Athletes in sports including hockey were born and raised in North America. Some have Chinese heritage and see competing for China as a
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Marie-Philip Poulin capped a three-goal run by scoring on a penalty shot with 2:35 left in the second period and Canada upended the defending Olympic champion United States 4-2 to claim the women’s hockey tournament’s top seed entering the playoff round. The two global hockey powers
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Abu Dhabi Ports Group is trading on Abu Dhabi’s stock exchange for the first time, following a $1.1 billion capital raise from a primary issuance ahead of its listing. AD Ports Group operates ports, logistics and industrial zones in the United Arab Emirates’ seat of power, Abu Dhabi. It
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Nathan Chen had just shattered the world record for a figure skating short program, even throwing a defiant fist in a rare display of emotion, when he was asked how he’d spend the next 48 hours before his long-awaited Olympic coronation. “I’ve been here a while,”
Continue Reading
DENTON, Texas – Souley Boum (game-high 20 points) and Jamal Bieniemy (17 points) both hit double figures in scoring and UTEP shot 54.5 percent from the floor, but Conference USA West Division leader North Texas pulled away in the second half in a 66-58 setback at the Super Pit Monday evening. The loss halts UTEP’s (14-9, 7-4
Continue Reading By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Olympic organizers say there are 32 athletes in isolation facilities after testing positive for the coronavirus and that the average time spent in isolation is seven days. They say 50 athletes have also been discharged from isolation. The disclosure came after complaints by athletes about inedible food,
Continue Reading
Stacker compiled statistics about how people in El Paso feel about climate change using data from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
Continue Reading
CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Through my coverage of various media industry scandals over the years, and through my first-hand experience with a few of them, I can confidently say this: The scandals are
Continue Reading By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Through my coverage of various media industry scandals over the years, and through my first-hand experience with a few of them, I can confidently say this: The scandals are more
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas – UTEP stormed back from down 19 in the third quarter to make a late push in a 68-65 loss at Louisiana Tech on Monday night in the Thomas Assembly Center. A flight cancelation on Sunday forced the Miners (13-9, 5-7 Conference USA) into same-day travel that featured a 4:35 a.m. MT loading of the bus
Continue Reading
Coy Wire, Nectar Gan, Jessie Yeung, CNN Beijing 2022’s official mascot has emerged as a fan favorite at the Winter Games. Eliciting some of the biggest cheers from crowds — sometimes louder than those heard for the athletes — Bing Dwen Dwen has appeared all over the Olympic venues. Dressed in a full-body icy “shell,”
Continue Reading American-born freestyle skier Eileen Gu,18, has won her first gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics. She scored 94.5 with a 1620 and a perfect landing — making her total score 188.25 in the event’s debut at the Winter Olympics.
Continue Reading By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business India’s Gautam Adani has overtaken his fellow countryman Mukesh Ambani to become the wealthiest person in Asia, according to Bloomberg’s list of the world’s richest people. The 59-year-old founder of Adani Group controls companies ranging from ports and aerospace to thermal energy and coal, and now has a net worth
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top science adviser Eric Lander has resigned after the White House confirmed that an internal investigation found credible evidence that he mistreated his staff. It marks the first Cabinet-level departure of the Biden administration. Press secretary Jen Psaki says Biden accepted Lander’s resignation Monday
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Klay Thompson scored 21 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 110-98 for their ninth straight win. Stephen Curry had 18 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds for the Warriors, who shot 50% from the field. Lu Dort led the Thunder
Continue Reading GREELEY, Colo. — Daylen Kountz had 22 points as Northern Colorado easily defeated Northern Arizona 82-60. Jalen Cone led the Lumberjacks on Monday night with 22 points.
Continue Reading By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawsuit alleging that a former UCLA gynecologist sexually abused hundreds of women has been settled for $243.6 million. The amount of the settlement was announced Tuesday by UCLA and some of the lawyers representing 203 women. It’s one of hundreds of lawsuits filed by patients
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR and ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — Matthias Mayer became the first man to win gold medals in Alpine skiing at three straight Olympics after finishing first in the super-G at the Beijing Games. Mayer raised his ski pole in the air as he crossed the line and then faced
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A new government report out Tuesday details how opioid trafficking in the United States has changed in recent years, with Mexico now a “dominant source” of the country’s fentanyl supply and synthetic opioids rapidly saturating drug markets. In its report, the federal Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking — a bipartisan
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette and Kelly McCleary, CNN The suspect in Monday’s deadly shooting inside a grocery store in Washington state has been arrested, police said late Monday. Aaron Christopher Kelly, 39, was taken into custody without incident, the Richland Police Department said. Police earlier described Kelly as “armed and dangerous” and identified him as the
Continue Reading Witnesses describe Monday’s fatal grocery store shooting in Washington state
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN More than 40% of drivers reporting alcohol and cannabis use in a national survey also reported driving under the influence of one or both of the substances, a new study found. “Alcohol and cannabis are two of the most common substances involved in impaired driving and motor vehicle crashes” in the
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Donovan Carrillo de México dijo que muchas personas le dijeron que era imposible que un patinador artístico mexicano clasificara para los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno. Pero en Beijing, el martes, se clasificó a la final de patinaje artístico después de su actuación en el programa corto masculino. Carrillo es el primer patinador
Continue Reading