By Hannah Ryan, CNN Singer-songwriter Diego Verdaguer — a legend of the Latin American music scene — has died at the age of 70. On Thursday, Verdaguer’s daughter, Ana Victoria, and wife, Amanda Miguel — who are also singers — both confirmed that the Mexican-Argentinian star had passed away and issued a statement on the
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — The transfer window for many big soccer leagues in Europe is coming to an end and many talented and young Brazilian players hope to join this January. They could be bargains for clubs seeking last-minute deals. Some of them are among the best of the
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VIENNA (AP) — Germany’s Greens party has elected a new leadership team that has vowed to continue fighting for the party’s core issues, especially combating climate change, as it adjusts to its role in Germany’s new governing coalition. Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang will serve as the party’s co-leaders. They are replacing Annalena Baerbock and
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EL PASO, Texas – At least five were injured in a multiple vehicle crash in west El Paso. The crash happened just before 7 a.m. at Spur 1966 and Paisano. First responders told ABC-7 one person was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injures, two people were taken with minor injuries and at least two
Continue Reading AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn coach Bruce Pearl stands to make more than $50 million under a new eight-year contract. Athletic director Allen Greene announced terms of the deal hours before the top-ranked Tigers faced Oklahoma at Auburn Arena. Greene and Pearl had announced an agreement on social media Friday without releasing terms. Pearl’s pay
Continue Reading By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Anthony Muñoz and Ickey Woods are among alumni from the 1988 Cincinnati Bengals excited about the current team being one step from another Super Bowl. The 2021 Bengals have won two playoff games and go to Kansas City on Sunday for the AFC championship game. Woods
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Actress Bette Midler on Friday hit back at West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice, who earlier this week told her and critics of his state to kiss his dog’s “hiney.” “BTW, here are the state rankings of all the areas and agencies for which the so-called “Governor” of WVA, #JimJustice, is
Continue Reading The pandemic continues to impact cross-country ski teams as they head to the Beijing Olympics, with a Norwegian skier replaced and a Swedish competitor testing positive upon arrival in China. The Norwegian women’s team replaced Anne Kjersti Kalvå with Ragnhild Haga after Kalvå tested positive for COVID-19. Swedish cross-country skier Leo Johansson was in quarantine
Continue Reading LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has made a change to its cartoon mascot Herbie Husker to eliminate confusion about the meaning of a hand gesture some people connect with white supremacy. In the original depiction, Herbie’s left hand made the OK sign with the index finger and thumb forming a closed circle.
Continue Reading CNN By Sonnet Swire and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The first Black woman nominated to the US Supreme Court by President Joe Biden will be a “beneficiary” of affirmative action, Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi said Friday. “The irony is that the Supreme Court is at the very same time hearing cases about this sort
Continue Reading By Sonnet Swire and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The first Black woman nominated to the US Supreme Court by President Joe Biden will be a “beneficiary” of affirmative action, Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi said Friday. “The irony is that the Supreme Court is at the very same time hearing cases about this sort of
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By Livia Borghese, CNN Italy’s current president Sergio Mattarella has been re-elected for a second mandate, speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Robert Fico, announced Saturday. Mattarella received 759 out of a possible 1009 votes from “great electors” — the members of parliament and regional representatives charged with electing the president in a process that
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay arrived in California five years ago, a pair of hot-shot young coaches with a shared history and similar offenses taking over struggling franchises. McVay has had more overall success with the Los Angeles Rams than Shanahan has had
Continue Reading By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The Eritrea cycling team has been excluded from the Tour of Rwanda race because its members have not been vaccinated against COVID-19. Eritrea is the only one of the African Union’s 55 members states that’s yet to vaccinate any of its population. Rwanda Cycling Federation president
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy has moved within two shots of leader Justin Harding after three rounds at the Dubai Desert Classic as the Northern Irishman tries for a third win at the event. McIlroy shot a 3-under 69 to get to 10 under overall at the tournament he won in 2009
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis entered on a wild card and were dubbed the Special Ks on their wild ride to the men’s doubles title at the Australian Open. A 7-5, 6-4 victory over Matt Ebden and Max Purcell meant the long-time friends became the first home-grown pairing to win the
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Alejandra Ramos Londres (CNN) — La posibilidad de una inminente invasión rusa a Ucrania intensifica el estado de alarma en la región, amenazando con hundir aún más a los 44 millones de habitantes del país en las garras del conflicto. Pero un movimiento del Kremlin también se extendería mucho más allá de la frontera compartida
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN “It’s just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right.” The catchy song from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” may as well have been our soundtrack for the last two years. Ever since the pandemic’s arrival, it has felt a bit like living in a time warp,
Continue Reading French astronaut Thomas Pesquet spent six months aboard the International Space Station last year. He explains why he wants to cherish and protect our fragile planet.
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — El CEO de Tesla, Elon Musk, dijo el miércoles que cree que el objetivo de robots humanoides es lo más importante en lo que está trabajando. El fabricante de vehículos eléctricos anunció por primera vez sus planes de robots en su AI Day el año pasado. En lugar de mostrar algún
Continue Reading By Sonnet Swire and Evan Perez, CNN An American woman from Kansas who allegedly joined ISIS and led an all-woman battalion in Syria has been arrested and charged by federal prosecutors with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, was apprehended in Syria earlier and was transferred to FBI
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Claudia Dominguez, CNN The US Navy has been granted a permit to discharge up to five million gallons of treated water a day from its Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage facility after that water was contaminated by a petroleum leak that sickened military families and children in Hawaii. Statements from the
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — The governor of a province in eastern Thailand has declared a state of emergency after an oil slick washed up on a sand beach, shutting down restaurants and shops in a setback for the pandemic-hit tourism industry. Some 20-50 tons of oil are estimated to have leaked Tuesday night in the Gulf
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Usando genealogía genética y ADN familiar, la policía de Colorado resolvió los casos de hace décadas de los homicidios de cuatro mujeres,. El asesino era un hombre que se suicidó en la cárcel en 1981. Las tres mujeres y una adolescente fueron asesinadas a puñaladas entre 1978 y 1981 en el
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN It seemed too good to be true: The cutie who you matched with on a dating app sent sweet messages, told fantastic stories and even made you a Spotify playlist. Then you never hear from them again. That is a West Elm Caleb. It all started out on TikTok, where women
Continue Reading By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press A 50-year-old bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh had been rated as poor on a recent inspection report. But transportation officials and engineering experts caution that doesn’t necessarily signal imminent danger for the thousands of other U.S. bridges with the same designation. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and the
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN Business) — Estados Unidos y sus aliados se apresuran a elaborar planes de contingencia en caso de que el suministro de gas ruso, crucial para el funcionamiento de las empresas y la calefacción de los hogares en Europa, se vea interrumpido por el conflicto en Ucrania. Europa tendría dificultades para sobrevivir
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Story by Reuters The “Special Ks” show at the Australian Open ended on a high after Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis claimed their first major title by defeating compatriots Max Purcell and Matt Ebden in the men’s doubles final on Saturday. Kyrgios and Kokkinakis, nicknamed the “Special Ks” as juniors, entertained the crowd at the
Continue Reading By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Newly empowered Republican lawmakers in Virginia who opposed legalizing simple possession of marijuana say they don’t want to scrap the 2021 law, but they do want to make significant changes. Republicans have drafted bills that would move up the start date for retail sales and get
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — ¿Por qué crees que se llaman galletas de la fortuna? Después de su comida semanal en un restaurante chino, un hombre de Carolina del Norte usó los números de su galleta de la fortuna para jugar a la lotería. Y ahora es $4 millones más rico. “Normalmente no juego mis números
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