GENOA, Italy (AP) — Genoa has fired Andriy Shevchenko as coach just two months after hiring the former AC Milan and Chelsea forward. Shevchenko won just one of his 11 matches in charge. He leaves Genoa in penultimate place in the Serie A standings and five points from safety. His last match in charge proved
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Dos hombres fueron encarcelados por intentar pasar de contrabando US$ 341.875 (£ 250.000) en cocaína en latas de frijoles horneados y de leche de coco condensada. Daniel Kelly y Steven Gilhooly fueron sentenciados a un total de 15 años de prisión en Snaresbrook Crown Court, Londres, el 12 de enero, según
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CNN By Rhea Mogul, Jake Kwon, Sophie Jeong and Alex Stambaugh, CNN The first contactless aid flights arrived in disaster-hit Tonga on Thursday, as the coronavirus-free Pacific island nation takes precautions to keep the virus out of its borders in the wake of a devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami. Flights from Australia and New Zealand
Continue Reading By Luke McGee, Robert Iddiols and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Staff at 10 Downing Street held gatherings dubbed “wine-time Fridays” during England’s coronavirus lockdowns, British tabloid newspaper The Mirror reported on Friday. A former No 10 source, who worked at the UK Prime Minister’s official residence all through 2020, confirmed to CNN that such gatherings regularly
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By ANNIE MA Associated Press Philanthropy, federal relief funding and other community driven efforts to close the digital divide in a year of remote schooling have helped significantly to bring more children online. But many families remain underconnected. They find themselves able to access the internet and the increasing number of tasks that rely on
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By ANNIE MA Associated Press Philanthropy, federal relief funding and other community driven efforts to close the digital divide in a year of remote schooling have helped significantly to bring more children online. But many families remain underconnected. They find themselves able to access the internet and the increasing number of tasks that rely on
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As America’s first second gentleman, Doug Emhoff has visited 31 states to promote Biden administration policies and the coronavirus vaccine. He says the most important part of those trips may be making it home in time for dinner, when his wife, Vice President Kamala
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) — It is never easy for Switzerland to watch an Austrian downhiller win its signature ski race. It was even harder to take Saturday. Austrian world champion Vincent Kriechmayr won the classic Lauberhorn race that Swiss team officials said this week he should not have been
Continue Reading AMSTERDAM (AP) — As stores in Amsterdam and across the Netherlands cautiously reopened after weeks of a coronavirus lockdown, the Dutch capital’s mood was further lightened by dashes of color as thousands of free bunches of tulips were handed out. National Tulip Day is usually marked by an improvised flower garden in front of the
Continue Reading AMSTERDAM (AP) — As stores in Amsterdam and across the Netherlands cautiously reopened after weeks of a coronavirus lockdown, the Dutch capital’s mood was further lightened by dashes of color as thousands of free bunches of tulips were handed out. National Tulip Day is usually marked by an improvised flower garden in front of the
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By Ben Church, CNN With the year’s first tennis grand slam fast approaching, the saga surrounding Novak Djokovic‘s visa looks set to continue right up to the moment play is scheduled to start on Monday. While players have been putting together their final preparations ahead of the Australian Open, all the questions have been about
Continue Reading The broadcaster and former tennis pro says Novak Djokovic is in “a lot of trouble” as he fights to compete in the Australian Open.
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, dijo que uno de sus mayores arrepentimientos en el cargo fue no haber hablado “mucho más alto” en marzo de 2020, cuando el expresidente Donald Trump aconsejó a la nación que se quedara en casa para frenar la rápida propagación del coronavirus. DeSantis, un aliado
Continue Reading DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Officials say a man in police custody was shot and killed in a North Carolina emergency room early Saturday after scuffling with an officer. News outlets report the man was in the custody of Durham police and was receiving treatment at Duke University Hospital. Health Director Sarah Avery says that while
Continue Reading PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — Catastrophe has been averted after a dramatic fire near a chemical plant burned through the night and into Saturday morning in northern New Jersey. Its smoke was so heavy that it was detected on weather radar and was seen and smelled in nearby New York City. The fire at Majestic Industries
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Los bioingenieros de la Edad del Bronce crearon el primer animal híbrido: una majestuosa criatura parecida a un caballo conocida como kunga que tenía una madre burra, un asno salvaje sirio por padre y vivió hace 4.500 años, según una nueva investigación basada en la secuenciación del ADN del esqueleto del
Continue Reading ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — American Kaillie Humphries got a win. Elana Meyers Taylor got an overall title. And the U.S. bobsled team got more momentum to take into the Beijing Olympics. Humphries prevailed in the final women’s monobob race of the season on Saturday, with Meyers Taylor finishing second. And in the seasonlong standings,
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Six people were taken to a hospital after shots were fired Friday night at a rap concert in Eugene, Oregon, police said. Police Chief Chris Skinner told reporters early Saturday morning that one victim is in critical condition after “certainly one of the highest-profile shootings we’ve had in
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Two men have been jailed for attempting to smuggle $341,875 (£250,000) worth of cocaine in baked beans and condensed coconut milk tins. Daniel Kelly and Steven Gilhooly were sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison at Snaresbrook Crown Court, London, on January 12, according to London’s Metropolitan Police.
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — La leyenda del tenis Chris Evert, quien ganó 18 títulos de Grand Slam en individuales y tres títulos de Grand Slam en dobles en su carrera, dijo este viernes que le diagnosticaron cáncer de ovario en etapa 1. En una publicación de Twitter que vincula un artículo de ESPN que Evert
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Las autoridades de Uruguay anunciaron que los ciudadanos y residentes uruguayos que están infectados con covid-19 y se encuentran actualmente en el extranjero, ahora pueden regresar al país, un movimiento inusual provocado por la “solidaridad” a medida que los casos en toda la región continúan aumentando. “Como siempre, solidaridad”, dijo el
Continue Reading ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria (AP) — Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami has won the fourth women’s World Cup downhill of the season after Olympic champion Sofia Goggia had an awkward crash halfway down her run. The Italian seemed unhurt and skied down the course shortly after the incident. Goggia won the previous three downhills. Gut-Behrami beat Kira Weidle
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By Kristen Rogers, Parija Kavilanz and Amanda Sealy, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its mask guidelines to recommend that people “wear the most protective mask you can that fits well and that you will wear consistently.” The agency describes well-fitting respirators approved by the National Institute of Occupational Safety
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Los bomberos lucharon contra un incendio masivo de 11 alarmas este viernes por la noche en una planta química de fabricación de cloro en Nueva Jersey, que se podía ver desde millas de distancia y generó advertencias sobre la calidad del aire en la región. Un bombero resultó herido por los
Continue Reading EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Police in Oregon set up a tip line and are asking for witnesses to come forward with any information about a shooting that injured six people, one critically, outside a concert in Eugene. Officers responded to the WOW Hall after reports of a shooting near the venue’s rear entrance around 9:30
Continue Reading By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Lawmakers in Kosovo have held an extraordinary session to reject allowing the country’s ethnic Serb minority to vote in a Serb referendum in Kosovo. The resolution they passed said the move violates the country’s constitution, laws and international practice. Kosovo police stopped at
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Un tsunami golpeó la isla más grande de Tonga, Tongatapu, y, según los reportes, envió olas que inundaron la capital después de que un volcán submarino en el Pacífico Sur explotara en una erupción violenta este sábado, enviando una nube de ceniza y vapor de gas al aire. Las imágenes de
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Hannah Gard and Alanne Orjoux, CNN A massive storm system dumping snow on the central US is expected to wallop much of the country’s eastern third with snow and freezing rain this weekend, and could cause a crippling ice event in parts of Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas by Sunday. Nearly 74
Continue Reading A massive storm system that’s dumping several inches of snow on the central US is expected to move toward the southeast.
Continue Reading Winter storms can expose you to frigid temperatures by knocking out power and freezing water pipes. Here’s how to prepare your home to keep you and your family safe.
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