By Kate Golembiewski, CNN Diplodocids were a family of dinosaurs with long necks and, often, even longer tails — some species’ tails reached 50 feet in length. They were wide-ranging, but especially flourished in what’s now the western US around 152 million years ago. For decades, scientists have debated whether these dinosaurs could whip their
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN The use and imposition of the death penalty in America saw a continued decline in 2022 as polls showed public support for capital punishment stayed near historic lows, according to a year-end report by the Death Penalty Information Center. While several factors have contributed to what the non-profit describes as the
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By The Associated Press Musical artist Kelly Clarkson will host the 12th annual NFL Honors awards show Feb. 9 in Phoenix, recognizing the league’s best players, performances and plays from the 2022 season. The Emmy and Grammy-award winning artist will be the first woman to host the show, where multiple NFL awards will be announced,
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(CNN)- Trevor Noah has a new hosting gig. Thursday the recording academy announced the comedian will serve as m-c for next year’s grammy awards. It will be Noah’s third time leading the ceremony. This time he will also serve as a producer on the show. Last week Noah stepped down as host of Comedy Central’s
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Former soccer player and coach Siniša Mihajlović has died at 53 after a long battle with leukemia. Mihajlović’s family announced Friday that he died in a Rome hospital. The Serbian had most recently coached Serie A club Bologna for 3 ½ years. He became a sentimental
Continue Reading By HELENA ALVES and LUJAIN JO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Coming from Brazil for the World Cup in Qatar, Daniela Crawford had been worried about conservative dress codes. But like many women attending the tournament, she said she found no problems. “In Brazil people are used to it, but we came here and
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Police are investigating a pedestrian accident that left one person seriously injured outside a northwest El Paso bar Friday morning. It happened just after 2 a.m. at 7400 block of Cimarron Market. El Paso fire dispatch confirm with ABC-7 at the incident happened after a fight broke outside of
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Good morning! It will be another cold afternoon with temperatures climbing to the 50s. Winds will be out of the north, allowing our skies to be mostly clear. It will be a very cold night across the Borderland with low temperatures struggling to reach the 30s. Saturday night and morning will be a great time
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies finalized their deal with Taijuan Walker, agreeing to a $72 million, four-year contract with the right-hander. The 30-year-old Walker went 12-5 with a 3.49 ERA in 29 starts this season for the New York Mets, one of Philadelphia’s biggest NL East rivals. He slots into a rotation fronted by
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By ERIC TUCKER and DOUG FEINBERG Associated Press Writers The return of Brittney Griner to the United States in a dramatic prisoner swap with Russia marked the culmination of a 10-month ordeal that captivated world attention, a saga that landed at the intersection of sports, politics, race and gender identity — and wartime diplomacy. Griner
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER and DOUG FEINBERG Associated Press Writers The return of Brittney Griner to the United States in a dramatic prisoner swap with Russia marked the culmination of a 10-month ordeal that captivated world attention, a saga that landed at the intersection of sports, politics, race and gender identity — and wartime diplomacy. Griner
Continue Reading By Saskya Vandoorne and Jason Hanna, CNN An American college student who was reported missing more than two weeks ago in France has told relatives he is safe in Spain, his family said Friday, seemingly resolving at least part of a mystery that sparked a multinational search. Kenny DeLand Jr. called his relatives early Friday,
Continue Reading Kenny DeLand Jr., the American student who went missing more than two weeks ago in Grenoble, France, is alive, his father Ken DeLand Sr. says. CNN’s Melissa Bell reports.
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CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN In July 2020, the same month former President Donald Trump said he would ban TikTok in the United States, Callie Goodwin of Columbia, South Carolina, posted her first video on the app to promote the small business she had started out of her garage during the pandemic. Inspired
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — The head of the proposed Super League says the project is still going forward even though the scheme to form a breakaway European soccer competition was dealt a legal blow by the European Union’s legal adviser. Bernd Reichart, the chief executive of the company sponsoring and assisting the creation of the Super
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain midfielder and World Cup winner Sergio Busquets is retiring from international soccer. Spain’s national team announced that Busquets is retiring after 143 appearances. The 34-year-old Busquets captained Spain at the World Cup in Qatar. He was one of three Spain players to miss a penalty
Continue Reading By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Qatar’s World Cup is ending on Sunday, but the climate pledges that were central to the gas-rich Gulf nation’s successful bid to host the event are staying in the world of mega sporting events. Scientists, environmental advocates and other experts say that sporting events such as the
Continue Reading By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press ROSARIO, Argentina (AP) — Excitement for Sunday’s World Cup final in Argentina is rising fast and anxiety is running particularly high in Messi’s hometown as many are hoping he will finally win the one major trophy missing from his illustrious career. The neighborhood in Rosario popularly known as La Bajada
Continue Reading Two systems will bring snow to the Midwest into the Northeast causing travel delays. CNN meteorologist Britley Ritz has the latest forecast.
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Much of the East Coast will be hunkering down this weekend as snow and ice begin to smother parts of the Mid-Atlantic and New England. The region is gearing up for the same powerful storm system that’s already brought several cities across the South to a halt, with at least 50
Continue Reading The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine has released audio of what they say is an intercepted call between Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine that paint a picture of the conditions they are fighting in. CNN has not been able to verify the audio.
Continue Reading ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — The Italian ski team says two-time Olympic medalist Sofia Goggia broke two fingers in her left hand when she hit a gate en route to a second-place finish in a World Cup downhill. The often-injured Goggia broke her index and middle fingers during the race in St. Moritz and was
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi’s last chance. Kylian Mbappé’s shot at emulating Pelé. A third World Cup title for either Argentina or France. Sunday’s final is rich with storylines as the 22nd edition of the World Cup ends with a title match fit for the occasion. Here are
Continue Reading CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Elon Musk’s Twitter sparked an international outcry on Thursday by suspending a number of journalists at major news organizations who cover him. But a different and possibly related move that Twitter took around the same time, against a fast-growing rival, could open the company up to regulatory scrutiny, some legal
Continue Reading SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) — A men’s World Cup super-G slated for Friday in Val Gardena has been canceled due to a mixture of fog, rain and warm temperatures. The start of the race was initially postponed while workers cleared 8 inches (20 centimeters) of overnight snowfall off the Saslong course. But then
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Morocco has been rewarded by FIFA with hosting rights for the next Club World Cup in February. European champion Real Madrid, South American champion Flamengo and Seattle Sounders from the United States will play in the seven-team tournament. The decision by FIFA’s ruling council follows
Continue Reading ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — It was a bittersweet day for the Italian ski team when Elena Curtoni and Sofia Goggia finished 1-2 in a World Cup downhill held in difficult conditions but Goggia came away with two broken fingers in her left hand. Goggia hit her hand on the third gate of the Corviglia
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The first mission to survey nearly all of the water on Earth’s surface has launched. The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission, known as SWOT, lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 6:46 a.m. ET on Friday. The first stage of
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA expects to earn $11 billion in the 2026 World Cup cycle with a 48-team men’s tournament in North America set to deliver a big increase in revenue amid ongoing uncertainty about the exact match schedule. The four-year budget has been presented to the FIFA
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EL PASO, Texas – Earlier this summer, the supreme court ruled that the Biden administration had the authority to end the trump-era program. But the justices sent the case back to the texas court to decide whether the original memo complied with administrative law. The court decided to put things on pause while litigation around
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