LONDON (AP) — Newcastle has showed further evidence of its gradual improvement under Eddie Howe by drawing 1-1 at top four-chasing West Ham to extend its unbeaten run in the Premier League to six games. Joe Willock’s deft finish in first-half stoppage time canceled out the headed opener scored by Craig Dawson in the 32nd
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Luge, skeleton and bobsled athletes fearlessly have reached unthinkable speeds while competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued an alert that various products purchased within the last year from Family Dollar Stores across six states may be contaminated and unsafe to use. Items ranging from dietary supplements and medication to cosmetics and pet foods may have been exposed to insanitary
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Laura Nolte and Mariama Jamanka added to Germany’s record haul of Olympic medals. Elana Meyers Taylor extended her medal record also. The German sliding domination of the Beijing Games continued. Nolte drove to gold and Jamanka won silver in the women’s bobsled competition. Meyers Taylor grabbed
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Four years after missing gold by just 0.43 points, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China flipped the script with a dazzling free skate to earn the highest pairs score ever and win the Olympic title.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sui Wenjing and Han Cong captured the Olympic gold medal that eluded them by a razor-thin margin four years ago. They edged Russian rivals Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov by less than a point to win the pairs figure skating competition at the Beijing Games. Sui
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sui Wenjing and Han Cong captured the Olympic gold medal that eluded them by a razor-thin margin four years ago. They edged Russian rivals Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov by less than a point to win the pairs figure skating competition at the Beijing Games. Sui
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is accustomed to being first in worsts. It’s one of the poorest, unhealthiest states, and its schools are chronically underfunded. Some Republican leaders say they want to boost Mississippi’s fortunes by phasing out its income tax — the source of one-third of state revenue.
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is accustomed to being first in worsts. It’s one of the poorest, unhealthiest states, and its schools are chronically underfunded. Some Republican leaders say they want to boost Mississippi’s fortunes by phasing out its income tax — the source of one-third of state revenue.
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Ottawa police are urging trucker convoy protesters to remove their children as they clear out protest sites. “It still shocks and surprises me that we are seeing children put in harm’s way in the middle of a
Continue ReadingBy Creeson Agecoutay and Daniel Otis, CTV News Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — After 22 days of honking horns and diesel fumes, some Ottawa residents are expressing relief after police began clearing protestors from the downtown core. “It’s been very difficult,” an annoyed Ottawan told CTV News. “It’s
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Yevgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov executed a stunning, 155.00-point free skate to win silver at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats and Republicans each want to flash election-year signals that they’re helping families struggling with rising costs and the two-year-old pandemic. But the parties differ over how to do that. And each side is beginning to make clear how it’ll use those themes to compete for
Continue ReadingBy ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats and Republicans each want to flash election-year signals that they’re helping families struggling with rising costs and the two-year-old pandemic. But the parties differ over how to do that. And each side is beginning to make clear how it’ll use those themes to compete for
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO, PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austin police say officers facing indictments over tactics used during the 2020 protests over racial injustice have been placed on administrative duty. The head of the Austin police union says 19 officers are facing charges. It is by far the
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ROC’s Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov scored a 154.95 with a free skate that paid homage to Russian music to capture bronze in the pairs competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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German speed skater Claudia Pechstein, who turns 50 next week, said she wanted to finish the season before deciding on her future.
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, for CNN Eileen Gu and Kamila Valieva became the teenage faces of the Winter Olympics, but their memories of Beijing 2022 are likely to be wildly different. San Francisco native Gu is now a two-time gold-medalist, the Olympics’ youngest ever freestyle skiing champion, a Chinese national hero — and a budding author.
Continue ReadingCNN By Jack Bantock, for CNN Eileen Gu and Kamila Valieva became the teenage faces of the Winter Olympics, but their memories of Beijing 2022 are likely to be wildly different. San Francisco native Gu is now a two-time gold-medalist, the Olympics’ youngest ever freestyle skiing champion, a Chinese national hero — and a budding
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The Jamaican four-man bobsled team returned to the Winter Olympics after a 24-year absence.
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