By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sixteen years after he won the Olympic curling gold medal, Brad Gushue is going back to Canada with bronze. The Canadians capitalized on a missed final shot by American John Shuster in the second-to-last end that turned a one-point edge into an insurmountable 8-5 lead. Gushue
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Canada kept the U.S. men’s curling team off the podium with an 8-5 win over Team USA in the bronze medal game Friday.
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Nathy Peluso dio a conocer este jueves su nuevo sencillo, “Emergencia”. La cantautora argentina sigue sorprendiendo con su versatilidad en los ritmos y para este tema junto a PlayStation decidió apostarle a la música electrónica. La canción llega una semana después de que Peluso publicara en sus cuentas de
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The U.S. men’s curling team was kept off the podium after an 8-5 loss to Canada in the bronze medal game Friday.
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM and EDDIE PELLS AP Sports Writers ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Cassie Sharpe shared the podium with her Canadian teammate Rachael Karker. These halfpipe skiers know they’re never alone up there. Another member of their Canadian family, the late Sarah Burke, is the reason they got this chance. That this sport is even
Continue ReadingBy LORI HINNANT Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Metadata from two videos posted by Russia-backed separatists announcing an immediate evacuation of women, children and the elderly from Ukraine’s tense border regions shows the files were created two days ago, The Associated Press has confirmed. The videos posted by the two separatists leaders of Donetsk
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Beijing said that it is “seriously concerned” about actions India has taken against Chinese companies this week, including banning apps. “Indian authorities have taken a series of repressive measures against Chinese companies and related products in India, which has seriously damaged the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies,” said
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Brad Parks and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who mistakenly drew a gun instead of a Taser and fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, was sentenced on Friday to two years in prison. The sentence comes nearly two months after Potter was convicted of first-
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Notre Dame’s trip to Wake Forest headlines the weekend’s slate of games in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish are tied with No. 9 Duke atop the league standings. The Demon Deacons are chasing an NCAA Tournament bid. The week ahead includes critical games for North Carolina in
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A Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy spotted a large juniper tree on fire in Madras Thursday evening and crews soon extinguished the blaze, in the area of a homeless camp, deputies said.
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Climate change and its effect on snow and ice levels is not far from many Winter Olympians’ minds. The latest episode of The Podium discusses the potential impact.
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Rutgers is the hottest team in the Big Ten with four straight wins — all over opponents ranked in the Top 25. The Scarlet Knights put their streak on the line Sunday at No. 5 Purdue in the conference’s game of the week. Rutgers beat the then-No. 1 Boilermakers
Continue ReadingBy GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer No. 16 Tennessee visits No. 23 Arkansas in a matchup of two of the SEC’s hottest teams. The host Razorbacks have won 10 of 11 and are ranked for the first time since Dec. 13 at No. 24. Arkansas is coming off a 76-57 defeat of Missouri and
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says he thinks the country has crossed over the peak of new daily coronavirus cases involving the omicron variant. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach says government measures to curb the infection numbers had been effective, but he warned against relaxing the pandemic rules too hastily. He said Friday in Berlin,
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer A look at the upcoming weekend around the Big 12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND There are just three weeks left in the chase for the regular-season Big 12 title and sixth-ranked Kansas suddenly finds itself with a two-game lead in the standings. Giving chase are ninth-ranked Baylor and
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Gordon has fit in just fine in his new job at Hendrick Motorsports. He is the new vice chairman and the second-ranking team official to 72-year-old owner Rick Hendrick. The move positioned Gordon to one day succeed Hendrick and run the operation. Gordon
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Johannes Thingnes Boe dominated from the start and held his composure through four shooting stages to win the Olympic gold medal in the biathlon mass start race. Martin Ponsiluoma of Sweden took silver and Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen of Norway got bronze. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet of France won
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World Cup leader Ryan Regez and reigning world champ Alex Fiva of Switzerland finished one-two in the men’s ski cross big final to capture gold and silver, while ROC’s Sergey Ridzik repeated his bronze from PyeongChang.
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
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan court has freed two top former officials who were charged with negligence in connection with 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks that killed 260 people. Former police chief Pujitha Jayasundara and former Secretary to the Ministry of Defense Hemasiri Fernando were released
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