By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s avocado producers have used clever Super Bowl ads, an irresistible fruit and apparently insatiable appetite from U.S. consumers to separate their product from the conflictive landscape that produces it. At least that was the case until a threat to a U.S. agricultural inspector essentially shut
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby provided another electric highlight in a career full of them when he collected his 500th career goal against the Philadelphia Flyers. Crosby became the 46th player in NHL history to reach the milestone when he scored a first-period goal in what
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Government investigators say former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a Montana development project and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement. The Interior Department’s inspector general said Wednesday that Zinke continued working on the commercial project even after he
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The women’s figure skating event ends Thursday — the competition portion, at least. It remains to be seen how much longer it will be adjudicated. Kamila Valieva is in first place after the short program. That part isn’t a surprise — but the 15-year-old Russian’s path
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Thanks to an 8-5 victory against athletes from the Russian Olympic Committee, Sweden clinched a berth in the semifinals of the women’s curling tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Continue ReadingDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR has named Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch the honorary starter of the season-opening Daytona 500. Murdoch is the executive chair and chief executive officer of Fox Corp. He will wave the green flag Sunday to start “The Great American Race.” The 64th running will be aired live on Fox. The
Continue ReadingDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR has named Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch the honorary starter of the season-opening Daytona 500. Murdoch is the executive chair and chief executive officer of Fox Corp. He will wave the green flag Sunday to start “The Great American Race.” The 64th running will be aired live on Fox. The
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A steal of two in the 11th end led to an 11-9 win for China, dealing a blow to Canada’s hopes to reach the semifinals of the women’s tournament.
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Oh no, it was a short track shutout for the Americans at the Beijing Olympics. A program that has struggled to recapture the buzz and success it had when Apolo Anton Ohno was the star attraction failed to win a medal for the first time since
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Google plans to develop new privacy measures that remove the ability to track users across apps on Android devices, potentially rattling digital advertising-based businesses like Facebook that have already been disrupted by app tracking changes introduced by Apple last year. Google said Wednesday that it is launching a multi-year effort
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s avocado producers have used clever Super Bowl ads, an irresistible fruit and apparently insatiable appetite from U.S. consumers to separate their product from the conflictive landscape that produces it. At least that was the case until a threat to a U.S. agricultural inspector essentially shut
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer The NBA All-Star Game seems to be tailor-made for Ja Morant and LaMelo Ball. The flashy point guards are sitting atop the leaderboard when looking to see which of the seven first-time All-Stars will deliver a memorable moment during the league’s annual showcase on Sunday. Morant and Ball are
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Si eres extranjero y buscas mudarte a México para trabajar es necesario que antes de viajar al país obtengas un permiso de trabajo y, en la mayoría de los casos, cuentes ya con una oferta laboral. Para realizar estos trámites puedes acudir a cualquiera de las oficinas consulares que tiene
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Científicos en Nueva Zelandia descubrieron un tiburón fantasma recién nacido que, según dicen, podría ampliar su conocimiento sobre la criatura “misteriosa”. El tiburón fantasma se descubrió a una profundidad de alrededor de 1.200 metros en Chatham Rise, un área del fondo del océano frente a la costa este de la Isla Sur.
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Government investigators say former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a Montana development project and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement. The Interior Department’s inspector general said Wednesday that Zinke continued working on the commercial project even after he
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business AMC Entertainment, the theater chain and darling of the meme stock crowd, is hoping to profit as more people stay home to watch movies on streaming networks like Netflix and Disney+. How? In the immortal words of NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens: Getcha popcorn ready. AMC announced
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN Russian government-backed hackers have acquired sensitive information on the development and deployment of US weapons by breaching American defense contractors over the last two years, US security agencies said in a public advisory on Wednesday. The information gathered is unclassified, but offers “significant insight into US weapons platforms development and deployment
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Newly unsealed court records show that a Colombian businessman linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was secretly signed up by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a cooperating source in 2018 and gave agents information about bribes he paid to Venezuelan officials. Alex Saab forfeited nearly $10 million
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro for talks in Moscow and hailed ties between the two countries, which he described as “friendship and mutual understanding.” Bolsonaro’s first trip to Russia on Wednesday came at a point of soaring tensions
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Democrats in the Oregon House have reintroduced a bill that would send one-time, $600 payments to the bank accounts of more than a quarter-million state residents. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports it marks the revival of a proposal Democrats in control of the Legislature floated in the past: providing stimulus checks to
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