By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Simmons says his mental health struggles began well before the 76ers’ season ended and he didn’t believe he’d be able to overcome them in Philadelphia. He’s eager to begin moving on with the Brooklyn Nets, though he isn’t sure yet when he will join
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Great Britain destroys Sweden’s seven-game winning streak in men’s curling. Great Britain won 7-6. Sweden is ranked first with Great Britain at its heels in second in the round robin.
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This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against SMiShing.
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Getting vaccinated against Covid-19 during pregnancy could offer some protection to babies after they’re born, too. The infants of mothers who completed two doses of either the Moderna or Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccines during pregnancy had about a 60% reduced risk for being hospitalized with Covid-19 in the first six months of
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Xu Mengtao had an emotional celebration after the gold medal run in women’s aerials that gave her China’s first win in that Olympic event.
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A federal report warns that America’s coasts will be hit hard by ever faster sea level rise between now and the year 2050. Tuesday’s report by seven federal agencies predicts about a foot on average of sea level rise in the next 30 years. That’s the same amount as
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez A new report provides an alarming forecast for the US: Sea level will rise as much in the next 30 years as it did in the past 100 — increasing the frequency of high-tide flooding, pushing storm surge to the extreme and inundating vulnerable coastal infrastructure with saltwater. The interagency report, led
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — USA Football has named retired U.S. Army Gen. Peter Chiarelli as its new chairman of the board. He becomes the fourth chairman in the organization’s 20-year history and replaces another former military leader — Gen. Ray Odierno, who held the position for five years starting in 2017. Chiarelli previously served as the
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business The cost of living is already very high in America. The Russia-Ukraine crisis could make it even worse. Oil prices have jumped well above $90 a barrel in recent weeks as the risk of a Russian invasion has increased. If the Russia-Ukraine crisis drives oil to about $110 a barrel,
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KURMANAU and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A series of cyberattacks on Tuesday knocked the websites of the Ukrainian army, the defense ministry and major banks offline, Ukrainian authorities said, as tensions persisted over the threat of a possible Russian invasion. Still, there was no indication the relatively low-level, distributed-denial-of-service
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KURMANAU and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A series of cyberattacks on Tuesday knocked the websites of the Ukrainian army, the defense ministry and major banks offline, Ukrainian authorities said, as tensions persisted over the threat of a possible Russian invasion. Still, there was no indication the relatively low-level, distributed-denial-of-service
Continue ReadingWACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor coach Dave Aranda has a new contract through the 2028 season. It comes after the Bears won the Big 12 title and had school-record 12 wins. Baylor announced the extension Tuesday, two months after athletic director Mack Rhoades had said there was a verbal agreement to amend the first-time head
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal safety officials aren’t ready to give back authority for approving new planes to Boeing when it comes to the large 787 jet, which Boeing calls the Dreamliner. The plane has been plagued by production flaws for more than a year. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it will
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal safety officials aren’t ready to give back authority for approving new planes to Boeing when it comes to the large 787 jet, which Boeing calls the Dreamliner. The plane has been plagued by production flaws for more than a year. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it will
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is on a major shopping spree. The company’s planned purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard, with a price tag of nearly $70 billion, is Microsoft’s biggest and boldest acquisition. But it’s hardly the only notable deal in the Nadella era. Microsoft scooped up
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden made an appeal for diplomacy to continue as the world watches to see if Russian President Vladimir Putin orders an invasion of neighboring Ukraine, and emphasized to Russian citizens that the US is not its enemy. In a speech Tuesday at the White House,
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday made an appeal for diplomacy to continue as the world watches to see if Russian President Vladimir Putin orders an invasion of neighboring Ukraine, but also warned that a Russian attack on Ukraine will “be met with overwhelming international condemnation.” In a speech
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — This was one Olympic final you could plan ahead for. For the sixth time in seven Winter Games, the United States and Canada will play for the gold medal in women’s hockey. The matchup has felt like almost a foregone conclusion throughout the Beijing Olympics. It
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The San Francisco Police Department immediately will start reviewing its DNA collection practices and policies after the city’s top prosecutor accused it of using a law enforcement database with the DNA of rape and sexual assault victims to search for and identify possible suspects in unrelated investigations, its chief said Monday.
Continue ReadingBy John Sinnott, CNN We’ve all taken a wrong turn at some point in our lives, but Norwegian Jarl Magnus Riiber’s navigational error proved costly in the Nordic combined men’s individual large hill/10km competition at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday. At one point a runaway leader in the event, Riiber lost 40 seconds after skiing
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