By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A U.N. resolution upholding the Olympic Truce has been passed 15 times. The pact has its roots in ancient Greece, when it was intended to grant athletes from constantly warring city-states safe passage to the Olympic Games. The modern Games brought back the Truce in 1993. But
Continue ReadingBy MALLIKA SEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A U.N. resolution upholding the Olympic Truce has been passed 15 times. The pact has its roots in ancient Greece, when it was intended to grant athletes from constantly warring city-states safe passage to the Olympic Games. The modern Games brought back the Truce in 1993. But
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Summer Britcher and Emily Sweeney have won World Cup races. They’ve each medaled at the world championships. They’ve each won national championships. Their careers have already been, by any measure, a success. And now both are facing the same decision — keep sliding, or retire. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Michelle Toh, CNN Business SoftBank’s record-breaking sale of a prized chip designer to Nvidia has officially been called off. At an initial value of $40 billion, the US chipmaker’s acquisition of British design firm ARM would have been the largest semiconductor deal on record. But regulators around the world have long raised concerns
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Ren Ziwei (CHN) received the gold medal for the men’s 1000m after Liu Shaolin Sandor received a yellow card and was knocked out of first. Li Wenlong (CHN) was silver and Liu Shaoang (HUN) was bronze.
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Italy’s Arianna Fontana received her second short track 500m gold and fourth medal total in the event. Suzanne Schulting (NED) got silver and Kim Boutin (CAN) received bronze.
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Ester Ledecka (CZE) received gold in women’s parallel giant slalom after becoming the first to repeat in the event at the Olympics. Daniela Ulbing (AUT) took silver and Gloria Kotnik (SLO) won bronze.
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Eileen Gu (CHN) was awarded the gold medal in women’s big air after becoming the youngest freestyle skiing gold medalist. Tess Ledeux (FRA) received silver and Mathilde Gremaud (SUI) got bronze.
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Ryoyu Kobayashi, a large hill specialist, accepts]ed the gold medal for the men’s normal hill to end a 50-year drought for Japan. Manuel Fettner (AUT) received silver, and Dawid Kubacki (POL) got bronze.
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Nika Kriznar, Timi Zajc, Ursa Bogata and Peter Prevc (SLO) were awarded gold in mixed team ski jumping’s Olympic debut. ROC took silver and Canada went home with bronze for its first ski jumping medal ever.
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In the women’s 15km individual medal ceremony, Germany’s Denise Herrmann takes gold, France’s Anais Chevalier-Bouchet receives silver, and Norway’s Marte Olsbu Roeiseland brings home bronze.
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Natalie Geisenberger of Germany is the first three-time women’s luge Olympic champion. Geisenberger had four flawless runs and capped the effort by beating German teammate Anna Berreiter by about a half-second for the gold. Tatiana Ivanova of the Russian team was third. She finished about a
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Like Facebook and Twitter, Spotify is learning the limits of deflecting responsibility for what is said on its platform. The podcasting industry has few standards about policing offensive or misleading content. That has left Spotify trying to figure out how to keep podcaster Joe Rogan’s
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Like Facebook and Twitter, Spotify is learning the limits of deflecting responsibility for what is said on its platform. The podcasting industry has few standards about policing offensive or misleading content. That has left Spotify trying to figure out how to keep podcaster Joe Rogan’s
Continue ReadingBy EVAN SOBOL, CHRISTIAN COLÓN Click here for updates on this story COLCHESTER, Connecticut (WFSB) — A girls high school basketball team from Colchester is under fire after several of their fans allegedly yelled racist remarks to their opponents. This happened Saturday night when Bacon Academy visited Ledyard High School. As time ran out, the
Continue ReadingBy Liz Stark, CNN Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended the Postal Service’s plan to replace the vast majority of its aging vehicle fleet with gas-powered trucks — rather than electric vehicles — saying on Tuesday that USPS needs to balance its commitment to an electric fleet with “our dire financial condition.” His defense comes as
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Recaps and results from the biggest competitions held on Tuesday, February 8 at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Continue Reading Recaps and results from the biggest competitions held on Tuesday, February 8 at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s a good morning to be Jane Campion. The director on Tuesday scored the second best director Oscar nomination of her career, entering the history books in the process. Campion, who was nominated for her film “Power of the Dog,” is the first woman to ever be nominated twice in the
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A man suspected of opening fire inside a grocery store in Washington state, killing one person and injuring another, was a suspected shoplifter who appeared to be battling mental illness. That’s according to court documents filed Monday. Police in Richland say 39-year-old Aaron Christopher Kelly
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