By MICHELLE LIU Associated Press/Report for America ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A shuttered bowling alley at the center of a 1968 integration protest where state police killed three Black students is being remade into a civil rights center. State troopers shot into a crowd of students on the historically Black campus of South Carolina State
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Americans Robby Burns and Cody Winters placed 31st and 29th overall, respectively, in the qualifying round for men’s parallel giant slalom snowboarding.
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jury selection has resumed for the high-profile trial of a former Kentucky police officer involved in the deadly raid that killed Breonna Taylor. The first group of potential jurors was questioned Tuesday. The proceedings were delayed for about a week because of inclement weather and after
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press KALBA, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Waves of dead turtles are washing up on the beach in Kalba in the United Arab Emirates. Marine researcher Fadi Yaghmour who has been trying to figure out what killed them, has found they ate a staggering amount of trash. His lab has published
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Nathan Chen had just shattered the world record for a figure skating short program, even throwing a defiant fist in a rare display of emotion, when he was asked how he’d spend the next 48 hours before his long-awaited Olympic coronation. “I’ve been here a while,”
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Muslim girls wearing hijab are being barred from attending classes at some schools in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, triggering weeks of protests by students. High school staff and authorities allege the girls are defying the uniform rules but students say they are being deprived
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Lee Sang-Ho of South Korea and Austrian Benjamin Karl posted a respective 40.58 and 41.21 on their second runs to total 1:20.54 and 1:21.25 and top qualifying in men’s parallel giant slalom.
Continue ReadingBy CANDICE CHOI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Olympic organizers say there are 32 athletes in isolation facilities after testing positive for the coronavirus and that the average time spent in isolation is seven days. They say 50 athletes have also been discharged from isolation. The disclosure came after complaints by athletes about inedible food,
Continue ReadingBy CANDICE CHOI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Olympic organizers say there are 32 athletes in isolation facilities after testing positive for the coronavirus and that the average time spent in isolation is seven days. They say 50 athletes have also been discharged from isolation. The disclosure came after complaints by athletes about inedible food,
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Hockey referee Cianna Lieffers was bloodied in the matchup between the U.S. and Canada when Amanda Kessel’s stick caught her up high. She remained in the game, though, wearing a bandage for the rest of the contest.
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Two short track national teams protested penalties issued in Monday’s 1000m Olympic competition. The protests, though, were rejected.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Through my coverage of various media industry scandals over the years, and through my first-hand experience with a few of them, I can confidently say this: The scandals are more
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Through my coverage of various media industry scandals over the years, and through my first-hand experience with a few of them, I can confidently say this: The scandals are
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Reigning Olympic bronze medalist Ramona Hofmeister of Germany and defending gold medalist Ester Ledecka totaled a respective 1:26.20 and 1:23.63 to top qualifying in women’s parallel giant slalom snowboarding.
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Georgia’s Moris Kvitelashvili takes fifth place in the men’s short program with 97.98 points.
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China’s Eileen Gu, born in the U.S., landed a right double cork 1440 (93.75), double cork 1080 with Safety and Japan grabs and her first-ever double cork 1620 (94.50) to score a 188.25 and win freeski big air gold.
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Austria’s Matthias Mayer became just the second man ever to repeat as Olympic champion in the super-G, as Team USA’s Ryan Cochran-Siegle claims the silver.
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Eileen Gu fans temporarily crashed China’s leading social media platform on Tuesday, as tens of millions rushed online to celebrate the teenage freeski sensation winning her first gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics. American-born Gu, 18, jumped into the top position at the women’s big air competition
Continue ReadingCoy Wire, Nectar Gan, Jessie Yeung, CNN Beijing 2022’s official mascot has emerged as a fan favorite at the Winter Games. Eliciting some of the biggest cheers from crowds — sometimes louder than those heard for the athletes — Bing Dwen Dwen has appeared all over the Olympic venues. Dressed in a full-body icy “shell,”
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