CNN Coy 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
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 ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business India’s Gautam Adani has overtaken his fellow countryman Mukesh Ambani to become the wealthiest person in Asia, according to Bloomberg’s list of the world’s richest people. The 59-year-old founder of Adani Group controls companies ranging from ports and aerospace to thermal energy and coal, and now has
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Team USA’s Jason Brown skated a personal best short program, landing in sixth place with 97.24 points.
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top science adviser Eric Lander has resigned after the White House confirmed that an internal investigation found credible evidence that he mistreated his staff. It marks the first Cabinet-level departure of the Biden administration. Press secretary Jen Psaki says Biden accepted Lander’s resignation Monday
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top science adviser Eric Lander has resigned after the White House confirmed that an internal investigation found credible evidence that he mistreated his staff. It marks the first Cabinet-level departure of the Biden administration. Press secretary Jen Psaki says Biden accepted Lander’s resignation Monday
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, CNN Even in the 21st century, warfare is affected by weather — and that may become a factor in any Russian offensive into Ukraine. The question on the lips of Ukrainians, and maybe Russian generals: “Has Rasputitsa come early?” Rasputitsa is the term for the mud of spring, when travel in Russia
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Donovan Carrillo de México dijo que muchas personas le dijeron que era imposible que un patinador artístico mexicano clasificara para los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno. Pero en Beijing, el martes, se clasificó a la final de patinaje artístico de estilo libre después de su actuación en el programa corto masculino. Donovan Carrillo
Continue ReadingGREELEY, Colo. — Daylen Kountz had 22 points as Northern Colorado easily defeated Northern Arizona 82-60. Jalen Cone led the Lumberjacks on Monday night with 22 points.
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United States forward Alex Carpenter scored off a backhand shot in the second period against Canada in Group A at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The goal gave the U.S. a 2-1 lead.
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Can Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger and Anna Berreiter escape the bite of “The Dragon” in the women’s singles final heats?
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Team USA’s Nathan Chen told Andrea Joyce he was “elated” after earning the highest-ever short program score of 113.97 points.
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Three-time world champion Nathan Chen set a new world record score of 113.97 points in the men’s short program at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawsuit alleging that a former UCLA gynecologist sexually abused hundreds of women has been settled for $243.6 million. The amount of the settlement was announced Tuesday by UCLA and some of the lawyers representing 203 women. It’s one of hundreds of lawsuits filed by patients
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawsuit alleging that a former UCLA gynecologist sexually abused hundreds of women has been settled for $243.6 million. The amount of the settlement was announced Tuesday by UCLA and some of the lawyers representing 203 women. It’s one of hundreds of lawsuits filed by patients
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In the men’s short program at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama scored 108.12 points for second place.
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United States forward Dani Cameranesi scored off her own rebound to tie Canada 1-1 in the first period at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The goal was her second of the Winter Olympics.
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Only days after his delayed arrival, Canada’s Keegan Messing had an adrenaline-inducing routine in the short program for the men’s figure skating event.
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLA MATAR and ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — Matthias Mayer became the first man to win gold medals in Alpine skiing at three straight Olympics after finishing first in the super-G at the Beijing Games. Mayer raised his ski pole in the air as he crossed the line and then faced
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A new government report out Tuesday details how opioid trafficking in the United States has changed in recent years, with Mexico now a “dominant source” of the country’s fentanyl supply and synthetic opioids rapidly saturating drug markets. In its report, the federal Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking — a bipartisan
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