By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Spirit and Frontier Airlines on Monday announced a $6.6 billion merger, a combination of low-fare carriers that would create America’s fifth-largest airline. The companies have yet to say what brand they’ll fly under or who would lead management of the new airline. The combined company would offer more than 1,000
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Chelsea will pay compensation to four former youth-team players over historical racist abuse at the London club, preventing the need for a harrowing court case. The four men sued Chelsea to seek damages for personal injury and loss over claims they were “subjected to a barrage of disgracefully offensive racist abuse” from
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Chelsea will pay compensation to four former youth-team players over historical racist abuse at the London club, preventing the need for a harrowing court case. The four men sued Chelsea to seek damages for personal injury and loss over claims they were “subjected to a barrage of disgracefully offensive racist abuse” from
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — State TV reports that Iran has registered more than 100 new deaths from COVID-19 over a 24-hour period as the aggressive omicron variant spreads in the country. The report Monday said 104 patients died from the disease since Sunday, when the Islamic Republic announced 85 new deaths over a day’s time.
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Todo empezó como una acalorada discusión entre un padre y el médico de su hijo. Pero rápidamente se convirtió en una pelea a puñetazos entre varias personas que conmocionó al país. En el interior del Hospital San Vicente de Paúl, en la provincia costarricense de Heredia, no muy lejos de
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Jury selection is off to a fast start in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men already convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood deemed 30 of 52 potentials jurors questioned Monday at the courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, to
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Elsa Desmond knows she’s not going to medal at the Beijing Olympics. She isn’t even expecting to be in the top half of the field. Doesn’t matter. The first women’s luge Olympian from Ireland feels like she’s already prevailed. Desmond won’t be in China for long.
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
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Italian skater Arianna Fontana win gold in the women’s 500m short track race for the second straight Olympics.
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In the giant slalom medal ceremony, Sara Hector brings home gold for Sweden, Federica Brignone of Italy receives silver, and Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami takes bronze.
Continue ReadingWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Police say a bicyclist fell to her death when a drawbridge connecting Palm Beach to the Florida mainland began rising before she could reach the other side. West Palm Beach police spokesperson Mike Jachles says she tried to hang on and a bystander also tried to pull her to
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Tough weather conditions continue to impact medal-favorites like Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, who struggled in the men’s skiathlon.
Continue ReadingGALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Police say a woman fell to her death from a mast on a historic ship that’s featured at a Texas museum after her safety harness somehow came unclipped. The 58-year-old woman died Saturday after falling from a mast on the tall ship Elissa, which is berthed at Galveston’s seaport museum. Authorities
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has brought in new senior staffers as he tries to restore his flagging authority after weeks of turmoil. The appointments include new communications chief Guto Harri, an aide from his days as London mayor, to try to regain control of the government’s
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Get ready for the Alpine skiing men’s super-G with all the ways to watch on NBC Sports and Peacock.
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Denmark made history by winning its first-ever hockey game at the Olympics with a 3-2 victory over the Czechs.
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Ferreira Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — In celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, Canada Post has released a new stamp featuring the long-reigning monarch. The new issue marks 70 years since the Queen’s accession to the throne on Feb. 6, 1952. Queen Elizabeth II is the
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South Korea’s Hwang Dae-Heon was penalized in the men’s 1000m short track semifinal for creating contact on an inside move that led to a win. The call changed the outlook of the final, as China had three skaters advance.
Continue ReadingBy Christy Somos Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — An Arctic hare travelled more than 388 kilometres over seven weeks in Canada’s Far North, the longest distance ever recorded for any hare, rabbit or similar animal. The hare, named “BBYY,” is the subject of a report in a December entry
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN The Democratic governors of Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware as well as Oregon’s health department have set timelines for the end of their states’ school mask mandates in a sign of the receding wave of Covid-19 and the country’s move toward a “new normal.” New Jersey Gov. Phil
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