As the competition continues in Beijing, look back on an iconic race for the United States in the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, where Joey Cheek secured a gold medal in the men’s 500m speed skating competition.
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Brittany Bowe and Ireen Wuest are strong contenders for the gold medal in the women’s 1500m speed skating event.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — La reina Isabel II murió este jueves a los 96 años, apenas meses después de celebrar el Jubileo de sus 70 años en el trono. Fue la primera monarca británica en alcanzar esa marca y ahora el Reino Unido está de luto por su pérdida. Muere la reina Isabel II
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Three teams have clinched spots in the mixed doubles curling semifinals with one session of round robin games left to play at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press investigation has found a permissive and toxic culture at a Northern California federal prison for women. The prison enabled years of sexual misconduct by predatory employees and cover-ups that kept the accusations out of the public eye. The AP obtained
Continue ReadingBy ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer Leicester’s FA Cup defense has been ended by Nottingham Forest after the second-tier side won 4-1. It wasn’t the biggest upset of the fourth round. The last 16 will feature a fifth-tier side after Boreham Wood won 1-0 at Bournemouth, which is 74 places higher in the English
Continue ReadingBy Brooklyn Neustaeter, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A respiratory scientist and COVID-19 long-hauler is using her expertise in immunology to study the long-term, potential autoimmune effects of the condition. Manali Mukherjee, who is an assistant professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, contracted COVID-19 a year
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — As Queen Elizabeth II is set to mark her Platinum Jubilee, one of her dogs upstaged the monarch at an event on Friday. In a video taken at a jubilee engagement at Windsor Castle, the Queen was reviewing
Continue ReadingBy MOSA’AB ELSHAMY and TARIK EL-BARAKAH Associated Press IGHRAN, Morocco (AP) — An eerie silence has fallen on a Moroccan village after a 5-year-old boy who had been trapped in a well for four days was reached, but too late. The community of Ighran, a village in a mountainous area in northern Morocco, had gathered
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Germany’s Johannes Ludwig earned luge singles gold and USA’s Chris Mazdzer finished eighth at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Continue ReadingKING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Overnight leader Harold Varner III has eagled the par-5 last when he sank a long putt to overtake clubhouse leader Bubba Watson and win the Saudi International in dramatic fashion on Sunday. The 31-year-old American shot a 1-under 69 in his final round at Royal Greens Golf
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Es tierno cuando tu cachorro lo hace dormido. No es tan bonito cuando tienes una conversación seria con un amigo después de la comida y no puedes parar. Es el hipo. Junto con “covid-19”, “vacunas” y “ayuda mutua”, “hipo” apareció como uno de los términos más buscados en Google en 2021.
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Johannes Ludwig let all his rivals know back in November that he would be the one to beat at the Beijing Olympics. He was right. Ludwig is the Olympic men’s champion for the first time. That makes him the oldest to win that race’s gold medal
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Races for state attorneys general are emerging as important battlegrounds this year as Republicans seek to expand their reach in the office sometimes referred to as “the people’s lawyer.” Democrats are concerned about the emergence of far-right candidates running for attorney general and what that could mean for election challenges
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press investigation has found a permissive and toxic culture at a Northern California federal prison for women. The prison enabled years of sexual misconduct by predatory employees and cover-ups that kept the accusations out of the public eye. The AP obtained
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Visitors to Alabama’s state Capitol often stop next door at “the First White House of the Confederacy,” where Confederate President Jefferson Davis lived at the start of the Civil War. Many have been met by the receptionist, Evelyn England. The 62-year-old Black woman retired this week
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN Zoi Sadowski-Synnott wasn’t even born when New Zealand ended its 40-year wait for a Winter Olympics medal in 1992. On Sunday, she soared through the air at Beijing’s Genting Snow Park to claim her country’s first ever gold at a Winter Games. The 20-year-old put in a remarkable final run to
Continue ReadingCNN Story by Amanda Jackson, CNN Video by Demetrius Pipkin, CNN When Margaret “Jan” Shupe Smith, 59, vanished near Lakeland, Florida last year, her family and police were baffled. She was supposed to pick up her daughter, Marley Shupe, after work on April 2, 2021, and was last seen driving a moss green-colored Kia Soul.
Continue ReadingStory by Amanda Jackson, CNN Video by Demetrius Pipkin, CNN When Margaret “Jan” Shupe Smith, 59, vanished near Lakeland, Florida last year, her family and police were baffled. She was supposed to pick up her daughter, Marley Shupe, after work on April 2, 2021, and was last seen driving a moss green-colored Kia Soul. It
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Slovenia’s Ursa Bogataj and Nika Kriznar won the gold and bronze medals in women’s ski jumping. Germany’s Katharina Althaus took bronze. Bogataj’s furthest jump was 108 meters.
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