Mixed doubles curling: Team USA eliminated from semifinal contention with loss to Switzerland
Team USA fell to Switzerland Sunday to end their hopes of advancing to the mixed doubles curling semifinals.
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CNN exec Zucker’s ouster shows peril of hiding work romance
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For all the potential peril of a workplace romance, the most common source of trouble, experts say, is allowing it to remain a secret. A case in point was this week’s abrupt ouster of longtime CNN chief executive Jeff Zucker, who said he was ‘’wrong’’
Continue ReadingCNN exec Zucker’s ouster shows peril of hiding work romance
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For all the potential peril of a workplace romance, the most common source of trouble, experts say, is allowing it to remain a secret. A case in point was this week’s abrupt ouster of longtime CNN chief executive Jeff Zucker, who said he was ‘’wrong’’
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Dutch skater Irene Schouten receives gold in women’s 3000m
Women’s 3000m speed skating comes to a close, with Irene Schouten of the Netherlands claiming gold, Italy’s Francesca Lollobrigida winning silver, and Canada’s Isabelle Weidemann taking home bronze.
Continue ReadingA group is putting up billboards calling out anti-Semitism in Florida
By Maya Brown, CNN A non-profit organization has put up four billboards throughout South Florida in an effort to raise awareness about anti-Semitism and make people think about its effects. JewBelong, an online resource created to welcome and inspire Jewish people, put up the billboards on Friday throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties as part of
Continue ReadingShe sent her husband to the store for a precooked chicken. He wound up winning $100K
By Kendall Trammell, CNN Winner winner, chicken dinner! It’s an age-old cheer, but certainly one that applies to a lucky Maryland family, whose recent trip to a grocery store turned into a $100,000 lottery windfall. “My wife sent me in to get precooked chicken for dinner,” a man from Hagerstown told Maryland Lottery officials. He
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Anthony wins gold, Kauf takes silver in women’s moguls
Jakara Anthony wins Australia’s first gold medal at the Winter Olympics since 2010. American Jaelin Kauf and the ROC’s Anastasiia Smirnova take silver and bronze respectively.
Continue ReadingLebanon returns 337 artifacts of different eras to Iraq
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Ministry of Culture has handed over to Iraq 337 ancient artifacts that had been on display in a Lebanese museum for years. The items, which included clay tablets, were returned by Minister of Culture Mohammed Murtada to Iraq’s ambassador to Lebanon during a ceremony held at the National Museum of Beirut
Continue ReadingSmooth run on bumpy course nets Anthony Olympic moguls title
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Jakara Anthony of Australia made it look almost easy as she breezed through the bumps as the last competitor of the night to capture the women’s moguls title at the Beijing Olympics. Anthony’s back flip with a grab at the bottom sewed up the gold
Continue ReadingNew Belgian passports celebrate country’s comic strip history
Hannah Ryan, CNN and Arnaud Siad, CNN Most passports tend to be relatively uniform in design. They’re often burgundy, black, or blue in color and they might encompass a small version of the symbol of a nation. But that won’t be the case for Belgians come February 7 — the country will now issue passports
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Sadowski-Synnott, Marino, Coady awarded slopestyle medals
New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott wins the women’s snowboard slopestyle event with a score of 92.88. Julia Marino and Tess Coady are awarded silver and bronze medals after placing second and third respectively.
Continue ReadingQueen marks 70th anniversary with support for Camilla
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II remembered the past and sought to cement the future of the monarchy as the United Kingdom marked the 70th anniversary of her rule. In remarks delivered in time for Sunday morning’s front pages, the monarch expressed a “sincere wish’’ that Prince Charles’ wife, Camilla,
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Walter Wallberg receives gold in men’s moguls medal ceremony
To close the men’s moguls event in freestyle skiing, Sweden’s Walter Wallberg brings home gold with Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury and Japan’s Horishima Ikuma winning silver and bronze.
Continue ReadingIran media report says man confesses to decapitating wife
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s semi-official ILNA news agency is reporting that two brothers in police custody have confessed to decapitating the wife of one of them, after a gruesome video of the victim circulated online. The report said the two men were arrested four hours after the killing on Saturday in the southwestern city
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Norway gets biathlon mixed relay gold, Eckhoff’s 6th medal
Marte Olsbu Roeiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, Tarjei Boe and Johannes Thingnes Boe of Norway receive gold medals for the biathlon mixed relay, giving Tiril Eckhoff her sixth career Olympic medal.
Continue ReadingPope decries genital mutilation, sex trafficking of women
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is decrying the genital mutilation of millions of girls and the trafficking of women for sex, including openly on city streets. In remarks Sunday to the public in St. Peter’s Square, the pope noted that the day was dedicated worldwide to ending the ritual
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How to watch: First individual short track medals on the line
Kristen Santos is among four Americans who will compete for short track medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Monday.
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China gets 1st gold of 2022 Games in short track mixed relay
Qu Chunyu, Fan Kexin, Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei and Zhang Yuting of China won a dramatic and contentious short track mixed team relay, receiving the first gold medal of these Games for the host nation.
Continue ReadingSpanish ombudsman set to probe church sex abuse
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s prime minister wants to task the nation’s ombudsman with the country’s first official investigation into the depth of sexual abuse committed by Roman Catholic clergy. The decision by Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez would have ombudsman Ángel Gabilondo head the investigation. The move comes days
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China beats Japan in first shootout of 2022 Winter Games
China and Japan went down to the wire, but it was China who walked away with a win after beating Japan in the first shootout of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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