WCCO, FAMILY PHOTOS, MINNEAPOLIS POLICE, CNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The parents of Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man fatally shot by police in a Minneapolis apartment during a no-knock warrant execution, said Friday that he had obtained a gun legally after a conversation with the family. “He made sure that he did his research,
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El sospechoso que disparó y mató a una mujer e hirió a otras dos en una iglesia este viernes por la noche en Aurora, Colorado, conocía al menos a una de las víctimas, dijo la policía. La “relación exacta no se dará a conocer en este momento”, dijo el portavoz de
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles Video by Gabe Ramirez Tim Ellis, an unassuming 31-year-old with glasses who shuffles around his sprawling rocket factory in designer sneakers, has what every space company founder longs for: a seemingly endless well of investors willing to pour money into his company. Relativity Space, the rocket startup Ellis co-founded in 2015 after
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On Day 1 of the 2022 Winter Olympics, German speed skater and nine-time Olympic medalist Claudia Pechstein broke a few records despite finishing off the podium.
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Some Olympic athletes unlucky enough to test positive for the coronavirus at the Beijing Olympics feel their quarantine conditions make a bad situation much worse. Russian biathlete Valeria Vasnetsova has complained she was served inedible food and lost weight. Germany is pushing for bigger rooms and
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s dueling far-right presidential candidates have held back-to-back campaign rallies. Marine Le Pen and Eric Zemmour tried to steal each other’s thunder on Saturday and keep their anti-immigration agenda front and center in the race for France’s presidential election in April. Both are hoping to unseat President Emmanuel Macron in the two-round
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister has welcomed U.S. sanctions relief intended to entice Iran back to the 2015 nuclear deal, but called it insufficient. On Friday, the Biden administration restored some sanctions relief to Iran’s atomic program as world powers and Iran continue talks aimed at salvaging the languishing agreement. Foreign Minister Hossein
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — American skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle is contending for a medal in the men’s downhill at the Beijing Games on Sunday 50 years after his mom won Olympic gold. Growing up the son of an Olympic champion was pretty ordinary for him. Cochran-Siegle says “she’s still just my
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJAIKOU, China (AP) — Johannes Thingnes Boe of Norway moved ahead of his French and Russian rivals in the final meters of the mixed relay to take gold in the first biathlon race of the Beijing Olympics. Boe, Quentin Fillon Maillet of France and Eduard Latypov of the Russian team
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Look back on all the best moments from Day 1 of the Winter Olympics, from Norway’s Therese Johaug earning the first gold medal, to the U.S. having three athletes advance in women’s snowboard slopestyle and more.
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Snowboarder Shaun White says the Beijing Games will be his last competition. The three-time gold medalist held a sometimes emotional news conference not far from the halfpipe where he’ll take his last competitive ride. The 35-year-old says it’s a decision that’s been building since a
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Snowboarder Shaun White says the Beijing Games will be his last competition. The three-time gold medalist held a sometimes emotional news conference not far from the halfpipe where he’ll take his last competitive ride. The 35-year-old says it’s a decision that’s been building since a
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Halfpipe legend Kelly Clark knows exactly which Winter Olympics event she’s most looking forward to watching.
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna and Melissa Alonso, CNN A man suspected in a deadly shooting at a hookah lounge near Virginia Tech’s campus in downtown Blacksburg late Friday was taken into custody Saturday, police said. One person was killed and four others were injured in the shooting. Jamel Flint, 24, faces a first-degree murder charge in
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There was a time during Mariah Bell’s career when she was concerned about where she finished or what people thought, but after her 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships title, her growth and maturity is undeniable.
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Get ready for the Alpine skiing men’s downhill event at the 2022 Winter Olympics with info on all the ways to watch the action.
Continue ReadingJacopo Prisco, CNN Tucked away down a back street in one of London’s surviving artist quarters, Jock McFadyen’s studio is just off the popular London Fields park in the city’s East End. The space faces railway arches and a car repair shop, but the flow of industrial units is interrupted just a few steps down
Continue ReadingREYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Rescue teams in Iceland have located the bodies of all four occupants of a small plane that crashed into a lake while carrying tourists from the United States, the Netherlands and Belgium on a sightseeing trip. The Cessna 172 was discovered in Lake Thingvallavatn, Iceland’s second-largest, at around 11 p.m. local
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN They say age is just a number and that’s certainly true when it comes to the Winter Olympics. Close to 3,000 athletes, young and old, have descended on China this year and CNN has taken a look at some of the youngest and oldest registered competitors taking part at Beijing 2022.
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Irene Scouten gave the mighty Dutch a gold medal in the first speedskating event of the Beijing Games. She broke a 20-year-old Olympic record in the women’s 3,000 meters. Schouten skated in the last of 10 pairs and turned in a blazing final lap to post
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