By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China is, along with North America and Europe, one of the world’s top three air travel markets and has dramatically improved safety since a string of deadly crashes in the 1990s and 2000s. The crash Monday of a China Eastern flight comes after years free of
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Kennedy Todd-Williams scored 19 points, Deja Kelly added 15 and North Carolina overwhelmed Arizona 63-45 to reach the Sweet 16 for the first time in seven years. The fifth-seeded Tar Heels smothered Arizona from the start, using a 15-0 run to lead by nine at
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Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN Air pollution spiked to unhealthy levels around the world in 2021, according to a new report. The report by IQAir, a company that tracks global air quality, found that average annual air pollution in every country — and 97% of cities — exceeded the World Health Organization’s air quality guidelines, which
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Nearly 52 million workers — or almost one-third of the nation’s labor force — earn less than $15 an hour, according to a study released Tuesday by Oxfam America, an anti-poverty advocacy group. These workers, whose annual income is less than $31,200, are disproportionately women and people of color, the study
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Continue ReadingBy GERALD HERBERT and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press ARABI, La. (AP) — A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, flipping cars and ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one person in a region that was pummeled by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago. Parts of St. Bernard Parish,
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Midfielder Brenden Aaronson will miss the United States’ final three World Cup qualifiers after injuring a knee during pregame warmups with Red Bull Salzburg in Austria. After Aaronson got hurt Sunday, the U.S. Soccer Federation had said he would report to the national team on Monday in Houston. The team said “after
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Freshman Azzi Fudd scored 16 points and hit two key free throws late as No. 2 seed UConn outfought No. 7 seed UCF 52-47 in a defensive slugfest Monday night to advance to an NCAA record 28th straight Sweet 16.Christyn Williams added 12 points for
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Reggie Bullock scored 18 points with a clutch 3-pointer late after missing four games for personal reasons, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-108 in a game delayed briefly because of a leaky roof. Luka Doncic had 15 points and 10 assists, the final
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Ashley Killough, CNN A Texas appeals court reinstated a temporary injunction Monday ensuring families seeking gender-affirming care for their trans children cannot be investigated by state authorities. The ruling comes after a district court judge in Travis County ordered the state of Texas to temporarily stop investigating families earlier this month,
Continue ReadingBy GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine each scored 26 points and Nikola Vucevic had 19 points and 13 rebounds as the Chicago Bulls beat the Toronto Raptors 113-99. DeRozan shot 11 for 14 as the Bulls snapped a three-game losing streak and remained in fifth place in the
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry, CNN Well, you didn’t think they were going to have Marian get married off and live happily ever after in season one, did you? Poor Marian wound up with her heart predictably broken in the season finale of “The Gilded Age,” but that was only one of the many balls that series
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Christian Wood set career highs with eight 3-pointers and 39 points as the Houston Rockets used a huge late run to rally for a 115-97 win over the Washington Wizards. The Rockets trailed by 23 in the first half but slowly trimmed the deficit before going
Continue ReadingDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Coryon Mason had 20 points as Abilene Christian edged past Ohio 91-86 in the College Basketball Invitational quarterfinals. Mark Sears led the Bobcats on Monday night with a career-high 37 points.
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Claudia Dominguez, CNN A severe storm that slammed a Texas city caused significant damage to two schools on Monday. “I’ve been in the district for 30 years and this is the most catastrophic damage I’ve witnessed,” Jacksboro Independent School District Superintendent Brad Burnett told CNN affiliate WFAA. Both Jacksboro High School
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Stacker dug through queer film history to spotlight 25 films that, without giving too much away, don’t end morbidly for the LGBTQ+ characters.
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Stacker gathered all movies nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars and ranked the lowest 25 in the group by IMDb user rating, with #1 being the “worst.”
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Wyndly uses research from Johns Hopkins University to take a deep dive into the different types of seasonal allergies and in which months they peak for those affected.
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CoPilot analyzed preliminary data from the National Safety Council, released on March 2, 2022, to determine the 10 states with the fewest motor vehicle deaths in 2021.
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