By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Olympic great Sebastian Coe says sports federations have set precedents by banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from competition following the invasion of Ukraine and they must remain firm to keep them in place. Coe is the president of the governing body of track and field. He
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Olympic great Sebastian Coe says sports federations have set precedents by banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from competition following the invasion of Ukraine and they must remain firm to keep them in place. Coe is the president of the governing body of track and field. He
Continue ReadingCNN By Scott McLean and Sarah Sirgany, CNN The chairman of Ukrainian Railways has said that the Polish, Czech and Slovenian Prime Ministers, who traveled by train for a Tuesday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, took a “strong step” to show support for his war-torn country, albeit a “naïve” one. “That was
Continue ReadingBy Scott McLean, Sarah El Sirgany and Christian Streib, CNN A muffled sound cuts through the dim room enveloped in long, dark curtains. A Soviet-era closed-circuit phone system blares a message in Ukrainian to six men, half of whom are dressed in military green. But they’re not military men, they’re the executives of Ukrainian Railways.
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The mayors of New York City and Washington D.C. are appealing to the public for help in an urgent search for a gunman who has been stalking homeless men asleep on their streets, killing at least two people and wounding three others
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga will head into the NCAA Tournament exactly where it ended up in the final AP Top 25: right on top. In fact, that’s where the Bulldogs began the season, too. It wasn’t all smooth sailing for coach Mark Few’s team, which dropped as low as fifth after a
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN Even by Paris Saint-Germain’s standards, the past week has been an eventful one. It started last Wednesday with yet another Champions League capitulation, something PSG has become rather adept at. However, the recent meltdown against Real Madrid — in which PSG conceded three goals in 27 minutes to throw away a
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ryan Hawkins is Creighton’s undisputed leader as the Bluejays prepare for their NCAA Tournament first-round game against San Diego State on Thursday. Hawkins transferred from Division II Northwest Missouri State and has led the Bluejays in scoring and rebounding. His biggest role has been as
Continue ReadingBy Steven Graves Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A West Side baker with a mission to inspire young people to be their own boss. CBS 2’s Steven Graves with an inside look at how she’s taking her lessons from the kitchen to the classroom. At this shop for sweets in
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan, CNN White House officials are having early discussions about having President Joe Biden travel to Europe soon amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning. The trip would come on the heels of visits by several top aides, including Vice
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it will replace some of its aging Tornado bomber jets with U.S.-made F-35 Lightning II aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Germany’s air force commander, Ingo Gerhartz, said the war in Ukraine made it necessary to choose Lockheed Martin’s F-35s. Previously, the government had considered
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. astronaut has made it through nearly a year in space but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth. NASA insists Mark Vande Hei’s homecoming plans at the end of the month remain unchanged in
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cameron Smith made the longest week at The Players Championship worth the wait. He won the richest tournament on the PGA Tour with a 66 in the final round. The Australian not only one-putted eight of the last nine greens, he delivered on
Continue ReadingBy Doug Dunbar Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — It’s not uncommon to see kids set up a lemonade stand to raise some money, but a local 10-year-old wasn’t raising money for himself; instead, he wants to help kids his age thousands of miles away trying to safely get out of
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN The Rolling Stones are still rocking hard. The legendary group announced a European tour, called “Sixty,” which will hit Madrid; Munich, Germany; Liverpool, UK; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Bern, Switzerland; Milan, Italy; London; Brussels, Belgium; Vienna, Austria; Lyon, France; Paris; Gelsenkirchen, Germany; and Stockholm, Sweden. The band will perform 14 shows in all
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — ¿Mitad de semana y ya quieres que termine? Espera un poco. Tenemos que ver lo que resta de los octavos de final de la Champions League. El martes y miércoles de la semana pasada, los primeros en clasificarse a cuartos de final de la Champions fueron Liverpool, Bayern de Múnich, Real
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dayton Moore has spent more than three decades in baseball, first with the juggernaut Atlanta Braves of the 1990s and the last 16 in charge of the Kansas City Royals, leading them to two World Series and a long-awaited championship. He still sounds like
Continue ReadingBy LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The female journalists covering Russia’s punishing invasion of Ukraine owe a debt to the work of their 20th-century predecessors. War reporting was long viewed as the province of men until the Vietnam War and later conflicts. Women proved their capability and changed the nature of
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Davidson is heading to space. The “Saturday Night Live” star will be among the six passengers on the next launch of Jeff Bezos’ space travel venture, Blue Origin. The company Monday announced the March 23 flight. Davidson will be the third celebrity on a Blue Origin
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Marlins have money. All that remains unknown is how and when they’ll be choosing to spend. And neither of those answers may come anytime soon. The Marlins have opened their first camp in five years without Derek Jeter as part of the team’s
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