Alberto Pando París (CNN) — Una monja de 118 años que vive en un hogar de ancianos en el sur de Francia se ha convertido en la persona viva más longeva del mundo, según el Guinness World Records. La hermana André es también la monja viva más anciana del mundo y la monja más anciana
Continue ReadingBRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The Brisbane 2032 organizing committee has held its first board meeting more than 10 years before the Australian east coast city is due to host the Olympics. International Olympic Committee vice president John Coates met with organizing committee president Andrew Liveris and with the political leaders and former athletes who’ve already
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Max Comtois and Sonny Milano scored less than a minute apart in the second period and the Anaheim Ducks beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2. Trevor Zegras and Josh Mahura also scored and Zach Aston-Reese had an empty-netter for the Ducks. Anaheim had lost
Continue ReadingAlberto Pando (CNN) — Venus y Júpiter parecerán tocarse en el cielo a fin de mes, a pesar de estar separados por millones de kilómetros. Los dos planetas aparecerán más juntos alrededor de las 3 p.m. ET del 30 de abril, con Venus a 0,2 grados al sur de Júpiter, según EarthSky. La distancia aparente
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California’s gigantic water supplier has taken the unprecedented step of requiring about 6 million people to cut their outdoor watering to one day a week as an extended drought plagues the state following another dry winter. The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern
Continue ReadingBy JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — David Peralta hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and started one of Arizona’s five double plays as the Diamondbacks put on a defensive clinic to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3. Arizona, which began the game with a major league-worst .185 batting average, had
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Mikal Bridges scored 31 points, Chris Paul added 22 points and 11 assists and the top-seeded Phoenix Suns beat the New Orleans Pelicans 112-97 to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference first-round series. The Suns never trailed but also never totally pulled away against
Continue ReadingMICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Carlos Rodón had nine strikeouts in six sharp innings, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Oakland Athletics 8-2 on Tuesday night. Wilmer Flores homered and drove in four runs. Austin Slater also connected as the Giants won their first game back at Oracle Park following an
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Kevin Dotson, CNN Women’s professional soccer team Houston Dash suspended its head coach and general manager James Clarkson after reviewing the initial findings of an investigation into league-wide allegations of wrongdoing, the team announced on Twitter Tuesday. The decision comes at the recommendation of a joint investigative team from the National
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin scored one of Colorado’s three goals in the second period and the Avalanche held on late to match the franchise record for points in a season with a 5-3 win over the St. Louis Blues. Erik Johnson and Josh Manson also scored in the
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout homered and drove in three runs, and Patrick Sandoval pitched seven innings of two-hit ball as the surging Los Angeles Angels defeated the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 for their third straight victory. Trout drove a slider from Triston McKenzie into the bullpens in left
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Even the world’s richest person needs financial advice. That’s great news for Morgan Stanley, the investment bank of choice for Elon Musk. Morgan Stanley advised the Tesla CEO on his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. The bank also helped secure $25.5 billion in funding for the deal,
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison Wednesday in the first of several corruption cases against her. Suu Kyi, 76, who was ousted by an army takeover last year, has denied the
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The fertile mind of Justice Stephen Breyer has conjured a stream of hypothetical questions through the years that have, in the words of a colleague, “befuddled” lawyers and justices alike. Breyer, 83, seemed a bit subdued Wednesday as he sat through the last of
Continue ReadingBy YESICA FISCH, JON GAMBRELL and VANESSA GERA Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia cut off natural gas to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday and threatened to do the same to other countries, using its most essential export in what was seen as a bid to punish and divide the West over
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republicans hoping to emerge from crowded primaries this year stacked up on operatives with ties to former President Donald Trump, betting those connections would give them a leg up on landing critical endorsements that would help them win. But as Trump wades into some of the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Three days before Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter, the world’s richest man tweeted a photo of Bill Gates and used a crude term to make fun of his belly. Playful, aggressive and often juvenile, Musk’s past tweets show how he has used social media to
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Three days before Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter, the world’s richest man tweeted a photo of Bill Gates and used a crude term to make fun of his belly. Playful, aggressive and often juvenile, Musk’s past tweets show how he has used social media to
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Police say 11 people were electrocuted when their truck, decorated as a temple chariot, touched an overhead power line during a Hindu festival procession in southern India. News reports say the electrical spark also set fire to the truck, which was crowded with devotees. A police
Continue ReadingBY MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Addressing world leaders and America’s political elite paying final respects to Madeleine Albright, former President Bill Clinton recalled in his final conversation with the former secretary of state that she didn’t want to talk about her declining health at a moment when the West
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