CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions — came to a momentous end as NASA’s Orion spacecraft made a successful ocean splashdown Sunday. The spacecraft finished the final stretch of its journey, closing
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Predators forward Michael McCarron has entered the player assistance program of the NHL and NHL Players’ Association. The league and the union announced the move Sunday without specifying why McCarron entered the program. The NHL and NHLPA started the player assistance program in 1996. It gives players access to a
Continue ReadingNEW YORK — Led by Nelly Junior Joseph’s 24 points, the Iona Gaels defeated the Saint Bonaventure Bonnies 72-57 on Sunday. The Gaels moved to 6-2 with the victory and the Bonnies fell to 6-4.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Un día después de abandonar el Mundial de Qatar 2022 entre lágrimas al ver truncadas sus posibilidades de ganar el torneo por primera vez en su trayectoria, el delantero superestrella portugués Cristiano Ronaldo afirmó que traer un título mundial a Portugal era “el sueño más grande y ambicioso” de su carrera, pero
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Nakamoto-White Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — On Saturday night, the dark sky was filled with love in the form of pink, white, and blue balloons as dozens of friends, United States Postal Service workers, and community members watched from below. Candles were lit, prayers were held, and songs
Continue ReadingNEWRY, Maine (AP) — A bunch of Santa lookalikes took to the ski slopes to spread some seasonal cheer on Sunday. More than 300 jolly ol’ elves — all dressed in red — dashed together down a mountain with white beards and Santa hats flapping in the breeze at the Sunday River ski resort in
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Titans running back Dontrell Hilliard has been taken to the locker room with a neck injury after being hurt covering a punt against Jacksonville. Hillard went down helping tackle Jamal Agnew at the end of a 6-yard punt return with 7:16 left in the second quarter. His Titans’ teammates immediately
Continue ReadingSAN ANTONIO (AP) — Authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion that killed three people at a San Antonio construction company. The explosion happened at around 11:30 p.m. Friday at K-Bar Services. Authorities initially found one person who died at the scene. Investigators later announced that two more people were killed in the blast.
Continue ReadingINVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — At least 13 bald eagles were likely poisoned by scavenging the carcasses of euthanized animals that were improperly dumped at a Minnesota landfill, and three of the majestic birds have died. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that state and federal wildlife officials are investigating after the eagles were found
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Paul Silas, a member of three NBA championship teams as a player and LeBron James’ first coach in the league, has died, his family announced Sunday. He was 79. The family revealed the death through the Houston Rockets, for whom Silas’ son, Stephen, is a second-generation head coach. The
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El concejal de la ciudad de Los Ángeles, Kevin de León, enfrenta un nuevo escrutinio después de que apareció un video en internet este viernes por la noche donde se le ve involucrado en un altercado físico con un activista de la comunidad durante un evento de la temporada de fin
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett has entered the NFL’s concussion protocol. Pickett left Pittsburgh’s game against Baltimore in the first quarter and was replaced by Mitch Trubisky. Pickett was driven hard to the turf by Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith while getting sacked on Pittsburgh’s first drive. He was assessed by medical
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Stellantis is shuttering its Illinois plant in February resulting in indefinite layoffs for 1,350 employees, the company said in a statement, citing increasing costs in the electric vehicle market. “Our industry has been adversely affected by a multitude of factors like the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the global microchip shortage, but
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va, (AP) — Work to relocate Richmond’s final city-owned Confederate monument should start this week after a judge refused a request to delay the removal of the statue of Gen. A.P. Hill from its prominent spot in Virginia’s capital, an official said. Richmond Circuit Court Judge David Eugene Cheek Sr. last week rejected a
Continue ReadingANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo is out after 15 seasons at the helm. The academy said Sunday that Niumatalolo would not return. The announcement came a day after the Midshipmen lost to Army in overtime and finished 4-8 for the second straight year. Niumatalolo is the winningest coach in school history at
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The top US hostage affairs official on Sunday reflected on conducting the prisoner swap that led to Brittney Griner’s release, saying the WNBA star immediately thanked the crew returning her to the United States. “When she finally got on to the US plane, I said, ‘Brittney, you must have been
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN Father Michael Pfleger, the senior pastor of the St. Sabina Parish in Chicago, has been reinstated after an independent review board found “no reason” to keep him away following the latest accusation of sexual abuse against him. Pfleger posted a picture of the letter from the archbishop of Chicago to the
Continue ReadingSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Heavy snow fell in the Sierra Nevada as a winter storm packing powerful winds sent ski lift chairs swinging and closed mountain highways while downpours at lower elevations triggered flood watches across large swaths of California into Nevada. More than 250 miles of the Sierra remained under a winter
Continue ReadingCNN By Don Riddell, CNN It was 5 a.m and I couldn’t sleep; my mind was replaying the extraordinary drama of Argentina’s penalty shootout victory over the Netherlands, over and over again. And then I checked my phone. I thought I was going to throw up. The American soccer journalist Grant Wahl, who’d also been
Continue ReadingBy Don Riddell, CNN It was 5 a.m and I couldn’t sleep; my mind was replaying the extraordinary drama of Argentina’s penalty shootout victory over the Netherlands, over and over again. And then I checked my phone. I thought I was going to throw up. The American soccer journalist Grant Wahl, who’d also been covering
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