Shiffrin-Vlhova, Chen-Hanyu among marquee Olympic matchups
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Rivalries have a way of spicing up the Winter Olympics. The U.S.-Canada matchup in women’s…
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What Shalanda Young’s ascension means to Black staffers on Capitol Hill
By Eva McKend, CNN In the hours leading up to Shalanda Young’s Senate confirmation hearing to be deputy director of the Office of Management…
Continue ReadingTurkish ski jumper İpcioğlu mum on Uyghur statement
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Turkish ski jumper Fatih Arda İpcioğlu has declined to say if the crescent and star on his blue skis the day before the…
Continue ReadingRyoyu Kobayashi wins normal hill competition at Olympics
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan won the Olympic ski jumping gold medal on the normal hill.…
Continue ReadingTrump tirade on ‘racist’ DAs echoes other racist tropes
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump recently told a mostly white crowd at a rally in Texas that…
Continue ReadingUNICEF: Children in NE Syria prison live in dire conditions
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency says children held in a prison in northeast Syria that witnessed 10 days of fighting between U.S.-backed…
Continue ReadingPrince Charles leads tributes to his mother, the Queen, on her Platinum Jubilee
By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Britain’s Prince Charles has paid tribute to his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, as she…
Continue ReadingPope praises how Morocco’s people tried to save boy in well
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has described as “beautiful” how people rallied around efforts to try to save a boy trapped in a well for days…
Continue ReadingNew satellite images show advanced Russian military deployments in Belarus
By Tim Lister, CNN New satellite images released by a US-based technology company appear to show that Russia’s military has advanced…
Continue ReadingNew satellite images show advanced Russian military deployments in Belarus
CNN By Tim Lister, CNN New satellite images released by a US-based technology company appear to show that Russia’s military has advanced…
Continue ReadingCyclone pounds Madagascar with torrential winds and rain
By LAETITIA BEZAIN Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Cyclone Batsirai’s torrential winds and rain are hammering Madagascar, after…
Continue ReadingJackson, in high court mix, traces law interest to preschool
By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Ketanji Brown Jackson’s younger daughter was 11, she drafted a letter…
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Cross country skiing medal ceremony
Therese Johaug of Norway wins gold in the women’s cross country skiing 15km event. Natalia Nepryaeva of the Russian Olympic Commitee and…
Continue ReadingU.S. airborne infantry troops arrive in Poland amid tensions
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI RZESZOW-JASIONKA, Poland (AP) — A few dozen elite troops and equipment from the U.S. 82nd Airborne…
Continue ReadingBeijing 2022 Winter Olympics: Top 15 athletes to watch
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is the second Games to take place during the coronavirus pandemic, after Tokyo 2020 last…
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Nils van der Poel edges Patrick Roest for 5000m gold medal
Sweden’s Nils van der Poel bested Dutch skater Patrick Roest’s Olympic record in the men’s 5000m speed skating Winter Olympic final. Van der Poel…
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Out-of-work Eric Staal relishing new job as Canada captain
Eric Staal is relishing the opportunity to captain Canada’s men’s hockey team at the 2022 Winter…
Continue ReadingSadowski Synnott is 1st Kiwi Winter Olympics gold medalist
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The land of the long white cloud has its first Winter Olympics gold medal. Zoi Sadowski Synnott of…
Continue ReadingWest Africa grapples with new wave of military coups
By SAM MEDNICK and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — West Africa is grappling with a wave of military coups over the…
Continue ReadingThe tragedy of Marc-Vivien Foé, soccer’s forgotten hero
By ISIFU WIRFENGLA Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The late Cameroon and Manchester City soccer star Marc-Vivien Foé had a dream to…
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