AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch speedskater Jorien ter Mors has retired from the sport. Ter Mors was the first female athlete to win Olympic medals in two disciplines at the same Winter Games. The 32-year-old speedskater won three long track gold medals and one short track bronze medal while competing at the 2014 and 2018 Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN This winter is pummeling many people’s workout goals. As the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant continues its rapid spread around the globe, indoor exercising in public gyms is often less appealing or accessible. Yet recent storms and plunging temperatures may make outdoor workouts seem daunting, or even dangerous. Experts say,
Continue ReadingCNN By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Neck pain may have many causes: Stress, poor posture, texting, injuries from sports, car or other accidents and chronic illnesses such as fibromyalgia, to name a few. But there’s another culprit you may not be considering — how you sleep. “Generally, when you wake up with neck pain, either your
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden está dando una señal de una postura occidental más rígida en el enfrentamiento con Rusia, apilando la presión diseñada para disuadir a Vladimir Putin de invadir Ucrania en una estrategia que, sin embargo, corre el riesgo de acelerar un peligroso ciclo de escalada. El giro de
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN The East Coast Hockey League suspended Jacksonville Icemen defenseman Jacob Panetta indefinitely after he allegedly made a racist gesture toward South Carolina Stingrays defenseman Jordan Subban during Saturday’s game, the league announced. A hearing is to take place between the league and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association. In a statement Sunday,
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — La Embajada de Estados Unidos en Cuba denunció este domingo en Twitter el arresto de varias activistas del grupo opositor Damas de Blanco, quienes se dirigían a la “iglesia para orar pacíficamente por los manifestantes” detenidos el 11 de julio, cuando la isla vivió históricas manifestaciones contra el gobierno
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, CNN Former Florida International University President Mark Rosenberg, who abruptly resigned Friday citing health concerns, acknowledged Sunday that his workplace conduct towards a colleague was part of his reasoning for stepping down. “I unintentionally created emotional (not physical) entanglement,” Rosenberg said in a statement shared by the university. “I have apologized. I
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE MATTHEWS Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two Canadian men have reached the Australian Open quarterfinals for the first time. Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov are enjoying quite a run in the Australian sun. Auger-Aliassime wore down 2014 U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2, 7-6 (4) to join Shapovalov in
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, Tina Burnside and Raja Razek, CNN A man was taken into custody Monday in Tennessee in connection with the death of a Robertson County Sheriff’s deputy who was found shot inside her burning home a day earlier. The man was identified as James Jackson Conn, who was arrested after an hourslong standoff
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will expand rapid testing and shorten quarantines as it reshapes its pandemic response to deal with a faster-than-expected surge in coronavirus infections driven by the highly contagious omicron variant. The number of new infections exceeded 7,000 for a third straight day and was
Continue ReadingBy Laura Studley, CNN A baby was left alone in a room with her deceased mother for five days at a New York homeless shelter and was found in desperate need of food, water and basic needs, according to a lawsuit filed by the infant’s father. The New York City Department of Homeless Services (NYCDHS)
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Dozens of Chinese officials have been punished over their response to devastating floods that killed hundreds last July, after a government investigation found authorities had under-reported deaths and deliberately withheld information. The flooding in the city of Zhengzhou, capital of central Henan province, left 398 people dead or
Continue ReadingCNN By Brynn Gingras, Travis Caldwell and Emma Tucker, CNN The second New York Police Department officer who was shot while responding to a domestic incident in Harlem last week has died, the NYPD commissioner said. “It’s with great sadness I announce the passing of Police Officer Wilbert Mora,” NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said on
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, Artemis Moshtaghian, Steve Almasy and Holly Yan, CNN The suspect who allegedly shot and killed one New York Police Department officer and critically injured another died Monday, the NYPD told CNN. Officer Jason Rivera, 22, was shot and killed while responding Friday to a domestic incident in Harlem, a city official said.
Continue ReadingCNN By Sarah Fortinsky and Aileen Graef, CNN At a rally against vaccine mandates in Washington, DC, on Sunday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likened vaccine policies in the US to the actions of a totalitarian state, even suggesting Anne Frank was in a better situation when she was hiding from the Nazis. “Even in Hitler
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Friday will never be the same in Dubai. The Middle East’s financial hub has shifted its weekend this year from Friday and Saturday to the Western-style Saturday and Sunday along with the rest of the United Arab Emirates. That has thrown Dubai’s beloved institution
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist and the St. Louis Blues beat the undermanned Vancouver Canucks 3-1. Brayden Schenn and Jordan Kyrou also scored for the Blues, and Vladimir Tarasenko had two assists. Ville Husso stopped 38 shots and has a .963 save-percentage in his last five games.
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are testing some 2 million residents of Beijing after a series of virus cases prompted concerns two weeks ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympics. The new measures in Beijing came as the city of Xi’an lifted a monthlong lockdown on its 13 million
Continue ReadingBy Becky Anderson, Sarah El Sirgany, Helen Regan, Mostafa Salem and Barbara Starr, CNN The US military joined with the United Arab Emirates on Monday to counter a missile attack by Yemen’s Houthis on an air base near its capital Abu Dhabi, where approximately 2,000 American service members and personnel are stationed, US officials said.
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats braced for disaster when state legislatures began redrawing congressional maps. Democrats feared that Republican dominance of statehouses would tilt power away from them for the next decade. But such anxiety is beginning to ease. For Democrats, the worst case scenario of
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