By Matias Grez, CNN Real Madrid’s hopes of catching Barcelona at the top of La Liga were all but extinguished on Tuesday as Los Blancos suffered a shock 4-2 defeat to Girona. Valentín Castellanos had the match of his life, scoring all four goals in the victory to become the first player in more than
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Winnipeg’s Morgan Barron is still recovering after a skate blade cut his face during a game against Vegas. He needed 75 stiches but has continued to play with a full cage mask on his helmet. The NHL requires helmets and half-visors to provide some protection for the eyes. Players say they
Continue ReadingBy Kyla Russell, CNN Adults in the United States who reported feeling discriminated against at work had a higher risk of developing high blood pressure than adults who reported less discrimination at work, according to a new study. The researchers defined discrimination as “unfair conditions or unpleasant treatment at work because of personal characteristics, particularly
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prosecutors acknowledged to a government inquiry Wednesday that new scientific and genetic evidence left reasonable doubt that an Australian mother deliberately killed her four children 20 years after she was convicted of doing so. A retired judge is hearing final submissions over whether Kathleen Folbigg, now
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN A Democratic senator introduced what appears to be first-of-its-kind legislation aimed at so-called “judge-shopping,” a tactic used by litigants from all sides of the political spectrum to secure sweeping court orders blocking national policies by steering cases to judges perceived to be sympathetic to their causes. Under the bill unveiled Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN It’s growing more likely that the US could default on its debt as soon as early June if Congress doesn’t act, according to a trio of new analyses. That’s because tax receipts are running much weaker than expected so far this season. The Treasury Department is counting on that infusion of
Continue ReadingCNN By Tami Luhby, CNN It’s growing more likely that the US could default on its debt as soon as early June if Congress doesn’t act, according to a trio of new analyses. That’s because tax receipts are running much weaker than expected so far this season. The Treasury Department is counting on that infusion
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN BRUSSELS (AP) — New rules requiring airlines to use more sustainable fuels across the European Union have been agreed in a bid to help decarbonize the sector. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, says the deal reached by negotiators from member states and the European Parliament demands that fuel suppliers blend
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s central bank has raised its key interest rate, saying inflation “is still far too high.” Riksbanken on Wednesday raised its policy rate by half a percentage point to 3.5% and added that it will ”probably” be raised further by a quarter-point in June or September. Annual inflation last month hit 10.6%,
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Witnesses say crowds of families have been growing at Sudan’s border crossing with Egypt and at a main port, desperately trying to escape their country’s violence. Sudanese in the capital of Khartoum and the neighboring city of Omdurman have reported sporadic clashes between the military and a
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Police say a van carrying 29 people from Syria pushed a patrol car off the road as officers tried to stop the vehicle near Germany’s border with Poland. No one was hurt. Federal police said off-duty officers noticed the van weaving through traffic and nearly causing an accident near Goerlitz on Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN A Taiwan-based book publisher has been placed under investigation in China on suspicion of “endangering state security,” Beijing said Tuesday amid mounting concern over his disappearance. Li Yanhe, better known by his pen-name Fu Cha, was reportedly detained by police in Shanghai in March, shortly after he arrived
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An Appalachian update on Charles Dickens and a tale told by a dolphin are among six finalists for the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction. American writer Barbara Kingsolver’s “Demon Copperhead” and U.K. novelist Laline Paull’s “Pod” are among the contenders announced Wednesday for the 30,000 pound ($37,000)
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El Centro de Predicción de Tormentas (SPC) en Estados Unidos emitió un aumento del riesgo de tormentas fuertes, nivel 3 de 5, para el centro de Texas, incluyendo Dallas, Fort Worth y Waco. Las principales amenazas son granizo grande a muy grande, vientos dañinos y algunos tornados. Un riesgo leve de
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press In what could prove a milestone for an industry that hopes to address climate change, the Silicon Valley company Ohmium announced Wednesday it has raised $250 million to expand production of machines that can make clean hydrogen. Some climate experts say burning hydrogen can substitute for burning coal, oil or
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Viessmann Group is selling its business with heat pumps, viewed as a key technology in making heating more climate-friendly, to Florida-based Carrier Global Corp. as part of a 12 billion-euro ($13.2 billion) deal. The two companies announced the sale late Tuesday. It comes as Germany is putting into place plans to
Continue ReadingCNN By Heather Chen, CNN A Singaporean man convicted of trying to traffic around 2.2 pounds of cannabis was executed on Wednesday, a sentence lambasted by rights groups and campaigners for its severity at a time when many other nations, including neighboring countries, have adopted a more lenient approach towards drugs and capital punishment. While
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam and Kocha Olarn, CNN Thailand’s conservative Democrat Party has come up with a novel strategy to try and win votes ahead of next month’s national elections — a campaign pledge to make sex toys legal should they win power. Ratchada Thanadirek, executive member of the Democrat Party, said the party plans to
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A pair of recent Oregon State Police traffic stops on Interstate 84 near La Grande and I-5 near Salem led to the arrest of two drug trafficking suspects and federal charges and seizure of large amounts of fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs found in their vehicles, authorities said Tuesday.
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Former Jewish girls school principal and now convicted sex offender Malka Leifer has been ordered to appear in an Australian court in June for a two-day sentencing hearing. A Victoria state County Court jury convicted the 56-year-old Israeli citizen on 18 charges relating to the sexual abuse of two sisters when
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