SAN SALVO, Italy (AP) — Jonathan Milan sprinted to victory in a crash-affected finale of the second stage of the Giro d’Italia. Pre-race favorite Remco Evenepoel has held on to the leader’s pink jersey. It is Milan’s first Grand Tour and the 22-year-old Italian punched his fist in the air in delight as he crossed
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash A’s to three straight World Series titles before his career was derailed by drug problems, died Saturday, according to the team. He was 73. Blue died at a
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Nicolas “Nick” Gilbert, the son of Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert who became the team’s good luck charm at NBA draft lotteries, has died. He was 26. A funeral announcement posted by the Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield, Michigan, said Gilbert died Saturday “peacefully at home
Continue ReadingCNN By Aileen Graef, CNN Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin said Sunday that “everything is on the table” as the panel scrutinizes new ethics concerns around Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. “The bottom line is this: Everything is on the table. Day after day, week after week, more and more disclosures about Justice Thomas —
Continue ReadingDOHA, Qatar (AP) — Russians have returned to international judo competition for the first time in nearly a year at the world championships as Ukraine stayed away in protest. The Russians were competing under the name of “Individual Neutral Athletes” at the key Olympic qualifying competition in Qatar. Seventeen judokas from Russia and two from
Continue ReadingBURNLEY, England (AP) — Vincent Kompany has signed a new five-year contract with Burnley that ties him to the recently promoted club until at least 2028. Kompany is a Manchester City playing great who has just led Burnley back into the Premier League in his first season as manager at Turf Moor. The former Belgium
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Nicolas “Nick” Gilbert, the son of Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert who became the team’s good luck charm at NBA draft lotteries, has died. He was 26. A funeral announcement posted by the Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield, Michigan, said Gilbert died Saturday “peacefully at home
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Crystal Palace has promised to issue a club ban to a spectator who is alleged to have racially abused Tottenham forward Son Heung-min during a Premier League match between the teams. Footage has circulated on social media of a man in the away end at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium making what appears to
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — ¿Qué te parece ganar US$ 1.000 por ver películas compulsivamente? Un sitio web financiero ofrece el premio a una persona que pueda dedicar dos semanas a ver más de 20 horas de la saga cinematográfica “Fast and the Furious”. FinanceBuzz, un sitio informativo que ofrece consejos y recomendaciones relacionados con el
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Cuando tienes sed, ¿qué bebidas son las mejores para mantenerte hidratado? Claro, siempre puedes tomar un vaso de agua, pero el H2O no es la bebida más hidratante, según un estudio de la Universidad St. Andrews de Escocia que comparó las respuestas de hidratación de varias bebidas diferentes. Los investigadores descubrieron que
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer It’s two down and one to go for treble-chasing Celtic in Scottish soccer. The Glasgow club has clinched the second leg of its latest bid for three domestic trophies in one season by retaining the league title with four games to spare. A 2-0 win at Hearts left Celtic
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Stephanie Halasz and Christian Edwards, CNN Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, has apparently backtracked on a threat to withdraw his forces from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, after Russia’s Ministry of Defense promised to provide more ammunition to his troops. In an explosive, expletive-laden rant this week, Prigozhin
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that there are “no good options” for the United States to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress fails to raise the nation’s borrowing limit of $31.381 trillion in the coming weeks. She did not rule out President Joe Biden
Continue ReadingTHREE RIVERS, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a man who was arrested last month in the 1988 stabbing and strangulation of a Michigan woman has died in a South Carolina jail, where he was awaiting extradition to face a murder charge. Police in Three Rivers, Michigan, say they were told Saturday about the death of
Continue ReadingBy Aileen Graef, CNN Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin said Sunday that “everything is on the table” as the panel scrutinizes new ethics concerns around Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. “The bottom line is this: Everything is on the table. Day after day, week after week, more and more disclosures about Justice Thomas — we
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald and Ben Church, CNN Liverpool fans booed resoundingly while “God Save the King” played at Anfield to mark King Charles III’s coronation on Saturday. TV footage showed Liverpool and Brentford players lining up on opposite sides of the center circle before kickoff while the national anthem played. Loud boos and jeering from
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and YASMINE MOSIMANN Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi police officer has been convicted and sentenced to death in the killing a prominent security analyst and frequent critic of Iran-backed militias. Sunday’s ruling came nearly three years after the Iraqi analyst was gunned down outside his Baghdad home following threats from
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Erica Herman, quien fue novia durante mucho tiempo del golfista profesional Tiger Woods, acusó de acoso sexual al 15 veces campeón de major, según un documento que presentó este viernes el abogado de Herman en Florida. Woods está acusado de mantener una relación sexual con Herman mientras ella trabajaba para él
Continue ReadingBy MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays are off to one of the best starts in Major League Baseball history. But it took a visit by the New York Yankees to bring the big crowd to Tropicana Field. The players feel the intensity. Rays first baseman Yandy Díaz
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After his swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 1, Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva walked up the ramp to the presidential palace arm in arm with Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, instantly recognizable by his yellow headdress and wooden lip plate. But a major railway that would
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