Everything to look forward to in Olympic basketball on July 30, where Giannis Antetokounmpo looks to get Greece back on track, Victor Wembanyama looks to keep France rolling and Shai-Gilgeous Alexander leads Canada against Australia.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — La inflación es muy diferente en estas dos metrópolis costeras. El ritmo de construcción de viviendas ha sido un factor decisivo para ambas regiones. La región de Tampa-San Petersburgo-Clearwater, en Florida, registró recientemente la tasa de inflación más baja de las 23 áreas metropolitanas del paÃs: un 1,8% en los
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge declined to appoint an outside monitor to oversee the finances and internal policies of the National Rifle Association. But he is barring the group’s former leader, Wayne LaPierre, from holding a paid position with the organization for a decade. The split decision from Judge Joel
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North Korea has secured its first Olympic medal in eight years after the nation’s enigmatic mixed doubles team defeated Hong Kong, advancing to the finals for a showdown with the formidable China.
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Canadian rugby sevens star Olivia Apps’ dramatic year feels more and more like a movie as the team captain bring awareness to both a sport and an autoimmune disease.
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Canada’s Summer McIntosh put on a show in the women’s 400m IM final, leading from start to finish to earn the gold medal.
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Brazil’s Joao Chianca and Morocco’s Ramzi Boukhiam string together back-to-back nine-point waves in the most exciting exchange of the Olympic surfing competition so far.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution that supporters say is intended to protect abortion rights might appear on the ballot this fall without any mention of the word “abortion.” That’s partly because of disagreements about what the so-called Equal Rights Amendment would actually do, if passed. The state’s
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Team USA basketball player Anthony Edwards cheers in the crowd at fellow American Olympic table tennis player Lily Zhang’s epic Round of 32 win.
Continue ReadingLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Four years after Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned as the head of Liberty University amid a series of personal scandals, he and the evangelical school founded by his father have announced a settlement. In a joint statement released Friday, the university and Liberty’s Board of Trustees said it has agreed to pay
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Snoop Dogg puts his wingspan and “lung power” to good use when he hits the pool with Michael Phelps at the Paris Olympics.
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A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart were dominant down low to lead the U.S. women’s basketball team to its 56th consecutive Olympic win.
Continue Reading A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart were dominant down low to lead the U.S. women’s basketball team to its 56th consecutive Olympic win.
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Stefano Pozzebon, Mia Alberti, Jennifer Hansler and Avery Schmitz, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — Protests broke out in several Venezuelan cities on Monday after authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro was formally declared a winner by the county’s electoral authority in a presidential race marred by accusations of electoral fraud. In the capital Caracas,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Officials say a man who was identified as a possible new suspect in the 1991 killing and sexual assault of a Virginia woman who was visiting Hawaii killed himself last week after police took a DNA swab from him. The Hawaii Police Department says they matched DNA taken from Dana
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Great Britain diver Tom Daley called this Olympics the happiest he’s been in his long career. The 30-year-old came out of retirement to compete in this year’s Games, and won silver in the men’s synchro platform finals on Monday.
Continue Reading Great Britain diver Tom Daley called this Olympics the happiest he’s been in his long career. The 30-year-old came out of retirement to compete in this year’s Games, and won silver in the men’s synchro platform finals on Monday.
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Remember the universal childhood experience of writing a fan letter to someone you admire? (Mickey Mouse, I hope you still have that note I gave you at Disneyland in 1999.) Well, a new Google ad says artificial intelligence can now do that for you. It’s not going
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — An earthquake shook the Los Angeles region Monday afternoon. The US Geological Survey reported a 4.9 magnitude quake with an epicenter near Barstow, California – about 103 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The quake was at a depth of nearly five miles, according to the USGS. The magnitude was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, N.J. (AP) — The place where Finlee lives is nice enough: It’s clean, they feed and care for him well and there are always people to pet and scratch him. But it’s still an animal shelter in New Jersey. Beyond its walls, however, is a big, wide, wonderful world full of unexplained,
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