AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The feuding this week among officials in the Olympics, the anti-doping world and the United States government over eradicating drugs from sports is hardly new. They’ve been going at it for decades. The tension reached a new level on the eve of the Paris Games when the International Olympic
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One of Oregon’s largest wildfires of recent weeks, the nearly 2-week-old Lone Rock Fire, recently reached “mega-fire” status, meaning it’s burned more than 100,000 acres of land.
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US Justice Department on Thursday announced the indictment of an alleged North Korean government-backed hacker for allegedly participating in a scheme to break into US hospital computer systems and extort them for ransom. Rim Jong Hyok is part of a group of hackers working for North Korea’s military
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Make sure you’ve got enough pages in your passport, because TIME has just released its list of the world’s 100 greatest places to visit in 2024. From Costa Rica to Koh Samui to the Republic of the Congo, the team of editors at the New York-based news magazine has
Continue ReadingBy Bo Evans Click here for updates on this story ARLINGTON, Texas (KTVT) — The newly reimagined Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey production is back in North Texas — bringing the same excitement with a slew of new acts. At the center of all the action is a hometown kid who’s ushering in a
Continue ReadingBy Ed Lavandera and Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) — CenterPoint Energy executives apologized and promised to do better Thursday after power outages from Hurricane Beryl wreaked havoc for millions across the Houston area earlier this month. Appearing before the Public Utility Commission of Texas in Austin, the company’s chief executive was apologetic and outlined a
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of troubleshooting and recent tests meant to replicate the issues plaguing Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, NASA and Boeing officials still aren’t ready to name a return date for the two astronauts piloting the vehicle on its inaugural crewed test flight. But engineers do finally have some possible
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Southwest Airlines cambiará a asientos asignados por primera vez en su historia, un cambio que permitirá a la aerolínea de tarifas bajas cobrar una prima por algunos de los asientos de sus aviones. La aerolínea también comenzará a ofrecer vuelos nocturnos de “ojos rojos” por primera vez, lo que,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Yoweri Museveni, president of Uganda since 1986. Personal Birth date: August 15, 1944 Birth place: Ntungamo, Uganda Birth name: Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Father: Amos Kaguta, a cattle keeper Mother: Esteri Kokundeka Marriage: Janet (Kataaha) Museveni (August 1973-present) Children: Muhoozi Kainerugaba and three
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The U.S. men missed out on the men’s rugby medal round at the 2024 Paris Olympics after being shut out by Australia, 18-0.
Continue ReadingBy Marvin Hurst Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — As more West Nile Virus cases are being reported in North Texas, a 15-year survivor of the severe neuroinvasive form of the virus is sharing his harrowing experience from late August 2009. “I was on the porch in 2009 with my
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The trial has started for the daughter of baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley, who is accused of abandoning her baby after giving birth in the woods in subfreezing temperatures on Christmas night in 2022. But attorneys for 27-year-old Alexandra Eckersley, who was homeless, say she didn’t know
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is putting her own stamp on the campaign that she inherited from President Joe Biden. From her music to her stump speech, she’s reshaping the message around her background and image. Democrats have been energized by her first outings on the campaign trail as she’s visited
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of migrants and homeless people Parisians climbed aboard buses to be driven out of the city. They are latest group of people sleeping on the streets to be moved to the fringes of Paris ahead of the opening ceremony of the Olympics. They would be set up in temporary
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Ingebrigtsen brothers Jakob, Henrik and Filip are cranking up the vibes in Norway with their new Olympic anthem.
Continue Reading Ingebrigtsen brothers Jakob, Henrik and Filip are cranking up the vibes in Norway with their new Olympic anthem.
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lupita Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sandra Oh will help reopen the newly revitalized Delacorte Theater in Central Park in a free production of “Twelfth Night.” Director Saheem Ali picked William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “Twelfth Night” to christen the return in the summer of 2025. The
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — As long as she’s been on the political scene, Vice President and likely Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has proudly repped the salmon pink and apple green of Alpha Kappa Alpha. Alpha Kappa Alpha is a historic African American sorority, founded on the campus of Howard University, Harris’ alma
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Ohio Supreme Court says consumers can’t expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones. By a 4-3 vote, the court on Thursday has rejected claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a bone stuck in his throat. The man says the restaurant failed to warn
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Comstock Click here for updates on this story MENIFEE, California (KCAL/KCBS) — A deep sense of loss coursed through a Menifee community as many stood by candlelight and remembered three young softball players and their mother. Olivia, 12, Emmalynn, 11, Gianna, 8, and their mother Karly Perez died while returning home from a
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