By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A woman who traveled to Syria as a teenager to join the Islamic State group lost her appeal Friday against the British government’s decision to revoke her U.K. citizenship, with judges saying that it wasn’t for them to rule on whether it was “harsh” to do so.
Continue ReadingLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Russian Olympic Committee has lost an appeal against its suspension by the International Olympic Committee. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it dismissed the ROC’s appeal against the suspension imposed in October. The IOC objected to the ROC incorporating four sports bodies representing regions of eastern Ukraine. CAS says
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Major League Baseball players have been faced with an unusual problem ahead of the new season: a malfunctioning wardrobe. Players and fans have already voiced their concerns about the new jerseys being worn this season, and on Thursday, as spring training games got underway, MLB Players’ Association (MLBPA) executive
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, Jessie Gretener and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — A woman who left the United Kingdom to join ISIS at the age of 15 has lost her Court of Appeal challenge over the decision to remove her British citizenship. Shamima Begum flew to Syria in 2015 with two school friends to join the
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office says at least 118 people have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in more than 10 months of conflict in Sudan, assaults that may amount to war crimes. A new report by the agency, released on Friday, says
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Contentious Supreme Court oral arguments this week offered a reminder that while the public focuses on the Donald Trump election cases, the court’s actions this spring will be equally consequential for an array of rules set in Washington governing American life. Supreme Court conservatives are accelerating their moves to overhaul the way
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Fashion months’ finale — otherwise known as Paris Fashion Week — kicks off on Monday February 26th with over 70 shows and 38 presentations scheduled. From Miu Miu to Mugler, the nine-day calendar is filled to the brim with storied luxury houses, which will no doubt draw a slew
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA LEÓN and CIARÁN GILES Associated Press VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — The death toll in a fire that engulfed an apartment block in the Spanish city of Valencia has risen to nine as questions were raised about whether construction materials caused the fire to spread so rapidly. One person remained missing, according to forensic police,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El gabinete de guerra de Israel acordó enviar un equipo negociador, encabezado por el director del Mossad, David Barnea, a París este viernes para proseguir conversaciones sobre un posible alto el fuego y un acuerdo de liberación de rehenes, dijo un funcionario israelí. El equipo ya partió hacia la capital
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A storm packing strong winds in Sweden tore the roof off the main train station in Goteborg, knocking out power and temporarily halting rail traffic in and out of the country’s second largest city. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The storm Friday blustered
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Ukrainian sculptor Mikhail Reva has transformed the trauma of Russia’s invasion into a profound artistic statement, turning two tons of war debris into sculptures that express the deep suffering of his homeland. Following a Russian strike on his country house, Reva crafted “The Flower of Death” from
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — An already fledgling winter is on borrowed time for much of the country as a dramatic pattern change next week and temperature forecasts into March signal what could be the final nail in the coffin of a winter like no other. Unseasonable warmth, missing snow and disappearing ice
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — After becoming the youngest player to ever beat a chess grandmaster during a classical game over the board, Ashwath Kaushik has been adjusting to his new-found fame. The eight-year-old chess prodigy made history on Sunday by beating Poland’s Jacek Stopa, 37, in round four of the Burgdorfer Stadthaus Open
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Democrats in tight races across the country are already dreading and carefully wording their answers to the question of whether they’d campaign alongside President Joe Biden. In CNN’s conversations with two dozen candidates and campaign strategists, the level of enthusiasm was mixed. But even with the president at about 40% job approval in
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Mountain View’s Ian Prictor posters the Wolfpack and puts an exclamation point on the night in a must win game. Jack Foley fly’s high and slams it down in big playoff win. Kasey Booster hits a three from across Central Oregon in a big win over Caldera. Go vote for your favorite top play!
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The Trinity Lutheran Saints beat Horizon Christian 84-40 behind a combined 42 points from Jack Foley and Andrew Imhoff. Shoutout to the White Buffaloes, as the girls and boys take home the Tri-Valley titles.
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The Mountain View girls are hungry for a playoff home game. The Cougars could not miss in their 71-42 victory over the Caldera Wolfpack. The Cougar boys had their Senior Night Thursday, and all the seniors went home happy. Kole Hendricks led the charge with 25 points, followed by Ian Prictor’s 19 and Quincy Townsend’s
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Audrii Cunningham, la niña de 11 años que fue encontrada muerta tras desaparecer de camino al colegio la semana pasada, murió por “violencia homicida, incluido un traumatismo craneal contundente”, según la oficina del forense. Cunningham salió de su casa en Livingston, Texas, la semana pasada con un amigo de la
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been convicted of making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government. He has been given an eight-month suspended sentence. The verdict Friday at the Vienna criminal court followed a four-month trial. The case marked the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un agente de policía de Australia enfrenta dos cargos de homicidio después de supuestamente matar a su exnovio y a su nueva pareja y deshacerse de sus cuerpos, que aún no se han encontrado. El agente de policía de Nueva Gales del Sur Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, de 28 años, compareció ante
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