By The Associated PressFebruary 2, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — Two hands reach through holes in the glass to fill up a pair of dangling gloves. The hands seem almost separate from the woman they belong to. She is one of the people performing COVID-19 tests inside Beijing’s Olympic bubble.Associated Press photographer Natacha Pisarenko knew those…Continue Reading
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee community college suffered a data security attack that may have resulted in unauthorized access to personal information of former and current students, faculty and staff, officials said. Pellissippi State Community College is sending out notifications about a ransomware attack focused mainly on encrypting school data to force a ransom…Continue Reading
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A streaming website that features Iranian state television programming has acknowledged suffering technical issues amid reports that dissident hackers played an anti-government message on the platform. Telewebion said it suffered “infrastructure” irregularities Tuesday and suffered an archive failure, without elaborating on the cause. The problems came as a video…Continue Reading
BEIJING (AP) — When Chris Chelios and the U.S. went on a run to the Olympic final in 2002, son Jake was front and center in Salt Lake City, dreaming of one day following in his father’s footsteps.Twenty years later, Jake Chelios is in the Olympics — but not the way he ever envisioned. He…Continue Reading
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A data scientist and former Peace Corps volunteer has joined the North Carolina House, succeeding longtime Rep. Susan Fisher of Asheville. Rep. Caleb Rudow was the choice of Buncombe County Democratic activists to serve out the remainder of Fisher’s two-year term. Gov. Roy Cooper then appointed Rudow, as state law required.…Continue Reading
BEIJING (AP) — Denmark’s men’s hockey team held its first pre-Olympic practice Wednesday without six players after a spate of positive COVID-19 test results upon arriving in China.Coach Heinz Ehlers said four main roster and two taxi squad players tested positive for the coronavirus. He expressed optimism about getting four of the players out of…Continue Reading
Chloe Kim, prodigy, is no more. The same goes for Chloe Kim, political symbol. And that’s a good thing for snowboarding in general and the sport’s current standard-bearer more specifically.Eight years ago, she was the halfpipe’s Next Big Thing. Four years ago, the California-born daughter of South Korean immigrants arrived in Pyeonchang carrying the weight…Continue Reading
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will receive federal funding to help low-income residents pay their heating and cooling bills, Gov. Andy Beshear said.The more than $1.5 million coming to the state is from the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, the governor said. It’s the first installment of a five-year investment in the energy assistance program…Continue Reading
3D printed Natural Gas Pipes are placed on displayed Gazprom logo in this illustration taken, January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBRUSSELS, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Europe’s second top court on Wednesday backed the EU antitrust regulator’s decision three years ago to close an investigation into Gazprom without imposing a…Continue Reading
(RestaurantNews.com) 16 Handles will celebrate National Frozen Yogurt Day with 3 ounces of soft serve + toppings free for Rewards members at all 16 Handles locations on Sunday, February 6th. In addition to 3 ounces free on 2/6, customers who stop in to 16 Handles on National Frozen Yogurt Day will receive a $3.00 credit…Continue Reading