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Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland’s snowboard cross team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has died following an avalanche at a mountain resort, the country’s skiing federation said on Tuesday.The incident occurred on Monday at the Arosa resort in Switzerland. Hediger spent a lot of time in Arosa where she practiced her beloved hobby freeriding, said Swiss-Ski CEO Walter Reusser in a statement. Her life “came to a tragic, sudden and far too early end,” Reusser said. Hediger, 26, competed at the Beijing Games in the women’s snowboard cross and the mixed team version of the same event. Sophie Hediger…
The German government, under fire for failing to prevent a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market, said Monday that the tragedy would have been hard to prevent and said that the suspect appeared to be mentally disturbed.Interior Minister Nancy Faeser along with security and intelligence chiefs faced questioning by a parliamentary committee about the attack that killed five people and wounded more than 200, and on whether there had been missed clues and security lapses.Faeser said no motive had yet been established for the Dec. 20 attack in the eastern city of Magdeburg, where a Saudi-born doctor who had…
Craig Conover and Paige DeSorbo have called it quits. Amid the news, learn more about Craig’s net worth below. Image Credit: Getty Images Craig Conover and Paige DeSorbo are no longer an item. The Southern Charm stars dated for three years, and DeSorbo was the first to break the news that they’d called it quits during the December 30 episode of her Giggly Squad podcast. “It’s weird, it’s very weird. I wasn’t expecting this,” she said of the split in conversation with co-host Hannah Berner, via PEOPLE. “Obviously, when we first started dating, you don’t think, ‘Oh, what will happen? Will we…
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Max Verstappen was named the 2024 F1 Drivers’ Champion after the Las Vegas Grand Prix McLaren still leads the Constructors’ Championship with two races left this season George Russell led a one-two finish for Mercedes-Benz AMG in Las Vegas Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen secured his fourth-straight Formula 1 World Championship title following Saturday’s 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. It means he joins an elite group of drivers with four or more championships under their belts. The list also includes Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel each with four titles, plus Juan Manuel Fangio with five, and Lewis Hamilton and Michael…
The top prosecutor for the nation’s capital, who spearheaded the Justice Department’s (DOJ) investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, said Monday he will resign just days before President-elect Trump’s inauguration next month. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves announced in a press release he will step down from the post on Jan. 16, four days before Trump is set to return to the White House. “Serving as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has been the honor of a lifetime,” Graves said. “I am deeply thankful to Congresswoman [Eleanor] Holmes Norton for recommending me;…
A flight to China was cut short after the aircraft caught on fire after it hit a bird soon after takeoff in Rome, airport officials said.The engine of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner operated by China’s Hainan Airlines caught on fire shortly after takeoff at 9:55 a.m. local time from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport on Sunday after hitting a bird. A view of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner operated by Hainan Airlines. / Getty Images The plane, bound for the Chinese city of Shenzhen with 249 passengers and 16 crew members, quickly turned around and landed safely after dumping fuel over the sea, airport…
The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback has been rumored to be dating Olivia Ponton, though he was previously with Holzmacher since 2017. Learn more about her and their relationship here. Image Credit: Getty Images Joe Burrow, the star quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals, continues to be one of the NFL’s most promising talents. Known for his remarkable performances on the field, Burrow led the Bengals to the Super Bowl in 2022, marking the team’s first playoff appearance since 1990. The Bengals had another strong season last year before being defeated by the Kansas City Chiefs. Off the field, Burrow’s personal life has…
Related: Vladimir Putin hints at strikes on WestFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsA Russian ship shot at a German military helicopter over the Baltic Sea using “signal munitions”, according to German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock.Nato countries have halted their exercises in the Baltic region amid the latest disruption to pipelines and underwater cables, likely damaged in sabotage attempts.Talking at a Nato meeting in Brussels, Ms Baerbock confirmed the incident between Russia and Germany,…
President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States will send nearly $2.5 billion more in weapons to Ukraine as his administration works quickly to spend all the money it has available to help Kyiv fight off Russia before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The package includes $1.25 billion in presidential drawdown authority, which allows the military to pull existing stock from its shelves and gets weapons to the battlefield faster. It also has $1.22 billion in longer-term weapons packages to be put on contract through the separate Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, or USAI.Biden said all longer-term USAI funds have…