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☆ Boston Marathon: How to watch and what you need to know ahead of this year’s race
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The 128th edition of the Boston Marathon takes place on Monday with 30,000 runners from over 100 countries expected to participate. Here’s what you need to know ahead of this year’s race. How to watchThe men’s and women’s wheelchair divisions get the Boston Marathon underway, setting off at 9:02 a.m. and 9:05 a.m. Eastern Time. The elite men’s race begins at 9:37 a.m. Decorated Kenyan distance runner Hellen Obiri, who won her first major marathon in Boston last year, headlines the women’s race alongside former New York City Marathon champion Sharon Lokedi.

Persons: Evans Chebet, Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Chebet, Eliud, Gabriel Geay, Hellen Obiri, Sharon Lokedi, Sara Hall, Des Linden, Keflezighi, Zdeno Chara, Rob Gronkowski Organizations: CNN, Boston Marathon, Patriots, ESPN2, Eurosport, New York, Marathon, London Marathon, Boston, Boston Bruins, Patriots ’ Locations: Hopkinton, Boston, Europe, FloSports, Australia, Tanzania, Massachusetts

☆ Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries "Roots," has died. Gossett became the third Black Oscar nominee in the supporting actor category in 1983. "More than anything, it was a huge affirmation of my position as a Black actor," he wrote in his 2010 memoir, "An Actor and a Gentleman." "I knew too little to be nervous," Gossett wrote. Gossett went to Hollywood for the first time in 1961 to make the film version of "A Raisin in the Sun."

Persons: Louis Gossett Jr, Oscar, Gossett's, Neal L, Gossett, Nelson Mandela, Louis Gossett, Ben Vereen, LeVar Burton, John Amos, Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Susskind, Ed Sullivan, Red Buttons, Merv Griffin, Jack Paar, Steve Allen, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Martin Landau, Steve McQueen, Frank Silvera, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Billy Daniels, Sammy Davis Jr, Melvyn Douglas, Anne Baxter, Patrick O'Neal, Royce Corniche, Richard Pryor, Sharon Tate's, Charles Manson's, Louis Cameron Gossett, Louis Sr, Sadat, Dave Karger's, Satchel Paige, Josephine Baker, Oscar didn't, Satie, Robert Gossett, Hattie Glascoe, Christina Mangosing, Cyndi James, Reese Organizations: HOLLYWOOD, TCM, Associated Press, Oscar, Globe, Broadway, New York University, Hollywood, Beverly Hills Hotel, Universal Studios, Eracism Foundation, Rockford, Mamas, White Locations: CA, Hollywood , California, Santa Monica , California, Malibu, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, Beverly Hills, Coney, Brooklyn , New York, Malibu .

☆ California man stole a Yosemite National Park ranger's vehicle and sparked a high-speed chase before plummeting 200 feet off a cliff, prosecutors say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA federal grand jury indicted a California man accused of stealing a Yosemite National Park ranger's vehicle and leading a "high-speed chase" before driving off a cliff. AdvertisementThis isn't the first time tourists have been accused of misbehaving in US national parks. In May 2023, a bison calf had to be euthanized after a man lifted it out of a river in Yellowstone National Park, prompting its herd to reject it. An unidentified man disturbed a bison calf in Lamar Valley near the confluence of the Lamar River and Soda Butte Creek in Yellowstone National Park. "Park rangers tried repeatedly to reunite the calf with the herd, but their efforts were unsuccessful."

Persons: —, Phillip A, Talbert, Claustro, David Calvert, Hellen Jack Organizations: Service, Yosemite National, Business, Getty, National Parks Service, Visitors, Grand Teton National Parks Locations: California, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Lamar Valley, Lamar, Grand

☆ Tamirat Tola sets NYC Marathon course record to win men's race; Hellen Obiri takes women's title
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

While the men's race was well decided before the last few miles, the women's race came down to the stretch. Albert Korir of Kenya, who won the 2021 NYC Marathon, finished second nearly 2 minutes behind Tola. Tola finished in 2 hours, 4 minutes and 58 seconds, topping the 2:05.06 set by Geoffrey Mutai in 2011. Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia set a course record to win the New York City Marathon men's race on Sunday while Hellen Obiri of Kenya pulled away in the final 400 meters to take the women's title. Kenya's Hellen Obiri crosses the line to win the women's elite race in the New York City Marathon on Nov. 5, 2023.

Persons: Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola, Kenya's Albert Korir, Ethiopia's Shura, Letesenbet, Sharon Lokedi, Obiri, Gidey, Albert Korir, Tola, Geoffrey Mutai, Jemal, Tamirat Tola, Hellen, Kenya's, Lokedi, Margaret Okayo, Kellyn Taylor, Molly, Brigid Kosgei, Marcel Hug, " Hug, Tatyana McFadden, Kurt Fearnley, Catherine Debrunner of, American Susannah Scaroni Organizations: Central Park, New York, Marathon, New York City Marathon, Boston Marathon, New Locations: Ethiopia, Central, Kenya, Manhattan, Taylor, Swiss, New York, American

NEW YORK (AP) — Tamirat Tola wasn't thinking about breaking the New York City Marathon course record as he was running by himself in Central Park for the last few miles of the race. Albert Korir of Kenya, who won the 2021 NYC Marathon, finished second nearly two minutes behind Tola. This was a stellar women's field that was expected to potentially take down the course record of 2:22:31 set by Margaret Okayo in 2003. There were talks of breaking the course record and doing all the things, after a bit it was like that’s not going to happen. Catherine Debrunner of Switzerland won her New York debut, shattering the course record in the women's wheelchair race.

Persons: — Tamirat Tola, Geoffrey Mutai, ” Tola, “, I’m, Tola, Jemal, Albert Korir, Obiri, ” Obiri, Letesenbet, Sharon Lokedi, Gidey, Lokedi, She's, Ingrid Kristiansen, Margaret Okayo, Kellyn Taylor, Molly, ” Taylor, Brigid Kosgei, Marcel Hug, ” Hug, Tatyana McFadden, Kurt Fearnley, Catherine Debrunner of, American Susannah Scaroni, ”, Debrunner, PARIS Daniel Romanchuk, Aaron Pike, Scaroni, McFadden, ___ Organizations: New York, Ethiopian, Central Park, Boston Marathon, New, PARIS, Games Locations: New York City, Central Park, New York, It’s, Manhattan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Central, Taylor, Swiss, American

☆ Tola crushes competition in men's NYC Marathon, Obiri wins women's race
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"The people of New York (are) amazing," said Tola, who hoisted his arms aloft as he claimed his first World Marathon Major title after taking third in London earlier this year. Obiri produced an extraordinary final kick in the women's race to outlast Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey, who crossed the finish line about six seconds behind, as last year's winner, Kenyan Sharon Lokedi, finished third in 2:27:33. Swiss Marcel Hug broke the tape in 1:25:29 in the men’s wheelchair race, picking up a record-extending sixth title in New York, while his compatriot, Catherine Debrunner, won the women's race in 1:39:32. The race capped a blockbuster year for the World Marathon Majors in which both the men’s and women’s world records were obliterated. Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum beat compatriot Eliud Kipchoge's world record mark in Chicago last month, while Ethiopian Tigst Assefa shattered the women's record in Berlin in September.

Persons: Mike Segar, Tola, Obiri, Kenyan Albert Korir, Kitata, Gidey, Sharon Lokedi, Swiss Marcel Hug, Catherine Debrunner, Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum, Eliud, Assefa, Amy Tennery, Andrew Heavens, Christian Radnedge, Toby Davis Organizations: New York, REUTERS, New York City Marathon, Kenyan, triumphing, Ethiopian, Thomson Locations: New York, United States, London, Boston, Swiss, Chicago, Berlin

Image This year’s women’s race was oddly slow until the last few miles. Tola had arrived in New York with questions about his fitness after he dropped out of the marathon at the world championships in Budapest this summer. When she made her marathon debut in New York last year, she went out fast before struggling to a sixth-place finish. “Sometimes,” Obiri said, “you learn from your mistakes.”She put those lessons to use in Boston earlier this year when she won her first world marathon major. By then, only Obiri, Gidey, Lokedi and two others — Viola Cheptoo, the runner-up in 2021, and Brigid Kosgei, a five-time world marathon major champion — were still in contention.

Persons: Hellen, Letesenbet Gidey, Gidey, Obiri, “, ”, Karsten Moran, Sharon Lokedi, ” Obiri, Tamirat Tola, Tola, Geoffrey Mutai’s, Jemal Yimer, Albert Korir, Peter Foley, ” Ritzenhein, Hellen Obiri, Uli Seit, Kellyn Taylor, — Viola Cheptoo, Brigid Kosgei, —, Ritzenhein Organizations: New York City Marathon, Boston Marathon, Boulder, Athletics Club, The New York Times, Shutterstock, Credit, Kenya Locations: Kenya, Ethiopia, Colo, New York, Budapest, Staten Island, Boulder, Boston, “ New York, Central Park, Gidey, Paris

It was hard to miss Mark Aaron Polger, Alexi Pappas and Masashi Kondo at the New York City Marathon on Sunday. With energy gels and bodega coffees in hand, the crowd made its way to Fort Wadsworth, where thousands of runners congregate each year before running the New York City Marathon. Speed demons wearing Nike Vaporflys and short-shorts mingled with casual runners wearing “Monsters, Inc.” onesies. That’s the record I’m going for. Running is therapeutic, even though I’m going to be running really, really slowly.

Persons: Mark Aaron Polger, Alexi Pappas, Masashi Kondo, ”, “, Adam Tjolle, Simon Waterhouse, Malina Roberts, we’ll, they’re, they’ve, Stephen Zachensky, Marlinda Francisco, Mika Shaw, Maansi Srivastava, It’s, I’ve Organizations: New York City Marathon, Nike, Inc, New York Times, York Locations: Fort Wadsworth, Edinburgh, Scotland, Newmarket, England, Brooklyn, York City, Tokyo, Berlin, New York, Westchester, N.Y, How’d, New York Times Tucson, Ariz, Ogden , Utah, Japan, Los Angeles, Manhattan

☆ Obiri outlasts women's field to win NYC Marathon
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Kenyan Hellen Obiri produced an extraordinary final kick to break the tape in two hours 27 minutes and 23 seconds at the New York City Marathon on Sunday, picking up her second major title this year. Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey crossed the finish line about six seconds later while last year's winner, Kenyan Sharon Lokedi, finished third in 2:27:33. Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by Andrew HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Obiri, Gidey, Sharon Lokedi, Amy Tennery, Andrew Heavens Organizations: New York City Marathon, Thomson Locations: New York

☆ New York City Marathon: Start time, route and everything you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —More than 50,000 runners are set to descend on New York City on Sunday, transforming the city simultaneously into a stadium, carnival and an immense endurance test. Runners will take in all five boroughs of New York City on the 26.2 mile route. Complete coverage of the event is also available on the New York City Marathon’s app which can be downloaded here, and a full list of international broadcasters can be viewed here. Runners cross the Queensboro Bridge as they compete in the 2022 New York City Marathon. Meanwhile, Letesenbet Gidey is making her New York Marathon debut after she recorded the fastest ever women’s marathon debut last year.

Persons: Evans Chebet, “, Bill Rodgers, ”, Geoffrey Kamworor, Mosinet Geremew, Edward Cheserek, Yuki Iwamura, Peres Jepchirchir, Brigid Kosgei, Hellen Obiri, Letesenbet, Miller, Tony, Zdeno Chara, Steve Mesler Organizations: CNN, Central Park, ESPN2, ESPN3, New, Boston Marathon, Boston, NCAA, York City, Getty, New York Marathon, Former NHL, Olympic, Professional Wheelchair Locations: New York City, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx, Harlem, Williamsburg, East Harlem, New York, York, AFP, Rwanda

☆ Kenyan court orders mediation in Meta labour dispute
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNAIROBI, Aug 23 (Reuters) - A Kenyan court has given Facebook's parent company Meta (META.O) and content moderators suing it for unfair dismissal 21 days to resolve their dispute out of court, a court order showed on Wednesday. The 184 content moderators are suing Meta and two subcontractors after they say they lost their jobs with one of the firms, Sama, for organising a union. "The parties shall pursue an out of court settlement of this petition through mediation," said the order by the Employment and Labour Relations Court, which was signed by lawyers for the plaintiffs, Meta, Sama and Majorel. Meta, Sama and Majorel did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The case could have implications for how Meta works with content moderators globally.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Meta, Kenya's, Willy Mutunga, Hellen Apiyo, Majorel, George Obulutsa, Mark Potter Organizations: Meta, REUTERS, Rights, Kenyan, Sama, Facebook, Employment, Labour Relations Court, Thomson Locations: Rights NAIROBI, Luxembourg, Kenya, U.S, Sama, Ethiopia

☆ Cars and concepts at the Shanghai auto show
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Evans Chebet retained his Boston Marathon title and fellow Kenyan Hellen Obiri won the women's race as the city marks the 10-year anniversary of the bombings that claimed three lives and injured scores more.

☆ NYC Marathon 2022 winners: Sharon Lokedi and Evans Chebet complete Kenyan double at races
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Kenya’s Sharon Lokedi was a surprise winner of the women’s New York City Marathon on Sunday, while Evans Chebet won the men’s race to complete a Kenyan double. There were challenging conditions for Sunday’s race as temperatures in New York City hovered around 23 degrees Celsius (73 degrees Farenheit). Brazilian Daniel Do Nascimento led the field for much of the men’s race, but he collapsed to the floor and received medical attention in the final stages, handing Chebet the lead. It’s expected that 50,000 runners competed in this year’s NYC Marathon – the first full-capacity race since the Covid-19 pandemic. In the men’s race of the wheelchair division, Switzerland’s Marcel Hug claimed the fifth NYC Marathon title of his career in the men’s race.

☆ NYC Marathon: 'Only God knows when we can meet,' says marathon runner Gotytom Gebreslase, cut off from her parents amid conflict in Ethiopia
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —It’s almost a year since marathon runner Gotytom Gebreslase last spoke to her parents over the phone, a detachment she feels most strongly during races. “My wish is to meet them soon – that would make me happy.”Gebreslase breaks the tape at the World Athletics Championships. Some reassurance over her parents’ safety arrived following Gebreslase’s victory at the world championships in July, when she came across a TV report featuring an interview with her mother. “The result I got in the world championships built my confidence,” she says. “When I started running, [my parents] didn’t discourage me, they were encouraging me – especially my mom,” says Gebreslase.

☆ „Moldova Fashion Days”. Designerii autohtoni își vor prezenta astăzi colecțiile la o nouă ediție a evenimentului
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-24 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Startul evenimentului va avea loc pe 24 aprilie, ora 14.00, iar publicul îl va putea urmări live pe pagina de facebook, youtube și instagram Moldova Fashion Days, precum și pe paginile partenerilor media, a sponsorilor și organizatorilor „Din Inimă și Apius”. Cele mai noi tendințe, culori alese, texturi îndrăznețe, stil și atitudine, asta vor oferi cei 20 de designeri autohtoni, care își vor prezenta pe 24 aprilie, ora 14.00, colecțiile pentru sezonul primăvară-vară în cadrul „Moldova Fashion Days Rebirth”. La această ediție vor participa 20 de designeri autohtoni, brand-uri consacrate și îndrăgite de public, dar și nume noi la început de cale. „Moldova Fashion Days” face parte din campania „DININIMĂ” al cărui scop este să promoveze brandurile locale și să motiveze consumatorii să cumpere produsele realizate pe piața internă. Partenerul general al evenimentului este Porsche Center Moldova, partenerii gold Felicia Optic Center, Engystol, Lymphomiosot, Nervoheel, Smile Dent, partenerii silver Vinuri și Spumante DOR și DermaBeauty, partener bronze Akuratti.

Persons: Lidia Selici, Dani Kristine, Mia Bella, Alina Bradu, Rodica Nicov, Nicole Storm, Ionel, Julia Allert, Sophie, Dent Organizations: facebook, Days, Moldova, Lidia Selici Kids, Models, Evenimentul, Porsche Center Moldova Locations: Moldova, Tricon, Arabadji, Industria Ușoară, Engystol, Lymphomiosot

La această ediție Moldova Fashion Days vom putea urmări în format online 20 de designeri autohtoni, brand-uri consacrate și îndrăgite de public, dar și nume noi la început de cale. Totodată, această ediție Moldova Fashion Days Rebirth introduce tendința modei sustenabile și a principiilor confecțiilor ecologice. În cadrul Moldova Fashion Days Rebirth vom avea ocazia să urmărim o colaborare spectaculoasă între două branduri pentru care protecția mediului contează. Moldova Fashion Days face parte din campania „DININIMĂ” al cărui scop este să promoveze brandurile locale și să motiveze consumatorii să cumpere produsele realizate pe piața internă. Evenimentul este organizat de APIUS (Asociația Patronală din Industria Ușoară) și DININIMĂ și este susținut de către partenerii strategicii USAID, Sweden Sverige și UKaid.

Persons: Lidia Selici, Dani Kristine, Mia Bella, Alina Bradu, Rodica Nicov, Nicole Storm, Ionel, Julia Allert, Sophie ., Julia Alert, Dent Organizations: Days, Lidia Selici Kids, Models, Porsche Center, facebook, Evenimentul, Porsche Center Moldova Locations: Moldova, Tricon, Arabadji, Porsche Center Moldova, Industria Ușoară, Engystol, Lymphomiosot

☆ Atleta din Kenya, Ruth Chepngetich, a doborât recordul mondial la semimaraton
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-04 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Atleta din Kenya, Ruth Chepngetich a doborât recordul mondial la semimaraton. La Istanbul, în Turcia, sportiva de 26 de ani a alergat distanța de 21,09 kilometri într-o oră 4 minute și 2 secunde. Astfel, Chepngetich a depășit cu 29 de secunde precedentul record, stabilit de atleta din Etiopia, Ababel Yeshaneh, în februarie 2020. Kibiwott Kandie a triumfat cu timpul de 59 de minute și 35 de secunde. El l-a devansat cu 3 secunde pe Geoffrey Kamworor și cu 11 secunde pe Roncer Kipkorir.

Persons: Ruth Chepngetich, Chepngetich, El, Geoffrey Kamworor Organizations: Kibiwott Locations: Atleta, Kenya, semimaraton, Istanbul, Turcia, atleta, Etiopia, Ababel, Kenia

☆ (foto) Fashion blogger Hellen Monroe despre cum ieşim din tipare în sezonul estival
▼ + stars: | 2015-06-01 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +5 min

Sezonul estival se declară oficial deschis, un motiv în plus ca să facem o selecţie şi o inventariere a ţinutelor noastre, pentru a le oferi acea sclipire demnă de vara anului 2015. Tot ceea ce trebuie să ştii despre cum să arăţi cu gust, te învaţă fashion bloggerul autohton, Hellen Monroe. Rolul accesorilor în vara anului 2015Alegerea corectă a accesoriilor te ajută să îți completezi ținuta în moduri unice și să dai expresie personalității tale. Ieşim din tipareCelor care vor să iasă din tipare le recomand să mixeze print-urile și culorile. Rochiile vaporoase și fustele midi se vor încadra perfect în călătoriile și destinațiile exotice pe care abia le aștept.

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