By Caroline Hecker Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Extreme heat across the St. Louis region is forcing local high school and middle school sports teams to rethink outdoor workouts, as high temperatures rise about 100 degrees. The state’s high school sports association regulates how districts go about outdoor workouts,
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SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — Officials in suburban Kansas City, Kansas, say a man pulled from the basement of a burning home in Shawnee has died from his injuries at a hospital. The Shawnee Fire Department says in a news release that firefighters were called to the home on West 52nd Terrace late Monday night. Officials
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN When it comes to holding the January 6 US Capitol rioters to account, the Justice Department has plenty of tools in its prosecutorial toolbox — and plenty of critics who have questioned whether they are prosecuting defendants to the fullest extent of the law. Some of the alleged rioters are facing
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal ocean regulators are considering new rules to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from fishing gear. The whales number only about 360 and are vulnerable to entanglement in the gear. Most of the government’s efforts to protect them has focused on regulating gear used to harvest lobsters and Jonah crabs.
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By John O’Sullivan Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Earlier this month, World War II veteran Charlie Kohler made it to a major milestone in his life and he celebrated his 100th birthday. “I made it through a tough time of my life, the war years and getting out of
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says it plans to build an undersea tunnel so that massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water can be released into the ocean about 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) away from the plant to avoid interference with local
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of comedian, actor and writer Bob Newhart. Personal Birth date: September 5, 1929 Birth place: Oak Park, Illinois Birth name: George Robert Newhart Father: George David Newhart, part-owner of a plumbing and heating business Mother: Julia Pauline (Burns) Newhart Marriage: Virginia (Quinn) Newhart (January 12, 1963-present)
Continue Reading By TERRY TANG Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — From ube cakes to mochi muffins, bakeries that sweetly encapsulate what it is to grow up Asian and American have been popping up more in recent years. Their confections are a delectable vehicle for young and intrepid Asian Americans to celebrate their dual identity. Ingredients they
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By TERRY TANG Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — From ube cakes to mochi muffins, bakeries that sweetly encapsulate what it is to grow up Asian and American have been popping up more in recent years. Their confections are a delectable vehicle for young and intrepid Asian Americans to celebrate their dual identity. Ingredients they
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Military service members must immediately begin to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says in a memo Wednesday, ordering service leaders to “impose ambitious timelines for implementation.” Now that the Pfizer vaccine has received full approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the Pentagon
Continue Reading SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of firefighters are trying to box in a California wildfire that is advancing toward Lake Tahoe and has shrouded the popular vacation spot in ash and yellow smoke. Meanwhile in Southern California, at least a dozen homes and outbuildings burned after a fire broke out Wednesday and quickly
Continue Reading DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — U.S. Forest Service officials have extended the closure of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after Minnesota’s largest wildfire doubled in size. The Greenwood fire burning in the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota has grown to about 34 square miles, and four new smaller fires started within the BWCA this
Continue Reading DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — U.S. Forest Service officials have extended the closure of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after Minnesota’s largest wildfire doubled in size. The Greenwood fire burning in the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota has grown to about 34 square miles, and four new smaller fires started within the BWCA this
Continue Reading AMES, Iowa (AP) — Police have identified a woman found dead inside an Ames apartment last week. Police say in a news release that the body of 32-year-old Maria Hanian, of Des Moines, was found Thursday evening by officers sent to the apartment to check on the welfare of a person there. Police have not
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Nicaragua amplió su acusación contra la periodista y aspirante presidencial Cristiana María Chamorro Barrios por el presunto delito de apropiación y retención indebida, informó el Ministerio Público este martes en un comunicado de prensa relacionado con la investigación a la Fundación Violeta Barrios de Chamorro. La Fiscalía
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Un hombre de Missouri se ahogó en el lago Michigan este domingo tratando de rescatar a dos niños en peligro, según la Oficina del Sheriff del condado de Racine. El hombre ha sido identificado como Thomas J. Walker, de 40 años, y la Oficina del Sheriff dijo que murió ayudando a
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By Tara John, CNN Fears are growing about rising Covid-19 infections among children as the United States is turning into a bellwether for other countries, some of which are preparing for a return to school without mask mandates in classrooms and access to vaccines for younger age groups. The US has seen an exponential growth
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By Tara John, CNN Fears are growing about rising Covid-19 infections among children as the United States is turning into a bellwether for other countries, some of which are preparing for a return to school without mask mandates in classrooms and access to vaccines for younger age groups. The US has seen an exponential growth
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Serena Williams has added herself to the list of big-name withdrawals from the U.S. Open. She pulled out of the year’s last Grand Slam tournament because of a torn hamstring. Williams announced her decision in a social media post. She hasn’t competed since injuring her right leg during her
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