By Sabrina Bates Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (KOCO) — The first day of school also means the first day of football practice in Oklahoma. Oklahoma City Public Schools has guidelines to keep athletes safe from the heat no matter what sport they’re playing. The district’s athletics department has a
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By Veronica Stracqualursi and Mark Morales, CNN In March, when New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was facing intense public pressure from fellow Democrats to resign in the wake of numerous sexual harassment allegations, his lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul, would only issue a call to first let an investigation run its course. Now that the investigation
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By John Harwood A top economic aide to President Joe Biden moved to reassure moderate Democratic that the new $3.5 trillion budget bill would not fuel long-term inflation as they begin pivoting toward the next obstacle to the administration’s economic agenda. In a new memo to lawmakers, National Economic Council Director Brian Deese called on
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business A federal judge ruled on Monday that Linda Fairstein — a former prosecutor who was part of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office when it tried the criminal case against the young men who became known as the “Central Park Five” — can sue Netflix, producer and director Ava DuVernay and
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Virginia Roberts Giuffre presentó una demanda contra el príncipe Andrés por presunto abuso sexual, según documentos de la corte federal presentados el lunes. Giuffre, una presunta víctima de Jeffrey Epstein, anteriormente ha dicho públicamente que se vio obligada a realizar actos sexuales con el príncipe Andrés, y le dijo a la BBC
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Dominion Voting Systems, a technology company that was targeted with disinformation by former President Donald Trump and allies, filed lawsuits on Tuesday against two right-wing television channels, alleging they aided the spread of baseless conspiracy theories about its role in the 2020 election. The lawsuits, which are the latest in
Continue Reading Dominion Voting Systems filed a lawsuit against Newsmax and One America News Network for spreading lies about their company in the wake of the 2020 election. CNN’s Brian Stelter reports.
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Chucky Thompson, a producer for Bad Boy who worked with some of the biggest names in hip hop and R & B including Notorious B.I.G., Nas and Mary J. Blige has died. He was 53. His publicist, Tamar Juda, confirmed the news to CNN on Tuesday. No cause of death
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has tossed out tens of thousands of expired COVID-19 vaccine doses and could toss out hundreds of thousands more if demand for the vaccine continues to lag in the state. Iowa Department of Public Health spokeswoman Sarah Ekstrand tells the Des Moines Register that the state has tossed more
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The newest entrant into the spiked seltzer wars is … Mountain Dew. The PepsiCo-owned soft drink is partnering with the Boston Beer Company to make “HARD MTN DEW,” a sugar-free canned beverage with 5% alcohol by volume. In a press release, the companies said they paired together because they “understand
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The UM System Board of Curators voted unanimously to approve the contract for Mizzou’s new athletic director on Tuesday morning. Desiree Reed-Francois signed a six-year contract with MU. She’ll make $800,000 per year – $550,000 is her base salary and $250,000 is her non-salary compensation for appearances and other marketing activities. Reed-Francois
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By Ali Zaslav, Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer and Kristin Wilson, CNN The US Senate passed a historic, sweeping $1.2 trillion bipartisan package on Tuesday by a bipartisan majority vote of 69-30 to shore up the nation’s crumbling infrastructure with funding for priorities like roads, bridges, rail, transit and the electric grid. It now heads to
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TUESDAY: Highs in the mid-90s today. Humidity is oppressive this afternoon and that will boost the heat index up to 104 degrees. This heat and moisture has made the atmosphere largely unstable and a line of storms is possible late today. Heavy rain moves through northwest Missouri around 4 pm and slides through this afternoon. Storms
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By STEPHANIE BAUMER, DIGITAL CONTENT PRODUCER Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO (KMOV) — The only surviving log African American school in St. Louis County is being moved to Faust Historic Village. African School House #4 was built on Wild Horse Creek Road in Chesterfield around 1894. While it was
Continue ReadingBy John Cardinale Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KOAT) — Waking up on Sunday morning hazy skies were apparent around Albuquerque. “We’re having a lot of smoke today from California wildfires, and it’s pretty bad. We are in the unhealthy-for-everyone group, as far as air quality goes,” said Jeff Stonesifer who
Continue ReadingBy Kelly Eckerman Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Mo (KMBC) — The number of children sick with COVID-19 is rising in the Kansas City metro. Children’s Mercy Hospital is at its peak, with the number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized there nearly doubling in the past week. With children now heading back
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An attorney for Carjay Lyles said the parties settled the lawsuit for $1.1 million just weeks before a lengthy jury trial was set to start.
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Los científicos han advertido durante décadas que estábamos cambiando el clima de una manera que tendría impactos devastadores en el planeta y nuestras vidas. Un informe histórico del lunes mostró que eso ya está sucediendo y más rápido de lo que esperábamos. Los hallazgos del Panel Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Bandur Click here for updates on this story Omaha, Nebraska (KETV) — The City calls this area between Jones Street and Leavenworth Street a natural valley, where rainwater can wash into the Missouri River. Saturday night, the intersection turned into a raging river during the rainstorm. A pizza delivery driver and his fiance
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Business Companies big and small are raising wages to attract workers and hold onto employees as the economy revs back into gear. But those fatter paychecks aren’t going as far, thanks to rising inflation. In fact, compensation is now lower than it was in December 2019, when adjusted for inflation, according
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