By Megan Marples, CNN “3, 2, 1, ready or not, here I come!” Children race through the park, soaking in the sun while they search for their next hiding spot in the latest round of hide-and-seek. When that playtime can happen, it’s often the best part of a child’s day. That all counts as exercise
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By Megan Marples, CNN “3, 2, 1, ready or not, here I come!” Children race through the park, soaking in the sun while they search for their next hiding spot in the latest round of hide-and-seek. When that playtime can happen, it’s often the best part of a child’s day. That all counts as exercise
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By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — West African leaders have decided to impose travel bans and freeze financial assets of members of Guinea’s ruling junta and their families after a coup more than a week ago. The decisions were announced Thursday after an Extraordinary Summit on Guinea in Ghana’s capital, Accra, by
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The Jefferson City Board of Education is set to meet Thursday at 6 p.m. to discuss the district’s back-to-school plan, among other topics.
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s biggest rail operator and a labor union representing train drivers say they have agreed on a pay raise to end a series of strikes that had caused chaos for commuters and vacationers over the summer. The GDL union said Thursday that it secured assurances over pensions, a raise of about 3.3%
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s biggest rail operator and a labor union representing train drivers say they have agreed on a pay raise to end a series of strikes that had caused chaos for commuters and vacationers over the summer. The GDL union said Thursday that it secured assurances over pensions, a raise of about 3.3%
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Human rights and refugee groups are appealing to the European Union to step up its help for people trying to flee Afghanistan. The 24 NGOs accuse the bloc of failing to do enough to assist those living in fear of Taliban rule. More than 100,000 people were
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By Alex Rogers, CNN If Rep. Liz Cheney is purged from the Republican Party, it likely will be at the hand of Harriet Hageman. Hageman, the former Wyoming national Republican committeewoman, launched her campaign last week, emphasizing her deep roots in the state, her conservative values and her alliance with former President Donald Trump, who
Continue Reading By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old boy has been detained in connection with a possible plan for an Islamic extremist attack on a synagogue in the German city of Hagen. The detention took place Thursday on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, and two years after a deadly
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By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — On the morning of the trade deadline in late July, the St. Louis Cardinals were a .500 team sitting 7 1/2 games outside a playoff spot. Their next move? Trading for a pair of struggling starting pitchers in their late 30s: Jon Lester and J.A.
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By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — On the morning of the trade deadline in late July, the St. Louis Cardinals were a .500 team sitting 7 1/2 games outside a playoff spot. Their next move? Trading for a pair of struggling starting pitchers in their late 30s: Jon Lester and J.A.
Continue Reading By ANGELA CHARLTON and BABA AHMED Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French officials say the leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara died of wounds from a drone strike that hit him on a motorcycle last month in southern Mali. The French-led operation involved backup from U.S., EU, Malian and Nigerien military forces.
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Las fuerzas francesas abatieron a Adnan Abou Walid al Sahraoui, líder del Estado Islámico en el Gran Sahara (ISIS-GS), anunció el presidente de Francia, Emmanuel Macron, en Twitter la madrugada del jueves. La ministra francesa de las fuerzas armadas, Florence Parly, tuiteó el jueves que agentes militares y de inteligencia habían contribuido
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By Brad Lendon, Jake Kwon, Gawon Bae and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Both North and South Korea tested ballistic missiles on Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions exponentially in what was already one of the most volatile regions on the planet. Pyongyang fired the first missiles on Wednesday, sending two into waters off the east coast of the
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — La Gran Mentira ya está contaminando las elecciones de 2022 y 2024. Los incansables esfuerzos del expresidente Donald Trump y sus verdaderos creyentes en la política y medios de comunicación han convencido a millones de estadounidenses de que Joe Biden es un presidente fraudulento que tomó el poder en una elección
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TODAY: Sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 80s. TOMORROW: Highs continue to rise close to 90 degrees on Friday. Be sure to stay hydrated! EXTENDED: High pressure will build and bring more moisture into central Missouri over the next few days. The heat index will likely rise into the low 90s Saturday and
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By Brad Lendon and Blake Essig, CNN Japan is drawing a red line around an island chain also claimed by China, pushing back at Beijing’s increasingly aggressive military posturing, and setting the stage for a potential showdown between the region’s two biggest powers. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said
Continue Reading By SAM MCNEIL Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China says three astronauts who lived on its space station for 90 days have left in preparation for returning to Earth. The national space agency said Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo boarded the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft and undocked from the space station Thursday morning. State broadcaster
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London’s Old Vic Theatre is reopening at full capacity for the first time since the pandemic began. The show is “Camp Siegfried,” American writer Bess Wohl’s play about a summer camp for Nazis on New York’s Long Island. It’s based on a real-life camp in the 1930s
Continue Reading By JOEAL CALUPITAN and DAVID RISING Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s top legal adviser has lashed out at the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate allegations of crimes against humanity during his bloody war on drugs, accusing the body of being used as a pawn by the popular leader’s political
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