By KMOV Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Missouri lawmakers will hold a hearing for two Crown Act bills. The Crown Act protects against discrimination over Black hairstyles like braids, locs, and cornrows. The natural hair movement has been going on for years but has been increasingly popular during
Continue ReadingBy Julia Avery Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Kaitlyn Anderson was 22 weeks pregnant when she was killed while working for MoDOT. She was striping Telegraph Road near I-255 when she and two others were struck by a car. She was killed, along with her baby Jaxx and coworker
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By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer Christian Eriksen is set for a remarkable playing comeback after signing for Premier League club Brentford, almost eight months after having a cardiac arrest and collapsing on the field at the European Championship. The Denmark playmaker has signed a contract until the end of the season in May
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Dear Readers, the actress who portrays Penelope Featherington on “Bridgerton” kindly requests that you refrain from talking to her about her body. In the caption of a mirror selfie posted on her verified Instagram account, Nicola Coughlan wrote “Hello! So just a thing- if you have an opinion about my
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Affiliates of investment firms Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital are taking cloud computing company Citrix Systems Inc. private in an all-cash deal valued at $16.5 billion. Citrix shareholders will receive $104 in cash per share. The transaction includes the assumption of Citrix debt, but the amount of
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Among the biggest challenges to transforming automobiles from combustion engines to electricity to fight climate change is the shortage of metals needed to make batteries. Early on, JB Straubel saw a huge opportunity from the shortage — rescuing metals from spent lithium-ion batteries and recycling them
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police have identified a man killed in a weekend shooting a block south of Cypress Park in the eastern part of the city. Police say 22-year-old Dillion Simmons died from his injuries. Officers called to a home in the area around 4:15 a.m. Sunday found Simmons inside with
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Cada año, los estadounidenses en los estados de EE.UU. en los que cae nieve esperan con gran expectativa ver si la marmota Punxsutawney Phil detectará su sombra. Y todos los años, tomamos el pronóstico del tiempo de la marmota Phil: ¿seis semanas más de invierno o una primavera temprana? Y su
Continue Reading LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Frank Lampard will get another shot as a Premier League manager after being hired by Everton. Lampard replaces Rafa Benitez after his firing two weeks ago. Lampard is tasked with reversing Everton’s slide toward the relegation zone. Everton is in 16th place and just four points above the bottom three. The
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Facing a shortage of workers, Domino’s Pizza is hoping to incentivize its customers to choose carryout over delivery. Beginning Monday through May 22, Domino’s will be “tipping” customers $3 if they order online and choose carryout. The credit can be used on a future online carryout order. The promotion could
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Facing a shortage of workers, Domino’s Pizza is hoping to incentivize its customers to choose carryout over delivery. Beginning Monday through May 22, Domino’s will be “tipping” customers $3 if they order online and choose carryout. The credit can be used on a future online carryout order. The promotion could
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Una nueva tormenta invernal afectará un área amplia desde Colorado hasta Michigan, causando fuertes condiciones meteorológicas. Más de 30 millones de personas están bajo alertas de tormenta invernal, incluidos Colorado Springs, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Indianápolis y Detroit. Se pronostica que la tormenta producirá fuertes nevadas, y para algunas áreas en
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Una nueva versión de la variante ómicron del nuevo coronavirus está llamando la atención de los cientÃficos, a medida que se convierte en la variante dominante que causan el covid-19 en algunas partes del mundo. Los expertos señalan que no hay motivo para entrar en pánico por la nueva versión de ómicron,
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By Whitney Wild, Zachary Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN Then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris drove within several yards of a pipe bomb lying next to a bench outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters on January 6, 2021, and remained inside the DNC for nearly two hours before the bomb was discovered, according to multiple law enforcement
Continue ReadingBy Avis Favaro and Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Across Canada, there have been booster clinics and vaccine days, all to get more Canadians their shots — but recently, the drive to get shots into arms has hit a curb. Health officials say they’ve been noticing
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Ferreira Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Not only is Omicron the predominant COVID-19 variant circulating in Canada, but it also continues to dominate much of the conversation currently surrounding the pandemic. The latest update to draw attention involves the emergence of a new Omicron subvariant in Canada,
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business What do banks, airlines and fast food chains have in common? They’re all keeping a close eye on rising wages, which could hold the key to where inflation heads next. This just in: Compensation for American workers climbed 4% in the year to December 2021, the biggest increase in two
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN As many states see declines in their daily Covid-19 case numbers and hospitalization rates, some have moved forward with plans to lift a significant mitigation measure: mask mandates in schools. The moves go against guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but the agency has remained mum about
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By Jack Guy, Anna Chernova and Nathan Hodge, CNN Russia has accused Washington of stoking “hysteria” over the crisis on the Ukrainian border, as the US Ambassador to the United Nations warned “the consequences will be horrific” if Russia invades. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Washington and US outlets have played up fears
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, Anna Chernova and Nathan Hodge, CNN Russia has accused Washington of stoking “hysteria” over the crisis on the Ukrainian border, as the US Ambassador to the United Nations warned “the consequences will be horrific” if Russia invades. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Washington and US outlets have played up fears
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