By Joe Sutton and David Williams, CNN A 12-year-old Black girl was disqualified from a Wisconsin swim meet over the weekend for wearing a homemade Black Lives Matter swimsuit, but organizers quickly reversed the decision and let her swim. Sarah Lyons told CNN that her daughter Leidy Gellona is very interested in social justice and
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By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas have overridden the Democratic governor’s veto of a redistricting plan that politically hurts the state’s only Democrat in Congress. Their action Wednesday likely plunges Kansas into a national legal brawl amid the contest for control of the U.S. House. The vote
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Oil prices could soar to $120 a barrel if Russia’s crude exports are derailed by tensions with Ukraine, according to projections from JPMorgan. The forecast underscores how a potential invasion of Ukraine would cause wide-ranging ripple effects that would be felt by inflation-weary consumers around the world. “Any disruptions to
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LYON, France (AP) — French club Lyon has sold attacking midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri to Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire for seven million euros ($8 million). The 30-year-old Switzerland international joined Lyon in the offseason after three seasons with Liverpool but is leaving after just 16 appearances. He scored two goals and provided three assists but
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By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Lawyers for an Indigenous community in eastern Guatemala are making arguments before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that could have far-reaching implications for Indigenous communities throughout the Americas. The Maya community of Agua Caliente is demanding that the Guatemalan government give them title to
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Stacker investigated the impact on Missouri if Roe v. Wade is repealed using data from a July 2019 study published in reproductive health journal Contraception.
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Stacker compiled a list of highest rated IPA beers in Missouri using BeerAdvocate.
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said Wednesday that it has chosen Susan M. Collins, an economist and administrator at the University of Michigan, as its next president. The selection of Collins, who will become the first Black person to serve as president of the Boston
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By Stella Chan and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN The Los Angeles County district attorney wants credit card companies to halt payments for online purchases of assemble-at-home kits for so-called ghost guns — untracked and untraceable firearms that are finding their way into communities across the country in increasing numbers. District Attorney George Gascón challenged credit card
Continue Reading RIVERSIDE, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge has declined to lift the expulsion or suspensions handed out to four suburban Kansas City high school students who were disciplined for their involvement in an online petition to “start slavery again.” Radio station KCUR reports that U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough ruled Tuesday that the four
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis jail guard has admitted that she allowed two detainees to assault another inmate in his cell. Demeria Thomas pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of depriving the inmate of his civil rights while she worked at the St. Louis Justice Center. Thomas admitted that in March
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The NFL has sent a letter to a Congressional committee explaining the machinations in the league’s handling of the investigation of misconduct at the Washington franchise. In the letter from the league’s law firm to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, the NFL
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Nunnelly says there are many things that come with the business that people don’t think about.
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By Brian Fung, CNN Microsoft is trying to persuade regulators to approve its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard with a series of new app store commitments that it says will put the company “on the right side of history” as policymakers worldwide debate new laws to force competition open in digital marketplaces. The 11-point
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press More than 90% of Oregon’s liquid fuels are stored at a facility next to the Willamette River in Portland. Oregon lawmakers began taking steps to compel the owners and operators of aging storage tanks at the facility to make them earthquake resistant. A new report commissioned by the city of
Continue Reading By MATT KUPFERLE numberFire Player props can be useful in a variety of ways, from taking advantage of them straight up within the betting market to measuring a player’s potential to produce in daily fantasy football. Here we’ll focus on utilizing our projections and other tools on betting player props. Three players to focus on
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. The traffic to the cancellation page for Spotify Premium has jumped in recent weeks as the audio streaming company faces a wave of backlash over its support for podcaster Joe
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By Katie Hunt, CNN A child’s tooth unearthed from a French cave has revealed the earliest evidence of humans — Homo sapiens — living in western Europe. The discovery of the molar from Grotte Mandrin, near Malataverne in the Rhône Valley in southern France, along with hundreds of stone tools dating back about 54,000 years
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Zotos Click here for updates on this story WEST ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — Sheila Mueller is living every parent’s worst nightmare. She is planning her son’s funeral, he was just 13 years old. “I can’t wrap my head around the fact that I have to put my baby in a casket
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The priciest Super Bowl commercials will cost a record $7 million this year, according to NBC. To put that into terms many of the big game’s advertisers will understand, that’s about 160 bitcoin or 2,200 ether. Cryptocurrencies will be taking center stage during the ad breaks of Super
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