By Faith Karimi, CNN Ukrainian tennis star Sergiy Stakhovsky was vacationing with his family in Dubai when Russian forces invaded his home country. He made a tough decision to leave his wife and three young children at their home in Hungary and return to his homeland to join the fight. He’s now a member of
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By George Ramsay The 2022 Winter Paralympics officially got under way on Friday, with the start of the Games marked by the presence of the full Ukrainian delegation inside Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium at the Opening Ceremony. All of Ukraine’s Para athletes made it to the Chinese capital — a feat described as a “miracle”
Continue ReadingBy Emily Rittman Click here for updates on this story LENEXA, Kansas (KPTV) — Court records show investigators found pipe bombs and a GPS tracking device while investigating a suspected double murder-suicide in Lenexa. According to a search warrant filed during the investigation, Lenexa police were called to a home near Laurelwood Street and Renner
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – PaÃses de todo el mundo están comenzando a vivir una nueva normalidad o al menos aprendiendo a convivir con el covid-19. En Estados Unidos, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) dieron a conocer un documento en el que delinean
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Una variante del coronavirus que causa el covid-19 —similar a la variante ómicron, que parece ser muy diferente de las cepas en circulación y que sobresale en una larga rama del árbol genealógico del virus— fue descubierta en una población de venados de cola blanca en Ontario, Canadá, según un nuevo estudio.
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By Matt Egan US oil prices briefly spiked on Thursday to their highest level in nearly 14 years, as concerns about disruptions to Russia’s supplies continue. US crude jumped as much as 5.4% to $116.57 a barrel early Thursday — the highest trade since September 22, 2008. A week earlier Lehman Brothers collapsed. However, the
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business The war in Ukraine is raging. The oil market is panicking. Russian oil has not been directly targeted by the West’s crushing sanctions on Moscow — so far, at least. In fact, the United States and Europe have gone out of their way to avoid hitting Russia’s fossil fuels. But
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business The war in Ukraine is raging. The oil market is panicking. Russian oil has not been directly targeted by the West’s crushing sanctions on Moscow — so far, at least. In fact, the United States and Europe have gone out of their way to avoid hitting Russia’s fossil fuels. But
Continue ReadingBy Drew Marine Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A big announcement from the Portland City Council Wednesday, the sale and use of fireworks is now banned within city limits. They cited the state’s recent record-high temperatures and dry conditions, which they said create an imminent risk of starting wildfires.
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By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer The NFL has suspended all aspects of its COVID-19 protocols, citing recent trends showing the spread of the coronavirus is declining. In an agreement with the players’ association, the league sent a memo to the 32 teams Thursday in which it mentioned “encouraging trends regarding the prevalence and
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El expresidente de Perú Alberto Fujimori ingresó en la mañana de este jueves al servicio de emergencias de un hospital en Lima, según informó el Seguro Social de Salud (EsSalud), en un comunicado. En el lugar fue estabilizado por los médicos del área de trauma shock “ante el problema de salud que
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DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk is inviting the United Auto Workers union to hold an organizing vote at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California. On Twitter Wednesday, Musk wrote that he invited the union to hold a vote at its convenience and that Tesla would do nothing to stop it. The UAW wouldn’t comment Thursday but
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By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist March in the Midwest usually brings to mind snow, ice, and bitter cold temperatures, but this weekend, thanks to unseasonably warm temperatures, some states may see both snow and tornadoes. “It is rare to get severe weather that far north this early in the year, but it is not unprecedented,”
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Ken Duberstein, President Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff during his final year in office, died Wednesday of complications from a longstanding illness, his son confirmed to CNN. He was 77. Duberstein was a “close confidant” and adviser to Reagan, serving in the White House at the beginning of the Republican President’s
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By Marianne Garvey Famed Russian soprano Anna Netrebko will no longer perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City this season or next after she refused to publicly distance herself from Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a statement from the Met. “It is a great artistic loss for the Met and for opera,”
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Psst. Don’t tell my bosses, but I have a guilty pleasure. Every time a post pops up in the pet channel of our internal message system, I stop what I’m doing and look. Sometimes, it’s an image of a sweet face with doleful eyes staring up at the camera. Other times,
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN The United States’ closest Middle East allies on Wednesday condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in a break from their previously neutral statements and a nod to the changing nature of a war that has created over a million refugees in just a week. All of the US’ Gulf allies, including Saudi
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CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, March 2, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Centralia (36) Mexico (51) FINAL Jefferson City (66) Ruskin (54) FINAL Helias Catholic (57) Raytown South (53) FINAL California (80) Versailles (82) FINAL Fair Grove (66) Osage (54) FINAL
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Hace casi 15 meses, los padres adoptivos de Orrin y Orson West le dijeron a la policÃa que los niños pequeños desaparecieron del patio de la familia en el sur de California, dijeron las autoridades. Ahora, las autoridades dicen que los hermanos fueron asesinados por sus padres adoptivos meses antes de
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TONIGHT Temperatures will only top out in the middle 50’s today thanks to a cold front early this morning. Still, thanks to plenty of sunshine, temperatures are still above the seasonal high of 51. Skies will stay mostly clear tonight, with temperatures falling into the mid-30’s by the early hours on Friday. FRIDAY A warm
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