By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s potato growers had such a bumper crop that they’ve been helping out larger potato states out West. The state of Maine shipped potatoes by train for the first time in four decades this winter thanks to a strong harvest in Maine and heat and dry
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Wander around a supermarket and you’ll bump into all sorts of characters: Tony the Tiger, Toucan Sam, Cap’n Crunch and Buzz Bee in the cereal section. Mr. Clean, Brawny Man and the Charmin Bear among the household items. A few aisles later, chances are you’ll spot Betty Crocker, Kool-Aid Man,
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — La secretaria de prensa de la Casa Blanca, Jen Psaki, planea dejar la administración de Biden en las próximas semanas y dirigirse a MSNBC, dijeron este viernes a CNN dos personas familiarizadas con el asunto. Psaki no ha firmado oficialmente un contrato con la red progresiva de noticias por cable, pero
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The Boone County Sheriff’s Department confirmed multiple shell casings were recovered on Millbrook Drive, after deputies responded to a shots fired call.
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By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican state legislators in Kansas have abandoned a proposal to end the three-day grace period the state gives voters who use mail ballots. Republican lawmakers are still pursuing efforts to restrict the use of ballot drop boxes in elections. The GOP’s latest plans emerged Friday
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En muchos aspectos, Kevin “Knox” Johnson III es como la mayorÃa de los niños de 8 años. Disfruta construyendo pistas para carreras de canicas. Está obsesionado con los chistes de toc-toc. En la escuela, destaca en matemáticas y en el aprendizaje de idiomas. También le gusta cantar en los musicales y
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By Megan Marples Most people want to get rid of dirt, but this special sample of lunar dust is out of this world. Particles of lunar dust collected by Neil Armstrong in 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission are up for auction this month. Bonhams, the auction company in charge of the sale, estimated the
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The Columbia Farmers Market is set to kick off its 42nd season Saturday, transitioning to its spring hours from 8 a.m. until noon.
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By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas appears unlikely to join other states this year in banning transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s school sports. That’s partly because conservative state lawmakers want the ban to apply to elementary school students. The Republican-controlled Legislature approved a proposed ban early Saturday
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas appears unlikely to join other states this year in banning transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s school sports. That’s partly because conservative state lawmakers want the ban to apply to elementary school students. The Republican-controlled Legislature approved a proposed ban early Saturday
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By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist As March came to an end, so, too, did Hector. At least until warmer, more favorable weather returns. Nearly every afternoon from September to March, a thunderstorm develops over the Tiwi Islands in northern Australia. In fact, it happens so regularly, the Bureau of Meteorology actually refers to it by
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Today: Light showers early, with clouds gradually exiting during the day. Highs in the upper 50s. Tomorrow: Milder to start with highs up to the upper 60s. A round of showers is possible in the evening. Extended: Low pressure develops to our south Monday night into Tuesday, bringing back rain chances as the center of the low tracks
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By Holly Yan, CNN After Fred Woods and two accomplices kidnapped dozens of California children from a school bus in 1976 and trapped them underground, they were sentenced to up to 27 life sentences without the possibility of parole. Fast forward 46 years, and Woods is now on the brink of getting paroled. Depending on
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By Amir Vera, CNN Questions always arise when tragedy strikes. So when a 14-year-old boy fell to his death on March 24 on an amusement park ride in Orlando, Florida, there were questions about who should be held responsible and how the incident happened in the first place. Tyre Sampson fell from the Orlando FreeFall
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By Darren Lewis, Zayn Nabbi and Lizete Dos Santos Like many footballers with dual nationality, Ajax’s star striker Sébastien Haller had a choice to make. Born in a southern Parisian suburb, to a French father and Ivorian mother, Haller had represented France during the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in 2011. But in November 2020, ahead
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding payment in rubles for natural gas — or else. Germany is talking about gas rationing in case of a cutoff. Prices for the fuel used to heat homes, generate electricity and power industry are through the roof. While Putin has said importers of Russian gas
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — North Carolina, Duke and Kansas are bona fide basketball bluebloods, the best of the best in the men’s college game. UCLA and Kentucky are no-doubters, too. But when the conversation turns to Villanova, which has the same number of championships as Kansas, a pleasant water-cooler
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — North Carolina, Duke and Kansas are bona fide basketball bluebloods, the best of the best in the men’s college game. UCLA and Kentucky are no-doubters, too. But when the conversation turns to Villanova, which has the same number of championships as Kansas, a pleasant water-cooler
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By John Blake, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin often evokes the Soviet Union’s epic defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II to justify his country’s invasion of Ukraine. Yet Putin is committing some of the same blunders that doomed Germany’s 1941 invasion of the USSR — while using “Hitler-like tricks and tactics” to justify
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative legislators in Kansas have passed a ban on transgender girls and women competing in female school sports. However, the lawmakers don’t appear to have veto-proof margins. The measure approved early Saturday was part of a broader agenda for conservatives. It also includes responding to
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