MoDOT extends closure of Bagnell Dam Bridge into next week
The bridge on Business Highway 54 will reopen on Thursday night for the weekend before shutting down again on Monday.
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Lionel Messi tops Forbes’ highest-paid athlete list for 2022
By Ben Church, CNN Despite a disappointing season on the pitch, Paris Saint-Germain star Lionel Messi was the highest-paid athlete in the world over the last 12 months, according to Forbes. The soccer sensation is reported to be bringing in pre-tax gross earnings of $130 million a year from on-field and off-field pursuits, keeping him
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Myanmar to resume issuing tourist visas after 2-year hiatus
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar has announced it will resume issuing visas for visitors in an effort to help its moribund tourism industry, devastated by the coronavirus pandemic and violent political unrest. Starting on Sunday, tourist “e-Visas” will be provided online in a move also intended to harmonize tourism with neighboring countries. Visitors need a certificate
Continue Reading US producer prices surge 11% in April as food prices jump
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. producer prices soared 11% in April from a year earlier, a hefty gain that indicates high inflation will remain a burden for consumers and businesses in the months ahead. The Labor Department said Thursday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it
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NZ cricket great McCullum hired to coach England’s test team
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Former New Zealand cricket star Brendon McCullum has been hired as head coach of England’s test team in another bold appointment coming soon after the decision to select Ben Stokes as captain. The 40-year-old McCullum currently coaches Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders. He has never been in
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As water runs short in California, commission rejects $1.4 billion desalination plant
By Stephanie Elam, CNN As California battles a historic drought and a water crisis looms, the state’s coastline protection agency on Thursday unanimously rejected the development of a $1.4 billion desalination plant in Huntington Beach that would have converted ocean water into municipal water for Orange County residents. Eleven members of the California Coastal Commission
Continue Reading Slightly more Americans seek jobless aid last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for jobless aid ticked up slightly last week but the total number of Americans collecting benefits remained at its lowest level in more than five decades. Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 1,000 to 203,000 for the week ending May 7,
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Opinion: No more union-busting. It’s time for companies to give their workers what they deserve
Opinion by Jennifer Sherer for CNN Business Perspectives This year, workers at Amazon, Starbucks and other major corporations are winning a wave of union elections, often in the face of long odds and employer resistance. These wins are showing it’s possible for determined groups of workers to break through powerful employers’ use of union-busting tactics,
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Naomi Judd died of self-inflicted firearm wound, Ashley Judd reveals
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Ashley Judd and her family wanted the world to hear from them how Naomi Judd died. The younger Judd appeared in an interview with Diane Sawyer, which aired on Thursday on “Good Morning America.” She said her family had agreed that she share the cause of death of her mother.
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Federal appeals court restores Texas’s social media censorship law
By Brian Fung, CNN A federal appeals court will allow Texas’s new social media law to take effect after striking down a preliminary injunction by a lower court, according to a judicial order in the case. The Texas law, known as HB 20, allows private parties to sue tech platforms over allegations of censorship. The
Continue Reading Federal appeals court restores Texas’s social media censorship law
By Brian Fung, CNN A federal appeals court will allow Texas’s new social media law to take effect after striking down a preliminary injunction by a lower court, according to a judicial order in the case. The Texas law, known as HB 20, allows private parties to sue tech platforms over allegations of censorship. The
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The Italian place where you don’t eat ‘Italian’ food
Julia Buckley, CNN Everyone who travels to Italy knows the drill. A day of culture and maybe a little shopping, followed by aperitivo and piles of pasta for dinner. Or, possibly a pizza — or even risotto. Because that’s what they eat in Italy, right? The people of Lake Trasimeno would beg to differ. The
Continue Reading The Italian place where you don’t eat ‘Italian’ food
Julia Buckley, CNN Everyone who travels to Italy knows the drill. A day of culture and maybe a little shopping, followed by aperitivo and piles of pasta for dinner. Or, possibly a pizza — or even risotto. Because that’s what they eat in Italy, right? The people of Lake Trasimeno would beg to differ. The
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Robinhood soars after 30-year old crypto billionaire takes stake
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It’s been a brutal year for Robinhood. The twin plunges of stocks and bitcoin have crushed the online brokerage’s sales. The company also reported a loss and drop in users. The stock has plummeted 40% this year and Robinhood recently announced a big round of layoffs. But there
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Panic in the crypto market has Janet Yellen’s attention
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Investors in stocks, bonds and commodities are all on edge right now. But in the market for cryptocurrencies, unease has morphed into full-on panic, catching the attention of regulators in Washington tasked with maintaining financial stability. What’s happening: As of last Friday, the price of bitcoin had plunged almost 50%
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Alito’s former Princeton classmate calls draft SCOTUS opinion ‘a greatest hits of misogyny’
By Chandelis Duster, CNN Susan Squier, a former classmate of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito at Princeton University and who organized a letter protesting a leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, on Thursday said she was stunned and called it “a greatest hits of misogyny.” “When I read the document — I
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Kansas City man could face charges after crash on Highway 50 in Jefferson City
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City man could face charges after he crashed a car on Highway 50 in Jefferson City on Wednesday night. The crash happened around 11:55 p.m. at the westbound exit to Lafayette Street, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said a car driven by Johnny M. Nguyen, 24,
Continue ReadingÚltima noticia de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania: el Kremlin advierte por el posible ingreso de Finlandia en la OTAN
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La declaración de apoyo a la OTAN del presidente de Finlandia, Sauli Niinisto, y de la primera ministra, Sanna Marin, era esperada, después de que el gobierno finlandés presentara recientemente al parlamento del país un informe sobre la seguridad nacional en el que se esbozaba el camino hacia la adhesión a
Continue ReadingANÁLISIS | Elon Musk acaba de hacer la vida de Donald Trump mucho más difícil
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Este martes, Elon Musk lo confirmó: Quiere que Donald Trump vuelva a Twitter. “Creo que no fue correcto prohibir a Donald Trump, creo que fue un error”, dijo Musk, que está en proceso de comprar la compañía de medios sociales, en una conferencia del Financial Times. “Yo revertiría la prohibición
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‘We’ve all made mistakes,’ says golf great Greg Norman of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder
By Amy Woodyatt, David Close and CNN Sport staff, CNN Golf great Greg Norman has appeared to downplay the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi ahead of the new Saudi-backed LIV Golf professional series. “This whole thing about Saudi Arabia and Khashoggi and human rights, talk about it, but also talk about the good that
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