By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN When two pink vertical lines on a pregnancy test stared back at Taylor Esche last summer, she was contemplating her options before even leaving her bathroom. On paper, Esche, 28, and her now fiancé seemed to be perfect candidates for parenthood, she tells CNN: Esche is a business owner, her fiancé
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN As the search continues for a missing former Alabama corrections officer and an inmate charged with murder, authorities remain in the dark on where the pair may have gone after the SUV they used after leaving the jail turned up little new information in the case. The 2007 Ford SUV officials
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By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Lightweight Charles Oliveira shook off two big punches from Justin Gaethje and choked him out to win by submission in the first round at UFC 274. Oliveira had to vacate the title after missing the 155-pound limit by a half-pound at Friday’s weigh-in, leaving Gaethje as
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — A woman was tackled shortly after UFC 274 for trying to climb into the octagon on Saturday night. The woman ran from the stands and leaped onto the stage a few seconds after Charles Oliveira submitted Justin Gaethje in the first round. She started to climb the side of the cage, but
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By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN The last few Independence Days have been tough for Austin Williams. It’s not only that his mother, Connie Ridgeway, loved America and collected anything bearing its flag, but July 4 was her birthday. When the family was sorting through her Rogersville, Alabama, home after her fatal 2015 stabbing, “half the
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By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Sparks fly as a circular saw slices into metal, while welders nearby work feverishly to the sound of blaring heavy metal. Upstairs, sewing machines clatter as women mark patterns on cloth being shaped into bulletproof vests. An old industrial complex in the southeastern Ukrainian riverside city
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By Katia Hetter, CNN Cases of Covid-19 are rising again. Infections have increased by more than 50% compared with the previous week in at least eight US states. Parts of New York have moved into the “high” designation of Covid-19 community level, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention metrics. The surge
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — A protestor was tackled shortly after UFC 274 for trying to climb into the octagon on Saturday night. A young woman ran from the stands and leaped onto the stage a few seconds after Charles Oliveira submitted Justin Gaethje in the first round. She started to climb the side of the cage,
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BENTON, Co. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was flown to the hospital on Saturday after being seriously hurt in a Benton County crash. According to the Missouri State Highway crash report, 33-year-old Ricky Young was hurt after the truck he was driving went off the right side of the road along Highway BB at Allen Rd.
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Story by Reuters A Nepali sherpa scaled Mount Everest for a record 26th time, beating his own previous record set last year, a government official said on Sunday. Kami Rita Sherpa, 52, scaled the 8,848.86-meter (29,031.69-foot) mountain on Saturday along the traditional southeast ridge route leading 10 other Sherpa climbers. “Kami Rita has broken his
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Lightweight Charles Oliveira shook off two big punches from Justin Gaethje and choked him out to win by submission in the first round at UFC 274. Oliveira had to vacate the title after missing the 155-pound limit by a half-pound at Friday’s weigh-in, leaving Gaethje as
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Franco Escobar scored the tying goal for Los Angeles FC in a 2-2 draw against the Philadelphia Union. LAFC is now 7-1-2 and the Union are 5-1-4.
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Joe Pavelski scored twice and got the game-winner on the first power-play goal in the series for Dallas as the Stars beat the Calgary Flames 4-2 to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round Western Conference playoff series. The Stars were 0 for 10 with an
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol retained his title Saturday night by defeating Saul “Canelo” Alvarez by unanimous decision. The unbeaten Bivol (20-0, 11 KOs), who has held a version of his belt since May 2016, handed Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) just the second defeat of
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Heading into the final month of its season, “Saturday Night Live” took on the biggest story of the week: Politico obtaining a draft of a majority opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito that would overturn Roe v. Wade. The NBC variety show opened its latest episode by taking
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez fue derrotado por el ruso Dmitry Bivol, quien le propinó al mexicano la segunda derrota en toda su carrera. Después de 12 rounds, Bivol ganó la pelea por decisión unánime (115-113). FOTOS | Canelo vs. Bivol: la pelea en imágenes “Hoy me probé que soy el mejor, mantuve
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit two solo homers off Seattle starter Marco Gonzales for the seventh multi-homer game of his career, Manuel Margot hit his first grand slam, and the Tampa Bay Rays won their sixth straight, beating the Mariners 8-2. Lowe’s last multi-homer game came on Oct.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Taxiarchis Fountas scored goals about 7 minutes apart and Rafael Romo made his MLS debut as D.C. United beat the Houston Dynamo 2-0. Fountas chipped in a first-timer off a corner kick by Julian Gressel in the 35th minute and blasted a rising shot into the net in the 43rd to give
Continue Reading SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Nathan Cardoso scored an all-important goal while JT Marcinkowski stopped the four shots he faced as the San Jose Earthquakes earned a 1-0 win over the Colorado Rapids. The Earthquakes moved to 2-5-3 after the victory and the Rapids dropped to 3-4-3.
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Josh Bell, Yadiel Hernandez and Nelson Cruz went deep, Maikel Franco drove in three runs and the Washington Nationals snapped a three-game losing streak with a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Josiah Gray (4-2) won his second straight start, allowing three runs and
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