BERLIN (AP) — Coco Gauff has reached her first semifinal on grass after beating Karolina Pliskova 7-5, 6-4 at the Berlin Open to set up a match with Ons Jabeur. The 18-year-old French Open finalist had to fight back from 2-0 down at the start of each set against an opponent who was the Wimbledon
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer A parade awaits in San Francisco to celebrate the champion Golden State Warriors. The NBA draft is a few days away, with presumed top-three picks Jabari Smith, Chet Holmgren and Paolo Banchero set to take their first steps toward realizing their enormous potential. Free agency starts in less than
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN Design by Will Mullery, CNN You might see another red, white and blue flag flying this weekend over state capitols and city buildings. That banner with a bursting star in the middle is the Juneteenth Flag, a symbolic representation of the end of slavery in the United States. The flag is
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Un hombre de 71 años que disparó mortalmente a tres ancianos en la reunión de un grupo religioso en Alabama en la noche del jueves fue contenido por otra persona en el lugar hasta que llegó la policÃa, informaron las autoridades el viernes. Un tiroteo deja 2 personas muertas en una iglesia
Continue ReadingBy Ali Bauman and Thalia Perez Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN, New York (WCBS) — A subway rider in Brooklyn was dragged to his death in a freak accident on the tracks. The man died after he got caught in the gap between the train and platform and was hit by an
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By Holmes Lybrand and Avery Lotz, CNN A January 6, 2021, rioter pleaded guilty Friday to carrying a loaded firearm on US Capitol grounds and assaulting police officers with one of their own batons during the insurrection. Mark Mazza, who told federal investigators he regretted not seeing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the riot and
Continue ReadingToday: Temperatures will continue to rise into the lower 90’s thanks to the passage of this mornings cold frontal boundary. Skies look to remain mostly clear. The southern of Central Missouri will remain in a heat advisory until 8 pm as the heat index is expected to rise above 100 degrees. Tonight: overnight temperatures slowly
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las mujeres no son un monolito, sus experiencias de la menopausia no son todas negativas y esta etapa de la vida no deberÃa verse como un problema médico, argumenta un grupo internacional de expertos. En un artÃculo de análisis publicado este miércoles en el British Medical Journal, la obstetra Martha Hickey,
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press The fast-growing legal sports betting industry is extending its reach to the middle of the ocean. BetMGM and Carnival Corporation announced a deal Friday to put sports books on more than 50 U.S.-based cruise ships. The arrangement will allow betting while the ships are at sea or docked in a
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes are in the process of working out the details in what they hope are the final steps toward securing a new permanent home in Tempe. The City Council has agreed to negotiate on a proposed development of nearly $2 billion that would
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Sao Paulo, Brasil (CNN) — No hay indicios de que el crimen organizado estuviera involucrado en los homicidios del periodista británico Dom Phillips y del activista Bruno Pereira en la AmazonÃa, según dijo la PolicÃa Federal de Brasil (PF) en un comunicado este viernes. Los autores del crimen actuaron por voluntad propia, “sin
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, Jonny Hallam and Jennifer Hansler, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday he has been briefed on the three Americans who have gone missing in Ukraine after they traveled to the country to fight alongside Ukrainian forces against Russia. In brief remarks to reporters as he left for a weekend on the beach
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BOLIVAR, Mo. (AP) — A 38-year-old man who intentionally struck a Greene County Sheriff’s officer during a chase has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Seth Hay was sentenced this week for injuring Greene County Sheriff’s Lt. Steve Westbrook in December 2020 near Bolivar. Investigators said Hay was fleeing from officers after a domestic
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the state constitution does not protect the right to an abortion, clearing the way for the state’s Republican legislative majority to potentially enact stricter abortion measures. The court’s decision is a reversal of its 2018 ruling, in which it found that the Iowa
Continue ReadingBy Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN When the Covid-19 pandemic laid bare racial, health and economic disparities in cities across the United States, city officials in Oakland, California, knew they had to do something. More than two years into the pandemic, they’ve passed a resolution that racism is a public health crisis. “It reminds us that centuries
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Kansas City infielder Nicky Lopez lost his salary arbitration case with the Royals on Friday and will get $2.55 million instead of his $2.9 million request, a decision that clinched management’s third straight winning record. Teams lead 8-3 with just three cases pending, involving New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, Atlanta
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines are now authorized for emergency use in young children. The US Food and Drug Administration expanded the authorizations for the vaccines Friday to include children as young as 6 months. However, shots can’t be given until the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine
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This week, Missourians are feeling the full effect of summer heat and so are the roads drivers travel on.
Continue Reading By Kate Bennett, CNN In the dog days of summer, Willow the cat rules the roost. On Friday, Willow’s crate was spotted being carried by a staff member from the White House residence to Marine One, the presidential helicopter that will ferry the feline — along with President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill
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By Stephanie Busari, CNN A funeral mass was held on Friday for the victims of the gun attack in early June at a church in Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria, a relative of two of the victims told CNN. Among those paying respects to the 40 people who died was Laide Ajanaku whose parents John Adesina
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