Sol Amaya (CNN) — Por primera vez en la historia, un galón de gasolina regular ahora cuesta US$ 5 en promedio en todo el país, según la Asociación Estadounidense del Automóvil (AAA, por sus siglas en inglés). El récord no es una sorpresa. Los precios de la gasolina han estado aumentando constantemente durante las últimas
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Leer la mente del presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, rara vez es una tarea sencilla, pero en ocasiones el líder del Kremlin lo hace fácil. Tal fue el caso el jueves, cuando Putin se reunió con un grupo de jóvenes empresarios rusos. Cualquiera que busque pistas sobre cuál podría ser el
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business For the first time ever, a gallon of regular gas now costs $5 on average nationwide, according to AAA’s Saturday reading. The record is hardly a surprise. Gas prices have been rising steadily for the last eight weeks, and this latest milestone marks the 15th straight day that the AAA
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By Ben Morse, CNN Pop music pumping, a marching band and a human statue scaring those walking nearby. There’s even a robotic, automated drinks transportation machine. This is not your typical golf event. But it never promised to be so. The inaugural LIV Golf event began in earnest at the Centurion Club just north of
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Inflation is hitting everyone hard — even Snoop Dogg. On Tuesday, the rapper tweeted that even his professional blunt roller got a raise. “Inflation,” Snoop Dogg tweeted in response to a post by UberFacts, which said his full-time blunt roller makes between $40,000 to $50,000 a year. “Their salary went
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TODAY: Patchy fog early; temperatures rise to the mid to upper 80s under mostly sunny skies. Storms are possible in the evening, particularly to the north and west. TOMORROW: Summer heat arrives with highs in the low 90s and heat indices approaching triple digits. EXTENDED: Storms on Saturday evening could potentially form into an isolated
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The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services Department is set to hold its second ‘comfort’ clinic Saturday, for children and adults who are anxious about needles or the vaccination process.
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By Paul LeBlanc and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN March for Our Lives, the student-led movement focused on gun violence prevention, returned to Washington Saturday with a mass demonstration in the wake of recent shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York. The DC march on Saturday afternoon at the Washington Monument featured a slate of speakers
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By The Associated Press Dansby Swanson and the Braves will try for their 10th straight win when they host Pittsburgh. Atlanta already is on the longest winning streak in the National League this season. Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and the Phillies go for their ninth win in a row when they face Arizona. Philadelphia is
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By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Josh Tello shouldn’t be raising Rosalina as a single parent. Alongside him should be Laura Buendia, his sweetheart of nine years. They began dating as teens, after he showed up at her Saginaw, Michigan, home with flowers, making her blush. They lay on the trampoline for hours,
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Shrooms, Alice, tweezes, mushies, hongos, pizza toppings, magic mushrooms — everyday lingo for psychedelic mushrooms seems to grow with each generation. Yet leading mycologist Paul Stamets believes it’s time for fans of psilocybin mushrooms to leave such childish slang behind. “Let’s be adults about this. These are no longer ‘shrooms.’ These
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — J.D. Martinez homered for the first time in nearly a month, Bobby Dalbec snapped a tie with a solo shot, and the Boston Red Sox won for the eighth time in nine games, beating the Seattle Mariners 4-3. Boston opened the final leg of its West
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By Kevin Dotson, CNN Los Angeles Chargers owner and chairman Dean Spanos is being sued by his sister and team co-owner Dea Spanos Berberian, who’s accusing him of “misogynistic” behavior and repeated “breaches of fiduciary duty” in his role as controlling owner of the NFL franchise. Berberian seeks sole control of the family trust that
Continue Reading COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Catcher Troy Claunch singled with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning and No. 5 overall seed Texas A&M stranded 17 runners on base before posting a 5-4 victory over No. 12 seed Louisville in the first round of the College Station Super Regional
Continue Reading By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics couldn’t hold off the Golden State Warriors and had trouble taking care of the basketball. For three quarters, the Celtics responded to nearly every punch the Warriors threw at them. But Boston’s mistakes and an inability to beat back one final charge by
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Darin Ruf hit two homers and drove in four runs, Joc Pederson added two hits and two RBIs, and Jakob Junis won his third straight decision as the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-2 Friday night. Junis (4-1) worked five innings and yielded two runs and five hits,
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By Yoonjung Seo, Jake Kwon and Kathleen Magramo, CNN North Korea has named a top nuclear negotiator as the nation’s first female foreign minister, state media reported Saturday, amid warnings from the US that Pyongyang is preparing to conduct a nuclear test. Career diplomat Choe Son Hui was appointed at a plenary meeting of the
Continue Reading By RICHARD J. MARCUS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Joe Musgrove took over the major league earned run average lead and remained unbeaten in 11 starts, striking out eight over six innings to lead the San Diego Padres over the Colorado Rockies 9-0. Musgrove (7-0) allowed four hits and two walks, dropping his ERA
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Nimmo and Mark Canha both had two hits and three RBIs as the New York Mets bounced back after two straight losses with a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels Friday night. Brandon Marsh had three hits, drove in three runs and had
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jesús Aguilar each hit two home runs to power the Miami Marlins to their fourth straight win with a 7-4 interleague victory over the Houston Astros Friday night. Chisholm and Aguilar both had solo shots in the first inning before each hitting
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