HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — American Bernarda Pera will play top-seeded Anett Kontaveit in the women’s final of the Hamburg European Open after they won their semifinals in straight sets. Pera secured her first WTA title in Budapest last week. She advanced over seventh-seeded Maryna Zanevska 6-2, 6-4. Kontaveit beat Russian-born Anastasia Potapova 6-3, 7-5 to
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By Brynn Gingras, Kristina Sgueglia and Liam Reilly, CNN New York gubernatorial nominee Rep. Lee Zeldin, a day after he was attacked onstage at a campaign event, said Friday that changes to the state’s cashless bail system are necessary and that judges should have discretion when considering who should remain in police custody. “My first
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The Big Four are forming quite a squad at the Laver Cup. That’s because Novak Djokovic is joining Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray on Team Europe in September. Event organizers announced Friday that Djokovic will participate. He won Wimbledon this month for his 21st Grand Slam title. That puts him
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Paying for some Bruce Springsteen tickets these days may be “Tougher Than The Rest.” That’s because Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing” has some seats reaching $4000 to $5000 a seat. The high prices are not going over well. “I’m sure you won’t see this @springsteen but you or your management need to
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A woman from Pakistan and another from Iran appeared to be the first from their countries to scale K2 on Friday, the world’s second-highest mountain and one of the most dangerous summits, a mountaineering official said. A second Pakistani woman scaled the summit minutes later. Samina Baig,
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By Marianne Garvey Kourtney Kardashian is clearing up claims about her son on social media. Kardashian, who shares Mason, 12, with her ex, Scott Disick, says their son has nothing to do with accounts claiming to belong to the preteen. “Hello everyone, hope it is a beautiful Thursday,” Kardashian tweeted. “After months and months of
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Martha C. White The recovery wasn’t supposed to go like this. Wall Street and Main Street alike are suffering from whiplash when it comes to the current state of the US economy. In their roles as consumers, investors and members of the workforce, ordinary Americans have the sense that the country is at an economic
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By Marianne Garvey Pat Benatar won’t perform her 1980 classic “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” anymore. Amid ongoing gun violence in America, the singer says she’s come to view the song differently. “I’m not going to sing it,” Benatar told USA Today. While the song’s meaning is about strength and resiliency, Benatar said “you
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Serena Williams y Novak Djokovic están incluidos en la lista de inscritos para el Abierto de Estados Unidos de este año, aunque, por diferentes motivos, no significa definitivamente que ninguno de los dos vaya a jugar. Williams regresó a la acción de los Grand Slams este mes en Wimbledon después
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men face possible drug charges in Boone County following a marijuana bust on Interstate 70. Troopers pulled the men over Thursday around 4:20 p.m. near the 124 mile-marker for following another vehicle too closely, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers stopped a Honda Pilot for following too closely
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JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Waverly man was killed Thursday morning after he fell out of a pickup truck bed. The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the incident on southbound Highway 13 near SE 650 Road around 7:50 a.m. Troopers said 54-year-old Burnie G. Jordan hit the pavement after he fell out of the
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Marking Billy Porter’s film directing debut, “Anything’s Possible” is a sensitive high-school love story that’s so light on conflict as to risk blowing away. Placing a trans teen at its center adds some heft to material that would in an earlier era would have been presented as an after-school special,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Do not try and label Jordan Peele as the “best horror director of all time.” The “Nope” director gently shut down a Twitter user who asked whether Peele could rightly claim that title after favorable reviews for his newest film, as well as Peele’s previous hits, 2019’s “Us” and 2017’s
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A death investigation is underway after a body was found following an apartment fire in the Lloyd District neighborhood overnight, according to Portland Fire & Rescue. At about 11:16 p.m., PF&R crews were called to a fire in the 600 block
Continue ReadingBy Emily Rittman Click here for updates on this story CLAY COUNTY, Missouri (KCTV) — Family, friends and dozens of law enforcement officers packed a Clay County courtroom Thursday as his suspected killer faced a judge for his arraignment. Police escorted Joshua T. Rocha to his arraignment hearing wearing fallen Officer Daniel Vasquez’s handcuffs. Rocha
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter’s battle with Elon Musk is weighing on its business. The company on Friday reported revenue of $1.18 billion for the three months ending in June, a decline of 1% from the prior year. Twitter attributed the sales drop in part to “uncertainty” related to Musk’s pending acquisition, which he
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By Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Mobile County Circuit Judge Jay York on Thursday heard emotional testimony from both sides of a case involving the death of a newborn baby but withheld making a decision about an appropriate sentence. Miranda Jane Smith pleaded guilty to chemical endangerment
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business An average 347 million people use Snapchat every day. That’s a fraction of the nearly 2 billion daily active users on Facebook, its biggest competitor. But parent company Snap’s warning on the economy — coupled with its dismal results — is bringing down the market. Hopefulness about earnings season is
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business An average 347 million people use Snapchat every day. That’s a fraction of the nearly 2 billion daily active users on Facebook, its biggest competitor. But parent company Snap’s warning on the economy — coupled with its dismal results — is bringing down the market. Hopefulness about earnings season is
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By Katy Milkman, CNN Most of us make to-do lists to keep track of all the things we need to tackle around the house, to keep our families running and to stay on top of tasks at work. But those lists can get unwieldy. If you often find it hard to check everything off your
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