By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A federal judge on Monday denied a request by Steve Bannon for his contempt-of-Congress trial to be delayed from its July 18 start date and severely limited the defenses that the former Donald Trump adviser could put forward at the trial. US District Judge Carl Nichols curtailed Bannon’s
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas man was hurt Friday afternoon following a motorcycle crash in Morgan County. The crash happened on State Highway 135 near Little Proctor Road around 5:15 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said Ronald E. Moore, 63, of Shawnee, Kansas, was thrown from the motorcycle after he
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By Katia Hetter, CNN The much-awaited summer lull in coronavirus cases doesn’t appear to be happening as Covid-19 infections continue to increase in much of the United States. An earlier rise in cases this year was driven by the BA.2 Omicron subvariant. Now, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that two other
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Roger Federer has dropped out of the ATP rankings entirely for the first time in a quarter-century. And Novak Djokovic has slid four spots to No. 7 a day after winning Wimbledon for the seventh time. Federer had appeared in the singles rankings every week
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Emergency crews took a Columbia man to a hospital Saturday after a motorcycle crash on Route MM. The crash happened north of Basnet Road around 11:55 a.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said 55-year-old Stephen M. Biddle was thrown from the motorcycle after he failed to go around
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Elon Musk mocked Twitter’s efforts to force him to purchase the company — in a tweet, of course. Early Monday, Musk tweeted four images of him laughing next to captions that read: “They said I couldn’t buy Twitter. Then they wouldn’t disclose bot information. Now they want to force me
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Official Covid-19 case metrics severely undercount the true number of infections, leaving the United States with a critical blind spot as the most transmissible coronavirus variant yet takes hold. The Omicron offshoot BA.5 became the dominant variant in the US last week, according to data from the US Centers for Disease
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag says Cristiano Ronaldo is “not for sale.” The team is in Thailand for a preseason tour but the 37-year-old forward didn’t make the trip due to an unspecified family issue, amid doubts over his future at the club. The new manager says, “We are planning with
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One lane of Highway 54 on the Missouri River Bridge in Jefferson City is set to close Monday and last through Thursday for maintenance.
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Más de 30 millones de personas están bajo alertas de calor este lunes en el sur y el centro de las Llanuras, el suroeste, el norte de California/sur de Oregón y el Valle de San JoaquÃn. Las alertas de calor incluyen tanto avisos de altas temperaturas como advertencias de calor
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Drinking alone during adolescence and young adulthood can strongly increase the risk for alcohol abuse later in life, especially if you are a woman, a new study finds. Add that finding to the documented increase in drinking among Americans during the pandemic, and you have a worrisome situation, said lead study
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A shooting at a Kansas City bar where off-duty police officers were working security has left one person dead and five others wounded, authorities said. It happened around 11 p.m. Sunday after a disturbance that started inside the Westport Ale House spilled outside, said Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill
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By Tim Lister and Petro Zadorozhnyy, CNN Across Ukraine, in the shimmering heat, one sight is becoming familiar this summer: Combine harvesters sweeping across fields of grain in a race against fast-spreading fires. The conflict’s front lines straddle some of Ukraine’s richest farmland. Whether caused by accident or intention, the fires darkening the summer sky
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — En toda Ucrania, en medio de un calor intenso, hay una imagen que se está volviendo familiar este verano: las cosechadoras barriendo los campos de grano en una carrera contra los incendios que se propagan rápidamente. Las lÃneas del frente del conflicto se extienden por algunas de las tierras agrÃcolas
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN Photographs by Taylor Glascock and Kristan Lieb for CNN A stroll through Central Avenue’s tree-lined, cobblestone sidewalks shows the appeal of suburban Highland Park. The boutique stores that dot the street and the banana pancakes at Walker Bros. call out to the casual pedestrian, as does the shaded playground of Sunset
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN Photographs by Taylor Glascock and Kristan Lieb for CNN A stroll through Central Avenue’s tree-lined, cobblestone sidewalks shows the appeal of suburban Highland Park. The boutique stores that dot the street and the banana pancakes at Walker Bros. call out to the casual pedestrian, as does the shaded playground of Sunset
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN A wildfire in California’s Yosemite National Park is threatening the famed Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia trees, but so far none of the trees have suffered significant damage. The 1,591-acre Washburn Fire began on July 7 and doubled in size from Saturday to Sunday, park officials said. Fire crews removed undergrowth
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN A wildfire in California’s Yosemite National Park is threatening the famed Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia trees, but so far none of the trees have suffered significant damage. The 1,591-acre Washburn Fire began on July 7 and doubled in size from Saturday to Sunday, park officials said. Fire crews removed undergrowth
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN A wildfire in California’s Yosemite National Park is threatening the famed Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia trees, but so far none of the trees have suffered significant damage. The 1,591-acre Washburn Fire began on July 7 and doubled in size from Saturday to Sunday, park officials said. Fire crews removed undergrowth
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN A wildfire in California’s Yosemite National Park is threatening the famed Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia trees, but so far none of the trees have suffered significant damage. The 1,591-acre Washburn Fire began on July 7 and doubled in size from Saturday to Sunday, park officials said. Fire crews removed undergrowth
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