By AMANDA SHAW Click here for updates on this story LAURENS, South Carolina (WHNS) — To increase safety, Laurens School District 55 announced students will be required to carry clear backpacks starting in August. The district said backpacks must be fully clear. Students are still allowed to carry non-transparent lunchboxes, pencil bags and purses, but
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Rafael Nadal se ha retirado de Wimbledon por una lesión abdominal. Durante una conferencia de prensa el jueves, Nadal dijo: “Tengo que retirarme del torneo. … Tengo un desgarro en el músculo (abdominal)”. El 22 veces campeón de Grand Slam estaba programado para enfrentar a Nick Kyrgios en su partido de
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By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — When Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug possession in a Russian court, hopes rose that her months of detention may soon be over, either through a U.S.-Russia prisoner swap or a pardon from President Vladimir Putin. But Russian courts often move slowly, Russian resentment over the high-profile
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from Wimbledon a day before he was supposed to play in the semifinals because of a torn abdominal muscle. Nadal announced that he was pulling out of the Grand Slam tournament at a news conference Thursday. The 22-time Grand Slam champion
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The California boil order was lifted Thursday after the Department of Natural Resources confirmed two negative test results for E. coli.
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Stacker investigated how much time workers spend commuting in Kansas City using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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By Sonia Moghe and Raja Razek, CNN “Cheer” star Jeremiah “Jerry” Harris has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Joseph D. Fitzpatrick. “The sentence is 12 years in prison, to be followed by 8 years of court-supervised release,” Fitzpatrick said to CNN
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Opinion by Henry Fernandez for CNN Business Perspectives If the world hopes to limit the increase in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius — the level scientists say is necessary to avoid the worst impacts of climate change — total greenhouse gas emissions must peak before 2025 and decline 43% by 2030, according to the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN) — A medida que una crisis tras otra ha ido envolviendo a Boris Johnson en los últimos meses, los rivales del atribulado primer ministro británico han estado conspirando a puerta cerrada para sustituirlo. A raíz del escándalo del “partygate” por las reuniones ilegales celebradas en Downing Street, desafiando los confinamientos por
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Victor Oladipo went into free agency with his eyes open, determined to find what would be the best place for him. Turns out, he was already there. Oladipo signed his new contract with the Miami Heat on Thursday. It’s a two-year deal with the second of those years at
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — James Caan, un veterano actor de cine conocido por su trabajo en películas como “El padrino”, “Misery” y “Elf”, murió, dijo su familia en un comunicado en su cuenta verificada de Twitter. Tenía 82 años. “Es con gran tristeza que les informamos del fallecimiento de Jimmy en la noche del 6 de
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El presidente electo de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, anunció que Alejandro Gaviria será el próximo ministro de Educación. Gaviria, exministro y exrector universitario, viene de ser aspirante presidencial por la Coalición Centro Esperanza. “Tiene como retos lograr la educación superior pública y gratuita. Lograr centros de excelencia universitarios públicos centrados en
Continue Reading By Brandon Griggs, CNN James Caan, the veteran screen actor known for his work in such films as “The Godfather,” “Misery” and “Elf,” has died, his family said in a statement on his verified Twitter account. He was 82. “It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the
Continue Reading By Sara Ashley O’Brien and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the former COO of failed blood testing startup Theranos and ex-boyfriend of founder Elizabeth Holmes, was found guilty of defrauding investors and patients. Jury deliberations stretched for four full days following a lengthy trial that got underway in March with opening statements. A jury
Continue ReadingToday: The heat index is set to surpass 100 degrees once again in the southern third of Central Missouri with dewpoints into the lower 70’s. The northern 2/3’s of the viewing areas has seen morning showers and cloud cover enabling cooler temperatures. The afternoon high in Columbia is set to top out at 90 degrees.
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El titular de la Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (UIF) de México, Pablo Gómez Álvarez, pidió este jueves a la Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) que investigue al expresidente Enrique Peña Nieto por posibles operaciones con recursos de procedencia ilícita. “Se detectó un esquema donde un exmandatario obtuvo beneficios económicos,
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer MONTREAL (AP) — Colorado, Chicago and Pittsburgh all made key moves ahead of the NHL draft with the Stanley Cup champion Avalanche making a deal to shore up their goaltending situation and the Penguins ensuring a long-time defenseman was sticking around. The Avalanche acquired goaltender Alexandar Georgiev from the
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner’s guilty plea has not lessened the support the Olympic gold medalist continues to receive from her WNBA peers. The Phoenix Mercury All-Star pleaded guilty to drug possession charges on the second day of her trial in a Russian court in a case that could see her sentenced
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business American Airlines has agreed to pay its pilots triple their normal rate after a computer scheduling glitch left thousands of flights with understaffed cockpits. The malfunction in the scheduling program occurred early Saturday morning and allowed pilots to drop flights the airline was counting on them to fly throughout the
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A high school in Waldorf was evacuated Wednesday morning after a student set off a firework in the lobby, authorities said. Shortly before 10 a.m., a student attending summer school lit the firework in the lobby of Westlake High School, the Charles
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