By Elizabeth Wolfe, Samantha Beech, Rob Shackelford and Benjamin Schiller, CNN After searing heat suffocated large swaths of the US this weekend, the next few days are expected to bring more moderate temperatures to areas of the Northeast, while scorching weather in the Pacific Northwest will intensify. Oppressive heat broke daily high temperature records Sunday
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By Jack Guy, CNN Pope Francis has spoken of his “sorrow, indignation and shame” over the Catholic Church’s role in the abuse of Canadian Indigenous children in residential schools, as he kicked off a weeklong “penitential pilgrimage” to the country. The Pope apologized and promised a “serious investigation” into what happened in a speech at
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By Wayne Chang, CNN To hike this trail in Taiwan, tourists need to use more ears than eyes, and most importantly — shut up. The Cuifeng Lake Circular Trail is a pristine hiking route hugging Taiwan’s largest alpine lake in northeastern Yilan county about 135 kilometers (84 miles) from the capital Taipei. It was recognized
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By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan set a world record in the semifinals, then ran an even faster, wind-aided time in the final to take the gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles at world championships. The record time of 12.12 seconds came on the first race of the
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — They all had stories about how the distance runner known as “Pre” gave them motivation. How they considered it an honor to race in his backyard, in his signature event, at one of the biggest track meets in the world. The presence of the late
Continue Reading By CLAUDIA LAUER The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wei Chen wants people who visit Philadelphia’s Chinatown to look through the community’s gateway arch and see the residents chatting in Mandarin on the steps to the apartments above or the vendors selling traditional Chinese food to families walking by, not a giant Philadelphia 76ers arena
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin took the last victorious lap of an all-American world championships. She pulled away in the 4-by-400 relay to close a U.S. runaway and give the Americans their record 33rd medal for the meet. McLaughlin turned a .73-second lead into a 2.93-second runaway on
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By Yong Xiong and Kathleen Magramo, CNN China successfully docked a second laboratory module to its under-construction space station, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said Monday, as the country takes a step closer to completing its orbital outpost by the end of the year. The Wentian module was launched atop a Long March 5B
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off Joe Musgrove and had four RBIs to retake the major league lead, leading the New York Mets over the San Diego Padres 8-5. Alonso hit his 25th home run in a five-run sixth and added a RBI
Continue Reading CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Kévin Cabral scored his first goal of the season seven minutes into the match and goalkeeper Jonathan Bond made it stand up as the Los Angeles Galaxy blanked Atlanta United 2-0. Bond had three saves to notch a clean sheet for the Galaxy (9-9-3), who snapped a three-match skid. Dejan Joveljic
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director NathalieJones brought on Mizzou volleyball coach Joshua Taylor in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Courtesy of a strong outing from pitcher Kris Bubic and some solid defensive play, the Kansas City Royals won the first series back from the All-Star break on Sunday. It is Kansas City’s first series win against the Rays since 2017, but it didn’t come without a loss. Rookie Bobby Witt
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Josef Newgarden collapsed in the motorhome lot following his late crash Sunday at Iowa Speedway and was taken to a Des Moines hospital by helicopter for evaluation. Team Penske said he’d be held overnight. “Following the conclusion of the race Newgarden lost consciousness and
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CINCINNATI, Ohio. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals dropped the rubber match against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday, 6-3, despite two home runs from Paul Goldschmidt. The Reds currently sit in last place in the National League’s central division, but the club has won eight of its last 12 games. Cincinnati pitcher Tyler Mahle threw for
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By Helen Regan and Rhea Mogul, CNN Myanmar’s military junta executed two prominent pro-democracy activists and two other men accused of terrorism, state media reported Monday, following a trial condemned by the UN and rights groups. Veteran democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu, better known as Ko Jimmy, and former National League for Democracy lawmaker Phyo
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Google has fired the engineer who claimed an unreleased AI system had become sentient, the company confirmed, saying he violated employment and data security policies. Blake Lemoine, a software engineer for Google, claimed that a conversation technology called LaMDA had reached a level of consciousness after exchanging thousands of messages with
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — LeBron James liked the clown nose. Dave Martinez wasn’t as big of a fan. Sorry skip, it appears Washington Nationals outfielder Victor Robles is siding with King James on this one. Robles was caught be cameras in the dugout on Sunday wearing a clown nose, one
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Que un presidente en ejercicio, incluso uno que se acerque a los 80 años, se comprometa a buscar otro mandato de cuatro años parece una conclusión inevitable hoy. Eso es cierto a pesar de la probable derrota de los demócratas en la Cámara de Representantes y tal vez en el Senado
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan set a world record in the semifinals, then ran an even faster, wind-aided time in the final to take the gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles at world championships. The record time of 12.12 seconds came on the first race of the
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Serge Ngoma and Dru Yearwood scored goals early in the first half and the New York Red Bulls hung on for a 4-3 victory over Austin FC. Ngoma scored in the 14th minute with an assist from John Tolkin and Dru Yearwood found the net in the 26th to give the
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