By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was returning from an official appearance in Rapid City in 2019 when she faced a decision: Overnight in the capital of Pierre, where another trip would start the next day, or head home and see her son attend his high
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN You may know him best as the creator of the no-nonsense matriarch Madea, the director and writer of several films and TV series that bear his name and a billionaire film studio founder. But now, Tyler Perry wants to reintroduce himself to audiences with a historical drama he’s waited nearly 30
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By Aimee Lewis, CNN In a race made chaotic by the rain, Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten rode to glory in a thrilling women’s road race at the Road World Championships in Australia on Saturday. What made the 39-year-old’s gold all the more remarkable was that she competed in the 164.3km race with a fractured elbow
Continue Reading ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis has traveled to Assisi, the birthplace of his namesake saint to deliver an appeal aimed at young people in hopes they can help save the Earth and make the world’s economy more attentive to the poor. During his brief visit Saturday to the hill town in central Italy, Francis
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Visitors at the Virginia Zoo had the experience of a lifetime after a giraffe unexpectedly gave birth in front of them. Imara, an endangered Masai giraffe, gave birth to her ninth calf on September 9, according to a Facebook post from the zoo. Masai giraffes, one of four giraffe subspecies, are
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By Jean Casarez and Brandon Griggs, CNN The threatening letters began in March 2007. They came in the mail to Eva LaRue’s Southern California house — sometimes handwritten, sometimes typed — from an unknown sender who called himself “Freddie Krueger” and vowed to rape and kill her and her young daughter. The letters — more
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in Saudi Arabia for the first stop of a two-day, three-country visit aimed at striking new energy deals and forging fresh alliances. Amid the economic and geopolitical turmoil resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the German government has scrambled to wean
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By Aimee Lewis, CNN When the end came neither Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal could hold back the tears. Perhaps it was the music that stirred the emotions, with British singer Ellie Goulding bringing a memorable night in London to a conclusion, or maybe it was the memories, and there are plenty of those shared
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Spotted lanternflies are thriving in the Northeast this summer. In New York City, where this year’s invasion seems particularly extreme, people squash them on the streets, on railings and even on their restaurant tables. The exterior walls of Big Apple buildings are blanketed with speckled, red bugs. Some are dead. Some
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department invited the community to an open house event at their regional training center at 5001 Meyer Industrial Drive on Saturday. The event was a part of CPD’s ongoing recruitment drive to fill 21 open positions at the department. “This is not only a prime recruiting opportunity, but also a great chance
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WOLLONGONG, Australia (AP) — Annemiek van Vleuten has surprised herself and the rest of cycling by recording the finest win of her career at the world road championships. Overcoming an elbow fracture sustained three days earlier, the 39-year-old Dutch great won her second world road race title with an attack in the last 600 meters
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) — Rising teenager Zheng Qinwen has continued her winning run at the Toray Pan Pacific tournament by beating the sole remaining seed Veronika Kudermetova 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 in the semifinals in Tokyo. In another Chinese-Russian matchup, unseeded Liudmila Samsonova overcame Zhang Shuai 7-6, 6-2. In a match that lasted a little over three
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — An airport serving France’s southern Mediterranean coast is closed indefinitely after a cargo plane overshot its runway on landing and finished nose-down in the water of an adjacent lake. Three people were rescued unharmed from aboard the Boeing 737 that was laden with air freight and came to a stop in reeds,
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has been pictured taking up his new state duties in Buckingham Palace for the first time. The monarch is seen looking into his official red box which contains documents from the British Government and the Commonwealth. He is shown in front of a photo of his late parents, Elizabeth
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) — Rising teenager Qinwen Zheng has continued her winning run at the Toray Pan Pacific tournament by beating the sole remaining seed Veronika Kudermetova 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 in the semifinals in Tokyo. In another Chinese-Russian matchup, unseeded Liudmila Samsonova overcame Shuai Zhang 7-6, 6-2. In a match that lasted a little over three
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Walk into a Walmart, Target, any drugstore chain in your neighborhood or a corner bodega for New York City dwellers, and chances are you’ll find an Ivory Soap bar, or a pack of 10 bars for under $5, sitting on the shelf. This iconic cake of soap, invented almost 150
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The tears come quickly to Masih Alinejad when she talks about the messages she’s received in recent days from women in Iran protesting against their government after a young woman died in police custody over a violation of the country’s strict religious dress code. They talk about
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By Jason Hanna, Susannah Cullinane and Christina Maxouris, CNN Fiona ripped through Canada’s eastern seaboard at hurricane strength after making landfall in Nova Scotia on Saturday, slamming the area with fierce winds and storm surge, sapping power for hundreds of thousands and washing away or collapsing some coastal homes. Fiona, now a post-tropical cyclone, continued
Continue Reading WOLLONGONG, Australia (AP) — Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten has surprised her rivals to win the women’s road race at the world road championships. Van Vleuten moved ahead with 600 meters left, attacking the lead group for an improbable win in the 164.3-kilometer road race. Belgian Lotte Kopekcy finished second while Italian Silvia Persico took
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Today: Calm and quiet to start with winds picking up out of the south during the day. Expect gusts up to 20 mph and this boosts highs to the mid-80s. Tomorrow: A dry cold front moves through early Sunday morning, forcing winds to shift from the northwest. This cools temperatures dramatically, with highs back to
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