Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El gobierno estadounidense presentó una moción para detener una expedición al Titanic prevista para 2024, alegando una ley que protege y preserva los restos del naufragio como tumba. La expedición es organizada por RMS Titanic Inc, empresa propietaria en exclusiva de los derechos de salvamento de los restos del Titanic.
Continue ReadingBy JEFF MARTIN and ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — In the final hours before Hurricane Idalia struck Florida the storm had grown into a Category 4 beast lurking off the state’s west coast, and the forecast called for it to continue intensifying up until landfall. An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft had
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The UV index will be high under mostly sunny skies. Allergen levels remain high through the weekend. Ragweed, Chenopods, and Nettle are the primary allergens.
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER, ACACIA CORONADO and KENDRIA LaFLEUR Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A vision of armed officers at every school in Texas is crashing into the reality of not enough money or police as a new mandate took effect Friday, showing how a goal more states are embracing in response to America’s
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When thousands of fans couldn’t get tickets for megastar Taylor Swift’s summer stadium tour, some diehards paid upwards of 70 times face value to see their favorite artist in person — an outrage that prompted congressional hearings and bills in state legislatures to better protect consumers.
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A United States congressional delegation visiting Taiwan says Washington would act if the island was attacked, and promised to resolve the $19-billion backlog in its defense purchases from the U.S. Rob Wittman, vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee, said: “Know that any hostile unprovoked
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By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has rolled out a new batch of stimulus measures to boost the nation’s ailing property market and support a weakening yuan, in its latest attempt to restore confidence in the world’s second largest economy. Cumulatively, the policy announcements — as well signs of of a pickup
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — When President Leon Mba of Gabon was toppled by the military in 1964, then-French President Charles de Gaulle sprang into action and immediately sent French troops to restore Mba to power. With vast iron ore and other vital mineral resources, newly independent Gabon was a jewel in the
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Just over two years ago, Firooza Amiri was an 18-year-old batter for the Afghanistan women’s cricket team, ready to take on the world if given the chance. But just like that, her world and that of millions of others in her country changed forever. Forced
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Un tribunal saudí condenó a muerte a un profesor jubilado por sus comentarios en Internet, informaron su hermano y la organización Human Rights Watch. Muhammad al-Ghamdi, profesor jubilado saudí de 54 años, fue condenado “a raíz de 5 tuits en los que criticaba la corrupción y las violaciones de derechos
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — It turns out that there is a heavy price for trying to steal votes, defaming defenseless election workers and invading the US Capitol to try to thwart a democratic transfer of presidential power. And accountability is moving ever closer to Donald Trump. America’s judicial system is accelerating its
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added 187,000 jobs in August, evidence of a slowing but still-resilient labor market despite the high interest rates the Federal Reserve has imposed. Last month’s job growth marked an increase from July’s revised gain of 157,000 but still pointed to a
Continue ReadingST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Cole Dugger threw all four of his touchdown passes in the first half as Lindenwood cruised to a 77-9 victory over Division-III Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the season opener for both teams. Dugger connected with Robert Giaimo on a 20-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. In the second, Dugger added
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s consumer watchdog has called for Qantas Airways to be punished with a record fine for allegedly selling tickets on thousands of flights that had already been canceled. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said Qantas’ penalty for allegedly breaching consumer law should be
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The number of people on the official list of those missing from the Maui wildfire stood at 385 on Friday, nearly unchanged from a week earlier. In a news release, the Maui Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation said 245 people on the list of
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By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has reduced the prison sentence of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years to one, in a remarkable turn of events that caps an extraordinary decades-long political saga. Thaksin, the head of a famed political dynasty who had dramatically returned to
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The win was expected but it was the first on-field action of the season for a Tigers team with lots of questions coming into the year.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Brady Cook threw for 172 yards and a touchdown while running for another score in only one half of work, leading Missouri to a 35-10 victory over South Dakota in the season opener for both teams. Cody Schrader and Nathaniel Peat also had touchdown runs
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers starting off the season on a high note with a big time 35-10 win over South Dakota on a Thursday night prime-time kickoff at Faurot Field. You can watch extended highlights of MU’s win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/El8psi03St0 Brady Cook started the game at quarterback playing the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los científicos lograron descifrar un antiguo aroma al identificar los ingredientes utilizados en los bálsamos de momificación egipcios, y recrearon su fragancia. Quienes deseen conocer este aroma de miles de años de antigüedad podrán encontrar lo que los investigadores han bautizado como “el aroma de la eternidad” durante una próxima exposición
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