CNN Opinion by Jade McGlynn (CNN) — In recent days, Russia has increasingly come under drone attack — including on Friday, when an alleged Ukrainian strike saw Moscow briefly shut all four of its major airports. It is the latest in more than 140 suspected Ukrainian drone attacks directed against Russia and its occupying forces on Ukrainian territory this year, according to the BBC. Coupled
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — American sprinter Erriyon Knighton has often drawn comparisons to retired Jamaican great Usain Bolt. The 19-year-old Knighton doesn’t run away from those comparisons. He embraces the idea of following in Bolt’s footsteps and already is ahead of pace. He’s eclipsed some of Bolt’s under-20 records.
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By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Although not a new phenomenon, health misinformation became even more widespread during the Covid-19 pandemic. A new poll from KFF finds that many Americans still encounter misinformation often and don’t know whether to believe it. Just over 2,000 adults took part in the survey, which was conducted between May
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Today: Morning fog remains around much of Mid-Missouri until after 9 am when it begins to lift. Afternoon highs warm into the upper 90s with the heat index reaching between 110-115 degrees. Skies remain partly cloudy with winds out of the south at 5-10 mph. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the upper 70s with partly
Continue ReadingBy COSTAS KANTOURIS and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters scouring the area of a major wildfire in northeastern Greece have found the bodies of 18 people thought to have been migrants who entered the country from Turkey. The discovery near the city of Alexandroupolis comes as hundreds of firefighters battle dozens
Continue ReadingBy RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Eight people who got trapped in a disabled cable car dangling high above a valley in Pakistan returned safely to the ground Tuesday after military commandos staged a daring and delicate rescue using helicopters and a makeshift chairlift. The daylong ordeal began when
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango made history on Monday by winning his nation’s first-ever gold medal at the World Athletics Championships with victory in the triple jump. The 30-year-old jumped 17.64 meters in his fifth attempt to see off the competition in Budapest, Hungary. “Look at my big, big,
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken multiple shots at the West on the opening day of an economic summit in South Africa. He used a 17-minute prerecorded speech that was aired Tuesday on giant screens to rail at what he called “illegitimate sanctions” placed
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The defense and economy ministers in Denmark’s centrist government have swapped places. The move Tuesday came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Danish lawmakers for providing Kyiv with F-16 warplanes. Jakob Ellemann-Jensen — the deputy prime minister in the Danish three-party coalition — says he will become economy minister
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A review of hundreds of emails provides insight into the damage control that top New Mexico State University administrators undertook after news broke this year about allegations of hazing on the men’s basketball team. More than 2,400 pages of documents released by the university in
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine media are reporting that a pair of recent drone attacks on air bases deep inside Russia that hit parked bomber aircraft were the work of Ukrainian saboteurs coordinated by Kyiv’s military intelligence services. One newspaper says the recent attacks on the airfields in northwestern and
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By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has fined Mintz Group, an American corporate due diligence firm, about $1.5 million for allegedly conducting unapproved statistical work in the country, as it continues with a nationwide crackdown on consulting firms in the name of national security. The fine came to light months after authorities
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Mihir Melwani, CNN (CNN) — Air travel between the Hermit Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom is possible once again. Air Koryo flight JS151 from Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, arrived at Beijing’s PEK airport on Tuesday at 9:17 a.m. local time, according to the Beijing Capital International Airport website. This is the first known international commercial
Continue ReadingOpinion by Jade McGlynn (CNN) — In recent days, Russia has increasingly come under drone attack — including on Friday, when an alleged Ukrainian strike saw Moscow briefly shut all four of its major airports. It is the latest in more than 140 suspected Ukrainian drone attacks directed against Russia and its occupying forces on Ukrainian territory this year, according to the BBC. Coupled with
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The first day of the year in the Jefferson City School District was Monday and Columbia Public Schools’ first day is Tuesday.
Continue ReadingCNN By Andy Rose, Alisha Ebrahimji, Taylor Romine and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A Southern California clothing store owner was shot and killed after an argument about a rainbow Pride flag hanging outside her business, police said, as the LGBTQ+ community continues to face violence and threats across America. Laura Ann “Lauri” Carleton, 66,
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By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Irene Nasser, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — After a 14-hour ordeal, all eight people, including six children and two adults, who were stranded on a cable car dangling hundreds of feet over a valley in northwest Pakistan have been rescued, the country’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar
Continue Reading By Jackie Prager, CNN (CNN) — On a stage more than 16,000 kilometers (10,000 miles) away from the small township of Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Mzansi Youth Choir was seeing their dreams come true before their eyes. Confetti rained down at the “America’s Got Talent” (AGT) audition as the young group received the
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Presss ISLAMABAD (AP) — A new U.N. report says more than 200 extrajudicial killings of former Afghan government officials and security forces have taken place since the Taliban took over the country two years ago. The most targeted groups have been the former army, police and intelligence forces. That’s according to
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say that Israeli security forces stormed into a town in the north of the occupied West Bank, leading to fighting that killed a 17-year-old Palestinian. The Israeli military Tuesday conducted an arrest raid into the town of Zababdeh, south of the militant hotbed of Jenin. The Palestinian Health Ministry
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