By AREF TUFAHA Associated Press NOUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli airstrikes struck militant sites in Gaza on Sunday for the third straight day, the Israeli military said, after Palestinian militants near the border fence launched incendiary balloons into Israel and threw an explosive at soldiers. The strike came on the heels
Continue ReadingBy MADDIE BURAKOFF and LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writers What does it mean to be human? For a long time, the answer seemed clear. Our species, Homo sapiens — with our complex thoughts and deep emotions — were the only true humans to ever walk the Earth. Earlier forms, like the Neanderthals, were thought to
Continue ReadingBy LAURA UNGAR and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Nearly a day after being downgraded from a tropical storm, Ophelia still threatened parts of the Northeast on Sunday with coastal flooding, life-threatening waves and heavy rain from Washington to New York City, the National Hurricane Center said. As Ophelia weakened, a new tropical storm named Philippe
Continue ReadingBy Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — A 2-year-old girl who walked barefoot more than three miles with her family’s two dogs was found sleeping off a wooded Michigan trail using the smaller dog as a pillow, authorities said. Troopers were called to a house in rural Faithorn, Michigan, around 8 p.m. on Wednesday after the
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD J. MARCUS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Padres matched the expansion 1969 Montreal Expos as the only teams to go 0-12 in extra innings as the St. Louis Cardinals ended San Diego’s season-high, eight-game winning streak with a 5-2, 11-inning victory. Richie Palacios and Andrew Knizner hit sacrifice flies in the
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By Tim Lister and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s playgrounds are becoming parade grounds. At schools from the Pacific to the Black Sea, children in nursery grade don uniforms and take part in marching practice. Older kids are being taught how to dig trenches, throw grenades and shoot with real ammunition. In schools across
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — It’s only early spring in Australia and the country is already grappling with heat and fire, sparking fears of a potentially devastating summer. Last weekend, more than 20 runners in the Sydney Marathon were hospitalized during a heat wave. Ski resorts, including Perisher, the country’s largest, have closed early
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Among the hundreds of trains criss-crossing Ukraine’s elaborate railway network every day, the Kyiv-Kramatorsk train stands apart, shrouded in solemn silence as passengers anticipate their destination. Every day, around seven in the morning, passengers of this route leave the relative safety of the capital and head
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature sent a wide range of bills to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk this year to help the state mitigate and adapt to climate change. Lawmakers passed legislation to ease the burden on taxpayers to clean up oil wells no longer in use.
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press IRAPUATO, Mexico (AP) — A group of about 5,000 mostly Venezuelan migrants hoping to make it to the U.S. spent three days in the Mexican town of Irapuato waiting for a train that many in the group worried would never come. The train finally came Saturday. It was the group’s
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — There are two opposing theses about the U.N. General Assembly: It’s a place that shows the true power of words, where leaders inspire action with rousing speeches on the urgent issues of our times; or it’s a talking shop, where leaders perform for domestic audiences with
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Ophelia, now a post-tropical cyclone, continues to weaken as it moves over the mid-Atlantic Sunday, leaving nearly nine million people from Long Island to Southern Maryland under coastal flood alerts. Areas from eastern Pennsylvania to just south of Long Island could see heavy rainfall Sunday, potentially leading to scattered
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Luther Burden III put on a show in his first collegiate game in his hometown catching a career-high 10 passes for a career-best 177 yards to help Missouri beat Memphis 34-27 Saturday night. Fellow St. Louis native Brady Cook completed 18 of 25 passes for 341 yards
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A couple dozen people in Boone County lost power Saturday night because of downed power lines after strong winds and a storm swept through the area. Boone Electric Cooperative’s outage map showed nine outages affecting just after 10 p.m. Saturday. These outages popped up after Boone County Joint Communications reported power
Continue ReadingSAINT PAUL, Minn. (AP) — João Klauss scored in the 64th minute, Njabulo Blom added another nine minutes later for his first MLS goal and St. Louis City beat Minnesota 2-1 on Saturday night to snap a four-game winless stretch. St. Louis City (16-10-5) tied LAFC’s 2018 record of 16 wins by an expansion club
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Mizzou went to 4-0 Saturday night when it beat Memphis at The Dome in St. Louis.
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON and HELENA ALVES Associated Press COSTA DA CAPARICA, Portugal (AP) — Six Portuguese children and young adults are set to take 32 European governments to court Wednesday for what they say is a failure to adequately address human-caused climate change in a violation of their human rights. It’s the first climate change
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team took down Memphis in a 34-27 win at the Dome at America’s Center on Saturday night. With the win, the Tigers improved to 4-0 on the season, which is the program’s best start since 2013. You can watch the full postgame press conference with Mizzou football coach
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA KOCH Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Jordan Lyles gave up just two hits in five innings, Bobby Witt Jr. drove in his 93rd run of the season and the Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 3-2. Houston has lost four of its last five games and fell to 39-41 at home this
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Patrick Nations kicked a 46-yard field goal as time expired, Eastern Kentucky scored the last 17 points in the final six minutes of the game, and the Colonels beat Southeast Missouri State 41-38 on Saturday night. Braedon Sloan’s 2-yard touchdown run pulled the Colonels to 38-31 with about six minutes remaining.
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