By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Ring, ring! It’s rush hour on Paris’ Sébastopol Boulevard, and the congestion is severe — not just gas-guzzling, pollution-spewing, horn-honking snarls but also quieter and greener bottlenecks of cyclists jockeying for space. Until four years ago, motorists largely had the Paris thoroughfare to themselves. Now, its bike-lane
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By Laura He and Mark Thompson, CNN Hong Kong/London (CNN) — Embattled Chinese developer Evergrande Group said Thursday that Chinese authorities suspected its chairman of “crimes” and that shares in the company would remain suspended until further notice. Trading in the shares of Evergrande and two subsidiaries was halted in Hong Kong earlier Thursday, stoking
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By CNN Staff (CNN) — Seven Republican presidential candidates participated in a debate Wednesday night in California, while the front-runner in the party primary, former President Donald Trump, skipped the debate and instead gave a speech in Michigan amid a strike by autoworkers. The candidates on the debate stage made false or misleading claims about
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CNN By Kevin Liptak, Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann, Betsy Klein, Rob Picheta, Gawon Bae, Alex Marquardt and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — US Army Private Travis King is on a flight back to the United States after being returned to American custody weeks after he crossed into North Korea, according to State Department Spokesperson Matthew
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief says in a new report that gang violence in Haiti is escalating and spreading from the capital Port-au-Prince through the center of the country to its two other major cities, Gonaives and Cap-Hatien, with a significant increase in killings, kidnappings and rapes
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors have presented detailed testimony about the final moments of a toddler who was taken by relatives to a remote desert encampment in northern New Mexico where he died. One of the other children who was found at the compound when it was raided by
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg, Steve Contorno, Daniel Strauss and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The second 2024 Republican presidential primary debate ended just as it began: with former President Donald Trump – who hasn’t yet appeared alongside his rivals onstage – as the party’s dominant front-runner. The seven GOP contenders in Wednesday night’s showdown
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A ground-breaking ceremony was held Wednesday morning for the Beacon Of Light Community Center . The center will be located in the 1800 block of Towne Drive in Columbia and will serve children and families in the area. The facility will include a community kitchen, gymnasium, classrooms and training rooms. “We’re in
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Y el ganador es… anónimo. El afortunado que se llevó el premio de US$ 1.600 millones de Mega Millions el mes pasado se presentó para reclamarlo, informó la Lotería de Florida a CNN. Los números ganadores se anunciaron el 8 de agosto. El boleto se compró en un supermercado Publix de
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong stock exchange says trading of shares of heavily indebted Chinese property developer China Evergrande Group has been suspended. The suspension follows a news report that the chairman of Evergrande, Hui Ka Yan, had been taken away earlier this month and placed under police
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ aggressive start in the second Republican presidential debate was among its key moments. DeSantis used his first answer to criticize ex-President Donald Trump for skipping the debate Wednesday at the Reagan Library in California. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said if
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By Jon Passantino, CNN (CNN) — Striking actors and the Hollywood studios will resume negotiations on a new labor contract on Monday, SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union, said Wednesday, the same day writers ended their own strike in the entertainment industry. Several executives from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers member companies will be
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CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Travis Kelce was already famous, but now he is learning what it means to be Taylor Swift-adjacent-famous. The new episode of his podcast, “New Heights,” which he hosts with his brother, fellow NFL football player Jason Kelce, dropped Wednesday. Jason Kelce introduced the TSwift of it all
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By Jonny Hallam, Mariya Knight, Simone McCarthy and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — At least one person was killed and 162 people were injured in a massive warehouse explosion in the Uzbekistan capital Tashkent early on Thursday morning, health officials said. The situation at the scene of the warehouse explosion in Tashkent, Uzbekistan is “under
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) hizo un llamado al diálogo entre República Dominicana y Haití para resolver el desacuerdo que mantienen ambos países por el uso de los recursos hídricos del río Dajabón o Masacre, que en parte divide la frontera. A través de un comunicado, con fecha de
Continue ReadingBy EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s armed forces sent troops, vehicle convoys and soldiers into remote towns near the southern border with Guatemala, after drug cartels blocked roads and cut off electricity in some areas over the weekend. The drug cartel turf battles were so bad in the southern state
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit that was filed against a Pettis County Deputy who killed a Sedalia woman in June 2020. The amount in the settlement was not disclosed in court documents. Hannah Fizer, 25, of Sedalia, was killed in the shooting after a traffic stop on
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an exponential increase in production of nuclear weapons and for his country to play a larger role in a coalition of nations confronting the United States in what he described as a “new Cold War.” State
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — El pangolín se encuentra entre los animales que más sufren de caza ilegal. Estas escurridizas criaturas están bajo amenaza, pero el descubrimiento de una especie misteriosa que resulta nueva para la ciencia podría ayudar a los conservacionistas a luchar contra su extinción, dicen los investigadores. Hay ocho especies de pangolín conocidas hasta
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday CVS pharmacists across Missouri participated in a walkout to protest “inhumane working conditions and unsafe patient care.” This comes after similar walkouts were staged last week. Sources tell ABC 17 that at least 32 pharmacists in the Kansas City-metro area participated in the walk-out. ABC 17 News has spoken with
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