By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Robert Thomas scored two power-play goals in the third period, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 for their fourth consecutive victory. Jake Neighbours also scored a power-play goal in the third for the Blues. Kevin Hayes scored in the second, and Pavel
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Se instó a la gente de Jacksonville Beach, Florida, a refugiarse en el lugar después de que un incidente con un tirador activo en su bullicioso distrito de bares del centro dejara una persona muerta y dos heridas el Día de San Patricio, dijo la policía. La policía cree que
Continue ReadingBy ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Small groups of protesters have taken to the streets in the eastern Cuba city of Santiago decryng power outages lasting up to eight hours across the Caribbean nation. Videos on social media showed demonstrators Sunday afternoon on the outskirts of the city, which is nearly 500 miles
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man fell to his death from a hot-air balloon Monday as it passed over suburban Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city. The hot-air balloon took off from Melbourne’s northern suburbs early in the morning and was in the air for about 30 minutes before the man fell from the basket. His body
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El excampeón mundial de boxeo panameño, Roberto “Manos de Piedra” Durán está bien y estable, según su esposa Felicidad Iglesias de Durán, quien aseguró este domingo a CNN que “Roberto no es que esté grave, grave”, sino que se le hizo examen de rutina y se le detectaron
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, Elizabeth Wolfe and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — One person was killed and three were injured after gunfire erupted Sunday, prompting police to shut downtown Jacksonville Beach, Florida, as it was packed with spring break visitors celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. The gunfire – which erupted in three separate locations – began when
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities say three people were killed and an infant was hospitalized in critical condition after an SUV crashed into a bus shelter in San Francisco. Police say two victims, including a child, died at the scene of the crash Saturday afternoon in the city’s West Portal neighborhood. Three others were taken
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La primera dama de Estados Unidos, Jill Biden, llegó este domingo a Puerto Rico para participar de una actividad del programa ‘Joining Forces’ en apoyo a las familias de las Fuerzas Armadas estadounidenses. Según la Oficina de la primera dama, Biden arribó a la base Muñiz en el aeropuerto
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By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and CNN staff, CNN (CNN) — A critical US partner in northwest Africa is turning toward Russia amid warnings from the top US commander in the continent that the Russians are trying to “take over” the entire Sahel region of Africa. Niger, which has served as a crucial foothold for
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Para los líderes de todo Occidente, la inevitable victoria aplastante de Vladimir Putin en una elección sin una verdadera oposición fue un recordatorio de su estricto control sobre la arena política de Rusia mientras continúa su guerra contra Ucrania. Pero el líder de China Xi Jinping, y otros líderes
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Global rideshare giant Uber will pay 272 million Australian dollars ($178 million) to settle a long-running dispute with Australian taxi and hire car drivers who lost out when the company entered the Australian market. A class action against Uber had been expected to go to trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A charter flight carrying dozens of U.S. citizens fleeing spiraling gang violence in Haiti landed Sunday in Miami, U.S. State Department officials said. More than 30 U.S. citizens were on the government-chartered flight, officials said in a statement. It arrived in the Miami International Airport after the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince earlier
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A second man has been charged in connection with the 2005 theft of a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz,” according to an indictment made public Sunday. Jerry Hal Saliterman, 76, of Crystal, Minnesota, was charged with theft
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Dawn Staley and South Carolina could see some familiar faces on their path to trying to finish off an undefeated season. The Gamecocks, who are the No. 1 overall seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament, are looking to become the 10th women’s basketball team to go unbeaten for an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones caught up with KSHB 41 sports anchor Aaron Ladd in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down to discuss the offseason for both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Kansas City Royals, including both franchises’ planned stadium projects. You can watch their full conversation in the video
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (KMIZ) Mizzou Gymnastics is heading into postseason play with plenty of momentum. The Tigers closed out the regular season on Sunday with a season-high 197.600 team score, highlighted by the program’s first-ever perfect score on floor. Jocelyn Moore achieved perfection for the second time in her career in Mizzou’s victory over No. 21
Continue ReadingBy Aileen Graef and Elisa Raffa, CNN (CNN) — The cherry blossoms lining the National Mall in Washington, DC, have hit “peak bloom,” bursting open in an early spring display after a warm winter, the National Park Service announced Sunday. “PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! Did we say PEAK BLOOM?! The blossoms are opening
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Family members of people killed by record-breaking heat in the Portland area three years ago gathered over the weekend to plant trees across Multnomah County in honor of its 72 victims. Three consecutive days of extraordinary temperatures in the Pacific Northwest, which usually experiences mild summers, shattered all-time records. Temperatures in
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Múltiples videos publicados en las redes sociales el domingo mostraban a decenas de personas en Santiago de Cuba, la segunda ciudad más grande de la isla, protestando contra los cortes de energía y la escasez de alimentos. Las protestas, aunque aparentemente pacíficas, son muy inusuales en la isla comunista
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said early Monday that he supported an idea to release opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died. In his first comments to address Navalny’s death, Putin said of the dissident’s demise: “It happens. There
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