By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Using your brain for complex thinking during work can pay off in more ways than one, according to a new study. Researchers found that having a routine job with little mental stimulation during your 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s was linked to a significantly higher
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Using your brain for complex thinking during work can pay off in more ways than one, according to a new study. Researchers found that having a routine job with little mental stimulation during your 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s was linked to a significantly
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in the nation’s largest state, often during vicious storms that prevented air ambulances from taking off. It also patrolled the skies for spy balloons and missiles from China, Russia and North Korea, and supported
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Marino José Lugo Aguilar fue encontrado muerto en prisión mientras estaba bajo custodia de las autoridades venezolanas, informó este miércoles el Ministerio Público en la red social X, antes Twitter. Según la Fiscalía, Lugo Aguilar estaba presuntamente vinculado a la trama de corrupción por la que investigan al expresidente de
Continue ReadingBy Alan Sharpe Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — They’re calling it “Queens of The Heartland.” Fans at the Kansas City Current’s new soccer stadium will see two pieces that are a part of the annual Parade of Hearts. On Tuesday, Parade of Hearts showed off two new hearts
Continue ReadingBy Connor Hills Click here for updates on this story Kansas City, missouri (KMBC) — Claude Monet’s renowned painting, “The Mill at Limetz,” currently housed at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, is heading to auction. If you’ve only heard the name of one impressionist or just the name of one artist, period, there’s a
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Emma Tucker, Sara Smart and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A new report on the disastrous Maui infernos that left 101 people dead and $6 billion in damages reveals officials rejected additional help before the Lahaina fire obliterated hundreds of homes and became the deadliest US wildfire in more than a
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By Alessandra Castelli, CNN (CNN) — Police in Brazil have detained a woman suspected of wheeling a dead man, who she said was her uncle, to a bank to withdraw a four-figure loan. Footage of the woman’s encounter with the bank has sparked a nationwide discussion in Brazil after going viral on social media. It
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By Matt Egan and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — For nearly four hours, another Ivy League school president faced a congressional grilling over antisemitism on campus. Columbia University President Minouche Shafik tried to avoid the firestorm of controversy that pushed out two of the three university presidents who testified on Capitol Hill in
Continue Reading By Rosa de Acosta and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A mammoth exercise in democracy is underway in India, where nearly a billion people will go to the polls over the next six weeks to vote in the world’s largest ever general election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is standing for a rare third term in
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By Todd Magel Click here for updates on this story JASPER COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — A Jasper County Vietnam veteran recently died after the federal government said they had no record of his service, and therefore no veteran’s benefits for him. “It was horribly frustrating,” said Lisa Van Ryswyk. She and her siblings lost their
Continue ReadingBy MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Gavin Sheets homered, Erick Fedde pitched scoreless ball into the sixth inning and the struggling Chicago White Sox edged the Kansas City Royals 2-1 for a doubleheader split that ended a six-game slide. Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning of the opener to
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and mild with lows in the upper 50s. A few storms northwest before daybreak. TOMORROW: Showers and storms likely, some may be severe with damaging winds and heavy rain. Highs in the upper 60s to around 70. EXTENDED: Yet another round of strong storms develops on the northern side of low pressure
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has gotten plenty of prominent congratulations since winning her third national title earlier this month. Staley may have been most thrilled over the flowers, merchandise and note she got from the “Queen B” herself, Beyonce. Staley gushed in a video posted to social media Wednesday where
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A civilian contractor sent to work as an interrogator at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib prison resigned within two weeks of his arrival and told his corporate bosses that mistreatment of detainees was likely to continue. Jurors saw the October 2003 email from the interrogator who worked
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By David Collins, Greg Ng Click here for updates on this story TOWSON,maryland (WBAL) — Baltimore County launched a proactive campaign Tuesday to empower sexual assault survivors to come forward for an update on their cases. County and community leaders announced an effort to reach out to cold case sexual assault survivors from 1977-1997 who
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Thursday Noon Update A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for the southern half of Mid-MO through 8 p.m. Thursday for the threat of high winds and large hail. Isolated severe storms have already fired up in western Missouri today. The ABC Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for the potential of
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Un torrente de lluvia inundó este martes partes de Dubai, convirtió las calles en ríos y obligó el cierre durante un tiempo del segundo aeropuerto más transitado del mundo. El diluvio suscitó una pregunta: ¿fue este desastre causado por el programa de siembra de nubes de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos? Funcionarios
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By Daniel Macht Click here for updates on this story FOLSOM, california (KCRA) — A man incarcerated in Folsom died after being pinned to the ground by officers on Friday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. Staff had responded to a disturbance in a housing unit on April 12 at 6:55 p.m. when
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S. These three slinky predators are genetically identical to a single animal frozen back in the 1980s. The
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