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Flooding, power outages and downed trees reported in Mid-Missouri after Wednesday morning storms
Storms hit Mid-Missouri early Wednesday morning, causing widespread flooding, power outages and knocking trees onto roads.
Continue ReadingStorms hit Mid-Missouri early Wednesday morning, causing widespread flooding, power outages and knocking trees onto roads.
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN Español) — Millones de venezolanos convocados a votar el 28 de julio en las elecciones presidenciales votarán con la esperanza de que el país se encamine en una senda de crecimiento tras varios años de profunda crisis económica y social. Entre las 10 candidaturas destacan la del actual presidente, Nicolás Maduro, y
Continue ReadingBy Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story WALWORTH COUNTY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — One man is hospitalized and the house he was in, gone, after an explosion in Walworth County. It happened Tuesday afternoon in the Town of Lafayette between Elkhorn and East Troy. A large tree line outside the house, which neighbors
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian leader has scheduled the next presidential election for October without saying whether he will seek a second term. President Kais Saied has had five tumultuous years at the head of the North African nation once seen as a model of democracy for the Arab world. Saied
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ camp is digging in and dismissing calls for her to replace President Joe Biden on the ticket amid escalating calls for the president to step aside and new polling showing the vice president outpacing Biden in a hypothetical race against Donald
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Daniel Montañez cuenta que traer abrochado el cinturón de seguridad los salvó a él y a su esposa de resultar heridos este lunes, cuando el vuelo de Air Europa en el que viajaban de Madrid a Montevideo experimentó una “turbulencia severa”, que dejó lesionadas a más de 30 personas. “Yo
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Media reports say South African police have discovered the body of former high jump world champion Jacques Freitag after he went missing last month. The reports said the 42-year-old, who won the 2003 world title in Paris and competed at the 2004 Olympics, had been shot. His
Continue ReadingBy A.J. Bayatpour Click here for updates on this story GLENDALE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Conservative election observers tied to an ongoing lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s absentee ballot laws, as well as past efforts to overturn the 2020 election, caused disruptions at multiple polling places and ballot processing sites in Glendale and Milwaukee, according to officials in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Officials in a Northern California community have canceled an annual Fourth of July fireworks celebration as thousands of residents remain displaced while crews battle a growing wildfire amid extreme heat. California State Parks made the announcement, citing public safety concerns. The Thompson Fire sent up a huge plume of
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Michigan man was accused of being involved in an international crime organization after a scammer told him his credit card had been fraudulently used at a Costco location in China, police said. The Troy Police Department said the man reported
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities say a Russian missile and drone attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has killed five civilians and injured 47 others. The blasts and debris affected a shopping mall, schools and hospitals. Dnipro is Ukraine’s fourth largest city. The United Nations says the war has killed more than
Continue ReadingAssociated Press To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls that are crowding out their cousins. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service strategy released Wednesday is meant to prop up
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A prominent Belarusian opposition politician who is suffering from a severe form of cancer has been released from prison, three years after his arrest in the authoritarian country’s crackdown on dissent. Ryhor Kastusiou’s son-in-law says his release on Wednesday came a day after President Alexander Lukashenko announced he would
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits inched up last week, but remain at historically healthy levels despite elevated interest rates. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that jobless claims for the week ending June 29 rose by 4,000 to 238,000 from 234,000 the previous week. The total number
Continue ReadingAssociated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof is pledging to work hard at cutting immigration, one of his new goverment’s main aims. Schoof said Wednesday in his first speech to parliament that immigration “is the crux of the matter, no matter how you look at it.” The anti-immigration party of
Continue ReadingTIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of people have paid their last respects to Ismail Kadare in a state funeral in Tirana Wednesday, with a minute’s silence held nationwide in memory of the renowned Albanian novelist and poet who died earlier this week. Kadare’s coffin, surrounded by National Guard officers, lay in state in the entrance
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — The former leader of Northern Ireland’s most prominent pro-union party, Jeffrey Donaldson, will stand trial over allegations of historical sex offenses including one charge of rape. Donaldson appeared in front of a preliminary inquiry Wednesday, which decided to push ahead with a trial, scheduled for September 10, according to a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A bill that bans child marriage in Sierra Leone has been signed into law. It aims to protect girls in the West African nation where about a third are married before adulthood. Sierra Leone is home to 800,000 child brides, with half of them married before age 15,
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans across the country will celebrate Independence Day with barbecues, fireworks and a day off from work for many employees. The Fourth of July marks the birth of American independence, the day the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776. This year, the Fourth of July will
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Not even Fourth of July barbecues are immune to inflation. Americans feeding a group of 10 this holiday weekend will spend an average of $71.22, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. It’s a record high: 5% more than last year and 30% higher than in 2019
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