By Amy Gunia and Alkira Reinfrank, CNN (CNN) — Apollo mission astronauts who visited the moon between 1969 and 1972 found a hopping motion useful for navigating its surface, where the gravity is one-sixth of Earth’s. Today, robots are playing a leading role in space exploration, and some are taking cues from those bunny-hopping astronauts.
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A former Singaporean Cabinet minister was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of receiving illegal gifts, in a rare criminal case involving a minister in the Asian financial hub. Former Transport Minister S. Iswaran had pleaded guilty last week to one count of
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer Saoirse Ronan is having a big fall with two major films coming to theaters. First is “The Outrun,” an adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s memoir of alcoholism and recovery that she stars in and produced alongside her husband Jack Lowden. It opens in theaters Friday. Next is Steve McQueen’s highly anticipated “Blitz,” in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Three years after the 30-year-old South Korean woman received a barrage of online fake images that depicted her nude, she is still being treated for trauma. She struggles to talk with men. Using a mobile phone brings back the nightmare. “It completely trampled me, even though it wasn’t
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Caroline Rose Giuliani, the daughter of Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, said Wednesday that she did not come lightly to her decision to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris. In her first television interview after endorsing Harris, Caroline
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A semi fire closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 in Boone County on Wednesday night.
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (CNN Español) — La Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD), que agrupa a las principales fuerzas de oposición en Venezuela, rechazó este miércoles la convocatoria emitida por el presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, Jorge Rodríguez, del oficialista Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV), a realizar, el jueves, un encuentro para discutir posibles reformas a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Republican challenger Hung Cao have gone toe to toe in their only debate of the campaign over issues from illegal immigration to tariffs on foreign goods. The hourlong showdown Wednesday at Norfolk State University mostly traced the contours of the nation’s political
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles were swept out of the playoffs in their only series for a second consecutive year. They haven’t won a postseason game in a decade, since advancing to the 2014 AL Championship Series, where they were swept by Kansas City. The latest sweep, which came at home
Continue ReadingTUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico MEXICO CITY (AP) — Six international migrants are dead after Mexican soldiers opened fire on a truck carrying a group near the border with Guatemala, Mexico’s Defense Department said Wednesday. The department said in a statement that soldiers claimed they heard shots as the trucks and two other vehicles approached their position
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Roughly 45,000 dock workers from the Longshoremen’s Association continued to strike Wednesday across the East and Gulf coasts. The workers are demanding better pay and a ban on the use of automated equipment. The strike, which started on Tuesday, has raised concerns about a shortage of certain goods for some Americans. However,
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– El Consejo de Seguridad y Defensa Nacional de República Dominicana, encabezado por el presidente Luis Abinader, informó este miércoles la ejecución inmediata de un operativo que busca repatriar a su país hasta 10.000 indocumentados haitianos por semana. Abinader señalo que, ante la lentitud del proceso de pacificación de Haití, el
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a new California law allowing any person to sue for damages over election deepfakes. U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez ruled Wednesday that it likely violates the First Amendment and granted a preliminary injunction blocking it. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the law last month. The
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — The Kansas City Royals endured two seven-game losing streaks in the final month of the season. The second of those ended with a well-timed joke from a three-time World Series winner. Now they’re in the AL Division Series against the New York Yankees after opening the playoffs with a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Republican Derrick Anderson and Democrat Yevgeny “Eugene” Vindman debated at the University of Mary Washington Wednesday night, attempting to portray themselves as the candidate best fit to win Virginia’s most competitive congressional race. In a fiery debate filled with jabs, Anderson, a former Army Green Beret native
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) confirmaron que este miércoles “realizaron un ataque preciso en Beirut”, el primero que lleva a cabo en la capital desde la guerra con el Líbano en 2006. Al menos seis personas murieron y siete resultaron heridas como consecuencia del ataque en el en el
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Entering Saturday’s SEC Showdown with No. 25 Texas A&M, No. 9 Mizzou has one new addition to its initial Week 6 injury report. Wide Receiver Marquis Johnson is considered questionable to suit up for the contest in College Station, Texas. MU’s second-year receiver is nursing an ankle injury that he suffered in
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Hurricane Kirk has strengthened into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to grow rapidly into a major hurricane. There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect Wednesday, and the storm was not yet deemed a threat to land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Melania Trump says she supports abortion rights “free from any intervention or pressure from the government” in her upcoming memoir, according to excerpts of the book obtained by The Guardian. “Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she
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CNN By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Melania Trump says she supports abortion rights “free from any intervention or pressure from the government” in her upcoming memoir, according to excerpts of the book obtained by The Guardian. “Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what
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