BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — Police in suburban Kansas City say two steers that escaped from a Blue Springs meat processing plant where shot and killed by police — including one on a high school football field. Blue Springs Police spokeswoman Jennifer Brady confirmed the incident happened Wednesday afternoon, after three steers escaped the Valley
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By ERIC TUCKER, MARY CLARE JALONICK, JILL COLVIN and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection could soon recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House aide Steve Bannon as he defies the panel’s subpoena for documents and testimony. The committee had scheduled a deposition for
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La furgoneta retumbaba en el desierto del centro de California. La tierra incinerada de las quemas controladas se veía a un lado del camino no pavimentado por el que viajábamos. Seguramente, esta furgoneta necesitaba nuevos amortiguadores. El calor de 40 grados nos acorraló cuando rodeamos unos matorrales y nos topamos
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Consumir demasiada sal está vinculada con una presión arterial alta, enfermedades cardiacas y alta mortalidad. Ahora, ¿cuánta sal es demasiada sal? Hablemos en términos de sodio, que es como lo miden los médicos y autoridades sanitarias. El sodio está escondido en alimentos que no pensarías, como aderezos para ensaladas, salsas,
Continue Reading By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A teenager in Liberia has become a national hero after finding $50,000 on the road and returning it to its rightful owner in the northeastern Nimba County. Eighteen-year-old Emmanuel Tuloe told The Associated Press on Thursday that he was driving his motorcycle taxi on a highway
Continue Reading By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A court in Naples has convicted the captain of an Italian commercial ship that returned 101 migrants to Libya after rescuing them at sea. The court absolved the commander of the most serious charge — abuse of office — but convicted him of abandonment-related charges
Continue Reading By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered a “whole-of-government” response to elevated levels of lead in Benton Harbor’s water. She’s directing state agencies to ensure residents have safe tap water. Thursday’s directive came about a week after her administration urged people to use only bottled water for
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Talk about a cosmic temper tantrum. An outburst of explosions has been traced back to a mysterious repeating fast radio burst in space called FRB 121102. Using China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, or FAST, researchers detected 1,652 bursts over the course of 47 days, between August 29 and October 29,
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says airlines that fly would-be migrants to the European Union to Belarus should ask themselves whether they want to be part of a “smuggling ring” run by the country’s authoritarian leader. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas’ comments Thursday to the Bild daily came as his country sees a significant rise
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says airlines that fly would-be migrants to the European Union to Belarus should ask themselves whether they want to be part of a “smuggling ring” run by the country’s authoritarian leader. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas’ comments Thursday to the Bild daily came as his country sees a significant rise
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Joshua y Alexandra Price afirman que hace una semana, en su farmacia local Walgreens, les pusieron por error la vacuna contra el covid-19 en lugar de la vacuna contra la influenza, y ahora sufren algunos síntomas adversos. Los Price llevaron a sus hijos de 4 y 5 años al Walgreens de
Continue Reading By PAAL NORDSETH, JAN M. OLSEN and MARK LEWIS Associated Press KONGSBERG, Norway (AP) — Norwegian authorities say the bow-and-arrow rampage by a man who killed five people in a small town appeared to be a terrorist act. Police identified the attacker as Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen, who was arrested Wednesday night.
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As kids growing up in different states, Shoba Narayan and Michael Maliakel shared a love of one favorite film — “Aladdin.” Both are of Indian descent, and in the animated movie, they saw people who looked like them. That shared love has gone full-circle this
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un relato de las Fuerzas Aéreas estadounidenses sobre los últimos días de la evacuación de Estados Unidos de Afganistán, publicado recientemente, revela más detalles sobre las caóticas escenas en el aeropuerto de Kabul, incluido el intento de secuestro de un avión comercial. El relato, publicado el martes en el sitio
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City are looking for suspects after a teenager was shot to death on the north edge of the Squier Park neighborhood. Police say the shooting was reported just after 9 p.m. Wednesday, and arriving officers found 17-year-old Michael Parks already dead in the street from a gunshot
Continue Reading By THANASSIS STAVRAKIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Severe storms have swept across Greece, flooding hundreds of homes in Athens and prompting evacuations on an island ravaged by summer wildfires. Rescuers were also preparing Thursday to use helicopters to pull stranded people from rooftops in flooded and remote areas on the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Second-ranked Iowa will go for its 13th straight victory when Purdue visits Kinnick Stadium on Saturday. The Hawkeyes have their highest ranking since 1985 and are coming off a 23-20 come-from-behind win over top-10 Penn State. Purdue has won three of the last four meetings with Iowa. The Boilermakers have the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — La policía de Kenya señaló al esposo de la atleta Agnes Tirop como “sospechoso” de su muerte, después de que la joven de 25 años fuera apuñalada este miércoles. El comandante de policía del subcondado norte de Keiyo, Tom Makori, dijo a AFP que el esposo de Tirop, Emmanuel Rotich, fue
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Dionne Warwick is not on board with the forthcoming Whitney Houston biopic. Warwick, who is a cousin of the late singer, who died in 2012 at the age of 48 after an accidental drowning, told the Los Angeles Times, “I want them to let Whitney rest in peace.” “Leave her
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British police chief has resigned after sparking an outcry with comments he made about how women should be more “streetwise” when he spoke about the abduction, rape and murder of a woman by a police officer. Philip Allott stepped down Thursday as North Yorkshire police, fire
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