By Melanie Zanona, CNN House Democrats in competitive races are putting little daylight between themselves and President Joe Biden, even as Republicans ratchet up their efforts to use the President as a cudgel against their Democratic opponents in the midterm elections. After struggling for months to dent Biden’s popularity, House Republicans finally see an opening
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Los estadounidenses deben prepararse para el impacto por el costo de la calefacción de los hogares a medida que bajen las temperaturas este otoño e invierno boreales. Los precios del gas natural, la forma más común de calentar los hogares y una de las principales fuentes de combustible
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By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas inmate has been executed for fatally stabbing two Houston-area brothers during a robbery in their home more than 30 years ago. Rick Rhoades was executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was condemned for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors in Miller County will review a deadly shooting involving a Columbia police officer. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it gave the case to Miller County prosecutors for review on possible charges. The Boone County prosecutor’s office says a judge appointed Miller County to serve as a special prosecutor. A Columbia
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Lionel Messi anotó (por fin) en su nuevo equipo, el PSG, y la alegrÃa en ParÃs fue absoluta. El conjunto de Pochettino derrotó 2-0 al Manchester City de Pep Guardiola en Champions League. Pero además de su anotación lo que más llamó la atención fue su compromiso defensivo en una
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By Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea’s weapons are needed to defend the country against a “hostile” United States, said leader Kim Jong Un, state media KCNA reported Tuesday. Kim made the comments as he stood against a backdrop of missiles at the Defense Development Exhibition to mark the 76th anniversary of North
Continue Reading By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The City of Des Moines is confirming the longtime president of the Des Moines police officers’ union sent explicit photos to four female colleagues but retired before he could face disciplinary action. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, four Des Moines Police Department employees alleged
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — No ha sido el mejor año para las aerolÃneas, debido al impacto del covid-19 en la industria de la aviación. Pero para una aerolÃnea del Medio Oriente, se acaba de volver mucho mejor. Qatar Airways se llevó el primer puesto en la más reciente clasificación de las mejores aerolÃneas del mundo
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By Amanda Jackson, CNN A child in North Texas died earlier this month after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba at a city splash pad, officials announced on Monday. The child was hospitalized September 5 with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and often fatal infection caused by an amoeba called Naegleria fowleri, according to a joint
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tolton’s Jonah Lybeck-Brown and James Lee are our Week 5 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week winner! You can watch the play from Friday night’s game against Grandview in the video player above. Up next – the Trailblazers will play at Salisbury on Friday at 7 p.m.
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN US officials have deported a key player in the Russian cybercriminal world who was sentenced to nine years in US prison in 2020 for his alleged role in a scheme that defrauded Americans of millions of dollars, according to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. ICE officers put Aleksei Burkov,
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By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN When Covid-19 restrictions made it difficult for a Canadian bride to have her family at her US wedding, she did the next best thing — she brought her wedding to the border. Karen Mahoney and her new husband, Brian Ray, told CNN they met 35 years ago over a love
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By Amir Vera, CNN The MacArthur Foundation announced its class of 2021 Tuesday that includes an anti-racist author, a civil rights activist and a computational virologist. Colloquially known as the “genius grant,” MacArthur fellows are awarded a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant paid out over five years. Since 1981, 1,061 people have been named MacArthur Fellows, according
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By Jennifer Hansler and Jake Tapper, CNN More than 100 US citizens and green card holders and nine special immigrant visa holders were evacuated from Afghanistan via a private charter flight on Tuesday, according to two organizations involved in the effort. Project Dynamo and Human First Coalition said in a press release that the group
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By Tara Subramaniam and Holmes Lybrand, CNN During a Senate hearing on Tuesday over the frenzied US withdrawal from Afghanistan, top generals seemingly contradicted earlier claims from President Joe Biden on the administration’s plan to remove troops. In a mid-August interview, Biden repeatedly disputed that military advisers had told him he should keep troops in
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By Ellie Kaufman, CNN Top military officials warned Tuesday that the war in Afghanistan and the war on terror are not over, even if the US military no longer maintains boots on the ground after 20 years of a consistent military presence in the country. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
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Former state Sen. James Mathewson, the longest-serving President Pro Tem of the Missouri Senate, has died.
Continue ReadingAttorney General Eric Schmitt sought a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit he filed last month to end CPS’s mandate that all students and staff wear masks while indoors. Judge Brouck Jacobs denied that request in a two-plus-hour hearing Tuesday, along with a request to make the lawsuit class action, which would bring in other schools with mandates as defendants.
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By Angela Dewan, CNN Swedish activist Greta Thunberg mocked world leaders — including US President Joe Biden and the UK’s Boris Johnson — at a youth climate summit in Milan on Tuesday, saying the last 30 years of climate action had amounted to “blah, blah, blah.” Thunberg imitated the leaders by repeating their commonly used
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