By KEN MILLER Associated Press Another record-setting day of high temperatures hit the Dallas/Fort Worth area Saturday before a slight cooling trend moves into the area, according to the National Weather Service, as heat warnings stretch from the Gulf Coast to the Southeastern U.S. and upper Mid-South. Temperatures in the area reached 110 degrees Fahrenheit
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Saturday begins the 35th Lake of the Ozarks boat Shootout charity race and boat safety is on top of mind.
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Beech, Ray Sanchez and Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — At least seven people were injured Saturday morning in a shooting that halted a popular Boston parade, police said. The victims were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Two arrests were made and multiple firearms recovered, police said. Boston Police Sgt. Det. John
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Suarez, Denise Royal and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Sarasota, Florida (CNN) — Months after what critics have decried as a conservative takeover at New College of Florida, students and professors say a sense of confusion and anxiety looms over the start of fall semester in Sarasota, Florida. Amy Reid, a member of the
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger, CNN Paris (CNN) — The French government and the European Union will spend 200 million euros ($215 million) to help the country’s wine producers, who are struggling to cope with falling prices and waning demand. The French Ministry of Agriculture had initially allocated 160 million euros ($173 million) for the crisis program
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — As new students arrived on campus for the fall semester at Yale University, they were given flyers containing “misleading … disturbing and inflammatory rhetoric” about the school’s safety, according to university officials. The flyers, titled “Welcome to Yale: A survival guide for first-year students of Yale University,” were
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The devastating fires in Maui have caused at least 115 deaths, yet only 46 of those have been identified two weeks on from the blaze, police said Thursday. Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for, too. The grim contrast between those numbers shows the difficulty in locating and identifying victims’
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Lechelle Benken, CNN (CNN) — At least two people were wounded by gunfire during a baseball game Friday night at Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field, police said. A 42-year-old woman is hospitalized in fair condition after suffering a gunshot wound to her leg during a game between the Chicago White Sox and
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police in Oklahoma say a teenager has died after being shot during a Friday night high school football game where two other people were wounded and two were injured fleeing the scene. Football players ran off the field and spectators hunkered down in the stands at
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh, Katharina Krebs and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said he warned Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin twice to watch out for threats to his life. “The first time was when I phoned him and negotiations (were taking) place while they were marching on Moscow,” Lukashenko told reporters in
Continue ReadingBy SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners tied Texas for the AL West lead, beating the Kansas City Royals 7-5 behind Eugenio Suárez’s three hits and three RBIs that included go-ahead, two-run single in the fourth inning. Seattle was 10 games out of first at 47-48 before play on July 20,
Continue ReadingBy Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — A US envoy for Iran met on Friday with the family of Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd, who has been imprisoned and sentenced to death in Iran. “I welcomed the opportunity to meet with Jamshid Sharmahd’s family today. He should have never been detained in Iran, and we hope to
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A zoo in Chicago recently welcomed a stripey new addition to its family. A 16-year-old Grevy’s zebra named Adia gave birth to a “strong, female foal” at the Lincoln Park Zoo on August 21, according to a news release. The yet-unnamed baby zebra is Adia’s fifth offspring and
Continue ReadingBy Pierre Meilhan, Larry Madowo and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Niger’s junta ordered the French ambassador in Niamey on Friday to leave the country within 48 hours, according to the Nigerien Foreign Ministry. In a statement published by state-run broadcaster ORTN, the Nigerien Foreign Ministry said the ambassador Sylvain Itte had refused to attend
Continue ReadingBy Michael Callahan, Alex Stambaugh and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department said Friday it “strongly condemned” the Hong Kong authorities’ “ongoing harassment” of family members of pro-democracy activists living overseas. The US said it was “particularly concerned” about recent cases involving activists like Nathan Law, Joshua Wong and Elmer Yuen whose
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Four astronauts — representing four nations and space agencies across the globe — launched aboard a SpaceX rocket toward the International Space Station, kicking off a mission expected to last more than six months. The crew is riding aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance capsule on the mission, dubbed
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As the new high school football season kicks off Friday night, fans may notice an EMS presence at some games. But, the Missouri State Highschool Activities Association said there is not enough resources in the state to mandate EMS personnel or athletic trainers at all high school football games. “The state
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The attorney representing two mothers who lost their children in a December fire says the event has taken a deep toll. “I imagine actually seeing and hearing your 7-year-old daughter dying must have been much worse than what we have to go through reading about this terrible event,” attorney Wells Woods
Continue ReadingBy Richard Roth, Pierre Meilhan and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — In a defiant speech to the UN Security Council, North Korea insisted its efforts to launch a spy satellite into space are transparent and within “its legitimate right as a sovereign state.” Pyongyang’s ambassador to the UN Kim Song defended his country during a
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cristopher Sanchez shrugged off an early homer to pitch six strong innings, Alec Bohm and Kyle Schwarber homered and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 on Friday night. Sanchez (2-3) and three relievers retired the final 21 St. Louis hitters. Nine of those outs
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