By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark might have been absent through injury but that didn’t stop the Indiana Fever from winning the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup on Tuesday. The Fever beat the reigning champion Minnesota Lynx 74-59 with a brilliant performance at the Target Center, led by forward Natasha Howard who finished the night
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Tuesday that he’s looking into the City of Columbia’s policies and practices related to diversity, equity and inclusion. It’s not the first time Bailey has intervened in Columbia’s local issues. In 2023, he wrote a letter to Columbia Public Schools demanding firings or resignations after students attended an event
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — There was once a time when American men dominated the tennis world at Wimbledon. The likes of Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Stan Smith and Arthur Ashe saw widespread success in the 70s and 80s, before Pete Sampras simply dominated the 90s at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. When
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Around 252 million years ago, life on Earth suffered its most catastrophic blow to date: a mass extinction event known as the “Great Dying” that wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists. The planet became lethally hot and remained so for 5 million years.
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By Jean Casarez, Elizabeth Wolfe, Rebekah Riess, CNN Boise, Idaho (CNN) — For 30 months, Bryan Kohberger and his defense attorneys insisted on his innocence in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home. But in a matter of minutes Wednesday, in a packed courtroom roughly 300 miles from the
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By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A village in Chicago’s south suburbs is poised to purchase Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home after its board voted unanimously on Tuesday to take control of the property. Since the pope’s election, the small, two-story house on E. 142nd Place in Dolton, Illinois – around 20 miles south of
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By Sarah Ferris, Morgan Rimmer, Annie Grayer and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — A group of House Republican holdouts fell in line behind President Donald Trump and agreed to allow his agenda to come to the floor — reversing course after days of threatening to block the bill and putting it on track for final
Continue Reading Por Kristen Holmes y Lex Harvey, CNN La administración Trump está pausando algunos envíos de armas a Ucrania, incluidos misiles de defensa aérea, luego de una revisión del gasto militar y el apoyo estadounidense a países extranjeros, dijo a CNN un alto funcionario de la Casa Blanca. El secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, autorizó la
Continue Reading By John Liu, Yumi Asada and Ramishah Maruf, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump cast doubt on reaching a trade deal with Japan, a day after threatening higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States, claiming the country won’t buy American rice. “We’ve dealt with Japan. I’m not sure if we’re gonna make
Continue Reading Análisis por Stephen Collinson, CNN La política no es ciencia espacial. Si lo fuera, el presidente Donald Trump tendría algo más de qué preocuparse en su reavivada disputa con su distanciado “primer amigo” Elon Musk. Pero nada en el explosivo y ahora agrio coqueteo del hombre más rico del mundo con la política sugiere que
Continue Reading By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A new Tennessee law aims to combat bullying by targeting teenagers where it may hurt the most: revoking their ability to drive. The legislation, which took effect Tuesday, allows courts to suspend for up to a year the driver’s licenses of minors found guilty of bullying or cyberbullying. “Bullying
Continue Reading Por Angélica Fraganillo Díaz, CNN Un juez federal en Brooklyn bloqueó el intento de la administración Trump de terminar el TPS para migrantes haitianos antes de lo previsto, dictaminando que el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) violó la ley al apresurarse a retirar las protecciones contra la deportación y los permisos de trabajo a más
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By Simone McCarthy and Tenzin Dharpo, CNN Dharamshala, India/Hong Kong (CNN) — The Dalai Lama has announced that he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has become a flashpoint in the struggle with China’s Communist Party over Tibet’s future. Tibetan Buddhism’s spiritual leader made the declaration on Wednesday in
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — In the multibillion-dollar global fight against wildfires, early detection is critical. Satellites, drones, thermal cameras and manned lookout towers are just some of the tools currently used to alert authorities and first responders to imminent threats. In under-resourced areas, however, these defenses can be prohibitively expensive. That’s why a
Continue Reading By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik is criticizing Columbia University’s president over past comments that the congresswoman said are a potential violation of the Civil Rights Act, including her call to have an Arab person on the university board, as the university faces continued investigations into its handling of
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By Brian Stelter and Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — CBS News parent Paramount Global has agreed to pay $16 million to resolve an extraordinary lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” news report last fall. The long-gestating and highly controversial settlement payment was announced by Paramount late Tuesday night. Paramount said the
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Fitt Insider reports U.S. wellness consumers have $1.1 trillion in spending power, focusing on mental health, nutrition, and community wellness.
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The Marshall Project reports that multiple states are introducing bills to protect patients from drug testing at childbirth, amid concerns over false positives and child welfare interventions.
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Australian airline Qantas says a data hack on Monday exposed the personal information of six million customers and it expects the amount stolen to be “significant.” The hack penetrated a third-party customer service platform used by a Qantas contact center, the airline said in a statement on Wednesday. Six
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sections of some downtown Columbia were closed Tuesday morning after a fire occurred at McNally’s Irish Pub. ABC 17 News saw smoke visible from N Sixth Street in Columbia just before 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. A Boone County Joint Communications notification was sent out at 9:18 a.m. alerting about Broadway at Sixth Street
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