By David Close, CNN US Women’s National Team (USWNT) star Megan Rapinoe reiterated that women soccer players are angry and exhausted following an independent investigation report which found systemic abuse and misconduct within women’s professional soccer. Released on Monday, the report — led by former acting Attorney General Sally Yates — was based on more
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, CNN The OPEC+ decision to dramatically cut its oil output targets has left the White House grappling with a complex — and potentially damaging — mix of geopolitical and domestic challenges with few easy answers. President Joe Biden now faces the reality that an already complex and tenuous bilateral relationship with Saudi
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN There are Italian villages that sell houses for the price of a cup of coffee, places that pay you to move there — and now there’s a region that will pay you just to visit. Friuli Venezia Giulia, in the far northeast of the country, will reimburse visitors’ journeys if they travel
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Randi Kaye and Laura Dolan, CNN The aftermath of Hurricane Ian left Julie Emig and Vicki Paskaly devastated when they returned to what was once their “dream home” for the first time since the storm hit one week ago. Residents of Florida’s Sanibel Island — which remains cutoff from the mainland —
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay and Elizabeth Pérez, CNN Tennis great Martina Navratilova thinks more women will continue to play professional tennis after having children — thanks largely to Serena Williams. When she retired from tennis last month, the 41-year-old Williams left behind a legacy that stretches well beyond her 23 grand slam titles, the last of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Set up is underway Thursday as the Roots N Blues Festival returns to Columbia. The festival is scheduled for Friday through Sunday at Stephens Lake Park. Gates open to guests Friday at 4 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday, the festival will kick off each day at noon. As of now, Roots N
Continue ReadingBy Nina dos Santos, CNN Almost half of the money raised by British Prime Minister Liz Truss to fund her Conservative Party leadership campaign came from wealthy donors, according to official donation records published by Parliament on Wednesday. Truss raised nearly £432,549 ($489,472) thanks to donations largely from the business community. More than £230,000 (roughly
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TODAY: Thursday brings another cold front to mid-Missouri, this time with a little more impact. We’ll start mostly sunny, and likely climb into the upper 70s, to near 80, before a cold front arrives this evening. Between 6-8 p.m. for folks north of I-70, and 8-10 p.m. for those south, we’ll likely feel an increase
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna, Aya Elamroussi and Taylor Romine, CNN A suspect already in custody in connection with the kidnapping and killing of four California family members — including a baby girl — was formally arrested late Thursday in the case, a sheriff’s office said. Jesus Manuel Salgado, 48, was arrested on four counts of murder
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Hundreds of companies are testing out a four-day work week to determine if employees can maintain the same level of productivity despite the reduction in work time. So far, the experience has been positive, and some experts say the results could shift the perspective of remote work in the near future.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Hundreds of companies are testing out a four-day work week to determine if employees can maintain the same level of productivity despite the reduction in work time. So far, the experience has been positive, and some experts say the results could shift the perspective of remote work in the near future.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Hundreds of companies are testing out a four-day work week to determine if employees can maintain the same level of productivity despite the reduction in work time. So far, the experience has been positive, and some experts say the results could shift the perspective of remote work in the near future.
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN Drought across the Northern Hemisphere this summer — which scorched soil, dried up rivers and triggered mass crop failure — was made at least 20 times more likely by the climate crisis, a new analysis has found. The research, published Wednesday by the World Weather Attribution initiative, found that without the
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN The storm may have moved out, but Hurricane Ian’s impacts are far from over. After tearing through the Caribbean, it slammed into the southwest Florida coast as a Category 4 hurricane on Wednesday, September 28, causing widespread devastation — and more than 100 fatalities in the state. (Ian then slowed as
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN On one side of the room sits the cutest life-size stuffed animal you’ve ever seen. On the other side rests a real dog — same size, shape and even the same name as the stuffed version. You get to sit next to both of these fluffy friends and pet their fur.
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Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN It’s been more than a week since Hurricane Ian slammed into Florida, but its effects are still being felt across the state as residents contend with closed schools, power outages, tainted water, destroyed homes and lost loved ones. Many survivors are still in the dark or relying on generators. Statewide, more
Continue Readingby Matt Egan, CNN Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley on Thursday called for punishing OPEC for its production cut by passing legislation that would hold foreign oil producers accountable for colluding to fix prices. Grassley, a longtime backer of so-called NOPEC legislation, announced in a statement obtained first by CNN that he plans to file his
Continue Readinggenerating… A man arrested in connection with this week’s kidnapping and killings of four California family members — including a baby girl — used to work for the victims’ family business, a sheriff’s spokesperson says. Jesus Manuel Salgado, 48, was formally arrested late Thursday on four counts of murder and four counts of kidnapping in
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House is unveiling a series of reports on Thursday detailing agencies’ progress in steeling federal government facilities, programs and operations in the face of climate change. The progress reports come a year after more than 20 agencies released plans to ensure federal facilities and programs are resilient against the
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