By Raja Razek, CNN A 14-year-old girl was seriously injured Tuesday when she and a security guard at a Chicago high school were shot, police said. The shooting happened at the end of the school day, around 3:30 pm, at Wendell Phillips Academy High School, Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Brian Deenihan said during a
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korean soldier clad in a super-tight blue outfit in a state media photo has generated a buzz on social media, with some calling him “a superhero,” “a captain DPRK,” or “a rocket man.” He was among nearly 30 soldiers who
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Here are the local scores from Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. HS SOFTBALL Rock Bridge 7 | Battle 1 FINAL Hallsville 9 | Wright City 2 FINAL North Callaway 0 | New Bloomfield 10 FINAL HS BOYS SOCCER Helias 1 | Jefferson City 0 FINAL/2OT Battle 0 | Rock Bridge 5 FINAL HS VOLLEYBALL Battle 0
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The United States plans to ease restrictions on travel for fully vaccinated visitors from Canada and Mexico starting in early November, relaxing bans that have been in place for more than 18 months, according to senior administration officials. The new rules, which are similar to those announced for international air passengers,
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Voters in central Iowa elected Republican Jon Dunwell to fill an open state House seat in a special election held after the incumbent lawmaker resigned. Dunwell defeated Democrat Steve Mullan on Tuesday in House District 29 seat, which represents Newton and other smaller communities in Jasper County. The seat became
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Pamela has weakened to a tropical storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast. But forecasters say it is expected to regain strength overnight and make landfall as a hurricane near the port of Mazatlan on Wednesday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Pamela’s center was about 170 miles (275 kilometers) west-southwest of
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says the U.S. will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic. International visitors will need to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Vehicle, rail and ferry travel between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico
Continue Reading CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government has announced the death of Raúl Isaías Baduel, a former Venezuelan defense minister and ally-turned-critic of the late President Hugo Chávez who was in prison awaiting trial since 2017 for alleged links to a purported plot to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced Tuesday via
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines appears to be fixing problems that caused the cancellation of nearly 2,400 flights over the previous three days. By midday Tuesday, Southwest had canceled fewer than 100 flights, although more than 400 others were running late. That’s according to tracking service FlightAware. Southwest says bad weather and air traffic control
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN More than a dozen US officials who work at the US Embassy in Colombia and their family members have reported symptoms consistent with “Havana syndrome” in recent weeks, according to a US official and a source familiar with the situation. Some officials who reported symptoms in Colombia had to be medevaced
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español)– La Policía Nacional de República Dominicana informó este lunes que suspendió y puso a disposición del Ministerio Público a un policía que, según la institución, este domingo “ultimó de un disparo, de manera accidental” a un ciudadano durante la persecución de un delincuente en el sector Hato Mayor, en la provincia
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SSM Health announced its no longer planning to sell the hospital to Quorum Health.
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The Bicentennial Bridge is now scheduled to finish in late November because of manufacturing issues with a steel cage.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — La industria del entretenimiento de Corea del Sur lo hizo de nuevo. Si bien el mundo de habla inglesa sigue dominando la música, películas y las series de televisión y por streaming, ha habido un cambio notable: un aumento constante en la influencia de Corea del Sur. Cuando la
Continue Reading ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) — A private college in Minnesota has renamed its arboretum that honored an 18th-century Swedish botanist who has been criticized for classifying humans in a way now seen as racist. The 120-acre greenspace at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter has been known as the “Linnaeus Arboretum” since 1988. It recognized
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Un número récord de 4,3 millones de personas renunciaron a sus empleos en agosto, lo que demuestra la considerable ventaja que tienen los trabajadores en la economía actual. Alrededor del 2,9% de la población activa renunció en agosto, frente al 2,7% de julio, según el informe Job Openings
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By Scott Glover and Daniel A. Medina, CNN Federal prosecutors in Kansas have launched a criminal grand jury investigation into a retired Kansas City police detective who is the subject of long-swirling allegations that he “exploited and terrorized” Black residents of the city’s north end for decades, CNN has learned. Roger Golubski is accused of
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is in custody after a weapons offense in Holts Summit Tuesday morning. Holts Summit police received a report of an alarm call around 9:15 in 200 block of North Greenway. Witnesses told police there was a man with a gun in the area, police later received reports the person
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El domingo, Nicole Sperry dio el último adiós a su hija de 10 años, que murió a causa del covid-19. Menos de 24 horas después, estaba detrás de un podio combatiendo la desinformación de los padres en una reunión del consejo escolar de Virginia. En una reunión del Distrito Escolar Público
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Los supermercados 99, del expresidente de Panamá Ricardo Martinelli, suspendieron la comercialización de los productos de la empresa familiar del también exmandatario Juan Carlos Varela, con cuyo hermano tuvo este lunes un violento altercado a la salida de un juzgado. El propio Martinelli, quien gobernó Panamá de 2009 a 2014,
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