WATCH: Mizzou offensive players take questions as Tennessee game approaches
The news conference will take place between 5 and 6 p.m.
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Michael A. Taylor, Royals agree to $9M, 2-year deal
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Outfielder Michael A. Taylor and the Kansas City Royals have agreed to a $9 million, two-year contract covering 2022 and ’23. Taylor can earn $250,000 annually in performance bonuses. He would have been eligible for free agency after this year’s World Series. The 30-year-old is batting .244 in his first
Continue ReadingLos precios del tocino se disparan a niveles récord y es posible que no bajen pronto
Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Business) — El tocino está más caro para los estadounidenses que en los últimos 40 años. Y sí, eso está contabilizando la inflación. El impacto del costo de la calefacción: aumenta el precio del gas natural un 180% Ese anhelo de comer chuletas de cerdo te está costando alrededor de un
Continue ReadingPolice gunfire likely killed 8-year-old girl outside Pennsylvania football stadium, DA says
By Ray Sanchez and Kiely Westhoff, CNN Gunshots that killed an 8-year-old girl and wounded three other people after a suburban Philadelphia high school football game last month were fired “with near certainty” by local police officers, according to the Delaware County District Attorney. Fanta Bility was killed on August 27 when a verbal confrontation
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Advocates urge governor to grant clemency in Columbia triple murder
Anti-death penalty advocates delivered a petition Wednesday asking the state to spare the life of Ernest Johnson, saying his intellectual disability makes it unconstitutional to execute the man convicted of a Columbia triple murder.
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Change of venue, new judge granted in Quatavia Givens case
A Cole County judge granted a change of venue and a request for a new judge for a woman charged in the 2018 death of a Jefferson City child.
Continue Reading Kansas man sentenced for attacking federal undercover agent
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 20-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for attacking a federal undercover agent during a weapons transaction. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday that Nicholas Newman was sentenced this month after pleading guilty in May to one count of forcible assault on a
Continue ReadingEl Barcelona cae goleado. ¿El fin de la era Koeman?
CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El FC Barcelona fue goleado por el Benfica en Portugal en Champions League y quedó hundido más en una crisis que parece no tener fin. El equipo de Ronald Koeman, que llegó con el club ya en crisis en 2020, solo se desciende más en su debacle tras la salida
Continue Reading7 students arrested after 2 stabbed in fight at Annapolis High School
By CBS Baltimore Staff Click here for updates on this story ANNAPOLIS, MD (WJZ) — Seven students were arrested after two boys were stabbed in a fight Wednesday morning at Annapolis High School. The school was placed on lockdown for about two hours after the fight. The two students hurt in the fight were taken
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Mandates are boosting vaccination rates, but not without a tradeoff
By Eric Levenson, CNN Mandates that require employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 have spurred workers to get vaccinated in recent weeks — yet some holdouts have been suspended or lost their jobs, and workplaces are scrambling to cover potential shortages. The tradeoff — a disrupted workplace in the short term in exchange for widespread
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Congress battles over budget, debt limit as shutdown deadline looms
Thursday is the last day of the fiscal year, and if a federal budget does not pass the government will go into a full shutdown at 12:01 a.m. The budget was held back because it was attached to a Democratic attempt to raise the debt ceiling, which Senate Republicans strongly opposed. A new proposed budget without the raised debt ceiling could make its way through Congress as soon as Wednesday.
Continue ReadingGov. extends state employee vaccination deadline to Oct. 4
By ROB POLANSKY, SUSAN RAFF Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — The governor is extending the vaccination deadline for state workers, as leaders push for them to get vaccinated. Gov. Ned Lamont’s office held a news conference at 11 a.m. in Hartford on Wednesday. He announced the COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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Fort Worth police arrested a man they say killed and dismembered three people
By Kay Jones, CNN Police in Fort Worth, Texas, arrested a man on Monday for allegedly killing and dismembering three people and then putting their bodies in a dumpster and setting it on fire. Police said Jason Alan Thornburg, 41, admitted to killing a man and two women in a hotel room over the course
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Climate activist Nakate seeks immediate action in Glasgow
By CHARLENE PELE Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate said youth delegates at a gathering in Italy’s financial capital are struggling to get their voices through in an event that she and others complain has been heavily orchestrated. Nakate is among 400 activists invited to Italy’s financial capital for a three-day
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Texas attorney general says state’s abortion ban is ‘stimulating’ interstate commerce
By Tierney Sneed In briefs filed Wednesday in the Justice Department’s challenge to Texas’ abortion ban, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton touted the trips Texas women are making out of state to obtain abortions as a point in his favor in defending the law. Paxton was addressing an argument that the Biden administration had made
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Alabama governor defends plan to use Covid-19 relief funds to build prisons
By Chandelis Duster and Nick Valencia, CNN Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is defending her proposal to use the state’s allotment of coronavirus relief funds to build new prisons in the state after receiving criticism from Democrats. Ivey, a Republican, on Monday convened a special session of the Alabama legislature to discuss how to fix what
Continue ReadingWildlife rabies vaccination program with 500,000 baits to start in October in WNC
By Brittany Whitehead Click here for updates on this story WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, N.C. (WLOS) — A new program to help prevent the spread of rabies among wildlife in Western North Carolina will be launched at the beginning of October. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced is working with the United
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor: ‘There is going to be a lot of disappointment in the law, a huge amount’
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Days before the start of a tumultuous term, and after the Supreme Court justices divided bitterly over a Texas law that bars most abortions after six weeks, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned an audience of law students about the frustration of having to write dissents. “There is going
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Vaccine requirements for large private companies still weeks away, White House says
By Nikki Carvajal, CNN The White House believes vaccine requirements for large private companies are still weeks away from being implemented, weeks after President Joe Biden announced the new mandates were coming. During a press briefing on Wednesday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the administration hopes to have “more detail” on the regulations
Continue ReadingSuspenden al padre de Britney Spears de su rol de tutor del patrimonio de la cantante
Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Britney Spears obtuvo una victoria legal el miércoles en su lucha por recuperar el control de su vida. La jueza de Los Ángeles suspendió a Jamie Spears, el padre de la cantante, como tutor de su patrimonio y designó un reemplazo temporal para supervisar sus finanzas hasta el 31 de
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