By Andy Rose, CNN Jacqueline Jackson, the wife of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, was released from a Chicago hospital Friday as she recovers from Covid-19. Her husband remains hospitalized at a rehab facility, the family said in a statement. “Our mother is leaving the Northwestern Memorial Hospital and coming home,” Jackson’s son Jonathan
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou plays Central Michigan Saturday, and Faurot Field will be at full capacity for the first time since 2019. The university moved to a new digital ticket service. All tickets are digital this year; no more paper tickets. Now the only way to get into Faurot Field is with a mobile ticket.
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By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Nolan Arenado homered twice in the first three innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals trounce the Milwaukee Brewers 15-4 in a milestone performance for Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina. St. Louis hit a season-high six homers. Arenado drove a two-run shot in the first inning
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka says she is thinking of taking another break from tennis after her title defense at the U.S. Open has ended with a third-round loss to Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez. Osaka served for the victory late in the second set but got broken there
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By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Dustin Garneau hit a two-run homer and a solo shot, Robbie Grossman had a three-run blast, and the Detroit Tigers routed the struggling Cincinnati Reds 15-5. Jonathan India and Eugenio Suárez homered for the Reds, who have lost five of six. Cincinnati’s lead over St. Louis
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has won votes of confidence in Parliament, helping to steady his government after it had come under intense criticism for bungling its response to the coronavirus pandemic. Prayuth still faces pressure from street protests that have been demanding he step down, with
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By Mark Morales and Christina Maxouris, CNN Most of the homes where residents were found dead in New York City after the remnants of Ida battered the region were illegally converted basement or cellar apartments, city officials said Friday. An analysis that was done by the city’s buildings department in the aftermath of Wednesday’s massive
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez and Drew Kann, CNN When Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the Northeast in 2012, it exposed the dire need to strengthen New York City’s infrastructure to adapt to what was then a looming threat of the climate crisis. Nearly a decade later, the city is picking up the pieces after
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A state judge has shielded, for now, Texas abortion clinics from lawsuits by an anti-abortion group under a new state abortion law. The law, which took effect Wednesday, allows anyone anywhere to sue anyone connected to an abortion in which cardiac activity was detected in the embryo. However, state District Judge
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors say the founders and managers of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com knew that the overwhelming majority of their revenue came from prostitution ads but tried to conceal it. Opening arguments began Friday in Phoenix in the case charging six former Backpage owners and executives with
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Court documents have identified 32-year-old Ahamed Samsudeen as the extremist who was shot and killed by police after he attacked people in an Auckland supermarket with a knife, injuring seven. New Zealand authorities have said he was inspired by the Islamic State group. He was
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A bond hearing is set for 2 p.m. on Friday for a woman accused of killing a 4 year-old boy from Jefferson City.
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By Kevin Dotson and Steve Almasy, CNN Hall of Fame boxer Oscar De La Hoya has been hospitalized with Covid-19, according to social media posts from the fighter. De La Hoya, who says he is fully vaccinated, also announced that his planned return to the ring after nearly 13 years away will be put on
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Big 12 is moving quickly on an expansion plan that could have the conference at 12 schools after Texas and Oklahoma leave, with BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston as the “most intriguing” candidates. Three people familiar with the Big 12′s talks say the eight schools
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Big 12 is moving quickly on an expansion plan that could have the conference at 12 schools after Texas and Oklahoma leave, with BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston as the “most intriguing” candidates. Three people familiar with the Big 12′s talks say the eight schools
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By CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An extraordinary number of Ecuadorians has been coming to the United States — often to New York. They surpassed El Salvadorans as the fourth-largest nationality encountered by U.S. authorities on the Mexican border, behind Mexicans, Guatemalans and Hondurans. That also has led to increasing numbers of
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s wife will be released from a Chicago hospital where she has been treated for COVID-19. A statement Friday from Jonathan Jackson, one of the couple’s five children, doesn’t specify when his 77-year-old mother, Jacqueline, would be released from Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Rev. Jackson, a famed civil rights leader
Continue Reading By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have placed outfielder Jarren Duran on the COVID-19-related injured list, bringing the team’s total to nine players added to the list in a span of a week. The Red Sox announced the move before Friday night’s home game against the Cleveland Indians. Manager
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Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hospitals in the heart of California’s Central Valley are running out of beds in their intensive care units because of an influx of coronavirus patients. State officials announced Friday that hospitals in the 12-county San Joaquin Valley region have had fewer than 10% of staffed adult ICU beds for three consecutive
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