By GREG PAYNE Click here for updates on this story JOHNSON COUNTY, Kansas (KCTV) — The pop duo “Dan + Shay” performed at the T-Mobile Center last weekend. The two already have ties to the area. Dan Smyers is married to a Shawnee Mission East and Mizzou grad. Now after their last local performance they
Continue ReadingBy KCTV Staff Click here for updates on this story MEHLVILLE, Missouri (KCTV) — Two Missouri Department of Transportation workers were killed in a Thursday morning crash in South County. James Brooks and Kaitlyn Anderson were killed in the incident, MoDOT said in a statement. Brooks, 58, was a senior maintenance worker and worked for
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Dale Democrat Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman who ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate in 2018 and the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, announced last week that he is running for Texas governor in 2022. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who announced Tuesday that he had filed to run for reelection, started
Continue ReadingIGLS, Austria (AP) — Germany swept a pair of World Cup bobsled races on Sunday. Francesco Friedrich won the four-man race and Laura Nolte drove to victory in the women’s event. Brad Hall of Britain and Johannes Lochner of Germany shared the silver medal in the four-man race. The top U.S. finish on Sunday came
Continue ReadingMANCHESTER, England (AP) — Joao Cancelo’s latest brilliant assist and a long-range thunderbolt from Rodri led Manchester City to a 3-0 win over Everton in the Premier League. It lifted the defending champions back to within three points of leader Chelsea. Raheem Sterling was the recipient of an outside-of-the-foot pass by Cancelo that pierced Everton’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Devan Cole, CNN New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on Sunday criticized members of his party who are looking to retaliate against 13 GOP House members who voted to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, saying they “have their priorities screwed up.” “When we talk about kicking people off of committees
Continue ReadingReuters El Salvador plans to build the world’s first “Bitcoin City”, funded initially by bitcoin-backed bonds, President Nayib Bukele said on Saturday, doubling down on his bet to harness the crypto currency to fuel investment in the Central American country. Speaking at an event closing a week-long promotion of bitcoin in El Salvador, Bukele said
Continue ReadingCNN, NYSE, BITO ETF, COINBASE, ROBINHOOD Reuters El Salvador plans to build the world’s first “Bitcoin City”, funded initially by bitcoin-backed bonds, President Nayib Bukele said on Saturday, doubling down on his bet to harness the crypto currency to fuel investment in the Central American country. Speaking at an event closing a week-long promotion of
Continue ReadingBy LEE PECK Click here for updates on this story SEMMES, Alabama (WALA) — You’ve heard of tiny houses — but what about tiny churches? They’re a thing and just over the hill of Loblolly Farm in Semmes, nestled against the pines is what owner Gary Smith calls the “Smallest Church on Earth.” “The little
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story FOLEY, Alabama (WALA) — They packed them in Saturday morning at the Park at Owa — not for the thrills, but to raise awareness for heart disease and stroke as the 2021 Baldwin Heart Walk made a return. Like she’s done in the past, FOX10’s
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BARRAZA Associated Press LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says his government will build an oceanside “Bitcoin City” at the base of a volcano. The announcement came in a rock concert-like atmosphere at a gathering gathering of Bitcoin enthusiasts Saturday night. Bukele says a bond offering in 2022
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Rayo Vallecano tries to remain unbeaten at home in the Spanish league when it hosts Mallorca. It hasn’t lost in six straight home matches in what is its best run since 2002. Mallorca is winless in five consecutive league matches. Also Monday, Hellas Verona hosts Empoli looking to extend a four-match
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republicans fighting President Joe Biden’s coronavirus vaccine mandates are wielding a new weapon against the White House rules: natural immunity. This week, Florida wrote natural immunity into state law as GOP lawmakers elsewhere are pushing similar measures to sidestep vaccine mandates. Lawsuits over the mandates have
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republicans fighting President Joe Biden’s coronavirus vaccine mandates are wielding a new weapon against the White House rules: natural immunity. This week, Florida wrote natural immunity into state law as GOP lawmakers elsewhere are pushing similar measures to sidestep vaccine mandates. Lawsuits over the mandates have
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Much of downtown Des Moines, Iowa, has been transformed in the past decade by new apartments, shops and restaurants, but a stench from animal processing plants still often lingers over all that shiny new development. Many other cities across the country are dealing with similar
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Much of downtown Des Moines, Iowa, has been transformed in the past decade by new apartments, shops and restaurants, but a stench from animal processing plants still often lingers over all that shiny new development. Many other cities across the country are dealing with similar
Continue ReadingYANQING, China (AP) — Madeleine Egle of Austria has won the first World Cup women’s singles gold medal of her career. She prevailed Sunday in the season opener on the track built for this winter’s Beijing Olympics. USA Luge got its first medals of the World Cup season later Sunday. The team of Ashley Farquharson,
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish Beto O’Rourke, who announced his campaign for Texas governor last week, declined to invite President Joe Biden to campaign alongside him, pushing a message of nonpartisan unity in his upcoming bid for the highest office in Texas. O’Rourke said his campaign is “not going to be about anyone from outside of our
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s minister of the sea has vowed to “continue the fight” in the country’s dispute with Britain over fishing rights. Annick Girardin met with fishermen in northern France on Sunday. She told reporters “we fight every day for these ships, for these licenses and we will not give up.” Girardin denounced the
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s minister of the sea has vowed to “continue the fight” in the country’s dispute with Britain over fishing rights. Annick Girardin met with fishermen in northern France on Sunday. She told reporters “we fight every day for these ships, for these licenses and we will not give up.” Girardin denounced the
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