By Greg Payne Click here for updates on this story LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Missouri (KCTV) — Angela Brodeur’s kids were taking a swim in the pool around 1 a.m. when they noticed huge flashes near the Odessa water tower. “My youngest came running in the house and stated something was going on in town, like the
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Sanders Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A 36-year-old man armed with an axe was charged in connection to a Metro East home invasion Tuesday. Michael Slusser was charged with aggravated stalking and criminal damage to property. He is being held on a $150,000 bond. According to
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv Actualización: Rafael Nadal se retira de la semifinal de Wimbledon (CNN Español) — Si se hubiese llevado a cabo, habría sido un partido de tenis épico: Rafael Nadal debía enfrentar a Nick Kyrgios en las semifinales de Wimbledon. Varias cosas alrededor del encuentro son noticia, pero el astro español no llegó en plena forma
Continue ReadingBy Eliza Mackintosh and Luke McGee, CNN The race to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ramping up, with 11 candidates declaring their intention to run, many on platforms of lowering taxes and promises to clean up government following Johnson’s crisis-plagued leadership. Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative party backbenchers
Continue ReadingCNN, UK PARLIMENT TV, ITN, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY By Eliza Mackintosh and Luke McGee, CNN As crisis after crisis has engulfed Boris Johnson in recent months, so rivals of Britain’s beleaguered Prime Minister have been plotting behind closed doors to replace him. In the wake of the so-called partygate scandal over illegal gatherings held at Downing
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday awarded the presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 Americans, including Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, soccer star Megan Rapinoe and Gold Star father Khizr Khan. The 17 individuals are the first people Biden has awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor since taking office.
Continue ReadingGOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… For the most part, storm activity has moved off to the NE and left us under partly cloudy skies for the day. Just enough cool air is mixing in to keep us a little below average, like yesterday. Highs will be in the upper 70’s to low 80’s and NW breezes
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay and Ben Church, CNN Ons Jabeur reached her first grand slam final with a 6-2 3-6 6-1 victory against Tatjana Maria at Wimbledon on Thursday. Tunisia’s Jabeur had already made history at this year’s Wimbledon as the first Arab or North African woman to compete in the semifinals of a grand slam,
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NORTH BERWICK, Scotland (AP) — Cameron Tringale has spent 12 years trying to get his first PGA Tour win. Maybe that can change in Scotland. Tringale had the lowest round of his tour career with a 61 in the Scottish Open for a three-shot lead. The tournament is co-sanctioned
Continue ReadingCNN By Anna Chernova, Abby Phillip, Dakin Andone and Alaa Elassar, CNN Two-time US Olympic basketball gold medalist Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drug charges in a Russian court near Moscow, her lawyers confirmed to CNN on Thursday. Griner, whom the US State Department has classified as wrongfully detained, faces up to 10 years
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, WNBA, CHICAGO SKY, HOST TV, G20, PHOENIX MERCURY, SKY NEWS, RUSSIA 24, RUSSIAN FEDERAL CUSTOMS SERVICE, WNBA/Chicago Sky By Anna Chernova and Dakin Andone, CNN Two-time US Olympic basketball gold medalist Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drug charges in a Russian court near Moscow, her lawyers confirmed to CNN on Thursday. Griner,
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Ons Jabeur has reached her first Grand Slam final with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 victory over good friend Tatjana Maria at Wimbledon. Jabeur is a 27-year-old from Tunisia who is the first African woman and Arab woman to get to the title match at a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says his government’s police and soldiers are dying on a “daily” basis as the country grapples with insurgencies in Oromia and elsewhere. Abiy in a parliamentary address repeated a vow to destroy the Oromo Liberation Army, a rebel group his government blames for two
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Economic uncertainty and recession fears have yet to take the shine off a robust labor market, but investors and Federal Reserve officials will be carefully parsing the details of Friday’s jobs report for any sign of softening. The monthly government employment snapshot from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN Paleontologists in Argentina have discovered a new species of dinosaur, with disproportionately short arms like those of Tyrannosaurus rex. A fossil of Meraxes gigas, as the new dinosaur has been called, was found in what is now the northern Patagonia region of Argentina, revealing that the creature was 11 meters (36
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A sorority accused of charging University of Washington students for housing they couldn’t stay in during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic will pay more than $250,000 in refunds. The Washington state Attorney General’s Office announced the consent decree Wednesday, The Seattle Times reported. Early last year, Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s
Continue ReadingLONGWY, France (AP) — Tadej Pogačar has won the sixth and longest stage of the Tour de France on Thursday to take the yellow jersey. The Slovenian pulled away in the sprint finish to take his first stage win this year after victory in the 2020 and 2021 Tours. He leads the Tour by four
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — A lawyer representing an Israeli woman convicted on drug charges in the United Arab Emirates says she has been sentenced to life in prison. The UAE court had initially sentenced her to death but cancelled it last week. Israel says it has closely followed the case. The UAE normalized relations with Israel
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Republican Party has its third new leader in less than 18 months, after the unexpected resignation of its acting chair last week. Justin Hwang, a Gresham restaurateur and former legislative candidate, has stepped into the role of party chair following his election to vice-chair in late May, the party
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish prosecutors say they have decided to look into allegations by a daughter of a former president of Angola that a conspiracy is behind her father’s serious illness. Former President José Eduardo dos Santos is in a coma in a Barcelona clinic. Catalan police have also
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