By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Single-use plastic cutlery, plates and other items will be banned in the UK from October and replaced by biodegradable items as the government seeks to tackle the country’s — and the world’s — growing plastic waste problem. The UK has already banned some single-use plastic items, including straws, stirrers and cotton
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Una fuerte tormenta está atravesando el país con tornados dañinos en el sur —donde murió una madre y su hijo—, y con condiciones de ventisca que golpearon a Colorado y sus llanuras, provocando el cierre de carreteras interestatales y problemas de viaje. El sistema de tormentas que se desplaza hacia el
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Mobley Click here for updates on this story LOUISBURG, Kansas (KCTV) — A woman across the country lost her beloved dog and, after months of searching, she thought she’d never see him again. Now, he might be home just in time for Christmas! Heather Reichart finds strays in her Kansas pasture all the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Grant Wahl died of a ruptured blood vessel when he was stricken while covering a World Cup match last weekend, according to an autopsy of the well-known American soccer writer. Wahl’s wife, Dr. Céline Gounder, said Wednesday that an autopsy was conducted by the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office. “Grant
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Mobley Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (KCTV) — The Independence school board has voted and the school district will move to a four-day school week. The below message was posted on the school district’s website Tuesday night: The Independence School District will move to a four-day instructional week beginning
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN “The Voice” Season 22 has a winner. Spoiler warning ahead. Bryce Leatherwood from Team Blake has been crowned the latest winner of the singing competition show. He performed coach Blake Shelton’s version “Goodbye Time” for his blind audition. Shelton, who early on said Leatherwood had the perfect country name for a
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Reem Al-Haddad still remembers how excited she felt when Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup. As a starry-eyed, soccer-mad 11-year-old, Al-Haddad screamed with joy as she watched former FIFA President Sepp Blatter open an envelope, revealing Qatar’s name, live on television, in 2010. That one of the
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong’s High Court ruled on Wednesday that a decision by police to ban a Tiananmen square vigil last year was “unlawful,” thereby overturning an earlier conviction against jailed pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung, who helped organize the event. For three decades, Hong Kong has been the only place on Chinese-controlled soil
Continue ReadingBy Susan El Khoury Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A teenager taken into custody in connection to the murder of a St. Louis dad, was not supposed to be out on the streets, according to a police source. On Monday, 43-year-old Carlos Morton was shot and killed at
Continue ReadingDOHA, Qatar (AP) — A security guard died after suffering a fall at a World Cup stadium in Qatar, tournament organizers said on Wednesday. The Supreme Committee said that John Njau Kibue fell at Lusail Stadium on Saturday. He was taken to the hospital and put in intensive care but died on Tuesday, the organizers
Continue ReadingDOHA, Qatar (AP) — A security guard died after suffering a fall at a World Cup stadium in Qatar, tournament organizers said on Wednesday. The Supreme Committee said that John Njau Kibue fell at Lusail Stadium on Saturday. He was taken to the hospital and put in intensive care but died on Tuesday, the organizers
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN Grant Wahl, the American soccer reporter who collapsed and died while covering the World Cup in Qatar last week, died of an aortic aneurysm that ruptured, his wife, Dr. Celine Gounder, said Wednesday. “It’s just one of these things that had been likely brewing for years, and
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Whitebark pine trees can live more than 1,000 years, but in just two decades more than a quarter of the trees that are a key food source for some grizzly bears have been killed by disease, climate change, wildfires and voracious beetles, government officials said as
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Whitebark pine trees can live more than 1,000 years, but in just two decades more than a quarter of the trees that are a key food source for some grizzly bears have been killed by disease, climate change, wildfires and voracious beetles, government officials said as
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Whitebark pine trees can live more than 1,000 years, but in just two decades more than a quarter of the trees that are a key food source for some grizzly bears have been killed by disease, climate change, wildfires and voracious beetles, government officials said as
Continue ReadingBy Matt Phillips, CNN Two police officers were shot and killed early Wednesday morning in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, officials said. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves identified the slain officers as Officer Branden Estorffe and Sgt. Steven Robin, according to a tweet from his verified account. “I am heartbroken by this terrible loss of two brave
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Nearly half of US states do not collect data on the number of incarcerated women with children making it difficult for some nonprofits to provide services to those youth, according to a new report released Wednesday. The study, conducted between July and October of this year by the nonprofit Girls
Continue ReadingBy Dan Greenwald and Shoshana Stahl Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A customer shot an employee at a KFC in the Central West End after he was told the restaurant was out of corn, police say. The shooting happened at the location in the 5000 block of Delmar
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Scarlett Johansson is opening up about some of her early roles. During a conversation on the “Table for Two” podcast on Tuesday, Johansson described how she felt while filming her 2003 movies “Lost in Translation” and “Girl with a Pearl Earring” while she was still a teenager. “It sort of was
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Chelsea striker Armando Broja is set to miss the rest of the season after rupturing a knee ligament. The Albania international was injured in a collision with Ezri Konsa in the first half of a 1-0 loss in a friendly against Aston Villa in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. The 21-year-old forward was
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