By Nathan Vickers Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A local barber survived a shooting late last week after an angry customer allegedly opened fire. Dráque Murff, the owner of Dráque’s Barbershop on 39th Street, was home recovering Thursday. He told KCTV5 the man had come to his shop
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Elam, CNN As the extended drought has left vegetation dry, brittle and ripe for burning, fire officials in Southern California are bracing for another challenging summer and fall of wildfires amid a shortage of firefighting crews and increased workloads. “We’re expecting a hotter, drier summer this year leading into the fall when we
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia’s central bank has cut interest rates back to their prewar levels. The bank said Friday that inflation and economic activity are developing better than expected despite sweeping Western sanctions imposed in response to the war in Ukraine. The bank lowered its key rate by 1.5 percentage points, to 9.5%. The
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia’s central bank has cut interest rates back to their prewar levels. The bank said Friday that inflation and economic activity are developing better than expected despite sweeping Western sanctions imposed in response to the war in Ukraine. The bank lowered its key rate by 1.5 percentage points, to 9.5%. The
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state-run media say Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on a two-day state visit. The report says a high-ranking political and economic delegation from Venezuela, which like Iran is under heavy U.S. sanctions, is accompanying Maduro on the visit, following an invitation from Iran’s hard-line
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP, ANDREW DEMILLO and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A local district attorney’s race in Maine wasn’t generating much attention until a political action committee linked to a deep-pocketed liberal donor with international name recognition suddenly took an interest. A super PAC funded by George Soros, the billionaire investor, philanthropist
Continue ReadingWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A man diagnosed with schizophrenia has been found competent to stand trial in Florida in the stabbing of a teenager. Lawyers for Semmie Williams had argued — over his objections — that he should be found incompetent and sent to a forensic mental health facility. Fourteen-year-old Ryan Rogers went
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business The pain of higher prices continues for US consumers. Record gas prices drove inflation to 8.6% for the 12 months ending in May, higher than the pace in April, according to the latest Consumer Price Index, the government’s basic inflation measure. The reading for core CPI, which strips out volatile
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police have detained dozens of truckers blocking traffic and disrupting movement of goods near factories as a nationwide strike extends into a fourth day. The truckers are urging the government to provide a minimum income in the face of soaring fuel prices that are squeezing their finances. Government
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police have detained dozens of truckers blocking traffic and disrupting movement of goods near factories as a nationwide strike extends into a fourth day. The truckers are urging the government to provide a minimum income in the face of soaring fuel prices that are squeezing their finances. Government
Continue ReadingBy Pedram Javaheri and Allison Chinchar, CNN meteorologists The two largest fires in New Mexico history are happening simultaneously and are only expected to get bigger through the weekend. The wildfires — the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire just northeast of Santa Fe and the Black Fire in the Gila National Forest — continue to burn at
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN The Swedish city of Malmö is taking dirty talk to a whole new level in its latest effort to clean up the streets. By installing talking garbage cans that dish out racy audio messages after being fed trash, authorities are hoping for an increase in rubbish being deposited. Pedestrians that drop
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Diecisiete meses pasaron en un instante. La imagen de vandalismo indómito y violencia fascista desatada por un presidente autoritario que abusa de su poder que se pintó este jueves en la primera audiencia en horario estelar de la comisión del 6 de enero de 2021 fue casi más aterradora que cuando
Continue ReadingCNN By Jamie Gangel, Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Jeremy Herb, CNN Conservative Republican election attorney Ben Ginsberg will be among the witnesses testifying Monday before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, as the panel seeks to scrutinize how former President Donald Trump’s election lies led to
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Russian suspect in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine has appealed in a video statement to a Dutch court to be declared innocent. The statement Friday came as judges adjourned the long-running trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s law minister says the government has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty and allow judges to set alternative punishments for a range of offenses. Wan Junadi Tuanku Jaafar said in a statement Friday that the Cabinet will study other proposed punishments for 11 offenses that currently
Continue ReadingBAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Charles Leclerc has set the fastest time of the day in second practice for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as he aims to turn around his recent run of disappointing race results. Sergio Pérez led the first session. Leclerc set the pace for Ferrari with a lap of 1 minute 43.224 seconds
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Regional emergency workers say four workers have been injured when a stage being prepared for a music festival collapsed in northwestern Spain. Spanish National Television said 20 people had been working on the main stage when the accident occurred Friday outside the city of Santiago de Compostela. The four workers were temporarily
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent An active-duty member of the US military based in Stuttgart, Germany has been identified as having the military’s first known case of monkeypox, a US European Command spokesperson told CNN in a statement. The service member “recently tested positive for monkeypox,” Captain William Speaks, USN, said in a statement.
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El papa Francisco pospuso su visita de julio a África debido a un problema en su rodilla, según informó este viernes la oficina de prensa del Vaticano en un comunicado. “A petición de sus médicos, y para no poner en peligro los resultados de la terapia a la que se
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