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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A day after being spurned by Kansas City Southern, Canadian National Railway is facing additional pressure from a major investor who wants CN to abandon its effort to buy the U.S. railroad. The London-based investment firm TCI Fund — which owns about 5% of CN’s
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The long-delayed Tony Awards have landed two impressive master of ceremonies: Tony- and Grammy-winning singer and actor Leslie Odom Jr. will host a splashy TV special, and the awards will be hosted by Tony-, Grammy- and Emmy Award-winning actor and singer Audra McDonald. Producers of
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN At least 240 prisoners have escaped in a prison break in Nigeria’s north-central Kogi State after gunmen carried out a blitz attack on the facility, prison authorities said Monday. A spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Service said in a statement the correctional facility in Kogi’s Kabba district came under fire from
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, CNN Democrats’ ability to reimagine the social safety net and cement their and President Joe Biden’s domestic policy legacy for decades to come is about to be tested like never before. This September, senators return to Capitol Hill with a crushing set of deadlines, a looming debt ceiling crisis, oversight to conduct
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Fox, CNN Democrats’ ability to reimagine the social safety net and cement their and President Joe Biden’s domestic policy legacy for decades to come is about to be tested like never before. This September, senators return to Capitol Hill with a crushing set of deadlines, a looming debt ceiling crisis, oversight to
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA VIDAL Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES, Missouri (KMOV) — Heaviness set over the St. Charles County community, as people made their way inside Baue Funeral Home Saturday afternoon to honor fallen service member Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz. “It’s very, very heavy on our hearts,” said Lawrence Danielson. “We’re paying
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The season-ending WTA Finals have been moved from China to the Mexican city of Guadalajara. The tournament was supposed to be held in the Chinese city of Shenzhen in November. The WTA didn’t give a reason for the switch but says the event would be back in Shenzhen next year.
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Si bien es posible que la variante delta del coronavirus no cause una enfermedad más grave, si el virus es más transmisible puede hacerlo más peligroso, dijo este lunes la directora de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés),
Continue ReadingBy REBEKKA SCHRAMM Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — At the end of the last school year, after the pandemic forced schools to go virtual, Jeana Buckner looked for a summer program for her 5-year-old autistic daughter Jordyn to help make up some of the learning she had lost.
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — The soccer game between Nice and Marseille that was abandoned last month because of fan violence has been rescheduled for Oct. 27. Nice was handed a two-point penalty with one suspended. The game was abandoned with 15 minutes left after home fans threw projectiles and invaded the field. It will be replayed
Continue ReadingBy CAMERON TAYLOR Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — On Monday some of country music’s biggest stars will come together to help Humphreys County. It’s for Loretta Lynn’s Friends: Hometown Rising benefit concert at the Grand Ole Opry. Tayla Lynn said her grandmother wanted to help the people in Humphreys
Continue ReadingBy LEE PECK Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A domestic dispute between two juveniles sends a girl to the hospital and a male juvenile is now accused of the crime. It happened last night just before 9 o’clock in the 300 block of Azalea Road. A viewer, who called
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Sunday rejected claims that decisions by the high court are driven by political views at a speech at the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center. “My goal today is to convince you that this court is not comprised of a bunch of partisan hacks,” the
Continue Reading GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina say a large granite monument honoring 9-11 victims was defaced by vandals who spray-painted “Taliban” on it in two places. WYFF-TV reports that the granite statue is made of two towers, each weighing 4,000 pounds with a light beam in Greenville County. Paul Nichols, founder and CEO
Continue Reading By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who alleges that he was raped by multiple staffers at New Hampshire’s youth detention center in the 1990s has filed the first lawsuit against the state, the facility and former workers since a judge dismissed a class action suit in May. Four former Youth
Continue Reading By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who alleges that he was raped by multiple staffers at New Hampshire’s youth detention center in the 1990s has filed the first lawsuit against the state, the facility and former workers since a judge dismissed a class action suit in May. Four former Youth
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Gabrielle Union is recounting the difficult path she had to take to welcome her daughter with husband Dwyane Wade. She shares details of the journey in her new book, called, “You Got Something Stronger?” In an excerpt published by Time, the actress talks about resisting her doctor’s suggestion they use
Continue Reading BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says forward Martin Braithwaite will need surgery on his left knee. The club says the Danish player has not responded well to conservative treatment and will undergo surgery in the coming days. Barcelona did not say how long Braithwaite is expected to be sidelined. He had made three appearances in
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — An Israeli-French-American Holocaust survivor and historian and a U.S. scientist specializing in gut bacteria were among the recipients this year’s Balzan Prizes, recognizing scholarly and scientific achievements. The prizes were announced on Monday. Saul Friedlander, was awarded the prize for Holocaust and Genocide Studies for his work
Continue Reading By RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hot spots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap, a World Bank report has found. The second part
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