By KIM COOK Associated Press The thermostat has officially hit swelter. Whether you’re trying to play in the backyard or just chill outdoors, there’s a bunch of new ideas and gear designed to help everyone stay cool. First, architects say there are simple ways to make an outdoor space more heat-wave friendly. Make sure you
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Record rainfall caused widespread flash flooding across the St. Louis area early Tuesday, closing multiple roadways and prompting rescues from vehicles and homes. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but damage was widespread after a massive downpour dropped more than 11 inches (28 centimeters) of
Continue Reading KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese lawmakers have voted to use a $150 million World Bank loan to import wheat for its cash-strapped country. The parliamentary vote on Tuesday is aimed at stabilizing bread prices for at least the next six months. Lebanon, already mired in an economic crisis that pulled three-quarters of
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and MARCIA DUNN Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s space chief says the country will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost. Yuri Borisov, who was appointed earlier this month to lead the state-controlled space corporation Roscosmos, said during Tuesday’s meeting with
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of the two Republicans serving on the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, said Tuesday he is seeing some positive developments out of the Justice Department’s investigation into the riot. Kinzinger was speaking to CNN’s Brianna Keilar on “New Day”
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Best-selling American writers Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth Strout and Leila Mottley are among 13 authors in the running for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Fowler’s “Booth,” and Strout’s “Oh William!” are among six books by Americans on the longlist announced Tuesday for the 50,000 pound ($60,000)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators say a mistake by the captain of an American Airlines flight caused the plane’s wing to clip the ground during takeoff from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport in 2019. The National Transportation Safety Board says the captain applied too much rudder power to offset a crosswind, causing the
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Unilever says it raised prices by more than 11% between April and June as inflation surged. The consumer goods giant said Tuesday that underlying sales growth of 8.1% in the first half of the year was driven by rising prices to offset the higher costs it paid to create everything from Ben
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Dos meses después de que Estados Unidos confirmara su primer caso de la viruela del mono, el total ha aumentado a unos 2.900. Sin embargo, los detalles sobre esos contagios y otros datos epidemiológicos no se difunden tan rápido como el propio virus, lo que deja vacíos en la respuesta contra la
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By Uliana Pavlova and Kristin Fisher, CNN Russia says it is planning to pull out of the International Space Station and end its decades-long partnership with NASA at the orbiting outpost, according to the newly appointed head of Russia’s space agency. Roscosmos chief Yury Borisov told Russian President Vladimir Putin that “the decision to leave
Continue Reading By KIM COOK Associated Press The thermostat has officially hit swelter. Whether you’re trying to play in the backyard or just chill outdoors, there’s a bunch of new ideas and gear designed to help everyone stay cool. First, architects say there are simple ways to make an outdoor space more heat-wave friendly. Make sure you
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna, Caroll Alvarado and Raja Razek, CNN Torrential and record-breaking rainfall caused widespread flash flooding in the St. Louis area Tuesday morning, killing at least one person, forcing rescues of people trapped in vehicles and homes, and spurring road closures including on part of Interstate 70, officials said. In St. Louis itself, more
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN Another set of human remains was found at Lake Mead Monday as the reservoir’s water levels continue to recede, according to a news release from the National Park Service. Park rangers responded to a report of human remains found in the park’s Swim Beach area in Boulder City, Nevada, at about
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks are lower on Wall Street in afternoon trading Tuesday after Walmart warned that inflation was negatively impacting American consumers’ spending power. The S&P 500 was down 1.3% as of 2:42 p.m. Eastern, wiping out modest gains from a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 247
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Rusia se retirará del proyecto de la Estación Espacial Internacional “después de 2024” tras cumplir sus obligaciones, según la lectura del Kremlin de una reunión entre el recién nombrado jefe de Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, y el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin. “Saben que estamos trabajando en el marco de la
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Brasil, las campeonas absolutas de la región, llegan a la Copa América Femenina a defender su trono como las más veces campeonas de este torneo. “As Canarinhas”, como se les conoce también llegan como la selección que menos derrotas ha recibido en la historia del campeonato. Desde su primera
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Business The European Union has agreed to ration its natural gas this winter to prevent a severe supply shock. But the bloc has watered down its ambitions by offering countries some significant leeway. On Tuesday, EU energy ministers agreed to a voluntary target to reduce gas usage by 15% between August
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Nick Cannon is a dad again. The actor and talk-show host welcomed a son with model Bre Tiesi. Tiesi shared a series of photos from the birth on her verified Instagram account, writing “I did it. An all natural unmedicated home birth.” “This was the most humbling / limit pushing
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business McDonald’s has been raising menu prices and customers are eating it up. Sales at McDonald’s US restaurants open at least 13 months jumped 3.7% in the second quarter, the company said Tuesday. That growth was driven by higher menu prices and “value offerings” on its regular menu as well as
Continue ReadingBy David Amelotti Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Local doctors are raising concern as two Cardinals stars raise questions about the coronavirus vaccine. They worry that doubting proven science could put others at risk. These two players have competed for months without the shot. It seems everyone has
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