By Kara Peters Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes held a town hall meeting to discuss water bill and sewage issues. Stokes said he hopes more can be done to help people with inflated bills. The meeting was held Monday night at Cornerstone Baptist Church.
Continue ReadingVictoria Fernandez (CNN) — La invasión rusa de Ucrania está contribuyendo a un fuerte aumento del número de personas que sufren inseguridad alimentaria severa en América Latina y el Caribe, advirtió este martes el Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) de las Naciones Unidas en un comunicado, aumentando la presión sobre una región que ya sufre
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NEW YORK (AP) — The business arm of the baseball players’ association has reached a licensing deal with the marketing organization for retired major leaguers. MLB Players Inc., an affiliate of the Major League Baseball Players Association, said Tuesday it reached a multiyear agreement with Major League Alumni Marketing, a for-profit subsidiary of the Major
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NEW YORK (AP) — The business arm of the baseball players’ association has reached a licensing deal with the marketing organization for retired major leaguers. MLB Players Inc., an affiliate of the Major League Baseball Players Association, said Tuesday it reached a multiyear agreement with Major League Alumni Marketing, a for-profit subsidiary of the Major
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NEW YORK (AP) — The business arm of the baseball players’ association has reached a licensing deal with the marketing organization for retired major leaguers. MLB Players Inc., an affiliate of the Major League Baseball Players Association, said Tuesday it reached a multiyear agreement with Major League Alumni Marketing, a for-profit subsidiary of the Major
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN An extremely rare disease called monkeypox, a much less severe cousin of smallpox, is spreading around the world. More than 250 cases have been reported in at least 16 countries, according to the World Health Organization. Experts say it is spread by close and prolonged contact with an infected individual. “The
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BEIJING (AP) — Airbnb Inc. will stop listing homes and experiences inside China this summer and instead focus its business in the country on serving Chinese tourists looking for lodgings abroad, a company official said on social media Tuesday. Airbnb began listings in China in 2016, but they have still accounted for only about 1%
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has ended his career as a singles tennis player with a 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (0) loss to Casper Ruud in the first round of the French Open. Tsonga was ranked as high as No. 5, reached the 2008 Australian Open final
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has ended his career as a singles tennis player with a 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (0) loss to Casper Ruud in the first round of the French Open. Tsonga was ranked as high as No. 5, reached the 2008 Australian Open final
Continue ReadingBy KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ALAMITOS, California (KABC) — A three-alarm fire erupted Tuesday morning at a commercial building in Los Alamitos, prompting a massive response from firefighters. The fire began about 5:31 a.m. at a single-story structure near the intersection of Kyle and Catalina streets, according to the
Continue ReadingBy Jory Rand, Rachel Brown Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A nurse who traveled across the country to help others by working at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles was robbed of all her worldly possessions — including her beloved dog Bexley. However, after a frantic search, Bexley was found Monday.
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN NASA’s Earth Observatory has released satellite images of an undersea volcano erupting. The image, taken on May 14 by the Operational Land Imager 2 on the Landsat 9 satellite, shows a plume of discolored water being emitted from the submarine volcano. The satellite is designed to capture high-resolution images of our
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Janfaza and Andrew Menezes, CNN It’s Election Day in Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas and Minnesota (well, at least in the latter’s 1st Congressional District). The Republican primaries for governor and Senate in Georgia have captured national attention, with former President Donald Trump flexing his endorsement muscle for former US Sen. David Perdue, who
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Shaun Norris is headed home to South Africa to see his young children and decide on his future. The 40-year-old is coming back to the United States in three weeks for the U.S. Open. But he’s been traveling the world for a decade, and that’s
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Shaun Norris is headed home to South Africa to see his young children and decide on his future. The 40-year-old is coming back to the United States in three weeks for the U.S. Open. But he’s been traveling the world for a decade, and that’s
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — La vacuna fue la herramienta clave para lograr erradicar la viruela, pero ¿qué pasa ahora con la viruela del mono? Existe una vacuna específica para esta enfermedad, pero no hay una disponibilidad amplia a nivel mundial, y la vacuna contra la viruela que también podría brindar protección ya no se
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Get your tickets because Bruce Springsteen is hitting the road next year. “The Boss” and the E Street Band will kick off their next tour in 2023, their first together since 2017. The first stop is April 28 in Barcelona. Springsteen posted the European leg of the tour to his Instagram
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Es probable que la gente de todo el mundo pierda entre 50 y 58 horas de sueño al año para el 2099 debido al calentamiento global, según revela un nuevo estudio. Los investigadores utilizaron muñequeras con acelerómetros internos para medir la duración y el ritmo del sueño en más de 47.000 adultos
Continue Reading APRICA, Italy (AP) — Czech cyclist Jan Hirt won the tough 16th stage of the Giro d’Italia for his first grand tour victory. Richard Carapaz kept the pink jersey as the race headed into a final week in the high mountains. The 202-kilometer route from Salo to Aprica included one of the sport’s toughest climbs
Continue Reading APRICA, Italy (AP) — Czech cyclist Jan Hirt won the tough 16th stage of the Giro d’Italia for his first grand tour victory. Richard Carapaz kept the pink jersey as the race headed into a final week in the high mountains. The 202-kilometer route from Salo to Aprica included one of the sport’s toughest climbs
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