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‘Please keep praying for me as I continue to get better’: Injured Little Leaguer speaks after transfer home
By Matt Foster and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The Instagram account set up to provide updates on injured Little Leaguer Easton Oliverson posted a video of the 12-year-old on Tuesday speaking after being transferred to his home state of Utah. The video posted on the @miraclesfortank account showed Easton thanking people for their prayers and encouraged
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The water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, has gotten so bad, the city temporarily ran out of bottled water to give to residents
By Amir Vera, Jason Hanna and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Recent torrential rain coupled with years of water system issues have resulted in a crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, where the city doesn’t have enough water to fight fires, flush toilets or even hand out to residents in need. Jackson’s main water treatment facility began failing Monday,
Continue ReadingChina arrests hundreds in rural banking scandal
By Nectar Gan, CNN Business Police in China have arrested 234 suspects allegedly involved in a rural banking scandal, a month after hundreds of depositors protested over their lost savings in one of the largest demonstrations the country has seen since the pandemic began. Since April, four rural banks in China’s central Henan province have
Continue ReadingAsia’s largest bird park to close
Heather Chen, CNN Jurong Bird Park, one of Singapore’s oldest and most iconic attractions, has announced that it will cease operations and shut its doors after more than 50 years. However, there is some good news. The world-famous park — home to some 3,500 birds including parrots, flamingos, penguins and eagles — will join the
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Drury homers, drives in 3 as Padres hold off Giants 6-5
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Clevinger came to the San Diego Padres from Cleveland, so he knows a thing or two about rain delays. He did a beautiful job weathering not one but two unusual stoppages Monday night. Brandon Drury hit a two-run homer in the first inning and
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Drury homers, drives in 3 as Padres hold off Giants 6-5
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Clevinger came to the San Diego Padres from Cleveland, so he knows a thing or two about rain delays. He did a beautiful job weathering not one but two unusual stoppages Monday night. Brandon Drury hit a two-run homer in the first inning and
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Drury homers, drives in 3 as Padres hold off Giants 6-5
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Clevinger came to the San Diego Padres from Cleveland, so he knows a thing or two about rain delays. He did a beautiful job weathering not one but two unusual stoppages Monday night. Brandon Drury hit a two-run homer in the first inning and
Continue Reading China shuts world’s largest electronics market as Shenzhen imposes more lockdowns
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s southern city of Shenzhen on Monday shut down the world’s largest electronics market and suspended public transport nearby as authorities enforced neighborhood-wide lockdowns in response to a small number of Covid cases. Huaqiangbei, a busy shopping area home to thousands of stalls selling computer components, mobile phone
Continue Reading Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is now the world’s third richest man
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Gautam Adani was already Asia’s richest man. Now he’s also the world’s third richest person, overtaking LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault and becoming the first Asian person to take that spot, according to Bloomberg and its Billionaires Index. Adani, who runs one of India’s top conglomerates, is now believed to be
Continue ReadingFukushima town lifts evacuation order, allowing former residents to return 11 years after nuclear disaster
By Emiko Jozuka and Jessie Yeung, CNN More than a decade after Japan’s worst nuclear disaster, the town that hosts the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant finally lifted its evacuation order on Tuesday, allowing former residents to come home. The town of Futaba, previously deemed off-limits, is the last of 11 districts to lift
Continue ReadingChris Dawson found guilty of murdering wife Lynette, ending 40-year Australian mystery
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN One of Australia’s longest-running cold cases has ended with the conviction of former high school teacher Chris Dawson for the murder of his wife Lynette in 1982, so he could start a new life with his then 16-year-old student. On Tuesday, Justice Ian Harrison found Dawson, 74, guilty following a three-month
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Highest and lowest paying education jobs in San Diego
Stacker compiled the highest paying education jobs in San Diego-Carlsbad, CA using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Continue Reading Judge hits 50th, Ohtani also goes deep as Angels edge Yanks
By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 50th home run of the season but Shohei Ohtani also went deep during their MVP showdown, and the Los Angeles Angels held off the slumping New York Yankees 4-3 on Monday night. The top two candidates for AL MVP both delivered
Continue Reading Judge hits 50th, Ohtani also goes deep as Angels edge Yanks
By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 50th home run of the season but Shohei Ohtani also went deep during their MVP showdown, and the Los Angeles Angels held off the slumping New York Yankees 4-3 on Monday night. The top two candidates for AL MVP both delivered
Continue Reading Judge hits 50th, Ohtani also goes deep as Angels edge Yanks
By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 50th home run of the season but Shohei Ohtani also went deep during their MVP showdown, and the Los Angeles Angels held off the slumping New York Yankees 4-3 on Monday night. The top two candidates for AL MVP both delivered
Continue Reading Investigators are still working to figure out why a shooter killed 2 people at an Oregon Safeway. Here’s what we know
By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN As shoppers at a grocery in Bend, Oregon, meandered down aisles and considered produce choices Sunday night, a 20-year-old gunman burst into the Safeway store and began firing, killing two people and injuring at least two others. Police responded to the Forum Shopping Center around 7 p.m., authorities said. Rushing in,
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City of Brawley enforcing speed and traffic safety
The Brawley Police Department says it’s cracking down on speeders.
Continue Reading Carroll’s double in debut caps comeback, D-backs beat Phils
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Corbin Carroll’s ability to hit helped the Arizona Diamondbacks win in his big league debut on Monday night. The top prospect’s ability to run helped him dodge a would-be postgame shower. Carroll had a go-ahead, two-run double to break a fifth-inning tie and the Diamondbacks climbed
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Carroll’s double in debut caps comeback, D-backs beat Phils
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Corbin Carroll’s ability to hit helped the Arizona Diamondbacks win in his big league debut on Monday night. The top prospect’s ability to run helped him dodge a would-be postgame shower. Carroll had a go-ahead, two-run double to break a fifth-inning tie and the Diamondbacks climbed
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