By Kathleen Toner, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Growing up in his South Philly neighborhood, Tyrique Glasgow fell into street life at a young age. The experience left him with 11 bullet wounds and a prison record – all of which had roots in the same place. “(I) sold drugs on Taney Street. Got shot on
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By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Victoria Butenko, Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — The death toll from Russia’s heavy bombardment of Ukraine’s capital this week has risen to 31 people, marking the deadliest single attack on Kyiv in a year, Ukrainian officials said on Friday. The vast majority were killed in a single strike on an
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If you love history, we are seeking sponsors and contributors to support this column. Contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com for details and/or donate via Venmo @bobfordshistory. “It’s almost like our state denies what happened here,” complains Paul Bahnmaier, president of the Territorial Capital Museum in Lecompton, Kansas. “We were visiting Fort Sumter last summer and the
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By Lauren Chadwick, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris said she would not run for public office because the system is “broken,” as she reflected on her decision not to pursue a gubernatorial run in California and spoke about what she views as “capitulation” by those tasked with guarding democracy during
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Research vessel Blue Heron trawls the Great Lakes, gathering data from the water. The floating laboratory’s most recent discovery, however, came from an unexpected location: its own rudder. While docked after a long cruise to study algae blooms in lakes Erie and Superior in September, the crew noticed a
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Good morning all! The pleasant weather trend will continue over the next few days, but we will add in some haziness into the mix. Smoke from wildfires in Arizona and Canada has entered our local skies and could pose risks for our most sensitive groups. Most of the smoke
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By Asuka Koda, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Anna Wolfson says she sees dangerous misuse of the allergy medication diphenhydramine in her clinic every day. “If someone has an allergic reaction to a food, people will say, ‘Don’t worry, I have diphenhydramine in my purse,’ and I would say, ‘Really, epinephrine is the first-line treatment for
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British writer Allan Ahlberg, author of more than 150 children’s books including classics like “Each Peach Pear Plum” and “The Jolly Postman,” has died, his publisher said Friday. He was 87. Penguin Random House said Ahlberg died on Tuesday. It did not give a cause of death.
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — China’s Yu Zidi has already burst onto the swimming scene, but the 12-year-old made more history at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Thursday. Yu became the youngest ever medalist at the competition after being part of China’s bronze medal winning team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay in Singapore.
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian capital Kyiv observed an official day of mourning Friday, a day after a Russian drone and missile attack on the city killed 31 people, including five children, and injured more than 150, officials said. The youngest victim in Thursday’s strikes was 2 years old,
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff rates of up to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of countries drew expressions of relief Friday from some countries that negotiated a deal or managed to whittle them down from rates announced in April. Others expressed disappointment or frustration
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Chicago Cubs 1 Baltimore 0 Final Philadelphia 5 Detroit 4 Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Tampa Bay 0 Final Miami 13 N.Y. Yankees 12 Final Athletics 5 Arizona 1 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Kansas City 9 Toronto 3 Final Boston 2 Houston 1 Final Cleveland 3 Minnesota 2 Final Chicago
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Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Aug. 01. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors said they now expect music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs could face a prison sentence “substantially higher” than the four to five years they once thought he was likely to face after his conviction on two prostitution-related charges. They made the observation late Thursday in a
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By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel provoked diplomatic discomfort in New Zealand by suggesting the opening of a new office in the capital aims to counter China’s influence, drawing polite dismissals from Wellington and ire from Beijing. Patel was in Wellington on Thursday to open the FBI’s
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (54-55, third in the AL Central) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (64-46, first in the AL East) Toronto; Friday, 7:07 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha (4-9, 3.53 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 90 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Kevin Gausman (7-7, 3.82 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 122 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 5” game were: 1, 5, 15, 20, 32 (one, five, fifteen, twenty, thirty-two) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is set to begin releasing hundreds of inmates from its notoriously overcrowded prisons after parliament approved the first stage of President Prabowo Subianto’s wide-ranging clemency plan. The first group of 1,116 will begin leaving prisons next week and includes prominent rivals of previous President Joko
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has raised the tariff rate on U.S. imports from Canada to 35% from 25%, effective Friday. The announcement from the White House late Thursday said Canada had failed to “do more to arrest, seize, detain or otherwise intercept … traffickers, criminals at large, and illicit drugs.” Trump has heckled
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By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country’s Legislative Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presidential reelection and extend presidential terms to six years. Lawmaker Ana Figueroa from the New Ideas party had proposed the changes to
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By LYDIA DOYE Associated Press LONDON (AP) — On a charming cobblestone street tucked away in London’s East End, a pub proudly hangs out a sign that reads “Oldest riverside pub in London.” Across the Thames River, a pub with a different name makes the same bold claim. The unofficial title of the oldest riverside
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Redfin Real Estate compiled a list of homes for sale up to $1 million in Kansas City, MO.
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About time They finally got S. 36th St. open. St. Joe only took you almost two years. Once you get somebody that knows what to do, it won’t take you that long. The real problem The problem in this country isn’t poor people on snap and Medicaid. The problem is in the richest country in
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