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Kansas lawmakers poised to lure Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri, despite economists' concerns 06/15/2024 11:57am • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 170-year-old rivalry is flaring up as Kansas lawmakers try to snatch the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs away from Missouri even though economists long ago concluded subsidizing pro sports isn't worth the cost. The Kansas Legislature's top leaders endorsed helping the Some hawking stem cells say they can treat almost anything. They can't 06/15/2024 11:41am • The mailings promised “Life Without Pain!” via stem cell injections or IVs administered in a patient’s own home. The allure was obvious: more than 20% of U.S. adults endure chronic pain. The flyers invited Iowans to free dinners across the state. Afterward, sales people traveled to potential c UK royals unite on palace balcony, with Kate back at her first public event since cancer diagnosis 06/15/2024 11:21am • LONDON (AP) — Britain put on a display of birthday pageantry Saturday for King Charles III, a military parade that marked the Princess of Wales ’ first appearance at a public event since her cancer diagnosis early this year. The annual event was also a show of stability by the monarchy after a t Tarasenko is playing a key role for Florida after winning the Stanley Cup with St. Louis in 2019 06/15/2024 10:09am • EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Minutes after winning Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final to move to the verge of a second championship in six years, Vladimir Tarasenko had no interest in revisiting the events that occurred on the ice. “The game is over,” he said. “There is no need to talk about it.” How Elon Musk's $44.9B Tesla pay package compares with the most generous plans for other U.S. CEOs 06/15/2024 09:28am • Even though the median U.S. CEO pay package last year was nearly 200 times more than a worker in the middle of their company pay scales, Elon Musk's record-setting Tesla compensation dwarfs them by comparison. Tesla shareholders on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of restoring Musk's 10-year p Philippines seeks UN confirmation of its vast continental seabed in the disputed South China Sea 06/15/2024 07:06am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has asked a United Nations body to formally recognize the extent of its undersea continental seabed in the South China Sea, where it would have the exclusive right to exploit resources, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Saturday, in a move that rejec Juneteenth 2024: Your guide to celebrations in DC, Maryland and Virginia 06/15/2024 05:45am • On Wednesday, June 19, the United States will observe Juneteenth. A little history: In 1865, a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved African Americans that they were free and that the Civil War had ended. This news came two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Hush your ride: Noise abatement cameras could come to Montgomery Co. to crack down on excessive car noise 06/15/2024 05:25am • Montgomery County has speed cameras and red-light cameras. Soon, noise-detecting cameras could be joining the traffic enforcement tools used across the Maryland county. Montgomery County Council Vice President Kate Stewart and District 6 Council member Natali Fani-Gonzalez are working on legislat ¿Con qué frecuencia debes lavar las sábanas? Más a menudo de lo que piensas 06/15/2024 05:10am • Nota del editor: Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo son únicamente de los escritores. CNN presenta el trabajo de The Conversation, una colaboración entre periodistas y académicos para proporcionar análisis y comentarios de noticias. El contenido es producido únicamente por The Conversat South Africa's President Ramaphosa is reelected for second term after a dramatic late coalition deal 06/15/2024 03:06am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was reelected by lawmakers for a second term on Friday, after his party struck a dramatic late coalition deal with a former political foe just hours before the vote. Ramaphosa, the leader of the African National Congress, won c Castillo throws gem, Rodríguez drives in go-ahead run as Mariners beat Rangers 3-2 06/15/2024 01:53am • SEATTLE (AP) — Luis Castillo dominated after a bumpy first inning, Julio Rodríguez drove in the go-ahead run on an infield grounder in the third, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Friday night. Castillo (6-7) gave up a pair of first-inning runs on an RBI double by Nathaniel A few midwives seek to uphold Native Hawaiian birth traditions. Would a state law jeopardize them? 06/15/2024 12:04am • HONOLULU (AP) — Ki‘inaniokalani Kahoʻohanohano longed for a deeper connection to her Native Hawaiian ancestors and culture as she prepared to give birth to her first child at home on the north shore of Maui in 2003. But generations of colonialist suppression had eroded many Hawaiian traditions Max Kepler hits tying homer, walk-off single in Twins' 6-5 victory over Athletics 06/15/2024 12:01am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Max Kepler hit a tying home run in the sixth inning and a walk-off single in the 10th inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 6-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night. Kepler singled to right off Scott Alexander, driving in Austin Martin from second for Minnesota’s Today In History: June 15, More than 1,000 killed in New York steamboat disaster 06/15/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, June 15, the 167th day of 2024. There are 199 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York’s East River. On this date: In 1215, England Friedl and Candelario homer off Peralta as Reds edge Brewers 6-5 06/14/2024 11:58pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — TJ Friedl went 3 for 5 with a homer and the Cincinnati Reds withstood a five-error performance and a ninth-inning comeback attempt to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 on Friday night. Jeimer Candelario also went deep for the Reds, who won for the ninth time in their last 11 games. W