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St. Louis Walk of Fame voting underway until June 20

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:21:08 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Voting for the 2024 St. Louis Walk of Fame is underway until June 20.There are 120 members on the selection committee who will choose the next three recipients with a St. Louis connection in fields like music, acting, entertainment, sports, and science. The three winners will each receive a bronze star along Delmar Boulevard in University City. Free Trip Tuesday heads to Giant City State Park with Shawnee Forest Country! Among this year's 16 nominees are actress Jenna Fischer, The Temptations lead singer Dennis Edwards, 'Back to The Future' writer and producer Bob Gale, and NASA Apollo flight director Gene Kranz.The St. Louis Walk of Fame was founded in 1988 to showcase great St. Louisans.

Memorial in honor of restaurant owner shot and killed in May taking place tonight

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:21:08 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A memorial is being held Wednesday night for a restaurant owner shot and killed last month.Fa Ming Pan, known to friends as Randy, was the owner of 'St. Louis Kitchen' in north St. Louis. Back in May, someone opened fire at the Chinese restaurant. Randy died after being shot in the stomach. Free Trip Tuesday heads to Giant City State Park with Shawnee Forest Country! The memorial is at 6:00 p.m. at St. Louis kitchen on North Kingshighway Boulevard.

Rockies Mailbag: GM Dayton Moore to Colorado? What can Nuggets teach the Rox?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:21:08 GMT

Denver Post sports writer Patrick Saunders with the latest installment of his Rockies Mailbag.Pose a Rockies — or MLB — related question for the Rockies Mailbag.I read recently in a national writer’s notes column that the Rockies are supposedly talking to Dayton Moore, the longtime Royals front office executive, about a role with the team. Do you see something like that happening, whether with Moore or someone else? If so, what role would you guess that person would have? Adviser, or maybe president of baseball operations?— Dave, Fort CollinsDave, I checked out the column you are referring to by Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Heyman is well-connected, especially to super agent Scott Boras. So I imagine he didn’t write his tidbit without some degree of validity behind it.However, I’m skeptical. Moore did not return my text, and when I asked Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt if the club is interested in bringing Moore into the front office, Sch...

Why do we cry on airplanes?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:21:08 GMT

By Starre Vartan | CNNUnlike just 25 years ago, it’s now hard to find someone who hasn’t been on a plane.It’s a unique travel experience that human beings didn’t do in significant numbers until quite recently. So it’s no wonder it does some strange and unexpected things to us, including bringing us to tears.The reporting is anecdotal, but there’s plenty of it: Virgin Atlantic even did a survey in 2011 that found “over half of respondents (55%) agreed their emotions become heightened when on a flight and 41% of men surveyed said they hid under blankets to hide their tears.”When we fly, we are more likely to cry – but why?Psychological factorsThe first reason is simple: We bring ourselves with us. That includes the myriad mental-health issues we carry.“At every age level, across genders, religions, races and backgrounds, many people have one of the baseline mental illnesses, from claustrophobia to agoraphobia, and other various manifestations of anxiety – they’re ubiquitous,” says Dr....

Walters: New study finds California’s competitive edge is declining

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:21:08 GMT

This question, framed in various ways in media and political venues, has hung over the state in recent years as its population declined after more than 150 years of growth, as some major corporations (and their workers) decamped for other states, and as poverty, homelessness, urban street crime and other social maladies festered.While California’s critics and defenders, both internal and external, cite isolated anecdotes and data points to bolster their arguments, there have been very few comprehensive and objective examinations of California’s strengths and weaknesses vis-à-vis its rivals.Until now.On Monday, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce released a deeply sourced and fair-minded study of California’s past, current and perhaps future economic standing, indirectly warning the state’s politicians that they should not take the state’s prosperity for granted because its rivals are gaining ground.“We argue that California has been, and continues to be, the perennial winner in...

Human remains found in 45 bags are missing call center staff, Mexico confirms

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:21:08 GMT

By Bertha Ramos | CNNHuman remains found in 45 bags discovered in a suburb of Guadalajara belong to call center workers who went missing in May, Mexican authorities have confirmed.The Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences (IJCF) said Tuesday its tests had confirmed the remains belonged to the missing workers and said the next of kin had been informed. However, it did not specify whether remains from all seven of the missing workers were in the bags.The seven workers disappeared from the metropolitan area of Guadalajara sometime after May 20. The search for them took a grisly turn last week when bags containing human body parts were found in a ravine in the municipality of Zapopan.Mexico’s Secretary of Security Rosa Icela Rodriguez Velazquez said last Tuesday that initial investigations suggested the workers might have been involved in “some type of real estate fraud” and “telephone extortion.”CNN cannot independently verify the Secretary of Security’s claims.Mexico has been trouble...

Opinion: Biden, Feinstein, Trump: How old is too old for our leaders?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:21:08 GMT

In politics, as in life, it’s all too easy to write off old people, especially when they are frail or disabled. President Joe Biden’s fall on stage during the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony on Thursday immediately raised questions of fitness. Even I, a geriatrician and anti-ageism advocate, looked at Dianne Feinstein’s recent return to the Senate after a prolonged absence due to shingles without fully seeing her. The voter in me felt appalled by her condition; the doctor in me wanted to get her home and comfortable.These are normal, natural and necessary reactions. They also risk forfeiting opportunities to improve work in later life for the good of all Americans.On the national political stage, age has increasing relevance. The 2024 presidential election currently has 76- and 80-year-old front-runners. In Congress, people are questioning the tenure of Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell. R-Ky., given his recent long absence after a geriatric fall. And we marvel at Rep. Na...

Air India flight bound for San Francisco diverted to Russia over technical issue

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:21:08 GMT

By Chris Liakos, Tara John, Michael Conte and Uliana Pavlova | CNNAn Air India flight from India to San Francisco was diverted due to a technical issue with one of the plane’s engines and has landed safely in Russia’s Magadan airport, in the country’s far east, according to a statement from the carrier.Flight AI173 was carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew. The airline will operate an alternate flight carrying everyone from Magadan to San Francisco on Wednesday.In a statement Wednesday, Air India said a “ferry flight” is scheduled to take off from Mumbai airport at 3.30 a.m. eastern time and will travel to Magadan to take the passengers to San Francisco subject to “necessary clearances.”It added: “All of us at Air India are concerned about the passengers and staff and are making every effort possible to operate the ferry flight as soon as possible, and to ensure the health, safety and security of all while they wait.”There are no Air India staff in the remote town of Magadan, the airl...

Move to electric vehicles could save nearly 90,000 lives in US by 2050, study says

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:21:08 GMT

By Jen Christensen | CNNIf gas guzzlers disappeared from US car lots by 2035 and were replaced by zero-emissions vehicles – essentially, electric cars, trucks and SUVs – the nation would see 89,300 fewer premature deaths by 2050, according to a new report from the American Lung Association. But the country would also have to move more toward clean noncombustion electricity – like wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and nuclear – to see the full health benefit.The report, published Wednesday, says that people in the US would have 2.2 million fewer asthma attacks and 10.7 million fewer lost workdays, and the country would net $978 billion in public health benefits with the move to cleaner vehicles and a cleaner power supply.“There are very clear benefits of zero-emission technologies,” said report author William Barrett, national senior director for clean air advocacy for the American Lung Association.RELATED: All Tesla Model 3s now eligible for full $7,500 tax creditThe “Driving to Clean ...

Marcus Stroman’s $20,000 Pride month donations show the Chicago Cubs pitcher ‘wants to be more than an ally’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:21:08 GMT

An unexpected call from Roc Nation’s sports division came through to Brave Space Alliance early Thursday.Shortly before Chicago Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman’s Pride month posts went live on his social media pages, his agency reached out to the Black- and trans-led LGBTQ+ nonprofit based in Chicago. Stroman, the organization was told, was donating $20,000 to Brave Space Alliance to aid its work on the South and West sides.“I’m going to be very frank: It saves lives — $20,000 saves lives,” Brave Space Alliance deputy CEO Jae Rice told the Tribune. “We save lives. We perpetuate in dignity. Dignity is our biggest resource that we give out to folks. It’s an LGBTQ center that wants to make sure that folks aren’t just thriving, they are dignified in the way that they thrive and live their lives.”Among Brave Space Alliance’s largest initiatives is a Hyde Park food pantry. It spends nearly $10,000 a month to run it, including network sites to provide food around the city. The nonprofit also f...