Classes resumed Tuesday in the Cassville School District for the first time since the school board in June approved the return of corporal punishment in the 1,900-student district about 60 miles (100 kilometers) southwest of Springfield. The district had abandoned the practice in 2001. The policy states that corporal punishment will be used only when other forms of discipline, such as suspensions, have failed and then only with the permission of the supervisor....

Comment After three months of rising cases of monkeypox, the global epidemic may have peaked, amid evidence that gay men are cutting back on risky sex and more people are being vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus that has overwhelmingly affected men who have sex with men New cases of smallpox in the U.S. fell by about 25 percent in the past two weeks, from 444 cases a day on Aug....

Publié à 14h12 Mis à jour à 16h49. Mayssa Ferah La Presse Daniel Renaud La Presse Henri Ouellette-Vézina La Presse Selon le Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), la première victime a été abattue vers 12 h 55. dans le stationnement du centre commercial, situé sur le chemin Rockland près de l’avenue Brittany à Mont-Royal. L’homme de 44 ans, blessé par balles, a succombé à ses blessures, ont confirmé des sources à La Presse....

Myanmar’s military government has not announced the arrests. However, local news agencies The Irrawaddy and Myanmar Now and international news agency Reuters reported that Bowman could be charged under the country’s Immigration Act. The Irrawaddy reported that Bowman and Htein Lin are being held at Yangon’s Insein Prison. A spokesman for the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said on Thursday that the British government was “concerned” by the arrest of a “British woman” in Myanmar....

With the Commons going into recess for a month in mid-September for annual party conferences, ministers have been encouraged to stay in Westminster to draw up and discuss emergency plans to support people struggling through the winter. The Lib Dems kick off their conference season in Brighton from September 17-20, followed by Labor in Liverpool from September 25-28. Then it’s the Conservatives’ turn in Birmingham from October 2-5, before the SNP’s Aberdeen on October 8-10....

Miles Briggs, the Scottish Tory housing spokesman, said it was unfair for Bute House to be left “fortified” while the capital’s streets looked like a “dump”. “Taxpayers who are saddled with millions of pounds in picking up her bins are also paying for a proper council service they are being denied thanks to her. [Ms Sturgeon’s] government cuts and upheavals,” he said. Mr Briggs also criticized the timing of Ms Sturgeon’s three-day visit to Denmark to open a Nordic office for the Scottish Government, which will cost taxpayers around £600,000 a year....

Elon Musk a bâti son empire tout seul. SpaceX, Tesla, PayPal, c’est son affaire, un homme qui ne supporte pas de partager le pouvoir. Cependant, le milliardaire a commencé modestement sa vie d’adulte. Pour payer ses études, il a dû accepter des petits boulots car son père, un ingénieur sud-africain et promoteur immobilier qui s’était enrichi d’une mine d’émeraude, avait coupé son financement. Malgré cela, l’homme d’affaires et chef d’entreprise sud-africain-canadien-américain a réussi à se hisser au sommet financièrement....

Une semaine après les violentes intempéries en Corse qui ont fait cinq morts, de nouveaux orages frapperont la France dans la soirée du jeudi 25 août. Les orages devraient être concentrés entre l’Ariège et le nord toulousain, selon Météo France : “de très fortes pluies” sont attendues “entre les Pyrénées et la région toulousaine”, explique le service météo. A Toulouse, les parcs et jardins publics ont été fermés par la municipalité en raison du risque de fortes rafales de vent et de chutes de branches d’arbres....

“Clearly the outcome we were hoping for…” the Met Police told reporters at a press conference Missing student nurse Owami Davies has been found “safe and well” in Hampshire, more than seven weeks after she disappeared in south London, the Metropolitan Police said. Police confirmed the 24-year-old, from Grays in Essex, was located following a series of public appeals for help in locating her. “It is clearly the outcome we were hoping for for the family of missing Mrs Owami Davies,” said Detective Chief Inspector Nigel Penney from the Met Police....

A memo to the police services board dated Aug. 24 also says the owner “expects a court order will be issued, but the timing is currently unclear.” Seeking a court order is the next step in the eviction process in this dispute between TUPC and the building’s owners, which has been ongoing for more than a week, according to Michael Polowin, a real estate attorney and partner at Gowling WLG....

The 15-year-old stunned in a figure-hugging black maxi dress during a family trip with her father Peter, 49, and brother Junior, 17. With her dark tan, curly blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, the Princess was a dead ringer for Katy, 44, in the stunning snap. Wow! Princess Andre looked just like her famous mom Katie Price in a very glamorous new vacation snap shared on Instagram on Thursday. The Princess posed up a storm in the photo, wearing a simple silver necklace and opting for typically glamorous make-up....

Legault made the announcement Tuesday in a 26-second video posted to social media. He said the campaign will officially start on August 28 and will continue until polling day on October 3. “I want, of course, to wish all the candidates a good campaign,” Legault said in the video, adding, “August 28th really begins!” Polls show Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec party with a commanding lead in the election campaign, and the party is widely expected to reach a second majority....

Un point à considérer concernant le tirage au sort Vous savez déjà que deux clubs d’un même pays ne peuvent pas s’affronter. Il y a aussi un autre point à considérer, en raison des droits TV, l’OM et le PSG, le Real et le Barça, le Celtic et les Rangers ne peuvent pas jouer le même jour. Concrètement, si le PSG est dans le groupe A, B, C ou D, alors l’OM jouera forcément dans le groupe E, FG ou H....

12 KENNEDY : Entre le 14 mars et le 17 juin, a gagné cinq fois, dont trois fois à Vincennes, faisant très bonne impression. Le 13 août à Abbey, après deux mois d’absence, il échoue sur un court de grande qualité. Pour son retour en France, il semble capable de reprendre le cours de ses bonnes performances. 14 REPORTAGE : Ce 8 ans entraîné et monté par Jean-Michel Bazire a été jugé pour sa quatrième place dans le Quinté+ le 11 juillet aux Sables-d’Olonne et sa deuxième place le 17 juin à Vincennes, derrière Kennedy ....

Three-time champion Djokovic, who finally pulled out before the draw yesterday, reached the final at Flushing Meadow last year and was one match away from completing the Calendar Grand Slam. But then he was kicked out of Australia – and will miss out on half the Grand Slams this year despite his Wimbledon win. Speaking at his pre-tournament press conference in New York, world No.3 Nadal said: “We kind of know that Novak won’t be playing for a while if nothing changes in terms of the rules, right?...

RCMP and other agencies are investigating after an exorcism and other activity allegedly took place at a children’s Bible camp near Saskatoon. Aside from the alleged exorcism conducted earlier this summer, it is unclear how the man in question was approved to work with children at Redberry Bible Camp, located 70 kilometers north of Saskatoon. On the man’s own Facebook page, he details a recent, long history of pornography and drug addiction, domestic violence and being fired from his previous job as a camp counselor....

Brandanschlag auf Hannebut Club Hannover – Feueralarm an roten Ampeln! Im berühmt-berüchtigten Steintor im Zentrum von Hannover hat am Mittwochabend das Dach des Restaurants „Sansibar“ Feuer gefangen. Kurz nach 2 Uhr klingelte der Wecker. Polizeisprecher Marcus Schmieder: „Unsere Kollegen im Streifenwagen haben Zeugen angehalten. Wir haben viele Notrufe bekommen.” Lesen Sie auch Die Dachterrasse zwischen dem modernen Club und einer Shisha-Bar wurde von Gästen beider Häuser genutzt. Zum Zeitpunkt des Brandes waren jedoch beide Einrichtungen geschlossen, wodurch nur ein älterer Nachbar verletzt wurde....

Experten haben damit begonnen, die denkmalgeschützte Kuppel vom zerfallenden Leuchtturm in Bremerhaven zu trennen. Die Hälfte des Feldes ist fertig. Er sei vorsichtig optimistisch, dass die Kuppel des Schiefen Turms in Bremerhaven gelöst werden könne, sagte Holger Bruns, Sprecher der Hafengesellschaft Bremenports. Es hat einen Umfang von etwa neun Metern, ist halb fertig. Jetzt komme es darauf an, wie die Arbeit laufe, sagte Bruns. Die Trennung der Kuppel könnte bis zum späten Mittwochnachmittag abgeschlossen sein, aber vielleicht erst in den nächsten Tagen....

– Heftiger Regen führte am Freitagnachmittag zu zahlreichen Einsätzen in Mittelfranken. Die meisten Keller wurden überflutet und Bäume fielen um. Der Kreis Fürth stand kurz vor der Zerstörung. In Mittelfranken tobten am Freitagnachmittag schwere Unwetter. Die Feuerwehr wurde über alle Maßen gefordert. In der Region Fürth wurde ein „unterhalb der Katastrophenschwelle zu koordinierendes Ereignis“, wie es in der Fachsprache heißt, festgestellt. In Zirndorf und Weiherhof überschwemmte Wasser die Straßen und trat aus Gullydeckeln....

Mike von Massow, a food economist at the University of Guelph, said the social norm for tipping used to be 15 percent. “I’ve seen it go up in urban areas to 20 or more,” he said. Ontario’s tip increase is nearly 10 per cent higher than the national rate, which also rose 44 per cent compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to an Angus Reid survey sent to 1,500 Canadians in April....