WHAT’S UP NEXT | AREA SPORTS CALENDAR
(Schedules subject to change) FRIDAY, APRIL 22 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL 4 p.m. — Blue Springs South at Lee’s Summit West 4 p.m.
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WHAT’S ON TODAY
• Rugby: NRL: Canterbury-Bankstown at Brisbane, 4:55 a.m., FS2 (Comcast 740) • Tennis: ATP Barcelona/ATP Belgrade/WTA Stuttgart/ WTA Istanbul, 5 a.m., Tennis (277) • Golf: DP World Tour ISPS Handa Championship, 7 a.m., GOLF (27) • Auto racing: Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix qualifying, 9:55 a.m., ESPN2 (29) • Golf: Champions Tour ClubCorp Classic, 11 a.m., GOLF (27) • Horse racing: America’s Day at the Races, noon, FS2 (740) • High school boys lacrosse: Garden City (N.Y.) vs. Mount Sinai (N.Y.), 1 p.m., ESPNU (269) • MLB: Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 1 p.m., MLBN (272) • Golf: PGA Zurich Classic of New Orleans, 2:30 p.m., GOLF (27) • College baseball: Ohio State at Michigan, 3 p.m., BTN (255) • High school boys lacrosse: St.
INDEPENDENCE POLICE REPORTS
Monday, April 4 Abuse or neglect of child 6:44 p.m., 1500 block of W. Short Ave.
INDEPENDENCE RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS
Critical violations involve factors that can directly lead to foodborne illness and must be corrected within 72 hours or as otherwise stated. All critical violations must be corrected within 72 hours (or as otherwise stated on the report). All non-critical violations must be corrected by the next regular inspection (or as otherwise stated on the report).
SENIOR CENTER MEALS
Lunches provided by area community centers during the week of April 25. Palmer Center: 218 N.
LOCAL COVID-19 TESTING SITES
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has a COVID hotline manned from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
CNN’s streaming service shutting down
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is shutting down its CNN+ streaming service less than a month after its launch, a spectacular flameout for a venture that had attracted stars like Chris Wallace and Alison Roman and was seen as a way to attract a new generation of news consumers.
For Earth Day, some success stories
With climate change, plastic pollution and a potential sixth mass extinction, humanity has made some incredible messes in the world. But when people, political factions and nations have pulled together, they have also cleaned up some of those human-caused environmental problems, including healing the ozone hole, clearing perpetually smoggy air and saving many species from the brink of extinction.
School children vaccination rate falls
A smaller portion of U.S. children got routine vaccinations required for kindergarten during the pandemic, government researchers said Thursday, raising concerns that measles and other preventable diseases could increase.
Biden pledges more aid for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged an additional $1.3 billion Thursday for new weapons and economic assistance to help Ukraine in its strong but increasingly difficult battle against the Russian invasion, and he promised to seek much more from Congress to keep the guns, ammunition and cash flowing.