US Attorney General William Barr on Monday announced criminal charges against an alleged bombmaker in the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The former Libyan intelligence officer Abu Agela Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi was charged in a criminal complaint with for allegedly providing the medium-sized Samsonite suitcase with the prepared explosive
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TUESDAY: It’ll be another terrific day if you can stand a bit of a breeze. Winds out of the south gusting to 25 mph and full sunshine will help temperatures make a run at 60 this afternoon. TONIGHT: Winds stick around tonight, keeping temperatures propped up overnight in the upper 40’s. Clouds will start to
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With everyday life disrupted due to the ongoing pandemic, stress is at an all-time high. Fears of getting sick, uncertainty of jobs, uneasiness about sending kids to school and cold winter weather (and flu season) all are sources of stress in the lives of many. Add to that the pressures of the holidays and overturned
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last week issued a statement that an employer can make a vaccination a requirement if a person wishes to continue working there. The EEOC futher stated that it encouraged employees to receive vaccinations on a voluntary basis. Most employees are still months away from having access to the vaccine but
Continue Reading Even as we count down the final days of December, many of us are still coming to terms with the fact that holiday events and gatherings are looking very different than Christmases past. Christmas 2020, however, isn’t canceled unless you decide it is. This season, don’t say “bah, humbug!” Say “why not?” and start new
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Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly be shocked by yet another bizarre fast food chain restaurant offering — remember Domino’s bubble tea pizza? — McDonald’s China has proved us wrong. For one day only this week, diners were invited to gobble up Spam and Oreo burgers. The latest food mashup offered by the chain
Continue Reading Two passengers aboard a Delta flight bound for Atlanta opened a cabin door and activated the slide to exit the plane while it was taxiing out to a runway at New York’s La Guardia Airport Monday morning, Delta spokesman Morgan Durrant told CNN. The New York Times reported the two passengers involved are in custody
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Two passengers aboard a Delta flight bound for Atlanta opened a cabin door and activated the slide to exit the plane while it was taxiing out to a runway at New York’s La Guardia Airport Monday morning, Delta spokesman Morgan Durrant told CNN. The New York Times reported the two passengers involved are in custody
Continue Reading One couple in Hawaii got an unexpected delivery earlier this month after a security guard from a local grocery store turned up at their front door. Chloe Marino said she was in a hurry at a Foodland grocery store in Kahului, Hawaii, with her 5-month-old son Cooper, when she lost her wallet. But luckily, one
Continue Reading Congress voted Monday evening to approve a far-reaching $900 billion Covid relief package that promises to accelerate vaccine distribution and deliver much-needed aid to small businesses hit hard by the pandemic, Americans who have lost their jobs during the economic upheaval and health care workers on the front lines of the crisis. The White House
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. All throughout Monday, Newsmax viewers were treated to a short — yet remarkable — disclosure from the network’s hosts: That Newsmax has no evidence Dominion or Smartmatic manipulated votes in the 2020 election; that Newsmax
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Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested a Boonville man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after a deadly crash on Highway 5.
Continue Reading President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday looking to ensure that federal buildings feature “beautiful” architecture, expressing a preference for classical architecture over modernist designs. The order did not explicitly define what standards buildings must meet to be considered beautiful, saying that new federal buildings should be of classical design but not mandating
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Here are the local high school basketball scores from Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. GIRLS HOOPS Nixa (83) Battle (45) FINAL Fatima (48) Helias (52) FINAL/OT
Continue Reading When Barbara Johns was just 16 years old, she led a walkout at her high school to protest poor and unequal school conditions. The moment is one that many historians believe helped launch the desegregation movement in the US. Now, Johns — who died in 1991 — will be memorialized at the US Capitol, replacing
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled in favor of the state’s medical marijuana licensing rules. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Cole County Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce issued her ruling Monday. A southwest Missouri family had sued after it didn’t get a medical marijuana license from the state. Attorneys argued that
Continue Reading Five New Jersey teens are being hailed as heroes after they saved two children from falling into an icy pond while they were sledding. The group of high school freshmen, Tyler Armagan, Ryan Day, Joseph Dietrich, Kieran Foley and Drew Scalice, were getting ready to head home Thursday from sledding at the Beacon Hill Country
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