By Cindy Lange-Kubick Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Ross Smith had a mission and he quietly set out to fulfill it. He picked up his phone and knocked on the doors of politicians, hoping to earn their support for his idea: A license plate honoring Natives. Smith
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police in St. Louis were called to several shooting scenes Sunday, including at least two deadly ones. Police were called to the Fountain Park neighborhood around 9 p.m. Sunday, where officers found 33-year-old Maurice Wilbert shot in the back and shoulder. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. Just
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By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister’s office has urged former premier Benjamin Netanyahu to return dozens of expensive gifts he received while serving in the nation’s top job. The office of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett confirmed Monday that it has told Netanyahu to return gifts of high values, including several
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business As some US cities start requiring proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, events and workplaces, smartphone makers such as Apple, Samsung and Google are rolling out ways to make it easy for users to show their Covid-19 vaccine status with just a tap. It could be Big Tech’s shot
Continue Reading By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business As some US cities start requiring proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, events and workplaces, smartphone makers such as Apple, Samsung and Google are rolling out ways to make it easy for users to show their Covid-19 vaccine status with just a tap. It could be Big Tech’s shot
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Visitors to New York’s Christopher Park this week were greeted by the bust of Marsha P. Johnson, stoic yet softly smiling. She’s wearing a tiara on her head, designed to loop live flowers through. It evokes a famous photograph of Johnson, beaming with a crown of brilliant blooms strewn through her
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian soccer federation says Thierry Henry has committed to a permanent role with the coaching staff of its national team until after the 2022 World Cup. The former France striker returned to Belgium’s coaching staff in May after he was assistant coach from 2016-18. He was also with the squad for
Continue ReadingBy Ben Baker, Madison365 Click here for updates on this story MADISON, WI (365 Media Foundation, Inc) — Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers introduced a sweeping legislative package this month with the aim of lowering prescription drug costs for consumers statewide. Key elements of the initiative include efforts to invest in community-based healthcare and reigning in pharmaceutical
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NEW YORK (AP) — Please disregard US–NYC Subway Disruption, published on Aug. 30, 2021, and datelined in NEW YORK. It was sent when another story on the same topic was already out. Please use that story, now slugged US—NYC Subway Disruption. The 3rd-Ld Writethru was filed at 11:58 a.m.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Please disregard US–NYC Subway Disruption, published on Aug. 30, 2021, and datelined in NEW YORK. It was sent when another story on the same topic was already out. Please use that story, now slugged US—NYC Subway Disruption. The 3rd-Ld Writethru was filed at 11:58 a.m.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Partido Republicano está dividido sobre cuán duro, y cuán rápido, perseguir al presidente Joe Biden a raíz del ataque mortal del jueves contra las tropas estadounidenses en el aeropuerto de Kabul. Si bien un coro creciente de la base de republicanos de pedido la renuncia de Biden o el
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli border police officer who was shot in the head at point-blank range during a violent protest on the Gaza border last week has died. The police said the 21-year-old suffered critical injuries when he was shot in the head by a Palestinian gunman on Aug. 21 during a demonstration staged
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, Mo. (AP) — Police say a 13-year-old boy died of a drug overdose during a sleepover at a 12-year-old friend’s house in eastern Missouri over the weekend, and three adults at the house were arrested. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that police were called to a home in Washington around 9 a.m. Sunday and
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PNC Bank is the latest large U.S. financial services company to increase wages in a bid to keep and attract employees. It is raising its minimum wage to $18 an hour while also giving higher-paid workers a bump in pay. The bank said Monday that
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PNC Bank is the latest large U.S. financial services company to increase wages in a bid to keep and attract employees. It is raising its minimum wage to $18 an hour while also giving higher-paid workers a bump in pay. The bank said Monday that
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) A man drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks after jumping off a cliff Saturday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol incident report, 41-year-old Thomas Painter from Bosworth, Missouri, jumped off a cliff approximately 125 feet in the air. Painter did not come up once he hit
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s struggling would-be heir has hit back at suggestions that a center-left rival is better qualified for the job after a televised debate failed to give him a clear breakthrough. Armin Laschet, the chancellor candidate from Merkel’s center-right Union bloc, insisted that he was “not
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden se enfrenta a una confluencia extraordinaria de crisis cada vez más intensas que están llevando al límite a una Casa Blanca que ya está sumida en desafíos extremos. Washington está al borde de las tensas horas finales de una retirada caótica y marcada por la tragedia de
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business After surging in the spring, the prices of goods like lumber, corn and soybeans have come back down to Earth. Coffee is headed in the opposite direction. What’s happening: Futures for robusta coffee, which is often used to make espresso, recently jumped as high as $2,024 per tonne, their highest
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Before starting advocacy group the Student Borrower Protection Center, Seth Frotman was the Student Loan Ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The position is effectively the federal government’s point person for student loan issues. Frotman held that position until 2018, when he resigned to
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