KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt says a 12-state law enforcement operation rescued 47 victims of human trafficking and led to the arrest of more than 100 people. Schmitt said most of the arrests were made Thursday night into Friday morning. The effort, called Operation United Front, used undercover officers who
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By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol has issued sweeping document requests to social media companies. The request expands the scope of the committee’s investigation as it seeks to examine the events leading to the Jan. 6 insurrection. The requests were issued Friday to
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By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol has issued sweeping document requests to social media companies. The request expands the scope of the committee’s investigation as it seeks to examine the events leading to the Jan. 6 insurrection. The requests were issued Friday to
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By Jade Hernandez Click here for updates on this story CULVER CITY, California (KABC) — A search for two suspects continued Friday morning after a person was shot at the Westfield Culver City mall the previous evening, police said. The shooting inside the mall was reported around 7:40 p.m. Thursday and was sparked by a
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Es posible que en tu próximo hot dog o perrito caliente quieras omitir los condimentos, u omitirlo por completo: investigadores de salud de la Universidad de Michigan hallaron que comer un solo perrito caliente podría quitarle 36 minutos a tu vida. En su estudio, publicado este mes en la revista Nature Food,
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A state agency is trying to process hundreds of applications for coronavirus relief funds from Kansas renters facing eviction and their landlords. The Kansas Housing Resources Corporation’s push comes after it spent weeks this spring hiring more than 100 new employees to handle applications. It is
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Mark L. Martin, 57, of Columbia was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree harassment, a felony. Police in a news release Thursday said a girl reported Martin trying to lure her into his truck at a bus stop at Hyde Park Avenue and Cooper Drive in south Columbia.
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Today: Temperatures continue to increase with sunny skies and winds out of the southwest. Dangerous heat will blanket Missouri this afternoon as the heat index will climb to 102 degrees. Tonight: We will continue to see above-average temperatures with the overnight low bottoming out at 72 degrees. Winds will continue out of the southwest at
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Rivian, an electric vehicle startup backed by Amazon and Ford, said Friday that it has filed confidential paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. Bloomberg, which first reported the news, said Rivian is seeking a valuation of roughly $80 billion, and eyeing an IPO around
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Baker Mayfield will get a summer tune-up after all. Browns coach Kevin Stefanski surprisingly said Mayfield and some of Cleveland’s other starters will play in Sunday night’s nationally televised exhibition finale against the Atlanta Falcons. Stefanski had kept Mayfield and most of his starters on the
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will “shift heaven and earth” to bring more Afghans to the U.K. once an airlift from Kabul airport ends in the coming hours. Britain has evacuated almost 14,000 U.K. citizens and Afghans from Kabul in a two-week operation, but the
Continue Reading By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The first “Dreamer” to be awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship is finally poised to attend Oxford after years of uncertainty about whether the U.S. would allow his return home as a DACA recipient. Lawyers for Jin Park say federal immigration officials last week approved the Harvard graduate’s
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has declined to weigh in on the constitutionality of a new state law forbidding local police from enforcing federal gun laws. Cole County Circuit Judge Dan Green on Friday punted the case. He wrote that constitutional questions need to be addressed in other
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has declined to weigh in on the constitutionality of a new state law forbidding local police from enforcing federal gun laws. Cole County Circuit Judge Dan Green on Friday punted the case. He wrote that constitutional questions need to be addressed in other
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Four people with direct knowledge of the player’s decision have told The Associated Press that Buffalo Sabres captain Jack Eichel is changing agents while in the midst of a long-standing dispute with the team over how to treat a neck injury. The paperwork for Eichel
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN School may look a bit different these days, but there’s one constant parents will remember from pre-Covid days: the struggle to get your teen to sleep. In fact, staying up late to see or talk with friends may be an even bigger problem now, as teens catch up on socializing. Then
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cientos de residentes de California se encuentran bajo órdenes de evacuación después de que surgieran nuevos incendios este miércoles, en un momento en que se espera que otra ola de calor dificulte aún más la batalla contra las llamas. California está luchando contra el masivo incendio de Dixie, el incendio más
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By Rob Picheta and Nilly Kohzad, CNN Afghans who narrowly avoided the terror attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday have described horrifying scenes and piles of victims’ bodies at the site of the blast. Muhammad, who said he assisted US forces and worked with NATO in Afghanistan, was at the airport with his family Thursday,
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By Ben Church, CNN Cristiano Ronaldo is set to re-sign for Manchester United subject to personal terms, visa and a medical assessment, the club announced on Friday. The Premier League giant said an agreement had been reached with Juventus for the 36-year-old, who scored 118 goals in 292 games during his first spell at Old
Continue Reading TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that a man’s municipal conviction for sexual battery requires him to register as a sex offender. The 5-2 decision Friday comes in the case of Asnake H. Adem, who was convicted in 2018 of sexual battery in violation of the Shawnee municipal code. At issue
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