By RUSSELL KINSAUL Click here for updates on this story FERGUSON, MO (KMOV) — Toni Eggerson is one of 80 tenants at Pleasant Valley Apartments in Ferguson, formerly known as Canfield Green Apartments, who had a letter posted on her apartment door Sunday. “Said that I owe them $18,000,” she said. And if she didn’t
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say a man was shot to death early Wednesday on a Kansas City street. Police say in a news release that the shooting was reported around 12:45 p.m. Wednesday in a residential area several blocks west of the Kansas City Zoo. Arriving officers found a man in the front
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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has conceded that a post-Brexit trade deal with the U.S. is not imminent as he voiced confidence that the decades-long U.S. ban on the import of British lamb would be lifted. A day after President Joe Biden downplayed the prospect of a
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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has conceded that a post-Brexit trade deal with the U.S. is not imminent as he voiced confidence that the decades-long U.S. ban on the import of British lamb would be lifted. A day after President Joe Biden downplayed the prospect of a
Continue ReadingBy BLAKE SUMMERS, CONTENT PRODUCER RYAN BRESLIN, REPORTER Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Vanderbilt University Medical Center is struggling with blood shortages and pleads for donations with the American Red Cross. Over the course of the pandemic, the Red Cross says they have had thousands of cancelled blood drives
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — “Y así, amigos míos, nace Aukus”, dijo Scott Morrison, primer ministro de Australia, en septiembre de 2021, invocando el extraño nuevo acrónimo y escoltado por las banderas de su país, el Reino Unido y Estados Unidos. “Una nueva asociación de seguridad trilateral reforzada entre Australia, Reino Unido y Estados Unidos”,
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Austrian junior rider Leila Gschwentner was taken to the hospital with a shoulder injury after colliding with a public bus during a training ride at the world cycling championships. The Austrian cycling federation says the crash took place in the city of Leuven. The 17-year-old Gschwentner was riding the course that will
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By Christina Carrega, CNN The number of women inmates serving life without the possibility of parole has risen 43% since 2008, adding to an already aging prison population nationwide, according to a new report from the Sentencing Project, an organization that advocates for criminal justice policy changes. That means nearly 2,000 women now serving life-without-parole
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City say an early morning hit-and-run crash Wednesday on Interstate 70 killed a pedestrian and shut down a stretch of the interstate’s eastbound lanes for nearly two hours. The crash happened around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday when a vehicle hit a man walking on the interstate. Police say
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN and DREW COSTLEY Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is setting a higher bar for policymakers and the public in its first update to its air quality guidelines in 15 years. The U.N. agency says the harmful health effects of air pollution kick in at lower levels than it
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rihanna might be extremely consumed with rolling out her popular lingerie line, but finishing her forthcoming album is still a priority. The multi-Grammy winner is just taking her time to “experiment.” She suggests her new music will sound much different than her previous projects.
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN New air quality guidelines published on Wednesday by the World Health Organization could prevent millions of deaths globally each year, the UN agency said. Fine particulate matter, or PM 2.5, is the tiniest pollutant yet also among the most dangerous. When inhaled, it travels deep into lung tissue where it can
Continue Reading By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s president has called on the country to face its cruel colonial past as he opened a new museum in the capital’s center that will be home to two of Berlin’s state museums which include looted artifacts from countries in Africa and elsewhere. Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Wednesday
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The most significant rift in decades between the United States and France seems on the mend after French President Emmanuel Macron and President Joe Biden got on the phone to smooth things over. In a half-hour call that the White House described as “friendly,” the two leaders
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By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Fewer than one-third of Americans want to see the Roe v. Wade decision overturned, according to a set of three polls released over the past week, with key elements of Texas’ restrictive new abortion law also garnering relatively little support in the polls. In a Marquette Law School survey released Wednesday,
Continue Reading By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Fewer than one-third of Americans want to see the Roe v. Wade decision overturned, according to a set of three polls released over the past week, with key elements of Texas’ restrictive new abortion law also garnering relatively little support in the polls. In a Marquette Law School survey released Wednesday,
Continue Reading By RIZWAN ALI AP Sports Writer ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has accused an unnamed individual in India of sending threatening emails that caused New Zealand to abandon its cricket tour in the country. New Zealand scrapped its tour to Pakistan moments before the start of the first one-day international in Rawalpindi last Friday after citing
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By Kara Fox, CNN In his United National General Assembly debut on Tuesday, United States President Joe Biden declared a “new era” of US diplomacy, making a case for international cooperation as the world stands at an “inflection point in history.” But the President’s call for unity comes as the US is embroiled in a
Continue Reading By Kara Fox, CNN In his United National General Assembly debut on Tuesday, United States President Joe Biden declared a “new era” of US diplomacy, making a case for international cooperation as the world stands at an “inflection point in history.” But the President’s call for unity comes as the US is embroiled in a
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Environmental activists who have repeatedly blocked Britain’s busiest highway face possible imprisonment after a judge granted an injunction against the protesters. Members of campaign group Insulate Britain have shut down parts of London’s M25 highway five times in just over a week by sitting on the ground. They also have painted the
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