ST. CLAIR, Mo. (AP) — A 61-year-old Texas man drowned last week in a private lake about an hour southwest of St. Louis. The Missouri Highway Patrol said Dale Neider of Wharton, Texas jumped from a moving boat around 4:50 p.m. Wednesday in Thunderbird Lake near St. Clair. Authorities said Neider attempted to float before
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By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two races into the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, regular-season champion Kyle Larson is still the points leader. But the stable of contenders at Joe Gibbs Racing is making the most noise with victories in the last two races. Martin Truex Jr. led a 1-2-3
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Johnny Rodgers’ electrifying 72-yard punt return for a touchdown was the signature play of a rare game that lived up to “Game of the Century” billing. Rodgers helped No. 1 Nebraska defeat No. 2 Oklahoma 35-31 in the 1971 classic. Fifty years later, he still gets asked about the
Continue ReadingBy Susan Raff, Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Saturday marks 20 years since one of the worst tragedies in U.S. history, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A Hartford-based company called Aquiline Drones is honoring first responders in a unique way. Aquiline Drones said it recognizes that first
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police are investigating a fatal shooting in downtown St. Louis. The shooting was reported shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday about a block away from a Shell gas station. The shooting was reported near the intersection of Convention Plaza and North 13th Street. Officers found a man with gunshot wounds who died
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By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Northern Idaho has a long and deep streak of antigovernment activism that is confounding attempts to battle a COVID-19 outbreak. The surge has overwhelmed hospitals in the deeply conservative region. A deadly 1992 standoff with federal agents near the Canadian border helped spark an
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CHARITON, Co. (KMIZ) Two children in Chariton County were seriously injured in an ATV crash on Saturday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Report, a five-year-old boy was driving a Honda 500 TRX ATV along Zion Ave., when he lost control of the ATV and it overturned. The crash threw both the five-year-old
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says his country is working with the U.N.’s refugee agency to repatriate Syrians to their home country. The comments are at odds, however, with the U.N. agency’s overall policy towards returning migrants to Syria, which it still considers too dangerous. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Sunday that “we
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By Holly Yan, CNN Illustrations by Leah Abucayan, CNN Millions of students are heading back to school with a challenge they didn’t have to face last year. The more contagious Delta variant is fueling a nationwide Covid-19 surge that’s sending hundreds of children to hospitals every day. The best weapon for students ages 12 and
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas is expected to strengthen as it heads for the Gulf Coast. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say coastal areas of Texas, Mexico and Louisiana could see heavy rain and floods. Tropical storm warnings have been issued for coastal Texas. Nicholas is expected to produce storm total
Continue ReadingBy Trayce Hutchins, Iyani Hughes Click here for updates on this story SUWANEE, Georgia (WGCL) — Suwanee resident Kayla Bergeron’s therapy is working with horses like Jessie at Special Equestrians of Georgia. It’s her calm after the chaos of September 11th. “Sometimes it seems like a long time ago, sometimes it seems like yesterday.” Kayla
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is again choosing whether to recall a governor. But the electorate deciding Gov. Gavin Newsom’s fate looks very different from that one that ousted fellow Democrat Gray Davis in 2003. The state today has 7 million more voters but fewer registered Republicans. And the electorate
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Whitehead Click here for updates on this story FLAT ROCK, North Carolina (WLOS) — Today’s high school students weren’t yet born when possibly the darkest day in American history took place — Sept. 11, 2001. Still, some high schools in the mountains have taken initiative in pausing to honor the 20th anniversary of
Continue ReadingBy WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story Candler, North Carolina (WLOS) — Many businesses were completely destroyed by the flooding from Tropical Storm Fred on Aug. 17, including the Dawg House Salon of Candler. The owner, Michelle Jenkins, said her building was 68 inches underwater and even had a storage building swept
Continue ReadingBy Todd Battis and Anthony Vasquez-Peddie, CTV News Click here for updates on this story GANDER, Newfoundland and Labrador / TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Twenty years ago, the good of Gander came through when the world seemed to be at its worst. After the Sept. 11 attacks, 38 planes carrying nearly 7,000 passengers were
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Five federal party leaders set their political differences aside to record a one-minute-long video encouraging all Canadians to get vaccinated. The video was recorded just before the English language leaders’ debate in Gatineau, Que. on Thursday night and
Continue ReadingBy Caresse Jackman Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A family has come forward saying that former funeral director took their money and can’t give their grandmother a proper goodbye. When Timothy O’Neal’s family walks up to his grandmother’s grave, the only reminder that she’s there is a little angel
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By Gregory Lemos and Devan Cole, CNN Arkansas’ Republican governor said Sunday that he thinks President Joe Biden’s newly announced Covid-19 vaccine mandate “hardens the resistance” some people have to getting one. “We have to overcome resistance,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson told NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “This is a very serious, deadly virus and we’re all
Continue Reading By Gregory Lemos and Devan Cole, CNN Arkansas’ Republican governor said Sunday that he thinks President Joe Biden’s newly announced Covid-19 vaccine mandate “hardens the resistance” some people have to getting one. “We have to overcome resistance,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson told NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “This is a very serious, deadly virus and we’re all
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Officials in some urban areas are raising concerns about a federal rule limiting how federal coronavirus relief money can be spent on high-speed internet. The American Rescue Plan signed by President Joe Biden lists broadband infrastructure as one of the uses for $350 billion of flexible aid to states,
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