By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are beginning a special session on a $1.3 billion prison construction plan. Gov. Kay Ivey called lawmakers back to Montgomery on Monday to vote on the proposal to build at least three new prisons and renovate others. The plan would use $400 million of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Department of Conservation plans to test hundreds of deer for the coronavirus this hunting season. The U.S Department of Agriculture reported the results of a federal study testing white-tailed deer in Illinois, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania. Samples showed at least 7% of the population having antibodies for the
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By Frederik Pleitgen, Salma Abdelaziz, Nadine Schmidt, Stephanie Halasz and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Germany’s left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD) has won the most seats in the country’s federal election, preliminary results show, but it will be some time before the makeup of the new government is known. The SPD claimed a narrow victory over the
Continue Reading By Frederik Pleitgen, Salma Abdelaziz, Nadine Schmidt, Stephanie Halasz and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Germany’s left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD) has won the most seats in the country’s federal election, preliminary results show, but it will be some time before the makeup of the new government is known. The SPD claimed a narrow victory over the
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Olaf Scholz has some big shoes to fill. The German Finance Minister will be sworn in as German chancellor next month, barring any 11th-hour setbacks — weeks after he led his Social Democratic Party (SPD) to a narrow victory in September’s parliamentary elections. Under the agreement announced in Berlin on Wednesday,
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By Ben Morse and Aditi Sangal, CNN Amid the joy of the Indian men’s hockey team ending its 41-year Olympic medal drought its players took time to reflect on the impact Covid-19 has had on the country over the last year. The team — the most successful in the history of the Olympics with eight
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Today: Monday afternoon will be clear and breezy with wind gusts into the upper 20’s. Highs will climb to 92 degrees in Columbia placing Central Missouri just one degree cooler than the previous record set in 1897. Tonight: Winds begin to calm down remaining out of the south cooling us down to the mid-’60s with
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By Tara John, Nadine Schmidt, Stephanie Halasz and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Germany’s left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the largest share of the vote in Sunday’s federal election, putting them in pole position to form the country’s next coalition government — but they could be in for some tricky negotiations. Angela Merkel, one of the
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Olaf Scholz has some big shoes to fill. The German Finance Minister will be sworn in as German chancellor next month, barring any 11th-hour setbacks — weeks after he led his Social Democratic Party (SPD) to a narrow victory in September’s parliamentary elections. Under the agreement announced in Berlin on Wednesday,
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By Sugam Pokharel, Jennifer Deaton, Helen Regan, Frederik Pleitgen and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Germany’s left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD) will begin negotiations to form a ruling coalition after preliminary results showed the party narrowly winning the largest share of parliamentary seats following Sunday’s federal election. With all 299 of Germany’s electoral districts reporting, the SPD
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist It’s that time in hurricane season when meteorologists like myself like to see the light at the end of the tunnel. But the reality is that it’s not close enough yet — in fact, this year it’s not close at all. “We still have two months to go in what
Continue ReadingBy Drew Gardner Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A Fern Creek family got a big boost from the community on their journey to adopt another child. The couple adopted their first child in 2019 and hosted a yard sale after their adoption agency suggested it. It was such a
Continue Reading By MAGGIE HYDE Associated Press The top diplomat of Yemen’s internationally recognized government says his conflict-torn country needs millions more coronavirus vaccines to ensure some of the world’s poorest are not left behind. In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, the foreign minister said the roughly 1 million doses Yemen was
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business For a time, Elizabeth Holmes was a media darling. The college dropout who started her blood-testing company Theranos at 19 graced the cover of magazines such as Forbes, Fortune, and Inc. in her signature black turtleneck to help cultivate her image as “the next Steve Jobs.” She was upheld
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas State is at a crossroads just four games into the season. They’re unsettled at quarterback, where Skylar Thompson has been out with an injury and Will Howard got banged up during a loss at Oklahoma State. There’s a chance Thompson plays next week
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas State is at a crossroads just four games into the season. They’re unsettled at quarterback, where Skylar Thompson has been out with an injury and Will Howard got banged up during a loss at Oklahoma State. There’s a chance Thompson plays next week
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas State is at a crossroads just four games into the season. They’re unsettled at quarterback, where Skylar Thompson has been out with an injury and Will Howard got banged up during a loss at Oklahoma State. There’s a chance Thompson plays next week
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid was released from the hospital Monday after he felt ill and was taken by ambulance to be treated for dehydration following their 30-24 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. Chiefs spokesman Ted Crews said that Reid was “in great spirits”
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid was released from the hospital Monday after he felt ill and was taken by ambulance to be treated for dehydration following their 30-24 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. Chiefs spokesman Ted Crews said that Reid was “in great spirits”
Continue Reading BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend after he confessed to his mother and she called police. Polk County Sheriff’s officials said in a news release Monday that they arrested 37-year-old Jason Robinson outside his RV on Saturday night. Authorities say Robinson grabbed
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