By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Authorities are considering charges against a man attacked by a tiger after entering an unauthorized area after hours at a Naples, Florida, zoo, leaving a deputy no choice but to kill the critically endangered cat. Zoo officials’ thoughts are with the badly injured man — identified as 26-year-old River Rosenquist
Continue ReadingBy Bobby Radford Click here for updates on this story ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, Missouri (Daily Journal) — Deputies with the St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department brightened the holidays for several unsuspecting area motorists on Christmas Eve. In the rush to finish last-minute Christmas shopping and preparations for the holiday, the last thing a driver
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By Marianne Garvey Ariana Grande improvised part of her singing performance in “Don’t Look Up,” director Adam McKay reveals. The plot of the movie revolves around two astronomers who try to warn humanity about an approaching comet that will destroy earth and a debate about facts. Grande and Kid Cudi play famous pop stars who
Continue ReadingBy Christina Carrega and Emma Tucker, CNN One current and two former police officers failed to prove they were discriminated and retaliated against by the Michigan State Police (MSP) and its director because they were White men, a federal judge has ruled. Michael Caldwell, Robert Hahn and Michael McCormick filed separate federal lawsuits last year
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By STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — This time last year, the Republican Party was hitting bottom. The GOP had already lost the presidency and the House. Soon, Republicans would squander their Senate majority and watch as thousands of Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. But what a difference 12
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Los servicios de roaming internacional pospago en los países de la Comunidad Andina se eliminarán a partir del 1 de enero de 2022, informó este viernes el presidente de Colombia Iván Duque, quien celebró la medida. La medida está vigente en Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia y Perú, que integran el
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Borowy Click here for updates on this story OXFORD, Michigan (WNEM) — Oxford Community Schools is preparing for students to return to the classroom on Jan. 3 with a number of safety protocols. All high school, middle school, and Bridges students will be given a clear backpack when they return and will be
Continue Reading LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Denis O’Dell, a British film producer and director who worked with The Beatles on the movie “A Hard Day’s Night,” has died at his home in Spain. He was 98. His son said Friday that his father died overnight at his house in Almería, in southeast Spain. He said the family
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El director de la Organización Mundial de la Salud dio una nota esperanzadora sobre la superación de la pandemia en 2022 en un mensaje de Nochevieja, diciendo que el mundo tiene las “herramientas para poner fin a esta calamidad” incluso cuando los nuevos casos de covid diarios en todo el mundo
Continue Reading By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album from drag queen titan RuPaul, the sixth and final season of NBC’s “This Is Us” and two ABC programs focusing on Mamie Till-Mobley, the civil rights icon and mother of slain son, Emmett. Ben Affleck has another winning turn in “The Tender
Continue ReadingBy WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office is going high-tech against crime. The sheriff’s office said on Twitter Thursday, Dec. 30, that it is launching a new crime scene investigation (CSI) unit and is looking to hire three crime scene investigators.
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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Police say two people were killed and two others were injured in a shooting in Kirksville. Officers responding to calls of shots fired on Thursday found an 18-month-old child dead. Twenty-two-year-old Braxton Cottrill was taken to a hospital in Columbia where he died. Another woman was hospitalized in critical condition and
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The virus outbreak hasn’t just sent NBA teams looking for help from the G League. The NBA refereeing corps has had to do the same. A trio of G League officials — Tyler Mirkovich, Clare Aubry and Pat O’Connell — were assigned games on Friday, the NBA debuts for
Continue ReadingBy WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Asheville’s Wortham Center for Performing Arts is launching a new program aimed at getting people of color into theatre. The center is teaming up with the Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective to create the Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC)
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Warren Buffett, the ninth-richest person on the planet, says it’s not up to him to settle a strike by 450 steelworkers at a company he owns. Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote a letter to the Berkshire Hathaway CEO, requesting that he intervene in a United Steelworkers union strike at the Special
Continue Reading ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) — FIFA says Auckland City FC has withdrawn from the Club World Cup because of New Zealand’s tight coronavirus restrictions and will be replaced by Tahiti’s AS Pirae. FIFA said Auckland “had to reluctantly withdraw from the tournament” because of the delayed reopening of New Zealand’s borders due to the pandemic. Pirae
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say six people were shot as six gunmen fired dozens of shots on a street full of businesses late Thursday. Officers responded to 911 calls for a shooting and found a 21-year-old woman with gunshot wounds lying near more than 65 casings from at least two different semi-automatic weapons. Officers
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — “Winnie the Pooh” and “The Sun Also Rises” are going public. A.A. Milne’s children’s book and Ernest Hemingway’s novel are among the works from 1926 whose copyrights will expire Saturday, putting them in the public domain in 2022. Poetry collections “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes and “Enough Rope” by Dorothy Parker
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WASHINGTON (AP) — “Winnie the Pooh” and “The Sun Also Rises” are going public. A.A. Milne’s children’s book and Ernest Hemingway’s novel are among the works from 1926 whose copyrights will expire Saturday, putting them in the public domain in 2022. Poetry collections “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes and “Enough Rope” by Dorothy Parker
Continue Reading SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri man is charged with first-degree murder and several other crimes in a shooting that killed a teenager and left the teen’s mother wounded. The shooting happened Wednesday in Sikeston. The Sikeston Standard Democrat reports that police were called to a home and found the 41-year-old woman and her
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