By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s office appointed four new members to a state board that oversees funeral homes amid complaints that the previous members had beefed up inspections too much after one crematory was found in such disrepair that body fluids were leaking onto the floor. In their first meeting in
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By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Only 18 of the 56 assistant coaches (32%) Bill Belichick has employed in full-time roles during his 22 years in New England have been minorities. Excluding strength and conditioning coaches, the number drops to 13, or just 25%. Both fall below the 35.6% of minority
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Dole was being honored with a private service at Washington National Cathedral and a public one at the World War II Memorial on Friday after lying in state at the U.S. Capitol. President Joe Biden and top leaders from both parties on Thursday saluted Dole as
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos dejó este viernes en vigor una ley de aborto de Texas que prohíbe el procedimiento después de alrededor de seis semanas de embarazo, pero los jueces dijeron que los defensores del derecho a abortar pueden desafiar la ley en una corte federal. La decisión
Continue Reading IOWA FALLS, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has identified a man fatally shot by officers in Iowa Falls. The agency says 35-year-old Jared Risius, of Eldora, died after being shot during a confrontation with police Wednesday morning. Investigators said a woman called police to say a man she had once dated
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By MANUEL DE LA CRUZ and EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — Rescue workers arriving at a road accident in southern Mexico found a truck jammed with as many as 200 migrants crashed into the base of a steel pedestrian bridge, killing 54 and injuring dozens. The migrants inside the tractor
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN The anti-abortion movement has won its biggest returns yet on its decades-long investment on reshaping the courts, with a Supreme Court order that allowed the country’s second most populous state to cut off almost all access to the procedure. For a generation, abortion foes have employed a multi-pronged strategy of electing
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish junior minister and valuable ally of the governing right-wing coalition says he is temporarily stepping aside from his cabinet duties to defend himself against allegations over his past business dealings. Deputy Sports and Tourism Minister Lukasz Mejza, who is an independent lawmaker in Poland’s parliament, said on Twitter Friday
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By Walé Azeez and Martin Goillandeau, CNN Business A man who slipped down the stairs and broke his back while walking from his bed to home office can file a claim on his employer’s insurance after a court in Germany ruled that he was commuting at the time. The ruling by Germany’s federal social court
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns have signed veteran punter Dustin Colquitt after placing regular Jamie Gillan on the COVID-19 reserve list. Colquitt, who spent 15 seasons with Kansas City, was released by Atlanta earlier this week. He averaged a career-best 47.7 yards per punt in six games. The 39-year-old
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Consumer prices in the United States continued to surge in November, exacerbating anxiety about rising inflation among Americans. The consumer price index rose by 6.8% last month, the highest its been since June 1982, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Biden administration was already trying to tamp down
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — A large majority of Spain’s soccer clubs have ratified an investment plan with a private equity CVC firm to inject 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) into the competitions, although Real Madrid of Barcelona were the notable exceptions. The league said that 37 of 42 clubs making up Spain’s first and second divisions
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled that Texas abortion providers can sue over the state’s ban on most abortions, but the justices are allowing the law to remain in effect. The court acted Friday, more than a month after hearing arguments over the law that makes abortion illegal
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The heads of Mercedes and Red Bull have shaken hands and wished one another good luck as drivers Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen head into the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and Red Bull principal Christian Horner
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A Swiss museum to which the late collector Cornelius Gurlitt bequeathed an art trove he amassed at his home says it will relinquish ownership of works where no specific evidence has been found they were looted under Nazi rule but research points to “conspicuous circumstances.” The reclusive Gurlitt, who died in 2014,
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say the owner of a warehousing company for the shipping industry who paid $75,000 to have someone correct his son’s answers on a college entrance exam has agreed to plead guilty in the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Federal prosecutors in Boston said Thursday that 67-year-old I-Hsin “Joey” Chen, of Newport
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BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say the owner of a warehousing company for the shipping industry who paid $75,000 to have someone correct his son’s answers on a college entrance exam has agreed to plead guilty in the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Federal prosecutors in Boston said Thursday that 67-year-old I-Hsin “Joey” Chen, of Newport
Continue ReadingBy ROB POLANSKY Click here for updates on this story WATERTOWN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A fake text message meant for only one student’s mother led to a school threat investigation in Watertown. Out of an abundance of caution, police said extra patrols would be at Watertown schools on Friday. According to Watertown police, they received
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By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court left in place Friday a Texas abortion law that bars the procedure after the first six weeks of pregnancy, but the justices said that abortion providers have the right to challenge the law in federal court. The court’s action means that the case will
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story BATTLE GROUND, Washington (KPTV) — A 44-year-old man who was arrested following a six-hour standoff with police in 2019 has pleaded guilty to firearm charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office – Western District of Washington. On Wednesday, Lynn Manley Cargile entered a guilty plea
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