By FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after the Jan. 6 attack, the new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police says he is working to resolve “critical deficiencies” despite major staffing shortages and thousands of new threats to members of Congress. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger appeared at
Continue Reading By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Experts in South Africa say President Cyril Ramaphosa is challenged to take decisive action against the corruption documented in a judicial report presented to the leader and made public. Legal specialists and Amnesty International say the damning findings by the state commission of inquiry — chaired by
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMOV) — A Kansas City, Kansas, man is accused of using his position as a hotel front desk clerk to make a duplicate key to get inside a woman’s hotel room to assault her. Fletcher Clardy, III is charged with attempted rape.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — Los premios Golden Globes o Globo de Oro regresan este año para —a pesar de las controversias— para celebrar a las mejores películas y series del cine, televisión y las plataformas de streaming. Los premios Golden Globes, que celebrarán su 79 entrega el domingo 9 de enero, será una premiación
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IRONTON, Mo. (AP) — Iron County officials say a man and woman and two infant children were found dead in a home in southeast Missouri. The cause of death has not been determined but investigators believe an alternative heating source in the living room of the home could be a factor. The bodies of 33-year-old
Continue Reading By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A blood test may one day be able to predict whether someone who is pregnant will develop a serious blood pressure disorder months before symptoms show up. Preeclampsia happens in around one of 20 pregnancies, usually in the third trimester, and can cause organ damage,
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By Barbara Starr and Devan Cole, CNN Military bases in Iraq and Syria that hold American troops were attacked Wednesday, though no US forces were killed in the strikes, according to Iraqi officials and the US-led coalition. There have been multiple attacks this week coinciding with Monday’s second anniversary of the US assassination of a
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By The Associated Press The Italian league resumes after a two-week winter break with Juventus hosting Napoli in the marquee match. Coronavirus infections are limiting squads, however, with about 10% of players in Serie A positive including Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen. Serie A leader Inter Milan visits Bologna and second-place
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou safety Shawn Robinson entered the transfer portal on Wednesday, after spending three season with the Tigers. The TCU-transfer originally came to Columbia as a quarterback, sitting out in 2019 due to NCAA transfer rules. He spent the beginning of the 2020 season in a competition for a starting position with former
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By Karen Wynne Click here for updates on this story RUTHERFORD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A rural mountain community is reeling after the death of a beloved, longtime North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper, accidentally killed by his own brother. James Lovelace lives across the street from where the crash happened. He said last
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Novak Djokovic llegó a Melbourne antes del Abierto de Australia, pero un error de visa reportado generó dudas sobre su participación en el Grand Slam de apertura de temporada. Los organizadores del Abierto de Australia anunciaron el martes que a Djokovic se le había otorgado una exención médica, una decisión
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By Kate Bennett and Ryan Nobles, CNN Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham met Wednesday on Capitol Hill with the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, according to multiple sources familiar with the meeting. “I cooperated fully with the committee,” Grisham told reporters as she left the panel’s office Wednesday evening. The
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By Gabby Orr, CNN Former President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a news conference late Tuesday that he was scheduled to host at Mar-a-Lago on the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, but which his allies had warned would cause unnecessary problems for Republicans and himself. In a statement released late Tuesday afternoon, the former President
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By Hannah Ryan, CNN When most people go looking for love, they turn to dating apps or matchmaking websites, or they ask friends to set them up — but Muhammad Malik is taking a different approach entirely. The 29-year-old bachelor from London has been using billboards in the UK city of Birmingham to advertise himself
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN After the longest pit stop in “Amazing Race” history, the show is back. “The Amazing Race” had completed filming three episodes of a new season when the world came to a halt over coronavirus concerns in March 2020. It took more than a year and a half for the show’s producers
Continue Reading By RON TODT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Officials say a large house fire in Philadelphia has killed 13 people, including seven children, and sent two people to hospitals. Officials said at a news conference hours after the early morning fire Wednesday that there were four smoke detectors in the building but that none were
Continue Reading By RON TODT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Officials say a large house fire in Philadelphia has killed 13 people, including seven children, and sent two people to hospitals. Officials said at a news conference hours after the early morning fire Wednesday that there were four smoke detectors in the building but that none were
Continue Reading LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas has suspended two fraternities for five years following an investigation that accused the clubs of fostering a culture of hazing. The Kansas City Star reports that the university on Tuesday informed Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Theta in a letter that they will be removed from
Continue Reading ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The woman who accused former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of fondling her in the executive mansion said a prosecutor’s decision to drop the case shows why victims fear coming forward against powerful people. Brittany Commisso was one of Cuomo’s executive assistants before he resigned. She released a statement Tuesday, hours
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business The United States is now the world’s leading exporter of liquified natural gas as Europe’s energy crisis and shortages in China send demand for American shipments soaring. LNG exports from the United States topped 7 million tonnes (7.7 million tons) in December, according to ship-tracking data from ICIS LNG Edge,
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