By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed a federal watchdog assailed by former President Donald Trump to the top job battling fraud, waste and abuse at the $1.6 trillion Department of Health and Human Services. No Republicans objected to confirming Christi A. Grimm, a longtime civil servant, as HHS inspector
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BLOOMFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri man has been sentenced to life in prison plus 15 years for the stabbing death of a man in Dexter. Joshua Koonce, of Dexter, was sentenced Thursday for second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the June 2018 death of Jimmy Casey. Prosecutors said a home health care
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By Sean Lyngaas and Phil Mattingly, CNN Officials from multiple US agencies met Thursday with executives from big US banks to discuss how they might respond to Russian hacking threats as US officials warn that Russia could invade Ukraine at any time, five people briefed on the meeting told CNN. The meeting — which covered
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By Sean Lyngaas and Phil Mattingly, CNN Officials from multiple US agencies met Thursday with executives from big US banks to discuss how they might respond to Russian hacking threats as US officials warn that Russia could invade Ukraine at any time, five people briefed on the meeting told CNN. The meeting — which covered
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La exagente de policÃa de Brooklyn Center Kimberly Potter fue sentenciada a dos años de prisión por un juez de Minnesota este viernes por disparar fatalmente a Daunte Wright, de 20 años, mientras gritaba “Taser” durante una parada de tráfico convertida en arresto el 11 de abril de 2021. Potter
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La más reciente evaluación de los servicios de inteligencia de Estados Unidos indica que Rusia continúa con los preparativos para una invasión de Ucrania, según un alto funcionario de EE.UU. con conocimiento directo y otra fuente directamente familiarizada con la inteligencia. La evaluación, descrita como “desalentadora” por el alto funcionario, indica
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By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson had hoped its trip to the NCAA Tournament last year during the pandemic-impacted season would provide a springboard for more winning. Instead, the Tigers men’s basketball team are in the midst of its longest losing streak in five seasons and two defeats away from
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TONIGHT Solidly in the mid to upper 20’s this morning, temperatures still have a bit to go before we see our high for Friday. Plenty of sunshine and a southwest wind will help get us back into the upper 30s. Tonight temperatures drop back into the teens with an arctic high pushing in some cold
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A police group that advocates for minority officers is suing St. Louis over its police promotion procedures. The Ethical Society of Police alleges in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the city has maintained the same rank promotion list for more than four years. The lawsuit contends using the old promotion lists
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government wants to give people better beer choices. And the Treasury Department, of all agencies, is tasked with figuring out how to do that. In an effort to give smaller breweries a better chance at competing, the department this month issued a report full of
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday as major indexes head for their second weekly loss in a row after another bout of turbulence shook markets. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2% and the Nasdaq fell 0.6%.
Continue ReadingBy KMBC News Staff Click here for updates on this story LUBBOCK, Texas (KMBC) — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has taken to Twitter to defend his fiancée Brittany Matthews. The NFL star’s future wife has faced an inordinate amount of online criticism in the past year. On Wednesday, she was unduly mocked following an interaction
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A year ago, two robots landed on Mars and forever changed the way we explore the red planet. The joy and excitement of the successful landing for the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter, taking place during a time of hardship for so many, echoed around the globe. “One year ago, Perseverance
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A year ago, two robots landed on Mars and forever changed the way we explore the red planet. The joy and excitement of the successful landing for the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter, taking place during a time of hardship for so many, echoed around the globe. “One year ago, Perseverance
Continue ReadingBy Mary Alice Royse Click here for updates on this story WILSON COUNTY, Tennessee (WSMV) — Wilson County Fire and Sheriff’s departments responded to a fire Wednesday at Twin Oaks Guest Ranch. Twin Oaks Guest Ranch lost all their barns, out buildings, farm equipment, trucks, tractors, and hay to the fire. Twin Oaks Guest Ranch
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Bruce Pearl and the Auburn men’s basketball team have an embarrassment of front-court riches. The second-ranked Tigers have the nation’s top shot blocker in 7-foot-1 Walker Kessler along with 6-10 freshman Jabari Smith, who also happens to be the team’s top 3-point shooter. Auburn also
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business After swinging through New York City as Spider-Man, Tom Holland returns this weekend with another film that has him dangling from great heights. This time he does so as adventurer and video game mainstay Nathan Drake. “Uncharted” — based on a best-selling Sony video game — hopes to use Holland’s
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By Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Infants and toddlers should be screened more for developmental delays, according to updated US guidelines released last week. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics updated the checklists of developmental milestones used to monitor infant and young children’s development in an effort to
Continue ReadingBy Kandra Kent Click here for updates on this story VANCOVUER, Washington (KPTV) — Without a doubt, masks certainly stifle language, but for those who are deaf or hard of hearing it can be difficult to communicate at all. As Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday announced an end to the mask mandate in most
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By David Close, Jacob Lev and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva has become one of the faces of Beijing 2022, but as the Winter Olympics nears its conclusion the spotlight is likely to remain on the 15-year-old and her entourage for the foreseeable future. A blame game has already broken out between
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