By Mallika Kallingal, CNN An Alabama corrections officer who disappeared late last month with an inmate — with whom authorities believe she may have had a romantic relationship — died of a gunshot wound. Officer Vicky White, 56, and inmate Casey White, 38, were arrested in Evansville, Indiana, on May 9 after a nationwide manhunt
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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant is out for Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Warriors with a right knee injury. Coach Taylor Jenkins made the announcement before the game. Just more than an hour before tipoff, Morant posted a bear emoji on
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Oscar Holland, CNN One of Andy Warhol’s iconic Marilyn Monroe portraits has become the most expensive 20th-century artwork ever to go under the hammer. The 40-square-inch “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” one of dozens of images the artist made of Monroe in the 1960s, sold for a record $195 million at Christie’s in New York Monday
Continue ReadingRocÃo Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Más restos humanos se descubrieron en el lago Mead durante el fin de semana, menos de una semana después de que se encontrara un cuerpo dentro de un barril en el embalse. Los guardabosques del Servicio de Parques Nacionales (NPS, por sus siglas en inglés) respondieron a una llamada durante la
Continue Reading By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — The Reds placed infielder Mike Moustakas on the injured list without designation, the latest Cincinnati player apparently sidelined by COVID-19 issues on the last-place club. Moustakas became the 14th player on the Reds’ injured list. First baseman Joey Votto and second baseman Jonathan India are also out
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By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Efforts are underway to clear a road where dozens of fully grown evergreen trees as well as rocks and dirt toppled into an Alaska bay, covering the roadway and cutting off road access for scores of people. City Manager Janette Bower says there were no injuries
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas is being flooded with lore about organized crime after a second set of human remains emerged within a week from the depths of a drought-stricken Colorado River reservoir just a 30-minute drive from the notoriously mob-founded Strip. “There’s no telling what we’ll find in
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — The landlocked Southeast Asian nation of Laos has reopened to tourists and other visitors more than two years after it imposed tight restrictions to fight the coronavirus. Vaccination certificates or virus tests will still be required for Lao citizens and foreigners entering the country. Travelers 12 years of age or older without
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By Brian Fung, CNN Elon Musk appeared to endorse a key European law regulating social media on Monday when he appeared in a video with Thierry Breton, a top EU commissioner and digital regulator. In the video, Breton said he met with Musk to explain the finer points of the Digital Services Act, a forthcoming
Continue Reading HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says Chinese patriots are now firmly in charge of the city following the election of its new leader, who ran unopposed in a process controlled by Beijing. Lam’s comments came a day after a carefully vetted election committee voted overwhelmingly to approve John Lee, a hard-line
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing parents control of their children’s public education has failed to pass the Missouri House. Lawmakers in the GOP-led House on Monday voted 60-81 against the proposal. The legislation would have enshrined parents’ rights to direct their children’s public school education
Continue Reading JASPER, Ark. (AP) — The National Park Service says a 46-year-old Missouri man died after falling about 20 feet while hiking at the Buffalo National River in Arkansas. Park service officials say Brad Lee Thomas of Springfield was hiking with a group on Saturday in an underdeveloped wilderness area when he fell in the Indian
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Warriors coach Steve Kerr tested positive for COVID-19 and will be replaced by associate head coach Mike Brown on the bench for Golden State in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Memphis Grizzlies.The 56-year-old Kerr had been regularly wearing a mask at
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By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slightly nudged the door open last week when he said “it’s possible” the GOP could move to ban abortion nationwide. Republicans on Monday quickly shut it. “I don’t think it’s really an appropriate topic for Congress to be passing a national
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By Sara Sidner, Sandi Sidhu, and Kostyantyn Gak, CNN In a small village Russian soldiers occupied as they tried and failed to take Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, at the beginning of the war, two women say they are living with the pain of multiple traumas: destruction, death and rape. One of the women — who said
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed legislation to beef up security for Supreme Court justices. Lawmakers are seeking to ensure that justices and their families are protected as the court deliberates abortion access and whether to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. The bipartisan
Continue ReadingRocÃo Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) – Al menos cuatro estudiantes fallecieron y más de 60 personas resultaron heridas en una avalancha humana, mientras se realizaba una asamblea estudiantil este lunes en la Universidad Tomás FrÃas de la ciudad de PotosÃ, en Bolivia, informó en conferencia de prensa el ministro de Gobierno, Eduardo del Castillo. Según explicó,
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has passed a new congressional redistricting plan that could be put in place for this year’s elections. The proposal approved 101-47 Monday would also need to win support from the state Senate before Friday’s deadline to pass legislation. The proposed voting
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Premier League-bound Fulham has extended the contract of American defender Tim Ream through the 2022-23 season. The 34-year-old from St. Louis joined the Cottagers for the 2015-16 season and has been with them through promotions from the second-tier League Championship in 2017-18, 2019-20 and this season, and relegations from the Premier
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Premier League-bound Fulham has extended the contract of American defender Tim Ream through the 2022-23 season. The 34-year-old from St. Louis joined the Cottagers for the 2015-16 season and has been with them through promotions from the second-tier League Championship in 2017-18, 2019-20 and this season, and relegations from the Premier
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