By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer So much for the notion that goals are hard to come by in the playoffs. The NHL is in for another wildly unpredictable postseason if the opening night of the chase for the Stanley Cup is an indication of what’s to come. It’s a small sample size. But Game
Continue Reading
By JIM SALTER Associated Press A Missouri man who killed a couple during a robbery at their rural home nearly 26 years ago has been put to death, even as another state has halted executions that have become increasingly uncommon in the U.S. Carman Deck was executed Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre.
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Idaho intends to seek the death penalty for Lori Vallow, who is charged with the murder of her two children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, the state said in a notice filed in court Monday. The state will seek the death penalty if Vallow is convicted of any
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Pittsburgh wide receiver Jordan Addison is exploring his options. The rising junior and 2021 Biletnikoff Award winner as the nation’s top receiver is in the NCAA transfer portal. Addison put in his paperwork by the May 1 deadline. The decision comes amid reports that Addison is considering
Continue Reading BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — Missouri man executed for killing couple in 1996 becomes just the 5th person to be put to death in the US this year.
Continue Reading
By Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN When President Joe Biden received a telephone call from his chief of staff late Monday alerting him to a near-unprecedented leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion, he decided not to act right away. The court had yet to verify the authenticity of the document. Its disclosure reflected
Continue Reading
By Mick Krever and Olha Konovalova, CNN The warm spring air is coming to eastern Ukraine. The roads are lined with red tulips, and people are reopening their summer kitchens, small buildings outside traditional homes used to isolate the heat and smells of cooking in the hotter months. It was in her elderly mother’s wood-frame
Continue Reading
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz has a message for workers interested in unionizing: If you do, you could miss out on higher wages. The coffee chain said it would raise wages back in October. Starbucks will honor those commitments to employees even if they have voted to unionize, Schultz said
Continue Reading
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Airbnb reported more than 100 million bookings during the first quarter of this year, a record for the company that underscores the turnaround from when its business was decimated in the early months of the pandemic. The resurgence in demand has sent the company’s rental rates to new heights
Continue Reading
Multiple people will be asked to speak including the audience will be invited to share their stories.
Continue Reading By TOM KERTSCHER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds put slumping first baseman Joey Votto on the COVID-19 injured list Tuesday, making the move before a game against Milwaukee. Manager David Bell said Votto hasn’t tested positive for the virus. “We’re precautionary as far as being able to put him on that COVID
Continue Reading
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed into law a bill modeled after the controversial Texas abortion law, which allows private citizens to take civil action against abortion providers to enforce the law. The “Oklahoma Heartbeat Act,” Senate Bill 1503, takes effect immediately and prohibits abortions at the time when a
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro was told before the season began that he wouldn’t be in the Miami Heat starting lineup. To his credit, he saw that as an opportunity. “I said, ‘Let’s go for Sixth Man of the Year,’” Herro said. And that’s what he got. Herro was
Continue Reading
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The mother of a man killed in December when a tornado slammed into an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is speaking out against the company. At a press briefing in Edwardsville, Deon January said DeAndre Morrow was only working because he was called in on his day off. And her attorney
Continue Reading
A Miller County suspect wanted for assault is in custody as of Tuesday afternoon.
Continue Reading
By Devan Cole, Evan Perez, Ariane de Vogue and Whitney Wild, CNN When Chief Justice John Roberts announced Tuesday that the Supreme Court will investigate the release of a draft opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade, he kicked off what will likely be one of Washington’s most unusual leak investigations in recent years.
Continue Reading
By Devan Cole, Evan Perez, Ariane de Vogue and Whitney Wild, CNN When Chief Justice John Roberts announced Tuesday that the Supreme Court will investigate the release of a draft opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade, he kicked off what will likely be one of Washington’s most unusual leak investigations in recent years.
Continue Reading
By Brian Fung and Sara O’Brien, CNN Business Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh will meet with union leaders Thursday including Christian Smalls, the former Amazon employee who helped successfully organize workers at an Amazon facility in Staten Island. The meeting, which will take place at the White House, will also involve
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 24-year-old Kansas City man is jailed on charges of killing two Kansas teenagers. Police said Patrick Howard is charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the Feb. 18 deaths of Samuel Guess and Antonio Johnson, who were both 14. Nancy Chartrand, a spokeswoman for the Kansas City, Kansas,
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 24-year-old Kansas City man is jailed on charges of killing two Kansas teenagers. Police said Patrick Howard is charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the Feb. 18 deaths of Samuel Guess and Antonio Johnson, who were both 14. Nancy Chartrand, a spokeswoman for the Kansas City, Kansas,
Continue Reading