By Amir Vera, Chuck Johnston, Amy Simonson and Rebekah Riess, CNN Authorities in Missouri have arrested and charged a man accused of fatally shooting a North Kansas City police officer, Clay County Attorney Dan White announced Wednesday. Joshua T. Rocha, 24, has been charged with first-degree murder and felony armed criminal action. He is being
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By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Jamie Gangel, CNN The House committee investigating the insurrection plans to show footage at Thursday’s hearing of then-President Donald Trump having difficulty working through efforts to tape a message to his supporters on January 7, 2021, the day after the Capitol riot, sources familiar with the committee’s
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The unemployment rate in Missouri for the month of June was the lowest seasonally adjusted rate since 1976.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Division I college football players would have two periods of time to enter the transfer portal and be immediately eligible to play if a proposed rule change gets final approval. The Division I Council endorsed several of the Transformation Committee’s initial proposals and passed them on to the D-I Board for approval.
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Caster Semenya finished 13th in the women’s 5,000 meters Wednesday at the world championships, an expected result for the South African who has been banned from her best event because of rules that demand she take hormone-reducing drugs to enter certain races. Semenya, who has
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Google se une a los festejos en Colombia y crea un Doodle para conmemorar el DÃa de la Independencia este 20 de julio. Este año se cumplen 212 años de la Independencia de Colombia, dÃa en el que se conmemora a una serie de eventos que darÃan inicio a la Independencia
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian prosecutors have opened an investigation into the powerful Santos soccer club for alleged illegal child work. They also requested that all activities of the club’s academy be suspended. The Sao Paulo state labor prosecutors’ office says in a statement that a court will give
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By Jennifer Henderson, CNN Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, the woman who authorities say fled to Costa Rica after allegedly killing an elite professional cyclist and was missing for more than 40 days, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in a Texas court Wednesday. Before an appearance in Travis County District Court, Armstrong’s attorney, Rick Cofer, filed
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By Evan Perez and Kara Scannell, CNN The federal investigation into Hunter Biden’s business activities is nearing a critical juncture as investigators weigh possible charges and prosecutors confront Justice Department guidelines to generally avoid bringing politically sensitive cases close to an election, according to people briefed on the matter. While no final decision has been
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Hundreds will head to Boone County Wednesday as the county fair heads into its second night, and organizers say safety and security is on everyone’s minds.
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By Fredreka Schouten A Democratic super PAC on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission in a bid to force the agency to take action against former President Donald Trump for, in their view, essentially running for president without formally declaring himself a candidate. The lawsuit from American Bridge 21st Century follows a
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN New York police are investigating whether the son of a retired New York state judge killed his mother in the family’s Manhattan apartment before jumping to his own death, a law enforcement source told CNN on Wednesday. Police said they responded to the family’s Upper East Side apartment building after receiving
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN An elementary school in Marietta, Georgia, is halting the rollout of a new logo after an uproar from parents who pointed out its similarities to a Nazi symbol. East Side Elementary School, located in Georgia’s second-largest school district, debuted the new logo in a Monday email to parents. The redesign portrayed
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By Jennifer Hauser, CNN Extreme heat in Europe has caused famed rock band Pearl Jam to cancel its concert in Vienna on Wednesday night. The band told fans on Instagram that lead singer Eddie Vedder’s throat was “damaged” at his last show outside Paris due to heat, dust and smoke from nearby fires. “To all
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Nairo Quintana ocupó el sexto lugar en el Tour de Francia de 2022. Se dice fácil, pero el ciclista colombiano, el mejor de la historia de su paÃs y de Latinoamérica, compitió contra más jóvenes y lo hizo tras unas temporadas difÃciles. Tiene 32 años y parece decidido a dejar
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Esta semana, muchos de nosotros hemos tenido que lidiar con las temperaturas récord que azotan Europa y parte de Estados Unidos. Aunque el preocupante calor te haga desear bajar las persianas, poner el ventilador y quedarte lo más quieto posible, hay trabajos que hacer y sueldos que ganar, y esa es
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Major League Baseball’s Midsummer Classic remains the most-watched all-star game in professional sports, even though it drew record lows in viewership for the fifth time since 2015. The game in Los Angeles averaged 7.51 million viewers on Fox, a decline of 9.7% from last year’s contest in Colorado. The audience peaked
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By Kacey Cherry, CNN In a celebratory and historic ceremony, Bruce’s Beach, an oceanfront property was formally returned to the descendants of a Black couple in Southern California on Wednesday, nearly a century after being wrongfully stripped of the land. The great-great grandson of the original land owners, Willa and Charles Bruce, was presented by
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Former Washington safety Deshazor Everett pleaded guilty to reckless driving for his role in a crash that killed his passenger. Everett was initially charged in Virginia with felony involuntary manslaughter in January after an investigation found he was speeding before his sports car slammed into trees and rolled over
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Dozens of family members of Americans detained abroad gathered in Washington on Wednesday to unveil a mural of their loved ones, to urge the country not to forget about them and again call for the US government to act decisively to bring them home. For many of the families, it has
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