By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press The Missouri Supreme Court has set a Nov. 29 execution date for a 36-year-old man who killed a suburban St. Louis police officer. Kevin Johnson was sentenced to death for the July 5, 2005, slaying of 43-year-old Kirkwood Police Sgt. Bill McEntee. Johnson was 19 at the time of the
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Five of the men charged with hazing in connection with the University of Missouri Phi Gamma Delta hazing case are scheduled for their first appearance in court Thursday.
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By Michelle Watson and Claudia Dominguez, CNN More than a year after a Pennsylvania woman filed a lawsuit against comedian Horatio Sanz, SNL Studios and NBCUniversal, she’s filed a proposed amended complaint seeking to add Tracy Morgan, Jimmy Fallon, and “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels as defendants, arguing they enabled Sanz’s alleged misconduct. In
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DROUGHT MONITOR: The drought monitor is a product collaboratively produced by various government agencies and other organizations, to keep tabs on how dry (or not) communities are around the country. The product is updated every Thursday morning based on data collected through Tuesday morning of the same week. This means the drought monitor is updated
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Dollar stores, as their name suggests, offer inexpensive products for bargain-hungry shoppers. But even Dollar General and Dollar Tree, which have thrived this year as rampant inflation has helped boost sales, are starting to feel the pinch of a slowing economy. Dollar General and Dollar Tree both reported
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN Oklahoma has executed 50-year-old James Coddington, the first of 25 death row inmates the state intends to put to death through 2024, the state’s corrections director confirmed Thursday morning. Coddington, who was sentenced to die for murdering Albert Hale in 1997 amid his struggle with a crack cocaine addiction, was executed
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NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Sweden striker Alexander Isak has arrived at Newcastle and appears close to completing a move from Real Sociedad to the Saudi-owned Premier League team for a reported club-record fee of 70 million euros ($70 million). Newcastle’s signing of Isak would take the spending of the richest club owners in world soccer
Continue Reading By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon on Wednesday said it is shuttering its telehealth service, Amazon Care, as the company rethinks its approach for expanding into the health care industry. Launched in 2019, Amazon Care promised to virtually connect patients with a clinician “24/7, 365 days a year,” according to its website, and also offered
Continue ReadingBy Cate Cauguiran and ABC7 Chicago Digital Team via WLS Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago police said a Good Samaritan helped a woman escape an abduction attempt in the West Loop Wednesday morning. Police said that shortly before 7:30 a.m., a 30-year-old woman was walking in the 200-block of
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced his plan to address student loan debt, which includes debt forgiveness for certain borrowers and extending the pandemic-related payment pause. The Biden administration has already canceled nearly $32 billion of the $1.6 trillion in outstanding federal student debt by expanding existing forgiveness programs for public-sector
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN NASA is gearing up for its most consequential launch in decades, launching a rocket built to carry humans on an uncrewed test flight around the moon. It’s the first major step for the space agency’s Artemis program that aims to one day return astronauts to the lunar surface. To commemorate the
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business People hoping to get their holiday shopping delivered on time could be caught in the middle of a growing battle between FedEx and thousands of contractors who deliver most FedEx packages. Many of the contractors used by the company’s FedEx Ground division say they are losing money, even as revenue
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Americans owed an astounding $1.58 trillion in student loan debt at the end of 2021. Stacker looks at the situation state-by-state.
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Stacker used data from the Office of Federal Financial Aid and other sources to show what $10,000 of loan forgiveness could mean for 45 million borrowers.
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Routific compiled data from company and market reports to tell the story of how COVID-19 spurred growth across the food delivery market.
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Using SonicWall data, Beyond Identity highlights the 10 states with the most attempted malware attacks.
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To illustrate how student loan debt has grown compared to other forms of debt, Experian analyzed data collected from student loan holders nationwide as well as government data dating back to 2009.
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America faces a housing deficit but builders are pessimistic. Stacker examined data from the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to find out why.
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By Rishabh Pratap, CNN Indian kickboxer Yora Tade died at a government hospital in the southern Indian city of Chennai on Tuesday after collapsing in the ring during a national championship final match. Tade, 24, was taken to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai on Sunday after suffering a “hard knock on his
Continue ReadingBy David Schuman Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — This year, keeping the Minnesota State Fair safe will go beyond just those who wear a badge. Neighbors who live nearby are organizing their own volunteer patrols that will be a visible, and friendly, presence. “Tensions get high [during the
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