By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Sarah Collins Rudolph lost an eye and still has pieces of glass inside her body from a Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed her sister and three other Black girls at an Alabama church 59 years ago, and she’s still waiting on the state to compensate
Continue Reading By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE (AP) — For a third time the Louisiana Bond Commission is scheduled to vote, Thursday morning, on a $39 million future line of credit for a New Orleans power plant, critical to power drainage pumps that remove rainwater in a city that faces chronic flood problems. The commission
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Thousands of people in Hong Kong have turned out to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II, in one of the largest public gatherings since China clamped down on shows of political dissent in the former British colony more than two years ago. Crowds of more than 2,500 people of varying
Continue Reading By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Abbott Elementary” creator-star Quinta Brunson took revenge on Jimmy Kimmel’s Emmy prank with one of her own, then collected an apology from the late-night host whose bit was criticized as rude and worse. Kimmel, who had distracted attention from Brunson’s Emmy acceptance speech by lying
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press During the first two years of the pandemic, the number of people working from home in the United States tripled, home values grew and the percentage of people who spent more than a third of their income on rent went up, according to survey results released Thursday by the U.S.
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By LARY BUMP Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Stephen Vogt’s routine grounder with two outs in the ninth inning glanced off Texas shortstop Corey Seager’s glove, scoring the go-ahead run as the Oakland Athletics rallied past the Rangers 8-7. The A’s trailed 7-6 entering the ninth. Pinch-hitter Sheldon Neuse led off with a single
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By Laura He, CNN Business Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, will meet face-to-face this week for the first time since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine earlier this year. When they last met, in February in Beijing during the Winter Olympics, they proclaimed their friendship had “no limits.” Since then, Russia
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By Saskya Vandoorne, Melissa Bell and Olga Voitovych, CNN Shevchenkove may have been liberated after more than six months of Russian occupation, but in the run-down streets of this small town in northeastern Ukraine, there are no scenes of joy. Its streets were practically deserted Tuesday, five days after Ukrainian forces swept through. Their trucks
Continue Reading By Saskya Vandoorne, Melissa Bell and Olga Voitovych, CNN Shevchenkove may have been liberated after more than six months of Russian occupation, but in the run-down streets of this small town in northeastern Ukraine, there are no scenes of joy. Its streets were practically deserted Tuesday, five days after Ukrainian forces swept through. Their trucks
Continue Reading By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina made history with the first pitch of the game, then the record-setting battery helped the St. Louis Cardinals extend their NL Central lead by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1. Wainwright and Molina started together for the 325th time, the most ever
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden believes unions built the middle class. He also knows a rail worker strike could damage the economy ahead of midterm elections. That left him in the awkward position Wednesday of espousing the virtues of unionization in Detroit, a stalwart of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS VOLLEYBALL HELIAS (3) BATTLE (0) FINAL HS SOFTBALL HANNIBAL (4) CLARK COUNTY (11) FINAL WESTRAN (13) HARRISBURG (3) FINAL ODESSA (2) MARHSALL (6) FINAL HALLSVILLE (16) MOBERLY (3) FINAL FAYETTE (7)
Continue Reading By The Associated Press COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Keegan Rosenberry scored the deciding goal in a 2-1 win for the Colorado Rapids over the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday. After the win , the Rapids moved to 10-12-9, while the Earthquakes fell to 7-14-9.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press VANCOUVER — Thomas Hasal delivered a two-save shutout while Ryan Gauld scored in the Vancouver Whitecaps’ 3-0 victory over the LA Galaxy on Wednesday. After the win , the Whitecaps moved to 10-14-7, while the Galaxy fell to 11-12-7.
Continue Reading By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Ford closed New York Fashion Week on Wednesday with a starry front row and a runway full of big hair, disco cowgirls and sequins for miles. As Madonna, her daughter Lourdes and Chris Rock looked on, love was clearly on Ford’s mind, and dancing all
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN An Indiana law banning abortion at all stages of pregnancy with limited exceptions is now in effect, making Indiana the latest state to enact restrictions on the procedure after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The law was passed over the summer during a special session, when Indiana became
Continue Reading By Pamela Brown, Evan Perez, Jeremy Herb and Kristen Holmes, CNN Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has complied with a subpoena from the Justice Department’s investigation into events surrounding January 6, 2021, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, making him the highest-ranking Trump official known to have responded to a subpoena
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not just rocket fuel propelling America’s first moonshot after a half-century lull. Strategic rivalry with China’s space program is helping drive NASA’s effort to get back into space in a big way. Both nations are pushing to put people back on the moon and establish the
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Hu and Etant Dupain, CNN Mass protests. Lethal outbursts of gang warfare. An overwhelmed judiciary and a barren legislative branch where a handful of representatives linger among the vacant seats of former colleagues. For years, these have been the conditions of life in Haiti. And for just as long, the vanishing point in
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s popularity improved substantially from his lowest point this summer, but concerns about his handling of the economy persist, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Support for Biden recovered from a low of 36% in
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