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Anti-drug advocate argues secretary of state’s office incorrectly verified signatures for Legal Missouri 2022
A lawsuit wants to stop voters from deciding on the legalization of marijuana this November.
Continue ReadingA lawsuit wants to stop voters from deciding on the legalization of marijuana this November.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — En sus 70 años de reinado, Isabel II observó demasiados acontecimientos: desde el asesinato de Martin Luther King hasta la llegada del hombre a la Luna. La caída del muro de Berlín y el colapso de la Unión Soviética. La pandemia de coronavirus. La reina, desde su ascenso al
Continue ReadingBy BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A key decision over whether Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social will merge with a cash-rich company and get $1.3 billion to take on Twitter has been put off for another month. Potential partner, Digital World Acquisition Corp., postponed on Thursday a shareholder vote to
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Democrat vying to oust Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is facing calls from within her own party to fold her campaign, following the publication of additional leaked audio in which she appears to make disparaging remarks about her constituents. The calls for state
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles has been preparing for the crown his entire life. Now, at age 73, that moment has finally arrived. Charles, the oldest person to ever assume the British throne, became King Charles III on Thursday following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. No date
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina senators rejected a ban on almost all abortions Thursday in a special session called in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade after five Republicans, including all the chamber’s women, refused to support it. The 30 Republicans in the
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Several sporting events in Britain have been called off as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96. Organizers of the BMW PGA Championship golf event reacted to the announcement of the queen’s death by immediately suspending play with many players still out on
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Con la muerte de la reina Isabel II a los 96 años, algunos títulos de la familia real británica se modifican de manera automática, mientras que otros dependen de las decisiones que tome el ahora rey Carlos III. El hijo de la fallecida monarca, que hasta ahora ostentaba el
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — People with disabilities in Portland, Oregon, have sued the city, saying they can’t navigate its sidewalks because of sprawling homeless encampments. The class action lawsuit filed this week in a federal court in Oregon accuses the city of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A body recovered near the site of a floatplane crash in the waters of Washington state’s Puget Sound has been identified as 29-year-old Gabby Hanna. The Seattle Times reports the Island County Coroner’s Office confirmed Thursday that the recovered body was Hanna and that her family was notified on Wednesday. Hanna was
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Kay is dumping heavy rains on a sparsely populated area of Mexico’s Pacific coast and is expected to weaken further as it curls out to sea, possibly bringing rain to southernmost California by the weekend. The eye of Kay came ashore as a hurricane near Mexico’s Bahia Asuncion in
Continue ReadingVIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Play was suspended late in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship on the European tour on Thursday following the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96. Thirty of the 144 players in the field had yet to finish their first rounds at
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Getting to a Grand Slam final is no longer new to Ons Jabeur. She figures it’s time to add a major trophy to her list of groundbreaking accomplishments. And she’s sure she is more ready to do it at the U.S. Open than she was
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Freddy Peralta left the second game of a doubleheader with the San Francisco Giants due to fatigue in his throwing shoulder after walking the first batter he faced in the third inning. Peralta spent over two months on the injured list with a
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints star running back Alvin Kamara isn’t ready to discuss his felony battery case but is open to explaining his positive outlook on New Orleans’ healthier and revamped offense. The Saints open their regular season in Atlanta on Sunday and Kamara has resumed speaking with
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina senators have rejected a ban on almost all abortions in a special session. Republicans had a majority of votes to pass the ban, but Republican Sen. Tom Davis threatened to filibuster and proponents of the ban were two votes short of the means of
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, Shimon Prokupecz and Ashley Killough, CNN As dozens of kids played and people picnicked Thursday afternoon at Memorial Park in Uvalde, Texas, gunfire interrupted in what authorities believe was gang-related violence about a mile and a half from the now-shuttered elementary school where 21 people were killed in May by a teenage
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s navy chief says the Chinese navy’s “unusual behavior” in shadowing Australian warships in the South China Sea has not deterred operations in the contested waters. Vice Admiral Mark Hammond said the “odd” Chinese tactics have not escalated in recent years, which left him “reasonably comfortable”
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — An ex-business manager for R. Kelly and his co-defendant at Kelly’s ongoing federal trial in Chicago has expressed doubts on the witness stand about Kelly’s insistence in the 2000s that he never sexually abused minors. Derrell McDavid’s testimony Thursday came a day after he told
Continue ReadingBy FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady says he’s focused on helping the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win, not how much longer he might want to play. The 45-year-old quarterback says he feels as though “we’re all getting one day older at a time” and can’t be sure “whether we’re going
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