By KIM CHANDLER and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A twister roaring out of the darkness smashed through a small Alabama community early Wednesday during an outbreak of tornadoes across the Deep South, killing a 39-year-old woman and her 8-year-old son on a street where generations of one family lived. One of
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau, CNN Former US Army corporal and Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura has died, according to a news release from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. He was 97 years old. Miyamura was born on October 6, 1925, in Gallup, New Mexico. He joined the Army in January 1945 as part
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By Daniella Diaz, CNN House Democrats chose caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries of New York to succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader of the Democrats in the chamber next year, a historic move that will make him the first Black person to lead one of the two major parties in either chamber of Congress. House Democrats met
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SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners have signed right-hander Trevor Gott to a one-year contract. Gott appeared in 45 games last season with Milwaukee, going 3-4 with a 4.14 ERA. Gott’s signing helps fill the void created when Erik Swanson was traded to Toronto as part of the deal that landed the Mariners slugger Teoscar
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster and Carolyn Sung, CNN The new Prince and Princess of Wales touched down in Boston Wednesday ahead of the second iteration of the Earthshot Prize Awards later this week, in their first trip to the United States since 2014. The couple flew into the city on a commercial flight as
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials approved the first pharmaceutical-grade version of the fecal transplant procedures that doctors have increasingly used to treat a potentially life-threatening intestinal infection. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the drug for adult patients at risk for reinfection with the infection commonly referred
Continue Reading SANDSTONE, Minn. (AP) — Four lion cubs that were orphaned during the war in Ukraine have arrived safely at a Minnesota animal sanctuary that has pledged to provide them a permanent home. A male cub named Taras and three females named Stefania, Lesya and Prada, who are all between four and five months old, spent
Continue ReadingBy Madison Smith Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Community members giving back is not uncommon, especially in western North Carolina, but 2 local men are taking it 6,295 miles farther. On Wednesday, Nov. 30, News 13 spoke with Trinity Baptist Church Pastor Winston Parrish as he was on
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Amazon delivery station in Ashland has already started to see a seasonal increase in Mid-Missouri packages. With the holidays getting closer, the station said it expects more than 1 million boxes to be delivered from October-January. Aaron Ponder — owner of Frontline Logistics — partnered with the facility when it opened
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — American downhill racer Steven Nyman is now 40 years old and still going strong. The three-time World Cup winner has no immediate plans for retirement. His back aches on occasion but it’s not enough to deter him from chasing after the feeling of a
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN Nearly 20% of California’s urban water agencies reported they could see significant water shortages in the coming months as the state braces for a potential fourth consecutive year of drought. After surveying urban water agencies representing roughly 90% of the state’s population, the California Department of Water Resources early this week
Continue ReadingBy Matt Woods Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Louis County woman has been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay more than $350,000 in pandemic loan fraud. Rose Ann Shaw, 65, was sentenced to two years in prison after fraudulently getting $357,000 from Paycheck Protection Program(PPP)
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Swartz Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Digitized archives from The Kansas City Star and The Kansas City Times were purchased by the Kansas City Public Library, the library announced Wednesday. The archive ranges from 1880 to today with images available for all years except 1991-2013. According
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — TCU’s Kendre Miller and Kansas State’s 5-foot-6 dynamo Deuce Vaughn have much different body types. But the third-year running backs that will be featured in the Big 12 championship game Saturday look pretty similar in what they do on the field. Like Vaughn, the
Continue ReadingBy CNNE’s Juan Carlos Paz and Abel Alvarado A landslide in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná killed at least two people and left dozens missing on Wednesday, according to officials. A landslide, which followed heavy rainfall, affected Brazil’s BR-376 highway, CNNE reports. Authorities believe mud buried six trailers, and up to 15 vehicles on
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN An incredibly bright flash that appeared in the night sky in February was the result of a star straying too close to a supermassive black hole, meeting its untimely end there as it was ripped to shreds. But the rare cosmic event actually occurred 8.5 billion light years away from Earth,
Continue ReadingBy Greg Payne Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — People living in a Kansas City neighborhood off Gregory Boulevard say they were left without running water for about 18 hours. For Josh Lehne, knowing whether his water will run is sort of a guessing game. “We’ve actually had this
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of being an accessory to a murder had no change made to her bond following a hearing Wednesday at the Callaway County Courthouse. Emily Ricketts, 26, of Indianapolis, Indiana, is still being held without bond at the Callaway County Jail. Her next hearing will be 10:30 a.m. Jan. 6,
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Homeland Security is projecting between 9,000 to 14,000 migrants may attempt to cross the US southern border a day when a Trump-era border policy ends in late December, more than double the current number of people crossing, according to a source familiar with the projections. Officials are bracing
Continue ReadingRocÃo Muñoz-Ledo Londres (CNN Business) — El veredicto es: una semana laboral de cuatro dÃas es buena para los negocios. Después de seis meses, es poco probable que la mayorÃa de las 33 empresas y 903 trabajadores que probaron el horario, sin reducción de salario, vuelvan a una semana laboral estándar, según los organizadores del
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