By Eric Levenson, Madeline Holcombe and Josh Campbell, CNN The initial Memphis police statement on the events of January 7 was vague. There had been a “confrontation” between officers and a driver suspected of reckless driving, police said. The suspect fled the scene on foot, and another “confrontation occurred” as officers tried to take him
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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Forget about signing new players. Barcelona will be happy just to register the ones it already has. It’s been a slow day for Spanish clubs at the end of the winter transfer window and Barcelona looked unlkely add anyone to its squad. It will instead work
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Sneakers designed to feel like running barefoot used to be the hottest phenomenon in exercise. Now, the opposite is true. The ugliest, chunkiest sneaker brand is flying off the shelves. Hoka, which started in 2009 in France as a running shoe for hardcore marathoners, is growing rapidly with casual runners, hikers
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Police are reopening a Columbia murder investigation that dates back nearly three decades.
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By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN The head of the US Food and Drug Administration proposed sweeping changes to the agency’s food safety programs Tuesday in order to protect the US food supply and promote better nutrition. FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf proposed new structures for the Human Foods Program, saying it will be led by a
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Today: Afternoon highs warm into the lower 20s due to winds out of the northwest at 4-8 mph. Flurries remain possible this afternoon from Jefferson City back south towards southern Missouri with little to no accumulation possible. At most trace amounts of snowfall could accumulate on grassy surfaces. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the mid-teens
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By PAUL J. WEBER and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Winter weather brought ice to a wide swath of the United States on Tuesday, causing the cancellation of more than 1,700 flights nationwide, bringing traffic to a standstill on an interstate through Arkansas and causing crashes that seriously injured two Texas law
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By PAUL J. WEBER and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Winter weather brought ice to a wide swath of the United States on Tuesday, causing the cancellation of more than 1,700 flights nationwide, bringing traffic to a standstill on an interstate through Arkansas and causing crashes that seriously injured two Texas law
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Varias partes del sur y centro de Estados Unidos se encuentran esta semana afectadas por los efectos de una peligrosa tormenta invernal. Desde el sureste de Nuevo México hasta Virginia Occidental, más de 40 millones de personas están bajo diversas formas de alerta de tiempo invernal. Estados afectados en EE.UU. por
Continue Reading LIDO BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — A 35-foot (11-meter) humpback whale washed ashore and later died on a New York beach, one of several cetaceans discovered over the past two months along the shores of New York and New Jersey. The whale was discovered Monday morning at Lido Beach West Town Park on Long Island. Officials
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers say LeBron James is questionable to play against the Knicks in what would be his first game at Madison Square Garden in three years. James sat out Monday in Brooklyn with left foot soreness. Coach Darvin Ham said he would be evaluated again Tuesday morning before it
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By Briana Whitney Click here for updates on this story BUCKEYE, Arizona (KTVK) — A Phoenix woman is facing charges after police said she stole an ambulance from outside a Valley hospital, but it’s now the third time a Buckeye Valley Fire District ambulance has been stolen by patients outside a hospital over the past
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden has showcased a $292 million mega grant that’ll be used to help build a rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River. The mega grant is part of an effort to draw a contrast between the Democratic president’s economic vision and that of Republicans. The
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story EL MIRAGE, Arizona (KTVK) — Police say three people, including a teen boy, have been arrested after a deadly shooting led to the discovery of human smuggling at an El Mirage home on Saturday afternoon. Around 5:15 p.m., a group of four armed people broke
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By Kalama Hines Click here for updates on this story AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — The second of two men charged with starting a 2021 fire in Power County that destroyed nearly 4,000 acres and two homes has been sentenced to probation. Lucas C. Daniels, 20, of Blackfoot, and 23-year-old Brandon Donato Frias, of Wyoming,
Continue Reading By ALAN SUDERMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has dropped its probe of retired four-star Gen. John Allen for his role in an alleged illegal foreign lobbying campaign on behalf of the wealthy Persian Gulf nation of Qatar, his lawyer told The Associated Press. Attorney David Schertler said in
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Linda Ronstadt’s “Long, Long Time” appeared not once but three times in Sunday’s episode of “The Last of Us.” And fans of HBO’s newest hit were clearly moved by Ronstadt’s song, as streams of her ballad have ballooned since the episode premiered. Between 11 p.m. ET and midnight on Sunday, Spotify
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The European Union’s top court has issued a ruling that allows Spain to make another attempt to seek the extradition of a former Catalan separatist politician living in Brussels. Spain has unsuccessfully tried to get Belgium to hand over LluÃs Puig since he fled Spain following
Continue Reading By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Two months after OpenAI unnerved some educators with the public release of ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can help students and professionals generate shockingly convincing essays, the company is unveiling a new tool to help teachers adapt. OpenAI on Tuesday announced a new feature, called an “AI text classifier,”
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN and JOCELYN GECKER SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework. The new AI Text Classifier launched by OpenAI follows a weeks-long discussion
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