TODAY: It’s cold and dry for most today, but some will see some passing snow showers this afternoon. At the very northern tip of a system passing by to the south this afternoon, folks from the Lake of the Ozarks to Rolla will have the chance to see some snow showers that likely leave at
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BEIJING (AP) — China has accused the new Czech president of challenging its national sovereignty by affirming ties with self-ruled Taiwan in a phone with the island’s leader. The call represents a symbolic breach of China’s attempts to isolate Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory with no right to independent diplomatic recognition. President
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, Taylor Ward and Dakin Andone, CNN Authorities in Texas responded to hundreds of accident-related calls Tuesday as an ice storm wreaks havoc on the roads and threatens parts of the South and central US with ice and sleet for at least another day. The icy weather disrupted daily life for thousands across
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares declined in muted trading on Tuesday as investors awaited decisions on interest rates and updates on corporate earnings reports from around the world. The Federal Reserve’s next decision on interest rates, expected Wednesday, will provide insight into whether the U.S. central bank will further
Continue Reading By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors planned to file felony charges of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of a Western movie in 2021. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died shortly after being wounded at a film set
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau, Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN Two emperor tamarin monkeys missing since Monday from the Dallas Zoo were found alive Tuesday in the closet of an abandoned Dallas-area home, officials said, and police say they still want to talk to a certain man in connection with the case. The monkeys’ retrieval —
Continue Reading By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The possibility of providing Kyiv with fighter jets to help beat back Russia’s invasion forces risks the unity of Ukraine’s Western allies, amid fears of escalating the nearly year-long conflict and being drawn deeper into the war. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov was due in Paris
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights monitoring groups say Myanmar’s military is increasingly turning to airstrikes with deadly results to try to crush stiff armed resistance, two years after it seized power and plunged the country into a prolonged civil war. According to the non-governmental organization Myanmar Witness and other experts,
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Paradise Afshar and Tina Burnside, CNN A man accused of kidnapping and torturing a woman in Oregon this month died from a self inflicted-gunshot wound following an hourslong standoff with authorities Tuesday night, a CNN affiliate reported. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, died in the hospital after law enforcement had surrounded a property
Continue Reading By JADE LE DELEY and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — From tiny islands to major cities, demonstrators poured into France’s streets Tuesday in the latest clash of wills with the government over its plans to push back the retirement age. Labor unions aimed to mobilize more than 1 million demonstrators in what one
Continue Reading By ARSENE KABORE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s government says at least 32 people, including soldiers and civilians, have been killed by jihadis in multiple attacks across the country. The State Information Agency posted on its Facebook page Tuesday that the attacks occurred over several days. A dozen
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Hall of Fame forward Bobby Hull, who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final, has died. Hull was 84. The two-time MVP was one of the most prolific scorers in NHL history, leading the league in goals seven times. Nicknamed “The Golden Jet”
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A decade ago this year, the head of the European Union’s executive branch stood, visibly shaken, before rows of coffins holding the corpses of migrants drowned off the Italian island of Lampedusa. Some of them, small and bone-white, contained the bodies of infants and children. “That image
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN Prosecutors in Illinois’ Cook County have dropped state sex-crime charges against singer R. Kelly, who has already been convicted of federal charges set to keep him in prison for decades. The Illinois charges — aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse counts involving four accusers — are being dropped
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two Nebraska police officers were wounded and a suspect was killed in a shootout during an attempted burglary, police said. Omaha police Chief Todd R. Schmaderer said the two officers responded to a report of a burglary at a storage business around 10:30 p.m. Monday, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Employees let
Continue Reading By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Most of the world continues to fail to fight corruption with 95 % of countries having made little to no progress since 2017, a closely watched study by an anti-graft organization found Tuesday. Transparency International’s 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index, which measures the perception of public sector corruption
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD, JEAN-YVES KAMALE and NQOBILE NTSHANGASE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Pope Francis began a six-day visit to Congo and South Sudan on Tuesday, aiming to bring a message of peace to two countries riven by poverty, conflict and what Francis has called a lingering “colonialist mentality” that still considers Africa ripe
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Two years after Myanmar’s military seized power, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is voicing support for the democratic aspirations of Myanmar’s people. He also warns that the military’s planned elections amid a crackdown on civilians and political leaders “risk exacerbating instability.” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Damian Lillard scored 42 points, Anfernee Simons hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 34 seconds left and the Portland Trail Blazers held off the Atlanta Hawks 129-125. Dejounte Murray had 40 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Hawks, who played without star point guard Trae Young. He was sidelined by
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By Nectar Gan, CNN China’s southwestern province of Sichuan will drop restrictions on unmarried people having children, part of a broader attempt by the government to boost the country’s plummeting birth rate. The policy shift came after China’s population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, marking a historic moment
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