By Melissa Alonso and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a Black man who was beaten by multiple sheriff’s office employees while he was in custody at a Georgia jail in September 2022, according to a new court filing. Attorneys for the man, Jarrett Hobbs, also reached a “significant settlement agreement”
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Some Cole County employees will be seeing a pay bump this year. The Cole County Commission at its Tuesday meeting approved years-of-service pay to employees. Employees will get $100 per year worked. The number of years of service will be determined by how long they were working as of Dec. 31,
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Titleholder Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia advanced to the semifinals of the Asian Champions League with a 1-0 win over Iranian club Foolad. Moussa Marega scored for Al-Hilal three minutes from time. The four-time winner will take on Al-Duhail on Sunday after the Qatari team defeated Al-Shabab 2-1. Michael Olunga scored both
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals won’t have an ideal quarterback situation next season. That’s a big reason why Drew Petzing was hired. New Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon has asked Petzing to lead an offense that will eventually be built around franchise quarterback Kyler Murray. The problem
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By CLAIRE RUSH, DREW CALLISTER and JIM SALTER Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Winter storms sowed more chaos across the U.S. on Thursday, shutting down much of Oregon’s largest city with almost a foot of snow and paralyzing travel from parts of the Pacific Coast all the way to the northern Plains. The nearly
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Alabama is the No. 2 men’s team in the country and a favorite to win the national championship. The school also faces intense scrutiny over three players’ alleged involvement in the deadly shooting of Jamea Harris near campus early on Jan. 15. One-time reserve forward Darius Miles and another
Continue ReadingDOHA, Qatar (AP) — Andy Murray has reached the semifinals of the Qatar Open by beating French qualifier Alexandre Muller 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. The 35-year-old Murray will next face Jiri Lehecka after the Czech player upset top-seeded Andrey Rublev 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals. Second-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime will face Daniil Medvedev in the other
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By LAURA HAEFELI Click here for updates on this story COHASSET, Massachusetts (WBZ) — An ex-town employee is accused of running a “cryptocurrency mining operation” out of Cohasset High School. Former Cohasset assistant facilities director Nadeam Nahas, 39, was due to be arraigned in Quincy District Court Thursday but never showed up, forcing the judge
Continue Reading By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Antony fired Manchester United to a rousing 2-1 win against Barcelona and kept Erik ten Hag’s four-pronged trophy hunt on track. The Brazil forward was sent on at halftime with his team trailing 1-0 and heading out of the Europa League. It proved to be
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Former President Donald Trump and FBI Director Christopher Wray can be deposed as part of a lawsuit from an ex-FBI agent who sued over his 2018 termination, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The ruling ends a yearlong dispute over whether the former agent, Peter Strzok, could question them
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN “Outer Banks” star Chase Stokes could have landed a major role on “Stranger Things”… if only he remembered his lines during the audition. Stokes told Access Hollywood on Tuesday that when he auditioned for the role of Steve Harrington, he forgot all of the lines and “absolutely effed up the audition.”
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By Dan Heching, CNN Halle Bailey can’t wait for audiences to see the new live-action “The Little Mermaid” and is unfazed by naysayers. In a new interview with The Face published on Thursday, the singer and actor said that the backlash that arose when news broke of her being cast as mermaid Ariel — and
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Zoo officials say they are working to find a way to keep an Andean bear named Ben inside his enclosure after he escaped Thursday for the second time this month. The bear was outside for less than an hour and was found only about 100 feet away from his
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By Pat Reavy Click here for updates on this story CEDAR CITY, Utah (KSL) — Two men from Indianapolis were arrested in southern Utah Tuesday after police say they found nearly 40 pounds of methamphetamine in their vehicle. A Utah Highway Patrol trooper pulled over a car with an Indiana license plate for having tinted
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What Missouri law enforcement officers are grappling with right now – newly legalized recreational marijuana for adults – Illinois went through three years ago.
Continue Reading SAO PAULO (AP) — South American soccer body CONMEBOL has condemned racist incidents that took place in Venezuela’s capital before a Copa Libertadores qualifying match between Carabobo and Brazil’s Atletico Mineiro. Fans of the local team were filmed as they directed monkey chants at the visitors on Wednesday night in Caracas. The governing body called
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and breezy with lows falling into the upper teens to around 20. Wind chill near 10 degrees early in the morning. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with increasing clouds during the day. Highs reach the upper 30s to around 40, and there could be some light precipitation that could fall as spotty showers or
Continue Reading TOPEKA, Kan. — (AP) — Republican proposals pushing back on transgender rights advanced Thursday in the GOP-controlled Kansas Legislature. The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill that would would ban transgender athletes from girls and women’s K-12, club and college sports. The Senate passed two bills and sent them to the House.
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — En el año transcurrido desde la invasión rusa de Ucrania, Moscú se ha visto afectada por sanciones occidentales sin precedentes y ha sido excluida de gran parte de la economía mundial. Pero China, que ha declarado no poner “límites” a su amistad con su vecino del norte, ha arrojado
Continue ReadingBy Jessi Mitchell Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Walking through Washington Square Park, you can see a variety of historical figures and features on display. Across the street outside the New York Universty Kimmel Center right now, another exhibit highlights the history of Black heroes from the Civil War.
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