DALLAS (AP) — Tornadoes touched down in Texas and Louisiana as a powerful storm system that dumped heavy snow in California pushed through the Southern Plains and into the Deep South on Thursday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights into and out of the
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El exabogado Alex Murdaugh fue declarado culpable y sentenciado a prisión perpetua por los asesinatos de su esposa, Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, y de su hijo, Paul Murdaugh, ocurridos el 7 de junio de 2021. A pesar de la falta de pruebas directas, la Fiscalía pasó varias semanas explicando cómo Murdaugh tuvo el
Continue Reading By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania man admitted packing explosive materials, fuses and a lighter in a suitcase he checked for a commercial flight to Florida and fled the Lehigh Valley airport when he feared arrest, federal authorities said in a court document filed Thursday. Marc Muffley, 40, of Lansford, called
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HOUSTON (AP) — Jamal Shead scored a career-high 25 points, Marcus Sasser added 22 and No. 1 Houston defeated Wichita State 83-66. Shead shot 10 of 17 from the field. The junior was 4 of 8 on 3-pointers. Sasser tied the school career record for most 3-pointers set by Robert McKiver with 261. He also
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County man has been charged with failure to register as a sex offender. Nathaniel Lofland, 42, is being held without bond at the Camden County Jail. An initial court appearance was held Thursday. A bond hearing is set for 8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 9 at the Camden County Courthouse. Camden
Continue Reading By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch – descendants of four imported from Africa illegally by the late drug lord in the 1980s – to India and Mexico as part of a plan to control their population. The
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday arrested two Kansas men on allegations that the pair illegally exported aviation-related technology to Russia and provided repair services for the equipment. Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky and Douglas Robertson are charged with conspiracy, exporting controlled goods without a license, falsifying and failing to
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Residents who say they’re still suffering from illnesses nearly a month after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in Ohio confronted the railroad’s operator Thursday at a town forum, demanding to know whether they’d be relocated from homes they’re afraid to live in. “It’s not safe here,”
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El Gobierno del cuestionado presidente Nicolás Maduro rechazó la ampliación por un año del decreto que declara Venezuela “como una amenaza inusual y extraordinaria” para la seguridad nacional y la política exterior de Estados Unidos. El documento fue originalmente firmado en marzo de 2015 por el entonces presidente Barack Obama.
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Jenna Ortega had a bone to pick while appearing on hot wing interview show “Hot Ones,” in an episode that dropped on Thursday. When asked by host Sean Evans if there is a Gen Z trope or teenage stereotype seen on TV that gets under her skin, the 20-year-old actor said
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Natural and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Kansas City District announced in a press release this week that it will hold a public meeting about a study. The meeting will be 4-7 p.m., March 14 at Tuscumbia High School. The public comment deadline is April 14. The two
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Incidentes violentos se registraron la madrugada de este jueves en las instalaciones de la petrolera Emerald Energy, en el departamento del Caquetá, en el sur de Colombia, durante enfrentamientos entre las fuerzas de seguridad y manifestantes que protestan contra el cese de operaciones de la empresa. La Policía Nacional y la
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said Thursday in a federal court case testing Trump’s legal vulnerability for his speech before
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — El gobernador republicano Bill Lee promulgó un proyecto de ley el jueves por la tarde que restringirá los espectáculos “drag” públicos en Tennessee, convirtiendo a su estado en el primero en hacerlo este año. El Senado estatal aprobó el proyecto de ley más temprano el jueves siguiendo líneas partidistas para limitar las
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By Brynn Gingras and Chloe Melas, CNN Musician Travis Scott and his lawyer are expected to meet with officials at the New York Police Department after the rapper was accused of assault at a New York City club early Wednesday morning, a law enforcement official confirms to CNN. CNN previously reported that police are investigating
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposal to ban abortion clinics in Utah and have them provided exclusively at hospitals passed the Utah Legislature. It now heads to Gov. Spencer Cox’s desk. The measure passed Thursday would dramatically limit where people can access abortion care while a trigger law banning
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Fourth-seeded Danielle Collins, eighth-seeded Marta Kostyuk, Anna-Lena Friedsam and Anna Kalinskaya have reached the quarterfinals at the ATX Open in Austin, Texas. Collins needed barely more than an hour to beat Caty McNally 6-1, 6-1, and next faces Kalinskaya, a 6-3, 6-1 winner against CoCo Vandeweghe. Kostyuk eliminated Madison Brengle 6-3,
Continue Reading PENSACOLA, Fla. — Led by Mason Harrell’s 20 points, the Texas State Bobcats defeated the Old Dominion Monarchs 65-36 in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer Zach Eflin made a good first impression with the Tampa Bay Rays. The right-hander struck out three of the four Minnesota batters he faced in his first spring training start. Eflin signed a $40 million, three-year contract during the offseason. That is the most money the Rays have ever
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS and JAMES POLLARD Associated Press WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murder Thursday in the shooting deaths of his wife and son in a case that chronicled the unraveling of a powerful Southern family with tales of privilege, greed and addiction. The jury deliberated for
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