By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Thursday advanced a bill aimed at putting limits on drag shows in Kentucky, sparking chants of “shame” from opponents who decried the measure as discriminatory and said it would stifle First Amendment rights. “This bill not only compromises or asks me to explain
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot dead a teenage boy in the north of the occupied West Bank, the latest in a flare-up of bloody violence that has raged for months. The ministry says the 15-year-old was wounded with a live bullet in the back and died at hospital. Another teenager
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A run of strong economic data and signs that inflation remains stubbornly high could lead the Federal Reserve to raise its benchmark rate higher in the coming months than it has previously forecast, several Fed officials say. Christopher Waller, a member of the Fed’s Board of
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By Ed Weinstock Click here for updates on this story YORK, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A 4-year-old York boy is being credited with saving his mother’s life. James Ette’s mom suffers from epilepsy. When she had a seizure, the boy kept his cool and called 911. Ette stayed on the line with emergency dispatchers and advised
Continue ReadingBy Hayley Crombleholme Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — The Food and Drug Administration is considering updating the labeling, or patient information, related to LASIK surgery, saying they’ve gathered new information “pertaining to risks associated with LASIK” since the LASIK Advisory Committee Meeting in 2008. One Florida woman says people
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou volleyball coach Dawn Sullivan made a new addition to her staff on Thursday adding Arielle Wilson as her Defensive and Recruiting Coordinator. Wilson has spent the past four seasons as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Georgia Tech helping to lead them to four postseason appearances. Wilson coached three student-athletes
Continue Reading By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The arrival this week to Rio de Janeiro of two Iranian warships that Brazil’s government authorized to dock has prompted rebukes both from Israel and the U.S. On Thursday, one of the two ships was spotted off shore Rio’s world-famous south zone of beaches, while
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former star of a St. Louis-based reality show has been sentenced to life in prison for arranging the killing of his nephew to collect a life insurance policy. James “Tim” Norman was sentenced Thursday to two life sentences in the March 2016 killing of his 21-year-old nephew, Andre Montgomery Jr.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former star of a St. Louis-based reality show has been sentenced to life in prison for arranging the killing of his nephew to collect a life insurance policy. James “Tim” Norman was sentenced Thursday to two life sentences in the March 2016 killing of his 21-year-old nephew, Andre Montgomery Jr.
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By Ari Hait Click here for updates on this story MARTIN COUNTY, Florida (WPBF) — Video released Wednesday by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office shows deputies frantically rescuing a man who had flipped his car into a canal. But what’s equally as amazing as the rescue is the way deputies learned of the crash. The
Continue ReadingBy WBAL Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — A car fleeing police collided with another car, struck a pedestrian and a building that collapsed onto the cars, video shows. The Maryland Attorney General’s Office’s Independent Investigations Division on Thursday released video from police body-worn and CitiWatch cameras that show what
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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Tennis Association says a rise in tennis participation around the United States over the past three years has been boosted by increases among Hispanic, Black and Asian players. The USTA pointed Thursday to participation jumps since 2020 of 90% among Hispanic players, 46% among Black players and 37% among
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball weekend series with Texas Southern was set to begin on Friday, but now game times have been changed due to weather. The Tigers and TSU will instead play a double-header starting at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday that will each be seven innings before wrapping up the weekend with a
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By Michelle Watson and Andrea Cambron, CNN Patrick Wojahn, the mayor of College Park, Maryland, resigned after authorities arrested him on 56 counts of child pornography-related charges, Prince George’s County Police Chief Malik Aziz said during a Thursday news conference with Jessica Garth, a representative from the State’s Attorney’s Office. Wojahn is in custody at
Continue ReadingBy Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story CADDO COUNTY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Volunteers in a small Caddo County town came together to clean up a cemetery. After the storm blew Sunday night, many headstones were blown over and some were even broken. “Me and my cousin came up here on Monday after
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) de México dio a conocer mediante un comunicado que fueron localizados 79 migrantes en la ciudad de Tijuana, en el norte de México. En el operativo se encontraron a estas personas hacinadas en 3 diferentes hoteles de la ciudad fronteriza con Estados Unidos. Deportó
Continue ReadingBy Erin Coogan Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Just off shore the Ke’ehi Small Boat Harbor on Oahu’s southern coast is a popular fishing spot locals call “the triangle.” But for more than a year now, serenity on the water has been replaced with growing concerns about an aggressive pack
Continue ReadingBy Charles Perez Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — In Tuesday night’s Asheville City Council meeting, local leaders got an earful from residents who charged when with not doing enough to support local law enforcement. Among the many charges levied at the council, were accusations that they haven’t acted
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Public Works announced in a Thursday press release that it will be will be closing Commercial Way between Madison and Monroe streets to install new gas service lines for Ameren. The closure will begin 8 a.m. Monday and is expected to be completed by 5 p.m. Friday, March 17.
Continue Reading The Associated Press Walmart plans to add more than two dozen health care centers to some of its stores next year, as the retailer moves deeper into providing primary care and other services. The company said Thursday that it will open 28 centers in 2024, mostly in Dallas and Houston. It also will expand into
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