By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A tornado plowed through Arkansas’ capital and surrounding areas Friday afternoon, reducing rooftops to splinters, toppling vehicles and tossing debris on roadways as people raced for shelter. The Little Rock Fire Department reported heavy damage and debris in the western end of the city, saying
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Moore Click here for updates on this story SPARTANBURG COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — A South Carolina couple is charged after a child died who had enough Benadryl in his system to kill an adult male, according to the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office. “The victim, who was 6 years old and weighed 45
Continue ReadingBy Brett Rains, Adam Roberts Click here for updates on this story Franklin County (KHBS) — A probable cause hearing was held for a Franklin County detention center employee Friday after she was arrested and accused of sexually assaulting an inmate. Gabriella Morena, age 20, of Hartman, was booked into a nearby facility pending
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By Marshall Cohen and Oliver Darcy, CNN Dominion Voting Systems’ historic defamation case against Fox News will proceed to a high-stakes jury trial in mid-April, a Delaware judge ruled Friday, in a major decision that dismantled several of the right-wing network’s key defenses. The judge’s decision is a painful setback for Fox News and sets
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LOS ANGELES, Ca. (KMIZ) The No. 11 Mizzou gymnastics team put together the second-highest regional score in program history (197.400) to advance to the NCAA Los Angeles Regional Final. UCLA won the session with a 198.275, but the Tigers managed to come in second to secure a spot in the finals. Stanford finished in third
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By MARK BERMAN Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Daniil Medvedev has beaten fellow Russian Karen Khachanov 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3 in the semifinals of the Miami Open. It came on the day that Wimbledon announced Russians will be allowed back in the event with conditions. The other men’s semifinal is Friday night between
Continue ReadingBy KCCI Staff Click here for updates on this story IOWA (KCCI) — Researchers at Iowa State University say a fossilized skull found recently in southwest Iowa offers evidence that prehistoric sabertooth cats may have roamed the area. ISU associate professor of archaeology Matthew Hill and Dave Easterla, emeritus professor of biology at Northwest Missouri
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By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Andrew Tate, the controversial former kickboxer turned social media influencer, and his brother Tristan will be moved out of jail and placed under house arrest in Romania, amid an ongoing criminal probe into allegations of organized crime, human trafficking and rape. The move was ordered by a Romanian court on Friday,
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Los líderes de más de 30 organizaciones de noticias de todo el mundo firmaron una carta el jueves al embajador ruso en Estados Unidos, Anatoly Antonov, exigiendo la liberación del reportero encarcelado del Wall Street Journal, Evan Gershkovich. “Gershkovich es un periodista, no un espía, y debe ser liberado de inmediato
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Flores Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KCRA) — Helen Fabela Chavez, wife of civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, was not a fan of the spotlight, but played a critical role in establishing farm workers’ rights in California. It’s her husband who was known to lead marches, but Cesar and Helen’s
Continue Reading ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan center Hunter Dickinson has entered the transfer portal. Wolverines coach Juwan Howard said Friday that Dickinson’s decision was bittersweet. The 7-foot-1, 260-pound Dickinson led the Wolverines with 18.5 points and nine rebounds per game last season as a junior. He entered the NBA draft and withdrew his name two
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The arrest of a Wall Street Journal reporter on espionage charges in Russia has news organizations based outside the country weighing for the second time in a year whether the risks of reporting there during wartime are too great. The Journal and other news outlets
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Perez Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — There’s a new effort to restore the historic Bryant Resource Center building and turn it into a community hub in north Omaha. Omaha Skills Connection and the Bryant Resource Center are leading the efforts. The building stood empty for the last
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By Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday morning that allows people to carry a concealed weapon in public without a government-issued permit, a top priority for the Republican governor. The legislation also ends an existing state requirement to undergo training before carrying a concealed weapon outside the
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, CNN Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of child violence that may be disturbing. Two Washington state fugitives wanted on murder and multiple child abuse charges have been arrested in Mexico, the US Marshals Service announced Friday, noting it was the first case involving a couple being placed on the agency’s Top
Continue Reading By JAMES W. MANGAN Associated Press ALICE, Texas (AP) — In 1977, Associated Press reporter James W. Mangan had an exclusive interview with a South Texas election judge who detailed certifying false votes for Lyndon B. Johnson nearly three decades earlier. The story made headlines across the country. Johnson had won by an 87-vote margin
Continue Reading By MICHAEL GOLDBERG, LISA BAUMANN and HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The National Weather Service issued a tornado emergency for Arkansas’s capital of Little Rock and surrounding areas on Friday, warning that 350,000 people are in danger from a “confirmed large and destructive tornado.” Forecasters say “a large and destructive” tornado touched
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — President Joe Biden saw for himself the flattened homes, broken furniture and upended lives left behind by last week’s deadly tornado in Mississippi and pledged Friday that the federal government is not leaving until the area is back on its feet. In
Continue Reading EATONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A developer has dropped plans to purchase a 100-acre property from the local school system in a historically Black town in Florida following public outcry that the deal threatened the cultural heritage of the community made famous by Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston. Derek Bruce said Friday in a letter
Continue Reading By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — In 1977, Associated Press reporter James W. Mangan had an exclusive interview with a South Texas election judge who detailed certifying false votes for Lyndon B. Johnson nearly three decades earlier. Johnson had won by an 87-vote margin in the 1948 Democratic primary runoff. Mangan’s story made
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