TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill on Friday that could have penalized doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants delivered alive during certain kinds of abortion procedures. In a statement on her website, Kelly, a Democrat, called the legislation “misleading and unnecessary.” The legislation could have subjected doctors
Continue Reading By DEBORÁ REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — With trembling hands, the bingo players at a Buenos Aires retirement center put the buttons they use as markers on their cards. Small containers hold their betting money, coins and crumpled low-denomination bills that every day seem able to buy less. The twice-weekly game brings
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he’s not making much money from his social media network but estimates it is worth between $5 million and $25 million, according to his personal financial disclosure form filed Friday. He owns about 90% of his social media company, Trump
Continue Reading ESCANABA, Mich. (AP) — A contract worker at a northern Michigan paper mill has died from a fungal infection that has forced the business to temporarily close for deep cleaning. Public health officials in Delta and Menominee counties announced Friday that the worker died as a result of blastomycosis infection. The person’s name and a
Continue Reading By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A trio of health care bills enshrining access to abortion and gender-affirming procedures and medications have become law in Colorado as the Democrat-led state tries to make itself a safe haven for people from states where Republican leaders have restricted care. The
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it takes time to more fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge. In an order signed Friday by Justice Samuel Alito, the court put a
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Outgoing Columbia City Council members said goodbye Friday and new members were sworn in and introduced to the public.
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By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN A CSX train apparently caused sparks as it traveled through its Rockland County, New York, route, creating “dozens of brush fires,” according to the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office. In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office said, “A CSX train traveling through the Town of Clarkstown, Stony Point, Haverstraw, Village of Haverstraw,
Continue Reading By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Friday he will shut down Notimex, a national news agency that has been locked in a years-long strike against the woman he appointed to run it. Founded in 1968, Notimex was generally a service that mainly sent news reports from Mexico’s 32 states,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Department of Public Works on Friday announced a pair of street closures. The first, Jefferson City Wastewater in conjunction with their contractor Don Schnieders Excavating will be replacing roadway near the 5200 block of Scruggs Station Road, according to a press release. Work is expected to be completed
Continue Reading BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A mom accused of killing her two youngest children and a romantic rival described some people as possessed or “zombies,” four of whom were later killed or shot at, the woman’s former friend told jurors. Melanie Gibb testified Thursday in the Idaho trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, telling jurors that the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused of making terroristic threats against multiple entities and people is now in the Boone County Jail. Clinton Lauby, 36, was arrested Thursday. Details of his arrest were not available Friday afternoon. He is charged with five counts of first-degree making a terroristic threat. Lauby is being held in
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, COLLEEN LONG and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KNOCK, Ireland (AP) — President Joe Biden was moved to tears on Friday during a stop at a Catholic shrine when he discovered that a chaplain working there had performed last rites on his late son Beau Biden. “It was incredible to see him,” Biden
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By Brian Todd and Caroll Alvarado, CNN The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in a Newport News, Virginia, elementary school appeared in court for the first time Friday after being charged in the incident. Deja Taylor did not enter a plea to charges of child neglect and recklessly leaving a loaded
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By Dakin Andone, CNN Tony Montalto sat in a Florida courtroom and watched in disbelief as his 14-year-old daughter’s killer received a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole after a jury was unable to reach unanimous agreement that her murderer should be put to death. “It was the third worst thing
Continue Reading By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Step into a U.S. military recreation hall at a base almost anywhere in the world and you’re bound to see it: young troops immersed in the world of online games, using government-funded gaming machines or their own consoles. The enthusiasm military personnel have for gaming — and
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Putin on Friday signed a bill allowing authorities to issue electronic notices to draftees and reservists amid the fighting in Ukraine, sparking fears of a new wave of mobilization. Russia’s military service rules previously required the in-person delivery of notices to conscripts and reservists who are called up for duty.
Continue Reading By ELAINE GANLEY and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s Constitutional Council on Friday approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 in a victory for President Emmanuel Macron after months of mass protests that have damaged his leadership. The decision dismayed or enraged critics of the pension
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Tonight: Overnight lows cool into the lower 60s as cloud cover increases. After 3 AM, scattered showers and storms will move into the region. The main threat with this initial round is heavy downpours and some gusty winds. Tomorrow: An ABC17 Weather Alert Day has been issued as storms look to begin shortly after 3
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities say Memphis basketball recruit Mikey Williams has been arrested in San Diego County in relation to a March shooting. The 18-year-old is a top recruit in the 2023 class. San Diego County Sheriff’s Lt. Gavin Lanning says Williams was arrested Thursday on multiple counts of assault with a firearm and
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