By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican cardinal on trial in the Holy See’s big financial crimes case has complained he can’t properly defend himself because prosecutors have withheld key evidence. Cardinal Angelo Becciu spoke out in court after Judge Giuseppe Pignatone rejected his lawyers’ latest attempt to force prosecutors to turn
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A 19-year-old college baseball player has died from head injuries after a dugout collapsed on him while he was volunteering in Pennsylvania, according to school officials. Angel Mercado, a student and baseball player at Central Penn College, died at Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Wednesday evening, according
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BY RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Southeastern Conference leaders have been debating what to do with their football schedule for more than a year. Play eight conference games each season including one rival or go to nine league games with three? Whether ESPN is willing to pay to broadcast more SEC games will
Continue Reading By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities say Russia’s southern Belgorod region that borders Ukraine came under attack from Ukrainian artillery fire, hours after two drones struck a Russian city in a region next to the Crimea Peninsula. The Kremlin’s forces meanwhile struck a clinic in Dnipro on Friday, killing two and
Continue Reading By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The government in Cameroon says that at least 19 people have been killed when a passenger bus collided with a truck. The crash happened on the Douala-Edea road near a police checkpoint and the injured were taken to hospitals in the capital. Police have blamed
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ Supreme Court on Friday upheld an eight-year prison sentence that was handed to a journalist and prominent member of the country’s sizable Polish minority. The Court on Friday rejected the appeal of Andrzej Poczobut, a 50-year-old reporter with Gazeta Wyborcza, an influential Polish newspaper. Poczobut
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Army veteran who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a military-style formation with fellow members of the Oath Keepers was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison, a day after the far-right extremist group’s founder received an 18-year prison
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A judge has ruled that the U.S. Forest Service can keep using chemical retardant to fight wildfires, despite finding that the practice pollutes streams in western states in violation of federal law. The ruling Friday from U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen in Montana came after environmentalists
Continue Reading By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa teachers will be banned from raising gender identity and sexual orientation issues with students through grade six, and all books depicting sex acts will be removed from school libraries, under a bill signed into law by Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. Her office announced
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO, ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) — As he vies for the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting a series of measures he has pushed that have led to an upswing in banned or restricted books — not just in Florida schools but in an
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A pod of killer whales repeatedly rammed a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar this week, damaging it enough to require Spanish rescuers to come to the aid of its four crew members. It was the latest episode in a perplexing trend in the behavior of
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The City of Columbia will have its first pool opening of the season this holiday weekend.
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The Lake of the Ozarks is preparing for increased boating traffic for the first big summer holiday –Memorial Day weekend.
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Way.com has been keeping track of the current safety procedures and trends for both U.S. and international airlines. Here’s a compilation (in no particular order) of the safest U.S., international, and budget airlines to fly right now according to their air safety crash records.
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Stacker compiled a list of 25 animals that are illegal to own as pets in the U.S.
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Who’s the brainiest inventor in your state? ClickUp used data from the Patent and Trademark Office to find the top patent earner in each state.
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Stacker compiled a list highlighting 25 LGBTQ+ people who made a mark on history, referencing articles, personal letters, and books.
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Jefferson City police arrested a man and a woman after a chase Thursday afternoon that ended near Brazito.
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of a 2021 crash involving multiple vehicles in Butler County, Alabama, which killed nine children and one adult, was “the unsafe speeds of multiple vehicles during rain, low visibility, and wet road conditions,” according to the report. Contributing
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has offered military support to Somalia’s army in the war against terrorism. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after talks Friday with his Somali counterpart Abshir Omar Jama in Moscow that Russia was ready to supply the Somali army with military equipment. The offer further underscores Russia’s growing interest in the
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