By JOSHUA GOODMAN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump gave a wave and a signature thumbs up to crowds outside the federal courthouse in downtown Miami after pleading not guilty to criminal charges. He then headed to a local Cuban restaurant where he warmly greeted waiting supporters in a
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By MARK PRATT Associated Press Scientists monitoring the white shark population in the waters off Massachusetts’ Cape Cod are attaching improved sensors, including cameras, to the predators to help scientists keep track of their whereabouts and to keep beachgoers informed and safe, researchers said Tuesday. The program comes just as tourists are filling up hotels
Continue Reading Amazon’s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services experienced an outage on Tuesday, affecting publishers that suddenly found themselves unable to operate their sites. The company said on its website that the root cause of the issue was tied to a service called AWS Lambda, which lets customers run code for different types of applications. Roughly
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Callaway County commissioners said Tuesday morning that they still support the sheriff removed from his office amid allegations of drinking on the job. Clay Chism was removed as Callaway County sheriff after his peace officer license was suspended indefinitely. Callaway County commissioners appointed Chief Deputy Darryl Maylee as the interim sheriff
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TONIGHT: Skies this afternoon have been bright, with some high clouds overhead. These will subside overnight, but some clouds from our northeast will drift into the region by sunrise leaving us partly cloudy to start Wednesday. Temperatures will fall into the low 60s and upper 50s by sunrise. TOMORROW: Wednesday’s sky will keep some influence
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, which killed six people and injured more than 1,000. Six suspects were convicted of directly participating in the bombing. The seventh suspect, Abdul Rahman Yasin, is still at large. Facts The explosion created a hole 200 feet by 100
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama. Facts Throughout March of 1965, a group of demonstrators faced violence as they attempted to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand the right to vote for black people. One of the pivotal days was March
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Southbound Providence Road was closed briefly in central Columbia on Tuesday afternoon after a moped crash. The moped rider was taken to a hospital after apparently hitting a utility pole. Information about his injuries and how the crash happened were not available at the scene. The southbound lanes at the Rogers Street
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has arrived at the federal courthouse in Miami to formally surrender to authorities ahead of his court appearance on charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Trump’s motorcade arrived
Continue Reading By JOSHUA GOODMAN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump honked their horns and screamed wildly as the former president arrived at the courthouse in downtown Miami to make his first appearance on criminal charges that he improperly held on to classified documents. Hundreds of journalists from around
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Tony Awards which honor achievements on Broadway. June 11, 2023 – The 76th Tony Awards take place. Facts The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. Only productions staged in designated Broadway theatres are eligible for nominations. The musical that
Continue Reading By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers are planning to cut funding for University of Wisconsin campuses as the GOP-controlled state Legislature and school officials continue to clash over efforts to promote diversity and inclusion. The UW System wants to pay for more diversity programs on campus from a
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A shooting in downtown Denver amid fans celebrating the Nuggets’ first NBA championship victory was likely sparked by a drug deal gone wrong, police said Tuesday. The violence left 10 people wounded, including one of two suspected shooters. All of the injured are expected to survive, including
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Tuesday that he could order his troops to try to seize more land in Ukraine to protect bordering Russian territory and asserted that Ukrainian forces had suffered “catastrophic” losses in a new counteroffensive. In some of his most detailed remarks about
Continue Reading PARIS France’s government has accused Russia of a long-running online manipulation campaign that included impersonating the websites of leading French media and the French Foreign Ministry. The government says the alleged campaign was designed to spread confusion about the war in Ukraine. France’s agency for fighting foreign digital interference said Tuesday that it has monitored
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say that an Israeli military raid into the northern West Bank has sparked a gunfight with militants that killed a young Palestinian man. Elsewhere in the occupied territory, Israeli medics say that an assailant has opened fire, wounding at least four people. Tuesday’s incidents were the latest in a
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukrainians are “making progress, making advances,” with their counteroffensive against Russian forces. He made the comment during an Oval Office meeting with President Joe Biden. Stoltenberg said the support that the allies are providing Ukraine “is now making a difference on the
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police say a knife-wielding assailant stabbed two college students to death in the streets of Nottingham and then fatally stabbed a middle-aged man, stole his van and ran down three pedestrians in a shocking early morning rampage. Police say a 31-year-old man was
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