By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A teenager awaiting sentencing for killing four students at a Michigan high school has been “exhibiting sporadic, disturbing behavior” in jail, prosecutors said, just a month before a key hearing to determine if he will serve a life prison term. The disclosure about Ethan Crumbley, 17, was
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The theatrical requirements for movies vying for the Oscars top prize are getting a little tougher. Starting with the 97th Academy Awards in 2025, best picture hopefuls will have to spend more time in theaters to qualify for film’s top prize. The changes, announced by the Academy of Motion
Continue Reading By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy’s response to the 2018 Parkland school massacre was hampered by a radio system that collapsed. That was the testimony Friday from a Broward County sheriff’s office dispatcher during the trial of former Deputy Scot Peterson. He was the campus deputy at
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is banking on reproductive rights to be a galvanizing issue for voters in 2024. The Democrat is collecting three top-level endorsements, issuing an executive order to bolster access to contraception and hosting a rally Friday ahead of the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A union official says freight railcar inspections are happening less often and are not as thorough as before due to regulatory loopholes, time constraints and staff cuts. The official testified Friday during a federal hearing to examine the reasons behind a fiery train derailment in
Continue Reading NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. (AP) — A producer of industrial gas in West Virginia has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle allegations that it violated the Clean Water Act by dumping copper, aluminum, residual chlorine, iron and phenolics into the Ohio River at levels above what was permitted, federal regulators said Friday. Messer LLC produces
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back Friday against claims from IRS whistleblowers that the Justice Department interfered with the investigation into Hunter Biden, saying more broadly that attacks on the department’s independence are corrosive. The Republican-led House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday released a transcript of
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Considered the nation’s most important civil rights legislation since Reconstruction (1865-1877), it prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Following that law, US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed landmark civil
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at notable terror attacks with fatalities on US soil since 1980. 1978-1995 – Three people die and 23 others are wounded after a string of mail bombings carried out by Ted Kaczynski. “The Unabomber,” as he is also known, dies in prison in 2023 at age
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By Isabelle Chapman and Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — Stockton Rush wore a hard-hat and stood next to one of his submersible crafts last year full of enthusiasm as he told a bunch of students about the thrills and perils of being a deep-sea explorer. “The key element in any expedition is you got to
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of musician and actress Courtney Love. Personal Birth date: July 9, 1964 Birth place: San Francisco, California Birth name: Love Michelle Harrison Father: Hank Harrison Mother: Linda Carroll Marriages: Kurt Cobain (1992-1994, his death); James Moreland (1989-1989, divorced) Children: with Kurt Cobain: Frances
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Columbia Police Department has sought bids for behavioral health co-responders to help with mental health calls.
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An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day has been implemented for Saturday afternoon until after midnight on Sunday due to the potential for isolated to widely scattered severe storms. The overall risk is relatively low, but if you have any outdoor plans, you’ll want to stay weather aware and have ways of receiving alerts that
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer A pod of killer whales bumped one of the boats in an endurance sailing race as it approached the Strait of Gibraltar, the latest encounter in what researchers say is a growing trend of sometimes-aggressive interactions with Iberian orcas. The 15-minute run-in with at least three of the giant
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By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Chicago Cubs manager David Ross says players do better “when they’re having fun.” There was plenty of that Friday when the Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals held workouts at London Stadium ahead of a two-game weekend series. Shaking off jet lag, players in batting practice took
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates only spent one season with Tiger hoops standout Kobe Brown, but he said he knew his potential after their first conversation. That’s why, on the night of the NBA Draft, he took a step back and watched everyone else’s reaction to Brown being a first round
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Rap City.” “106 & Park.” And even, “Uncut.” From innovative to provocative, BET has played a crucial role in creating several influential programs that helped spread hip-hop to millions of homes across the globe. Other than its rival show “Yo! MTV Raps,” the network
Continue Reading By MICHAEL RUBINKAM The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Interstate 95 reopened Friday less than two weeks after a deadly collapse in Philadelphia, a quicker-than-expected rebuild to get traffic flowing again on a heavily traveled stretch of the East Coast’s main north-south highway. Workers put the finishing touches on an interim six-lane roadway that will
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Five former Memphis police officers charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols have made a brief court appearance as a judge considers which records should be released to the public as part of the highly-publicized case that intensified calls for police reform in the U.S.
Continue Reading By SONIA PÉREZ D. and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — As Guatemala prepares to elect a new president Sunday, its citizens are fed up with government corruption, on edge about crime and struggling with poverty and malnutrition — all of which drives tens of thousands out of the country each year. And
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