By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed new federal rules to reduce the level of harmful lead dust in millions of homes, schools and child-care facilities. Even though lead has been phased out of paints for decades, the harmful substance is still found in many older buildings. The Environmental Protection
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MOSCOW (AP) — Mercenaries of the Wagner Group are completing the handover of their weapons to the Russian military, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday, a move that follows the private army’s brief rebellion last month that challenged the Kremlin’s authority. The disarming of Wagner reflects efforts by authorities to defuse the threat it posed and
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Ask ChatGPT about comedian Sarah Silverman’s memoir “The Bedwetter” and the artificial intelligence chatbot can come up with a detailed synopsis of every part of the book. Does that mean it effectively “read” and memorized a pirated copy? Or it scraped so many customer reviews and online chatter about
Continue Reading By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say five heavily armed militants have attacked a security post in southwest Pakistan, triggering an intense shootout that left nine soldiers, five attackers and a female passerby dead. The newly formed militant group Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the attack. In a statement,
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to reduce children’s exposure to lead, proposing stricter limits on dust from lead-based paints in older homes and child-care facilities. Declaring that “there is no safe level of lead, the administration estimates the proposed rule would reduce lead exposure for approximately 250,000 to 500,000 children under the
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A prisoner suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar at a federal penitentiary in Florida said the disgraced former sports doctor provoked the attack by making a lewd comment while they were watching a Wimbledon tennis match on TV, a person familiar with the matter
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI, ERIC TUCKER and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray defended the “real FBI” during a contentious congressional hearing Wednesday, rejecting a litany of grievances from angry Republicans who are harshly critical of the bureau, threatening to defund some operations and claiming the Justice Department is unfair to
Continue ReadingBy Eli Masket, CNN (CNN) — A six-year-old girl managed to evade a kidnapping by using the only weapon she had at her disposal – her teeth. The girl, identified by CNN affiliate WPLG as Lyric, was playing with her siblings in the courtyard area of her Miami apartment complex residence when a man attempted
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army officer tapped to be the service’s next chief of staff outlined for senators on Wednesday his plan to fix what he described as the service’s top challenge — rebuilding recruiting — as it becomes clear the Army will again fall short of its enlistment
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By The Associated Press HIGHLAND, Ill. (AP) — A Greyhound passenger bus crashed into three tractor-trailers parked along a highway exit to a rest area early Wednesday in southern Illinois, killing three people and injuring 14 others, some seriously, state police said. The St. Louis-bound bus was traveling westbound along Interstate 70 in Madison County
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By Dianne Gallagher, Wesley Bruer and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Florida judge on Wednesday ruled to allow reenactments of the 2018 mass shooting inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s 1200 building as part of a civil lawsuit against the former school resource officer who remained outside as the massacre unfolded. Scot Peterson was
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Patrick Mahomes already is a two-time Super Bowl MVP and AP NFL MVP before turning 28, compiling an impressive Hall of Fame-worthy resume in only six seasons. If any player is ever going to challenge Tom Brady for greatest-of-all-time status, Mahomes has the best chance. Like Brady and
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO dominated Wednesday morning’s Emmy nominations, with the elite trio of “ Succession,” “The White Lotus” and “The Last of Us” combining for a whopping 74, but the dominant theme darkening the scene is the ongoing writers strike and the looming possibility that actors may
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of the “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1942 Death date: August 16, 2018 Birth place: Memphis, Tennessee Birth name: Aretha Louise Franklin Father: Rev. C. L. (Clarence LaVaughn) Franklin, minister and gospel singer Mother: Barbara (Siggers) Franklin, gospel singer
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — There’s Kobe, wearing the uniform of a team from Los Angeles. There’s Kobe, the last one on the court at practice and getting yelled at because the buses are waiting for him. How fitting. Just like old times. Kobe Brown of the Los Angeles Clippers
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A motorcyclist and a pedestrian were taken to a hospital for treatment after a crash shut down southbound Highway 63 in Columbia on Tuesday.
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democratic state Sen. Karla May is running for U.S. Senate in Missouri. May launched her campaign for Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley’s seat Tuesday in St. Louis. May faces a Democratic primary next year against candidates including St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell. If
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CLEVELAND, Ohio. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou pitcher Rorik Maltrud agreed to an undrafted free agent deal with the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday. The deal made him the fifth Tiger to find his way to the pros in 2023. Maltrud came to Mizzou as a transfer from New Mexico State in 2023. In his one season in
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s hard not to feel grudging respect for Gerald Daniel Blanchard’s long resume of crime — no matter what side of the law you’re on. He once stole half a million dollars from a bank before it officially opened by using a concealed pinhole camera
Continue Reading By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Authorities say the badly decomposing bodies of three people have been found in a remote Rocky Mountains camp in Colorado, and that they may have been lying there since late last year. Gunnison County Sheriff Adam Murdie says a hiker discovered one of the bodies
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