LONDON (AP) — New, and expanded powers for U.K. police have taken effect. The measures include targeting activists who stop traffic and building works with protests. Authorities have repeatedly condemned environmental protest groups including Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion. The groups have staged high-profile protests at the busiest highways and roads. Police in the
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Police in Kansas say a shooting in a nightclub left seven people with gunshot wounds and an additional two victims hospitalized after being trampled as people rushed outside. Wichita Police Lt. Aaron Moses says shots were fired just before 1 a.m. Sunday in the City Nightz nightclub. Moses says seven
Continue Reading By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say militants have attacked a security post in the country’s southwest, triggering a shootout that left four police officers and a paramilitary soldier dead. A local police chief said on Sunday one of the militants was also killed while the others managed to escape
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Independence Day weekend is on track to be the busiest on record with more than 43 million Americans expected to travel, according to AAA. Travelers can look forward to saving money at the gas pump. AAA says the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel is $3.55 which is $1.32 less than the price for
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter owner Elon Musk has limited the number of tweets that users can view each day — restrictions he described as an attempt to prevent unauthorized scraping of potentially valuable data from the social media platform. The site is now requiring people to log on to view tweets and profiles —
Continue Reading By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say militants have attacked a security post in the country’s southwest, triggering a shootout that left four police officers and a paramilitary soldier dead. A local police chief said on Sunday one of the militants was also killed while the others managed to escape
Continue Reading BALTIMORE (AP) — Police in Baltimore say two people were killed and 28 victims were wounded in a mass shooting, including three who are in critical condition. The Baltimore Police Department says the shooting took place in the 800 block of Gretna Avenue early Sunday morning. Acting Commissioner Richard Worley has confirmed the number of
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Police say seven people were detained after several shop windows in the Swiss city of Lausanne were smashed as young people gathered in an “echo” of riots in neighboring France. Police said Sunday that more than 100 people gathered in downtown Lausanne in French-speaking western Switzerland on Saturday evening. A police statement
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TODAY: A stray shower or two is possible throughout Sunday, but conditions will be much drier overall. Highs today will be near-seasonal in the mid-80s. TOMORROW: Mid-MO stays dry to kick off the week, bringing highs back to around 90 degrees. This will likely be the best window of time this week to get outdoors!
Continue Reading By CARA ANNA, NICOLAS GARRIGA and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Young rioters in France clashed with police into early Sunday and targeted a mayor’s home with a burning car, injuring members of his family, as the country saw a fifth night of unrest after the police killing of a teenager. However, overall
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By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Just days before Christmas, Jacqui McIntosh and her husband awoke around 2:34 a.m. in terror. Their entire home was shaking so violently, it split their bed apart – sending them tumbling down the middle. A 6.4 magnitude earthquake had just struck Rio Dell, California, upending homes and lives for
Continue Reading BALTIMORE (AP) — Police in Baltimore say emergency personnel and the acting police commissioner are at the scene of a mass shooting. The Baltimore Police Department confirms there has been a mass shooting in the 800 block of Gretna Avenue early Sunday morning. The number of victims was not immediately provided. Police say acting Commissioner
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By Melissa Alonso, Sophie Tanno, Christina Maxouris and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were killed and 28 others injured in a mass shooting at a Baltimore block party, officials said. All 30 of the victims had gunshot wounds, Baltimore Police Acting Commissioner Richard Worley said in a Sunday
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By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN (CNN) — Matthew Graham owes his new career path to his fraternity brothers and Thurgood Marshall, the late Supreme Court justice. Marshall, also a member of the Black fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha, was a civil rights leader who became the first Black justice on the Supreme Court. Marshall’s story convinced Graham
Continue Reading BALTIMORE (AP) — Police in Baltimore say emergency personnel and the acting police commissioner are at the scene of a mass shooting. The Baltimore Police Department confirms there has been a mass shooting in the 800 block of Gretna Avenue early Sunday morning. The number of victims was not immediately provided. Police say acting Commissioner
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By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Fire threats and environmental concerns have prompted some US cities to forego traditional Fourth of July fireworks in favor of spectacular drone light shows this year. Salt Lake City, Utah, tried out the alternative way of celebrating Independence Day on Saturday with its first-ever drone show. The city’s
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By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A week after a train derailment and bridge collapse sent rail cars into the Yellowstone River, authorities say only two rail cars carrying molten sulfur and scrap metal remain in the water as cleanup continues near Columbus, Montana. Seventeen Montana Rail Link train cars derailed last Saturday morning in
Continue Reading By CARA ANNA, NICOLAS GARRIGA and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Young rioters clashed with police late Saturday and early Sunday and targeted a mayor’s home with a burning car as France faced a fifth night of unrest sparked by the police killing of a teenager, but overall violence appeared to lessen compared
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Those pyrotechnics also make it an especially dangerous holiday, typically resulting in more than 10,000 trips to the emergency room. Yet fireworks remain at the center of
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Officials say Atlanta Police Department motorcycles have been damaged in an intentional fire caused by devices set inside the parking deck of a training facility. WANF-TV reports the Atlanta Fire and Rescue Department responded to reports of a multi-vehicle fire around 2:20 a.m. Saturday and found multiple motorcycles on fire.
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