By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana president Irfaan Ali on Thursday lashed out at the descendants of European slave traders, saying those who profited from the cruel, trans-Atlantic slave trade should offer to pay reparations to today’s generations. The leader of the South American country also proposed that those involved in
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former death row inmate in Mississippi will be resentenced again because of a determination that he has intellectual disabilities — and the new sentence will make him eligible for the possibility of parole. The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday in the case of
Continue ReadingBy Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Two school districts in eastern Kentucky have canceled in-person classes this week after a rise in illnesses including Covid-19, respiratory viruses and strep among its students and staff, according to local officials. The Lee County School District, which enrolls just under 900 students, reported an 82% decrease in attendance
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — CNN pidió a sus colaboradores políticos que opinaran sobre el primer debate presidencial republicano de la temporada 2024. Las opiniones expresadas en estos comentarios son exclusivamente suyas. SE Cupp: Nikki Haley prometió un cambio generacional y lo cumplió SE Cupp El 14 de febrero, la exgobernadora de Carolina del Sur Nikki
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Dennis Rader, the BTK serial killer whose self-given nickname stands for “Bind, Torture, Kill,” played a cat and mouse game with investigators and reporters for decades before he was caught. But Rader gradually faded from view after his 2005 arrest, as he served one life term for each of the
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Veteran Washington journalist and former Associated Press transportation reporter Joan Lowy has died. She was 66. Lowy’s husband says she died early Wednesday at their Virginia home after a 10-year battle with abdominal cancer. Lowy joined the AP’s Washington bureau in 2006. She spent the final decade
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The first Republican primary debate of the 2024 campaign season hosted by Fox News averaged 12.8 million viewers, according to viewership data, a larger than expected audience given the notable absence of frontrunner and disgraced former President Donald Trump. The numbers were far short of the historic 24
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This mid-August heatwave has been extreme, bringing the feels-like conditions to near or above 115 degrees in parts of Mid-MO. But this already unbearable heat can be even worse in urban areas full of concrete, cars, and people. https://gocolumbiamo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/media/index.html?appid=3fdbffcdd4c94879bae23051a42843df&locale=en In Columbia, you can expect temperatures to be up to 6 degrees higher on average just
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The first Republican primary debate of the 2024 campaign season hosted by Fox News averaged 12.8 million viewers, according to viewership data, a larger than expected audience given the notable absence of frontrunner and disgraced former President Donald Trump. The numbers were far short of the historic 24 million
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County convenience store owner pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to selling fake Juul pods. Rafiqul Khan pleaded guilty to two counts of selling counterfeit tobacco products, according to court documents. Both counts were misdemeanors. US Customs and Border Patrol agents intercepted two shipments in 2019 from Hong Kong
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TONIGHT: As our heat dome breaks down, we see growing rain chances and less heat in the forecast. Partly cloudy skies will clear after sunset, and we’ll see mostly clear skies overnight. TOMORROW: We’ll start in the upper 70s early Friday, with partly cloudy skies developing through the morning, and even turning into a chance
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence says viewers should expect to see the same, more combative candidate at the next GOP debate as he urged his former running-mate-turned-rival Donald Trump to join his competitors on stage next time around. Pence says a day after Wednesday’s debate that “elections
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Prosecutors have asked a federal court to set plea hearings for two corrections officers on a charge stemming from an assault on a jail inmate who later died. Motions filed Wednesday seek the hearings for Southern Regional Jail officers Andrew Fleshman and Steven Wimmer. The officers
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By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — In a typical year, at least 1.7 million adults in the US develop sepsis, and at least 350,000 die in the hospital or are moved into hospice care, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On top of that, about a third people who die in
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui County sued Hawaiian Electric Company on Thursday over the fires that devastated Lahaina, saying the utility negligently failed to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions. Witness accounts and video indicated that sparks from power lines ignited fires as
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Summer is still four months away in the Southern Hemisphere but Brazil is contending with a balmy winter, with record high temperatures and dry weather across much of the country. The rare heat wave engulfed 19 of Brazil’s 26 states on Thursday, as well as
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — A woman accused of intentionally abandoning her dog at a Pennsylvania airport before she boarded a flight to a resort in Mexico earlier this month has been charged with animal cruelty and related charges, authorities announced Thursday. Allegheny County Police say Allison Lyn Gaiser, 44, tried to bring her brown-and-white male French
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Hours before former President Donald Trump was expected to turn himself in at the Fulton County Jail on charges related to his efforts to remain in power after his 2020 election loss, dozens of his supporters had already gathered Thursday morning outside the facility.
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Buying a house requires a much bigger slice of people’s income now — making this the most unaffordable housing market since 1984, by one measure. And that crushing lack of affordability isn’t expected to improve much in the near future. In just the last few weeks, US
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is joining NATO allies in hosting training for Ukrainian pilots on U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, beginning at an Arizona Air National Guard base in October. The Pentagon spokesman, Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, announced the move Thursday. The training will be part of a U.S. and
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