COALINGA, Calif. (AP) — The man convicted of killing a college student who vanished from a California campus more than 25 years ago has been hospitalized after he was attacked in prison. Paul Flores’ lawyer says he was attacked Wednesday at Pleasant Valley State Prison, although he didn’t have any details. State corrections officials say
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite hot temperatures, Columbia College students moved into their dorms Wednesday. Due to the excessive heat, move in time was moved up to 9 a.m. Move-ins were originally set to begin at noon. The ABC 17 News Stormtrack Weather Team issued a Weather Alert Day through Friday. Hydration stations and cooling areas with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education on Wednesday morning approved its property tax rate increase of $0.007. According to the district, most homeowners will notice a property tax increase of $140. The tax is expected to bring more than $4 million in revenue. The chief financial officer for the district said this money will go towards a fund which will
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By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — A fortnight ago, Motswedi Modiba was a South African singer showing signs of a promising career in her home country. Now she’s a breakout hit on one of China’s largest reality TV shows after wowing millions with her performance in Mandarin. Modiba, reported to be the first Black and
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By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning against buying or using certain eye drops from Dr. Berne’s and LightEyez due to microbial contamination. The drops contain methylsulfonylmethane or MSM, a naturally occurring organosulfur compound popular in complementary and alternative medicine, as the active ingredient. The FDA
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Former University of Southern California superstar Reggie Bush is accusing the NCAA of defamation in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in an Indiana Superior Court, and is again asking the collegiate sports governing body to reinstate his football records so he can get his 2005 Heisman Trophy back. The filing
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El sospechoso de un enfrentamiento de varias horas en Pittsburgh después de que unos agentes intentaran desalojarlo ha muerto, según la policía. El ocupante de una vivienda que abrió fuego cuando los ayudantes del sheriff intentaron entregarle un aviso de desalojo murió tras un enfrentamiento de varias horas, según informaron este
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Two co-founders of cryptocurrency giant Tornado Cash, one of them a Russian national and the other an executive in Washington state, have been charged with operating a crypto scheme that allegedly laundered hundreds of millions of dollars for North Korean hackers, according to a federal indictment unsealed
Continue Reading Essay by Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — An all-expense-paid, weekend (read: three days) vacation to the domestic destination of the winner’s choosing. Those were the stakes in a bet I made with my husband in the winter of 2021 into 2022, still in the throes of the pandemic, when “And Just Like That…” premiered. That
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Record-breaking oil production in New Mexico is likely to provide state government with a new multibillion-dollar surplus during the upcoming budget year. Top state finance officials on Wednesday announced a new forecast for government income. They anticipate $13 billion in state general fund income for
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El Fondo Monetario Internacional aprobó este miércoles un total de US$ 7.500 millones para Argentina, tras concluir el directorio ejecutivo del FMI la quinta y la sexta revisión del Servicio Ampliado del Fondo (SAF) a 30 meses para el país, informó el FMI en un comunicado. Indicó el Fondo que
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Sheriff’s Office said in a Wednesday press release that a now-former deputy has been accused in a child pornography investigation. The Sheriff’s Office did not release the name of the deputy and filed charges were not apparent on Casenet. The release stated the deputy was fired Tuesday “for policy
Continue ReadingBY JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tensions flared as lawyers for San Francisco argued before an appeals court to lift an injunction prohibiting the city from clearing homeless tent encampments. Mayor London Breed joined more than 200 people outside a federal courthouse Wednesday to urge an appellate panel to lift the order.
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Heat and humidity are back in full force this week as the peak of summer comes to an end. This combo can spell out hazardous conditions especially for those outside for a prolonged time. Farmers that are out in the field can face extra risks, not just from time outdoors, but from the crops themselves
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — In a story published December 16, 2021, about Oregon’s efforts to combat illegal marijuana production, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program was established in December 2021. The program was created in 2018 and was expanded in December 2021.
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Known as the Zorro Ranch, a high-desert property once owned by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has been sold after two years on the market. An attorney for Epstein’s estate confirmed Tuesday that the ranch had been sold for an undisclosed price, and the proceeds would be used to help pay
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Según una evaluación de riesgos publicada este miércoles por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), se detectó la nueva variante altamente mutada del coronavirus BA.2.86 en aguas residuales de este país. Los CDC no dieron detalles sobre dónde
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Police say a detective in Washington state was shot in the shoulder and that two juvenile boys were later taken into custody. The Tacoma Police Department said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that one of their detectives was shot about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday while “on a contact.” Police didn’t release
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A southern Indiana egg farmer has declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2024. The Indianapolis Star reports John Rust, the chair of Seymour-based Rose Acre Farms, announced his campaign Tuesday, saying he was a Christian, capitalist, conservative gay man who would bring an
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Construction began in June on the Theodore Roosevelt presidential library planned for the Badlands of western North Dakota. The library honors the 26th president, who hunted and ranched in the area as a young man in the 1880s. Total construction will cost about $180 million. Library
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