By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students last year say they will be using an alibi defense, but do not have one specific location for where he was, they said in a court document filed Wednesday. The defense attorneys for Bryan Kohberger made the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the University of Missouri fraternity members accused in the Danny Santulli hazing case was sentenced Thursday at the Boone County Courthouse. Alec Bradley Wetzler, 21, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty in April to supplying liquor to a minor and buying liquor as a minor, both misdemeanors. Wetzler was sentenced on
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By Samantha Delouya, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Wells Fargo is dealing with a technical issue that has resulted in customers reporting that their direct deposits had disappeared from their bank accounts. On Thursday, a torrent of customers contacted Wells Fargo via Twitter, now officially branded as ‘X,’ claiming they could not access money that
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A rare attack by a river otter in southern Montana injured three women floating on inner tubes and inflicted wounds serious enough that one victim had to be airlifted to a hospital, authorities said Thursday. The attack happened near the town of Cardwell on a remote
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By Justin Gamble and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The College Board is encouraging school districts in Florida not to offer Advanced Placement Psychology classes after it was informed the state’s education board reportedly told districts the course can no longer be taught in the state if it includes lessons on sexual orientation and gender
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Millones de niños empezarán el colegio en agosto durante la peor ola de calor de la historia de la humanidad. Los niños de Atlanta y San Bernardino, California, comenzaron el curso escolar esta semana con temperaturas muy superiores a los 32 °C (90 °F). “Empezamos a entrar en territorio realmente peligroso
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former City College chemistry adjunct professor has been charged with plotting to rape and sexually assault three women from El Salvador after convincing them to travel to the U.S. for a better life. Jorge Alberto Ramos was arrested Thursday on charges in an indictment returned
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By Tierney Sneed (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in a Washington, DC, federal courthouse Thursday to federal criminal charges stemming from his plots to overturn the 2020 election, in a 27-minute proceeding where the first flashes of the defense’s tactics emerged. It was the third occasion that Trump was arraigned on
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says she supports an ethics code for the court but that there wasn’t consensus among the justices on how to proceed. Kagan publicly shared her stance on Thursday while speaking at a judicial conference in Portland, Oregon. She
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor wants to step in after Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey asked an appeals court to reverse the conviction of a former Missouri police officer who is white and killed a Black man in 2019. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker this week
Continue ReadingSofÃa Benavides (CNN) — Jorge Alberto Ramos, de 43 años, está acusado de dos cargos por incentivo para viajar para participar en actividades sexuales ilegales, dos cargos de tráfico para participar en actividades sexuales ilegales, un cargo de conspiración para participar en tráfico de personas, un cargo de tráfico de personas y uno cargo de
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police officers shot and killed a man in downtown Boise, Idaho. The Boise Police Department says officers responded at about 10:55 a.m. Thursday to a call from a man requesting police assistance at his apartment. The Idaho Statesman reports Chief Ron Winegar said officers arrived at the apartment complex and initially
Continue ReadingRocÃo Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La FiscalÃa de Colombia aseguró que Nicolás Petro Burgos reveló en una declaración jurada que a la campaña presidencial de su padre, Gustavo Petro, entró dinero ilegal, durante la audiencia de medida de aseguramiento celebrada este miércoles en Bogotá. El fiscal Mario Andrés Burgos, quien investiga a Petro Burgos y
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CNN By Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — It’s been eight years since he rode down the escalator in Trump Tower and more than two years since the January 6, 2021, insurrection, but the legal drama surrounding Donald Trump has never been more intense. This week, he was indicted by a federal grand jury in the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican marines found 110 pounds of dynamite hidden in a methamphetamine laboratory run by a drug cartel. The Navy Department says other explosives were also found at the site in the northern state of Sinaloa. Sinaloa is the headquarters of the drug cartel of the same name. The navy said Thursday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Blake Baker is entering his second season at the helm of the Mizzou defense. With nine returners, the group is under some pretty high expectations. “We want to be the best in the country,” Baker said. “Obviously y’all feel like we had a great year last year, but we feel like we can
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The American Academy of Pediatrics has reaffirmed its support for gender-affirming medical for children as the treatments face a growing push for bans and restrictions across the U.S. The board for the group unanimously reaffirmed its 2018 position on the treatments. the board also voted to provide additional documents to support
Continue ReadingBy Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to charges that he conspired to subvert the 2020 presidential election. Thursday’s arraignment was not Trump’s first courtroom rodeo; this year already he has been federally charged for his alleged mishandling of classified documents and charged in New York for his role in a hush-money payment to adult film actress
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By Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — The New York City Council approved a bill Thursday to make the pandemic-era outdoor dining program a permanent part of the city, with some restrictions, according to the Office of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The city instituted the outdoor dining program in 2020 under the administration of
Continue ReadingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Black woman from Arkansas who was held at gunpoint along with three family members when Texas police wrongly suspected their car was stolen says she decided to speak out after seeing video from a passerby and realizing two officers had aimed firearms at her 13-year-old son while his hands
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