By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials say state police officers separated migrant families along the border with Mexico by detaining fathers on trespassing charges and turning over mothers and children to federal agencies. The separations mark a shift from previous comments by Texas leaders who said families should stay together.
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — It’s been more than two years since the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared racism a public health threat, and a new study gives a stark look at just how pervasive racial and ethnic disparities are in the United States. Researchers tracked US mortality data across nearly
Continue ReadingBy Eli Higgins Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — Swift said he thought he’d seen it all in his years managing Mid-States Auto Sales on south Broadway, but Wednesday, that all changed. “It was just standing right there. It kind of freaked me out, and I was just, I just
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By Alli Rosenbloom and Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Cardi B will not face charges related to throwing her microphone into the crowd at a concert in Las Vegas last weekend, according to police. “After a thorough review of this case and with the consultation from the Clark County District Attorney’s Office, this case has
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal investigators say the pilot of a charter jet took off without permission, causing an approaching JetBlue plane to cancel its landing at the last second. The incident happened at Boston’s Logan International Airport in February. The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that the charter captain heard air
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Dos miembros de la Armada de EE.UU. fueron arrestados y acusados por supuestamente enviar información militar confidencial de Estados Unidos a agentes de inteligencia chinos. Uno de los marineros, Jinchao Wei, fue arrestado el miércoles cuando llegaba a trabajar a la Base Naval de San Diego, según un comunicado que emitió
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, condenó las boyas antimigrantes de Texas y calificó la medida de control fronterizo en el río Bravo como “inhumana”, después de que se encontraran cuerpos en las aguas que fluyen a lo largo de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. “No debe
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request to temporarily block Connecticut’s landmark 2013 gun control law passed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting until a gun rights group’s lawsuit against the statute has concluded. U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven ruled Thursday
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Early this morning, a strong storm moved through Columbia Regional and Ashland that brought damaging winds along with heavy rain. On average, the areas surrounding Columbia Regional were observing winds in the 50-60 mph range, but Columbia Regional submitted a storm report of winds up to 80 mph. This was recorded at approximately 3:42 AM,
Continue ReadingBy CTV Staff Click here for updates on this story CANADA (CTV Network) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, announced their separation after 18 years of marriage Wednesday. In a brief statement issued by the prime minister on Instagram, he said after “many meaningful and difficult conversations” the pair have
Continue ReadingEFFINGHAM, Ill. (AP) — A 5-year-old southern Illinois girl has died after a starting gate being hauled by a car prior to a harness race struck her while she was sitting in the grandstand at a county fair. The St. Louis city medical examiner’s office says Harper Finn of Altamont died Wednesday evening at St.
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By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Dan Bishop of North Carolina will not seek reelection to Congress in 2024, instead opting to run for state attorney general, he announced on a local radio show Thursday morning. “To have the news break that, in fact, I’m going to be a candidate, to come home
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By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The gulf between a CEO’s paycheck and their typical employee’s has always been vast. But the advent of AI is already threatening to exacerbate that gap, enriching the C-suite at the expense of their employees, according to a new report from the AFL-CIO. The average CEO compensation
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — “Swifties” heading to Los Angeles to see Taylor Swift concerts this week may find a large number of staff at their hotels on strike when they get there. The union representing 15,000 hotel workers who have been staging a series of rolling strikes since the start of
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former first-round NBA draft pick to 10 years in prison, saying he became a leader of a $5 million health care fraud only after frittering away substantial earnings from his professional career. Terrence Williams was sentenced Thursday by Judge Valerie
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orchestrating a brazen and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to block the peaceful transfer
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia announced in a Thursday press release that the Eighth and Cherry parking garage will reopen Friday. The parking garage has been closed since June for a renovation project. The City initially expected the project to be finished Friday, Aug. 11. Renovations, according to the press release, included: Waterproofing
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By Elizabeth Worthington Click here for updates on this story TOWSON, Maryland (WMAR) — When you tune in to WTMD radio on your late afternoon drive home, you hear the voice of Carrie Evans. What if you discovered – that voice was actually coming from a robot? That’s not happening at this station in Towson.
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CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — The day after former President Donald Trump was indicted over his efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, Trump repeated a lie that the indictment depicts as central to his attempt to obstruct the congressional certification of Joe Biden’s victory. Trump posted on social media
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By Ja Nai Wright Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WMAR) — Alena McQuarter is just 14 years old and is already about to have bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University. For the past three months, McQuarter has been conducting ovarian cancer research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She is
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