By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That’s what some gas line workers got when their digging uncovered eight pre-Inca funeral bales. Gas company archaelogist Jesus Bahamonde said Friday that excavation work to
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The Central Missouri Humane Society said Friday that it won’t take in new animals other than strays for two weeks amid an outbreak of dog respiratory illnesses.
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By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Aja Evans, an Olympic bobsled athlete who won bronze at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games, has filed a lawsuit alleging she was sexually abused by a chiropractor who was working with the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. Chiropractor Jonathan Wilhelm, as well as the United States Olympic and
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A 52-year-old Kansas City man has been charged in two separate 1990s cold case killings, and authorities believe he is “likely” tied to other unsolved homicides in Kansas City and throughout the region, according to court documents and the chief of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department. Gary Dion
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An apparent crash involving a tractor-trailer backed up traffic on Interstate 70 in Columbia on Friday afternoon.
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Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Smartmatic, the voting technology company suing Fox News and former President Donald Trump’s top allies over their false claims that its machines rigged the 2020 election, was implicated in an alleged bribery scheme involving the former top election official in the Philippines, according to court filings obtained by CNN. The
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By Holmes Lybrand (CNN) — The former head of counterintelligence for the FBI’s New York field office pleaded guilty Friday in Washington, DC, in connection to a scheme to conceal hundreds of thousands of dollars he received from a former Albanian intelligence employee as well as foreign contacts he made with the individual. The guilty
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — “Es una película que conecta con nuestra herida abierta. Por eso está teniendo mucha repercusión en Venezuela y otros lugares”, dijo a CNN Diego Vicentini, director de “Simón”, su ópera prima y la película del momento en Venezuela. El filme se centra en las protestas ocurridas en 2017 contra el
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The top-ranked recruit in the state of Arkansas has committed to Dennis Gates’ 2024 recruiting class. Annor Boateng announced his commitment to play college basketball at Mizzou on Friday. 247 Sports Composite lists Boateng as a five-star recruit. It also ranks him as the 26th best high school basketball prospect in the
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Aviation experts say it was likely a visibility issue that caused two racing pilots to collide in mid-air while preparing to land in Reno last weekend. The first- and second-place winners of the National Air Race Championships could have crashed due to an aircraft blind spot,
Continue ReadingBy JIM MUSTIAN and LEA SKENE Associated Press The FBI said Friday it has opened a civil rights investigation into allegations in recent lawsuits that police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, assaulted drug suspects they detained in an obscure warehouse known as the “Brave Cave.” In one case, a man says he was taken to the
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press Federal investigators promised a thorough investigation into what caused a charter bus carrying a high school marching band to veer off a New York highway in a wreck that killed two adults and seriously injured other passengers. The charter bus carrying students from Farmingdale High School was
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Puede que las cosas no hayan funcionado entre Joe Jonas y Sophie Turner, pero la relación de la actriz con Taylor Swift, exnovia de Jonas, sí parece ir de mil maravillas. Jonas está en medio de un divorcio con la estrella de “Game of Thrones”, con quien tiene dos hijas pequeñas. Este
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Colombia entró en la recta final de la carrera para las elecciones regionales en las que se elegirán alcaldes, gobernadores, concejales y diputados departamentales. Unas elecciones intermedias que son una especie de referéndum sobre la gestión tanto de funcionarios elegidos en la elección general de 2022, y que a su
Continue ReadingBILOXI, Miss. (AP) — A former NFL draft prospect has been found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for shooting a man to death on the floor of a casino on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. Jurors deliberated for only 46 minutes Thursday before reaching a guilty verdict in the trial of Jereme
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Pedro came to the U.S. from Angola five months ago. He works construction in the New York City borough of Queens. Kadija Tyler made the journey from Senegal to Harlem. She works in sales in a department store. Neither is a full-time activist. But they
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By Elisabeth Buchwald New York (CNN) — Sen. Bob Menendez, allegedly accepted gold bar bribes, prosecutors allege, according to a newly unsealed federal indictment. Wait, you can own gold bars? Yes. It’s actually a booming trend. (Spokespeople for Menendez didn’t respond to CNN’s request for comment. Separately, he released a statement on Friday calling the
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By Jenna Schnuer, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Caribbean box jellyfish, animals that may appear to float through life aimlessly and don’t have a central brain, still have the ability to learn rapidly and retain information, new research
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By Jamie Gumbrecht, Deidre McPhillips and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Covid-19 hospitalizations have been on the rise in the United States for months, with weekly admissions now more than triple what they were two months ago. Seniors have the highest rates of Covid hospitalizations by far, but hospitalizations among children — especially among those
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he is determined to stop gun violence in the U.S. as he formally launches the first-ever federal office to be dedicated to uncovering solutions and supporting communities ravaged by shootings. The new office of gun violence prevention will be
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