By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have aired deep differences over the war between Israel and Hamas as the Turkish leader makes a brief and tensely anticipated visit to Berlin. Erdogan was invited to visit Germany months ago after his reelection, but recent
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Republicans battling to be their party’s alternative to former President Donald Trump came together Friday for a different kind of cattle call, bringing personal and at times emotional stories to what an influential Iowa Christian organization billed as a friendly conversation. Three candidates —
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit has challenged the constitutionality of Missouri’s new law requiring voters to show photo identification to cast a regular ballot. The trial in the case is expected to begin Friday. Voting rights advocates suing to overturn the law say getting the records needed to obtain
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit has challenged the constitutionality of Missouri’s new law requiring voters to show photo identification to cast a regular ballot. The trial in the case is expected to begin Friday. Voting rights advocates suing to overturn the law say getting the records needed to obtain
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — How science textbooks address climate change is up for a vote in Texas. Some Republicans on the Texas State Board of Education say they’re too negative toward fossil fuels in America’s biggest oil and gas state. Texas has more than 1,000 school districts and none are
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday sentenced a woman to 90 years in prison for the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in a case that sent investigators on a 43-day international search for the killer. Jurors deliberated for just over
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By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani and Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. were unanimously named the Most Valuable Players by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Thursday night, after both earned all 30 first-place votes for their respective leagues. Ohtani becomes the first player ever to be
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Israel could not have asked for a better friend than President Joe Biden. In the anguished aftermath of the horror unleashed by Hamas on October 7, Biden grieved with Israelis as though he was one of them. As global anger mounted at the thousands of civilian deaths in
Continue ReadingBy Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 450 patients at a hospital in Massachusetts could have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV due to improper administration of IV medication within the past two years, according to hospital officials. The possible exposure at Salem Hospital affected patients who were seeking an endoscopy, a type of procedure
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Dex Carvey, el hijo del comediante Dana Carvey, murió de una sobredosis de drogas, anunciaron sus padres este jueves en un comunicado conjunto publicado en las redes sociales de su padre. Tenía 32 años. “Anoche sufrimos una terrible tragedia. Nuestro querido hijo, Dex, murió de una sobredosis accidental de drogas”,
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nick Honor scored 16 points and Sean East II’s three-point play with 9.9 seconds remaining gave Missouri its first lead of the night and the Tigers held on — after rallying — to beat Minnesota 70-68. Minnesota’s Cam Christie missed a 3-pointer with time expiring. Mike Mitchell Jr. gathered the carom but
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges for a Callaway County man who was accused in an Auxvasse shooting in July have been dismissed, according to an email from Callaway County prosecutor Benjamin Miller. Damin Davis, 34, was charged with first-degree assault, armed-criminal action, unlawful gun possession, endangering the welfare of a child and fourth-degree domestic assault. He
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The wreckage goes on for block after devastated block. The smell is sickening. Every day, hundreds of people claw through tons of rubble with shovels and iron bars and their bare hands. They are looking for the bodies of their children.
Continue ReadingBy BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India on Friday to fix wide pipes for 40 workers trapped underground for a sixth day to crawl to their freedom. Drilling with a new machine started on Thursday and has covered a
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KMIZ) With just nine seconds left in Thursday night’s game against Minnesota, Sean East got a go-ahead bucket to fall to give Mizzou its first lead of the game, and ultimately, a 70-68 comeback victory on the road. The Tigers improved their record to 3-1 on the season after shocking the Golden Gophers
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CNN By Sam Fossum, Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement clashed with protesters calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war outside of the Washington headquarters of the Democratic National Committee Wednesday night, the latest eruption of tensions across the country over the Israel-Hamas war. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, House
Continue ReadingIvonne Valdés (CNN en Español) — El canciller de Rusia, Sergey Lavrov, y su homólogo de Venezuela, Yván Gil, se reunieron este jueves en Moscú para revisar el intercambio comercial entre los dos países y acordaron estudiar cómo dejar de usar el dólar estadounidense como moneda de pago. En una rueda de prensa posterior, Gil
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN en Español) — El presidente de Panamá, Laurentino Cortizo, pidió a la ciudadanía esperar el fallo de la Corte Suprema sobre el contrato del Estado con la empresa Minera Panamá, que ha generado protestas y bloqueos en el país a lo largo de las últimas semanas. En un mensaje a la nación,
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By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Dex Carvey, the son of comedian Dana Carvey, has died of a drug overdose, his parents announced Thursday in a joint statement posted on his father’s social media. He was 32. “Last night we suffered a terrible tragedy. Our beloved son, Dex, died of an accidental drug overdose,” the Instagram post,
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Ethan Taylor had 21 points in Air Force’s 76-58 victory against Lindenwood on Thursday night in the Air Force Classic. Taylor shot 4 for 13 (3 for 7 from 3-point range) and 10 of 14 from the free throw line for the Falcons (2-2). Jeffrey Mills scored 17 points and
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