By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s top court is declining to weigh in on former President Donald Trump’s ballot status, keeping intact a judge’s decision that the U.S. Supreme Court must first rule on a similar case in Colorado. Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows concluded last month that Trump didn’t
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FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) A sunshine request made by ABC 17 News details inconsistencies in prior claims made by the Fayette Police Department. Dec. 26 meeting notes from the city’s Board of Alderman meeting describes Alderwoman Bekki Galloway questioning the city’s Police Chief David Ford about the department’s previous policy for disposing of evidence. The document
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican governor of South Carolina has had harsh words for labor unions in a major address. Gov. Henry McMaster warned in a State of the State address Wednesday evening that recent economic growth will be undone if labor organizers make inroads in major
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Chargers have hired Jim Harbaugh as the team’s new head coach, the team announced Wednesday. The move comes after Harbaugh spent nine seasons coaching his alma mater, the University of Michigan, where he led the Wolverines to a College Football Playoff national championship earlier this month.
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Editor’s note: This piece has been updated to reflect Leimkuehler was seriously injured. Her status was previously listed differently due to a source error. ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 73-year-old Owensville woman suffered serious injuries in a Wednesday crash in Phelps County that occurred on Route E near Route Y, according to a Missouri State Highway
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla’s net income more than doubled last quarter thanks to a one-time tax benefit but it warned of “notably lower” sales growth this year. It posted net income was $7.93 billion from October through December, compared with $3.69 billion a year earlier. But excluding one-time items
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-dominated Legislature is pushing forward a slate of contentious bills. The bills would arm teachers, allow people to sue libraries over books that offend them and restrict where transgender kids can use the bathroom at school. Conservatives described the efforts as ways to make
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — In-N-Out Burger says it will close its first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins, property damage, theft and robberies affecting customers and employees alike at its only restaurant in Oakland, California. The fast-food burger joint in a busy corridor near Oakland International Airport will close
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By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s push to kill a bipartisan immigration deal may now derail a major national security package, forcing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to suggest a new course of action and endangering aid to Ukraine and Israel in the process. According to
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Daisy Ridley would like “Star Wars” devotees – and the world at large – to know a thing or two about her decision to come back to the intergalactic franchise. The English actor – who anchored the trilogy of “Star Wars” films most easily referred to as “the sequels,”
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh was hired as head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers on Wednesday, leaving Michigan after capping his ninth season as coach of college football’s winningest program with the school’s first national championship since 1997. Harbaugh signed a five-year deal a person close
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The voting technology company Smartmatic can move forward with its defamation lawsuit against Fox Corporation, a New York judge ruled Wednesday, dealing a blow to the parent company of Fox News, which is already fighting the massive lawsuit over its repeated airing of 2020 election lies. The decision from Manhattan Supreme
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Una jueza invalidó este miércoles seis artículos del decreto de necesidad y urgencia (DNU) que el presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, emitió en diciembre pasado, días después de haber asumido el poder. Los artículos invalidados tratan sobre temas como cuotas sindicales y negociación colectiva, indica la sentencia. La jueza del fuero
Continue ReadingOpinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — It only took eight years, but apparently Jon Stewart has finally decided to answer the plea from my May 2016 CNN article titled, “We need Jon Stewart back now!” At the time, my point was that we desperately needed Stewart back in “The Daily Show” host chair because he was the comedic
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Relatives of some of the more than 200 people killed in 2002 bombings on the resort island of Bali are testifying at a sentencing hearing at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Two Malaysian men, both longtime detainees at Guantanamo, have pleaded guilty in connection with the
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CNN By Paula Reid and Annie Grayer, CNN The House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz has reached out to the woman whom the congressman allegedly had sexual relations with when she was a 17-year-old minor, according to a source familiar with the committee’s work. The outreach, which has not previously been reported, is a sign that the
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana felon previously convicted of killing eagles to sell their parts on the black market has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for related gun violations. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters on Wednesday sentenced Harvey Alvin Hugs after he pleaded guilty in September
Continue ReadingBy DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — A new estimate shows hearing loss affects approximately 37.9 million Americans and is more common in rural areas than urban ones. The study by NORC at the University of Chicago and published Wednesday is The Lancet Regional Health-Americas Journal is the first to estimate rates of
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By Celine Alkhaldi, Ibrahim Dahman and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — A building sheltering hundreds of displaced people in the city of Khan Younis was hit by Israeli tank fire on Wednesday, according to the UN, as Israeli forces ramped up attacks on southern Gaza, forcing streams of Palestinians to flee the neighborhood. Wreaths of
Continue Reading By David Goldman, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing CEO David Calhoun’s Wednesday was decidedly a mixed bag: The Federal Aviation Administration finally approved a set of inspection criteria for the 171 grounded 737 Max 9 planes that, if followed, could return the aircraft to service. But he also learned
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