WCCO, MILLER FAMILY PHOTOS, MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, MADEL PA, CNN By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota State Patrol trooper was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Ricky Cobb II during a traffic stop in Minneapolis last year. State Trooper Ryan Londregan also faces charges of first-degree assault and
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes has gone from having never played on the road in the postseason to having never lost on the road in the postseason. One successful night in Buffalo changed that narrative in a hurry. Now, he will try to make it two in
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump generally refrains from claiming voter fraud in elections he wins, but he is spending plenty of time laying the groundwork to cry fraud should he lose an expected rematch with President Joe Biden. After his victory in New
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state trooper has been charged with murder in the shooting of motorist Ricky Cobb II after he failed to get out of his car during a July traffic stop. Trooper Ryan Londregan was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, first-degree assault and second
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning about the possible risk of secondary cancers in cancer patients who have been treated with a form of immunotherapy called chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, or CAR-T cell, therapy. The FDA sent notification letters this week and last week to
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AUXVASSE, Mo. (KMIZ) Auxvasse Police Chief Kevin Suedmeyer will be stepping down from his position as chief at the end of the month. According to an email from City Clerk Missy Hooks, Suedmeyer announced his resignation during the Jan. 16 City Council meeting. The last day of his 19-and-a-half-year career will be Wednesday, Jan. 31,
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL VALDES and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state attorney general announced a $149.5 million settlement Wednesday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role in the opioid addiction crisis. “They knew what the harm was. They did it
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota State Patrol trooper charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Ricky Cobb II during a traffic stop in Minneapolis last year made his first court appearance Monday. State Trooper Ryan Londregan also faces charges of first-degree assault and second-degree manslaughter, according to a criminal complaint. Londregan
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Republican Party Chairman Jeff DeWit resigned Wednesday after he could be heard in a leaked recording offering a job and asking U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake to name a price that would keep her out of politics. DeWit’s departure shakes up the Republican Party in
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury has been selected in the trial of a Michigan woman who faces involuntary manslaughter charges in a school shooting committed by her teenage son. Jennifer Crumbley is accused of making a gun accessible at home to Ethan Crumbley. He has pleaded guilty to killing
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A Callaway County school was put on lockdown Wednesday morning because of a chase that ended nearby.
Continue ReadingBy KCCI Staff Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A U.S. Army Air Forces major from Iowa, who was killed during World War II, has finally been accounted for. Maj. Theodore Willhite, of Muscatine, was 26 years old when his plane was hit during a 1944 German bombing raid
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The SEC has unveiled the results of its annual preseason poll for the upcoming 2024 softball season. Mizzou seniors Jenna Laird and Alex Honnold were both Preseason All-SEC team selections, and the Tigers were voted to finish 11th in the SEC by the conference’s head coaches. Honnold put together her best season
Continue ReadingBy Jamy Pombo Sesselman Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — The country’s first multi-agency task force aimed at reducing the abuse of animals and coordinating law enforcement efforts to help bring animal abusers to justice has been established in Massachusetts. Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said the Suffolk County Animal Cruelty
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican-dominated Ohio Senate has voted to override GOP Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of legislation banning gender-affirming care for minors. The legislation also restricts transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams. Since the Republican-majority Ohio House already voted to override the veto, the
Continue ReadingBy Tony Atkins Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — It has been 18 years since Orlando woman Jennifer Kesse went missing. Since then, her family has pushed for answers from the community, as well as Orlando police. The 24-year-old went missing in 2006 and was never found. Her parents claim
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to halt the execution of Alabama death row inmate Kenneth Smith, who is scheduled to be put to death this week using nitrogen gas – a wholly new method some experts have decried as veiled in secrecy amid concerns it could
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By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — NBCUniversal’s high-stakes decision to exclusively air the NFL’s AFC Wild Card playoff game between the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs on its streaming service Peacock drove record signups to the platform, a digital analytics firm said Wednesday. In the three days leading up to the January 13 kickoff in Kansas
Continue ReadingBy Jackson Kurtz Click here for updates on this story BLUE SPRINGS, Missouri (KMBC) — It’s mostly Chiefs fans in the metro, but there are members of the Ravens “flock” here too. Day and Joseph Adams Sr. know a thing a too about that. Day is a Chiefs fan, born and raised in Kansas City.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Charles Fried, a former U.S. solicitor general and conservative legal scholar who taught at Harvard Law School for decades, has died. He was 88 and died Tuesday. Fried joined the Harvard faculty in 1961 would go on to teach thousands of students in areas like First Amendment
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