By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A transgender candidate vying for a seat in the Republican-majority Ohio House is now cleared to run after her certification was called into question for omitting her former name on circulating petitions. The Mercer County Board of Elections chose not take up a vote
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Fighting “human animals.” Making Gaza a “slaughterhouse.” “Erasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the earth.” Such inflammatory rhetoric is a key component of South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide at the U.N. world court, a charge that Israel denies. South Africa says
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District continued to investigate Thursday morning after an explosion and fire at a Hallsville duplex on Wednesday. Fire crews told ABC 17 News crews on scene Thursday the home is at risk of collapsing due to extensive damage. An excavator was used to knock down burnt portions
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Las hormigas rojas o de fuego forman balsas para desplazarse por las inundaciones en el estado de Queensland, al noreste de Australia, y las condiciones meteorológicas extremas amenazan con una propagación por todo el país de esta especie altamente invasora. “Las recientes lluvias torrenciales y el tiempo salvaje en la región
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan launched airstrikes against alleged militant hideouts inside Iran on Thursday, killing at least nine people as it retaliated for a similar attack by Iran two days earlier and raised tensions between the neighbors at a time of escalating conflict in the region. The
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinians are dying every day in Gaza’s overwhelmed remaining hospitals which can’t deal with the tens of thousands people hurt in Israeli’s military offensive, a U.N. health emergency expert said Wednesday, while a doctor with the International Rescue Committee called the situation in Gaza’s hospitals
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By Azaz Syed, Adam Pourahmadi, Helen Regan and Sophia Saifi, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan carried out a series of deadly military strikes on what it said were separatist militant hideouts inside Iran, in the latest incident across their shared border that has sent tensions between the two neighbors soaring. The new strikes mean
Continue Reading By Helen Regan and Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) — Medicine for Israeli hostages and Palestinians has entered Gaza, Qatar said Wednesday, after the Gulf nation brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas to provide vital medication to the war-torn enclave. The agreement mediated by Qatar Tuesday will see medication delivered to Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL TOLTON (71) BATTLE (59) FINAL HICKMAN (75) BELTON (57) FINAL ROCK BRIDGE (58) LEE’S SUMMIT NORTH (60) FINAL MOBERLY (68) FULTON (69) FINAL RUSSELLVILLE (79) NORTH CALLAWAY (46) FINAL
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Dan Steele knows what a long day in court is like. So he was extra appreciative on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump journeyed to New Hampshire after spending the day in a New York courtroom, where he sat defiantly during his trial to determine
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CNN By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — White House National security adviser Jake Sullivan will meet Thursday with families of the Americans believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas, a White House official told CNN. Several families of American hostages are in Washington, DC, this week around the 100-day mark of their loved ones being taken after Hamas’ attack on
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By Morgan Rimmer and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson refused Wednesday night to commit to putting a Senate-passed immigration deal on the House floor, warning that “the devil is in the details.” “I don’t yet know what they’re going to propose. There’s been lots of rumors about it, but I’m very
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Singapore’s Transport Minister S. Iswaran has resigned after being charged with corruption on Thursday, the prime minister’s office said, confirming a historic development for a city state that prides itself on having a squeaky-clean government. The charges against Iswaran are part of the biggest corruption probe to engulf Singapore’s ruling
Continue ReadingWWJ By Elle Meyers Click here for updates on this story MILFORD, Michigan (WWJ) — Baby boy Wissner was in a rush to see the world earlier this month when he was delivered on the floor of his family’s Milford hallway. The two EMTs who delivered the healthy, seven-pound boy say this sort of situation
Continue ReadingBy Elle Meyers Click here for updates on this story MILFORD, Michigan (WWJ) — Baby boy Wissner was in a rush to see the world earlier this month when he was delivered on the floor of his family’s Milford hallway. The two EMTs who delivered the healthy, seven-pound boy say this sort of situation is
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El presidente de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, quien asumió el cargo después de un retraso de nueve horas, habló este miércoles con CNN en Español en la que fue su primera entrevista desde su toma de posesión, y reiteró la lucha que ha asumido en combatir la corrupción. Durante su conversación
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WLOS, ERNESTINE FRANKS, CNN By Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story WEAVERVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A spokeswoman for Texas-based ZIPS Car Wash said the Weaverville location remains closed after the death of an employee over the weekend. Police said 26-year-old Carolina Bree Franks was killed after becoming entrapped in equipment within
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By Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story WEAVERVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A spokeswoman for Texas-based ZIPS Car Wash said the Weaverville location remains closed after the death of an employee over the weekend. Police said 26-year-old Carolina Bree Franks was killed after becoming entrapped in equipment within the car wash located
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CNN By Zachary Cohen and Kristin Wilson, CNN US Capitol Police are investigating comments allegedly made by pro-Trump political operative Roger Stone in the weeks before the 2020 election in which he appears to discuss assassinating two well-known House Democrats, two sources familiar with the probe confirmed to CNN. The FBI is also involved in
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey won’t face charges in California following an investigation into whether the 21-year-old was in a relationship with a minor, police announced. Investigators have been “unable to corroborate any criminal activity” connected to Giddey, the Newport Beach Police Department announced on Wednesday. CNN has reached out
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