By ERIC TUCKER, ACACIA CORONADO, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Police officials who responded to the deadly Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting waited far too long to confront the gunman, acted with “no urgency” in establishing a command post and communicated inaccurate information to grieving families, according to a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new record has been set for harvested deer in a season. According to a Missouri Department of Conservation press release, there were 326,026 deer harvested during the 2023-24 season, which ended on Monday. The previous record was 325,457 in 2006. The top-four counties in the state were Franklin County with 7,395
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — En México todos los estudiantes de bajos recursos que asisten a escuelas públicas de educación básica, media superior y superior tienen derecho a una beca. La Coordinación Nacional de las Becas para el Bienestar Benito Juárez (CNBBBJ) es la encargada de otorgar las Becas Benito Juárez a estudiantes cuyas familias
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged with the murder of a Jefferson City bar employee and patron in 2022 has been denied a public defender. Damien Davis, of Kansas City, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Wealthy business entities and conservative advocates have been building toward this Supreme Court moment for decades. And now with three appointees of former President Donald Trump on the bench, their goal appears within reach, and the regulatory world could be turned on its head. Justices who’ve
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By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, was submitted to a National Institutes of Health database two weeks before its release by the Chinese government, according to documents that were shared with US lawmakers and released Wednesday. The sequence doesn’t indicate the origin of the coronavirus
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers on Wednesday opened a new session of the state Legislature vowing to address glaring problems laid bare by the deadly wildfire that destroyed the historic town of Lahaina in August: the threat posed by wildfires and the lack of affordable housing. Lahaina is still in
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El fiscal general de Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, confirmó este miércoles en la red social X, antes Twitter, la detención de Víctor Venegas, líder sindical del sector educativo, por su presunta participación en una conspiración y su vinculación con “el desarrollo de actividades contra la paz de la República”.
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By Tara John and Jennifer Griffiths, CNN (CNN) — It has been more than 50 days since Hamas militants released Sharon Aloni Cunio and her twin three-year-old daughters, but she remains haunted by her time as a hostage – most of which she says was spent in a Gaza hospital – and longs for her husband who remains
Continue Reading 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 Israel on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was accused of deceptive business practices was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison. Mark Doninelli, 47, pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree odometer fraud, five counts of forgery, one count of deceptive business practices, intent to defraud by failing to make a sales tax return,
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Uniqlo Co. has sued rival retailer Shein over a small shoulder bag the Japanese retailer said was an inferior and unlawful copy of its own hit product touted as the “Mary Poppins bag.” The lawsuit demanded Shein stop selling its product that Uniqlo said looks too
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer Mike McCarthy will get another chance to end a nearly three-decade stretch without a deep playoff run for the Dallas Cowboys. Owner and general manager Jerry Jones says McCarthy will be back for a fifth season as coach after a stunning 48-32 wild-card loss to Green Bay. The
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Estados Unidos anunció este miércoles que le impedirá el ingreso a su territorio al expresidente de Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, a quien señala de estar relacionado “en significativos actos de corrupción”, de acuerdo con un comunicado dado a conocer por el Departamento de Estado. La nota de prensa
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By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Jim Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, was found unresponsive and cold to the touch in December in what a police report describes as an overdose. A police report obtained by CNN said the incident took place at Irsay’s home in Carmel, Indiana, around 4:30 a.m. on December
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La gira de Madonna hizo una parada especial en la gira mundial “Celebration” a la que asistió un querido miembro de su familia. La superestrella de “Vogue” compartió una foto en sus historias de Instagram verificadas el miércoles, en la que se ve junto a su padre, Silvio Ciccone,
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Our recent cold snap has brought an areawide hard freeze, even enough to freeze over some local lakes. As of January 17th, Stephen’s Lake is open for recreation and skating with the minimum required ice depth of 4″ recorded. More frigid temperatures in the short-term forecast should keep this ice around for some time, but
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal officials have briefed a congressional committee on their investigations into a jetliner that lost a panel of its fuselage in midflight this month and revealed that airlines have inspected 40 identical Boeing planes. The Federal Aviation Administration said it will review information from those inspections of Boeing 737
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Un grupo de científicos descubrió “al menos cuatro nuevas especies de pulpo de aguas profundas” en el mar de Costa Rica, de acuerdo con un comunicado del Schmidt Ocean Institute, una organización sin ánimo de lucro que se dedica a la investigación de los océanos. Durante dos expediciones a las
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By CNN’s Cindy Von Quednow and Michael Besozzi (CNN) — Actor Pierce Brosnan pleaded not guilty earlier this month to walking in thermal areas of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming in December, a court document obtained by CNN on Wednesday shows. Brosnan entered his plea through his attorneys on January 4 in lieu of having
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