By Samantha Delouya, and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Vince McMahon has resigned from his role as executive chairman of TKO, the parent company of WWE, following disturbing allegations of sexual assault, trafficking and physical abuse. The allegations came to light in a lawsuit filed by a former WWE staffer, Janel Grant, who worked at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Residents turning onto Bethel Street in south Columbia may notice several yellow yard signs scattered across front yards that read “PLEASE SLOW DOWN.” Nearby residents told ABC 17 News that vehicles speeding down Bethel Street have been a constant problem over the past several years. On Thursday, Columbia firefighters responded to the
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey following the Turkish government’s ratification this week of Sweden’s membership in NATO. The move is a significant development in the expansion of the alliance, which has taken on additional importance since Russia’s invasion
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Representantes de agrupaciones indígenas, ambientalistas y de derechos humanos advirtieron con impulsar un mecanismo de destitución del presidente de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, si no frena la explotación petrolera en el bloque 43 del Parque Nacional Yasuní (una de las zonas más biodiversas del planeta), lo cual incumpliría la decisión de
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A prosecutor says an American founder of a Haitian orphanage forced four boys who lived in the institution to engage in sexual acts more than a decade ago. Jessica Urban is a prosecutor with the Justice Department’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section. Appearing via video conference Friday,
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By Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) — If you think it’s hard to lose weight and keep it off, you are not alone — and you are also 100% correct. Long-term weight loss is really difficult to achieve, studies have found. Estimates vary, but it’s believed that more than 80% of people who lose a substantial
Continue Reading By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — MacKenzie Scott continues to sell billions of dollars in Amazon stock. In 2023, she unloaded nearly 65.3 million shares of Amazon, currently worth more than $10 billion, according to a filing. After her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was finalized in 2019, Scott became the wealthiest woman in
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A teacher from Pulaski County who was charged with statutory rape and other felonies is now listed on the Pulaski County Jail roster. Hailey Clifton-Carmack, 26, was booked into the Pulaski County jail on Jan. 21, according to online jail records. She was arrested in Texas earlier this month. Clifton-Carmack, formerly a
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — As witnesses including five news reporters watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to die in the 1988 murder-for hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett, convulsed on a gurney as Alabama carried out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas. Critics who
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace, Jeffrey Kopp and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Boeing’s 737 Max 9 model returned to service Friday afternoon when Alaska Airlines flight 1146 departed Seattle at approximately 3:51pm local time (6:51pm ET) bound for San Diego. It is the first revenue flight for this model since the Federal Aviation Administration grounded the Boeing
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By Jacob Lev and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — While all eyes are on Travis Kelce’s relationship, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end says his focus is on his happiness and the team’s upcoming game on Sunday that will determine whether they go to the Super Bowl. “I brought this upon myself and I do
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — At first it sounds like a typical case of bad behavior aboard airplanes. The Mexico City International Airport acknowledged in a statement Friday that a man had opened an emergency exit and walked out on a wing of a plane that was parked and waiting for takeoff Thursday. The airport said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with stalking and a number of misdemeanors following an alleged road rage incident that led to police blocking lanes on Thursday night on South Providence Road. Jason Rowe, 41, was charged with first-degree stalking, driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest, reckless driving and four-degree domestic assault. According to
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico’s Legislature are the only state lawmakers in the country who aren’t paid a salary. But voters could change that, as a referendum on giving legislators a steady paycheck is gaining traction. The Democratic-sponsored initiative to provide New Mexico legislators with regular
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man was charged on Wednesday with child abuse after he was accused of breaking his 1-month-old baby’s leg in December. Austin Cooke, 19, was booked into the Cooper County Jail on Wednesday on a $100,000 bond. A court date has not been set. According to the probable cause statement, Boonville
Continue ReadingWAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — One of the two Wisconsin women accused of stabbing a classmate in 2014 to please internet horror character Slender Man is asking a judge again to release her from a mental institution. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that 21-year-old Morgan Geyser petitioned a Waukesha County judge on Jan. 16 for conditional
Continue ReadingOLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — An alleged carjacking suspect was fatally shot by police at a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe. The shooting occurred around 10 a.m. Friday near an event center that often hosts weddings at Palisades Tahoe. That is according to California State Parks. The suspect’s identity was not immediately released. The
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un petrolero en el golfo de Adén está en llamas después de que militantes hutíes de Yemen dispararan misiles el viernes en medio de los continuos ataques en la ruta marítima clave. El petrolero Marlin Luanda fue alcanzado por un misil, según informó el viernes el grupo de materias primas Trafigura, que
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is looking to follow in the footsteps of Kentucky in implementing a program that covers the costs of child care for child care workers. The idea, presented Friday by Omaha Sen. John Fredrickson to the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee, is that the
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El exconcejal de Los Ángeles José Huizar fue sentenciado a 13 años de prisión, durante una audiencia realizada este viernes en una corte federal. Huizar se había declarado culpable en enero del año pasado de cargos federales, incluido uno de conspiración bajo la Ley de organizaciones corruptas influenciadas por mafiosos
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