By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Family, lawyers and activists for Ricky Cobb II say justice is within reach now that the Minnesota trooper who fatally shot him last year has been charged with murder. The 33-year-old Black man was shot July 31, 2023, after failing to get out of his
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A voting-rights coalition is vowing to fight on after Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued his second rejection of its petition language for a proposed constitutional amendment. The Republican on Thursday found the title of the “Ohio Voters Bill of Rights” was “highly misleading and
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The owners of Audrain Community Hospital in Mexico laid off much of their staff Wednesday and closed the facility.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — General Motors is facing a U.S. Justice Department investigation into a gruesome collision that critically injured a pedestrian and derailed its self-driving car ambitions. The Justice Department inquiry disclosed in a report released Thursday is the latest twist in a debacle that began in October
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A voicemail threat by an unidentified person to a Las Vegas investigative journalist seven months before he was killed in September 2022 might delay the murder trial of a former elected official who remains jailed. A prosecutor on Tuesday told the Nevada judge hearing the case
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The new drought monitor is out for Mid-MO and even after an increase in rain recently, we still see a large portion of the state in some form of drought. The current picture is somewhat better than even several months ago, but this abnormal dry period has been with us now since 2022. This multi-year
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD. JILL COLVIN and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican National Committee has pulled a resolution to consider declaring Donald Trump the party’s “presumptive 2024 nominee” before he formally clinches the requisite number of delegates, a person familiar with the decision said Thursday. News of the withdrawal came shortly
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CNN By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The Alaska Airlines incident on January 5 that left a hole in the fuselage of a Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, raised important safety questions, prompted investigations – and left some air travelers on edge. After the incident that
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — A government agency warned 39 funeral homes across the US that they risk hefty penalties if they fail to disclose accurate pricing information to customers, the Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday. The FTC conducted an undercover phone sweep of more than 250 funeral homes, placing calls to
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — “Nada de lo que pasó hoy aquí va a traer de vuelta a mamá”, dijo el hijo de Elizabeth Sennett, víctima de Kenneth Eugene Smith, durante una rueda de prensa tras su ejecución el jueves por la noche en Atmore, Alabama. “No vamos a estar saltando y gritando, no somos así”, continuó
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Three years ago, the Atlanta Falcons passed on a chance to make Raheem Morris their head coach. They didn’t let him get away this time — even after an exhaustive search that included six-time Super Bowl winner Bill Belichick. The Falcons hired the Los Angeles Rams
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The fact that producers Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman complete their World War II trilogy with “Masters of the Air” on Apple TV+, after doing “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific” for HBO, is surely a sign of the streaming times. Yet HBO might have got
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CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The fact that producers Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman complete their World War II trilogy with “Masters of the Air” on Apple TV+, after doing “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific” for HBO, is surely a sign of the streaming times. Yet HBO might have
Continue ReadingSAN ANTONIO (AP) — A New Hampshire National Guard officer who led a battalion on the southern U.S. border has pleaded guilty to assault and several other crimes. U.S. Army spokesperson Leah Garton says military judge in Texas on Wednesday sentenced Lt. Col. Mark Patterson to a reprimand as part of a plea agreement. She
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An unprecedented surge in gang violence is plaguing Haiti, with the number of victims killed, injured and kidnapped more than doubling last year. That was the grim report Thursday from the U.N. special envoy for the conflict-wracked Caribbean nations. Maria Isabel Salvador told the U.N.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — An historic Connecticut church’s soaring steeple and roof have collapsed, leaving a gaping hole in the top of the building and rubble at the front of the building. Authorities said a search was continuing after Thursday’s collapse but there were no deaths or injuries reported at the First
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFERY and LEE KEATH Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Health Ministry and witnesses said Israeli troops opened fire as a crowd of Palestinians gathered for humanitarian aid in Gaza City on Thursday, killing at least 20 and wounding dozens. The Israeli military said it was looking into the
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Denim giant Levi Strauss & Co. says that it’s slashing its global corporate workforce by 10% to 15% in the first half of the year. The company employed about 19,100 people as of the end of November. The job cuts announced Thursday are part of
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man was found guilty of second-degree murder on Thursday in the 2021 road rage shooting on a Southern California highway that left a 6-year-old boy dead, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. A jury also found Marcus Anthony Eriz, 26, guilty of shooting into an
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KCAL, KCBS, POOL, LEOS FAMILY, CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, CNN By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man was found guilty of second-degree murder on Thursday in the 2021 road rage shooting on a Southern California highway that left a 6-year-old boy dead, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. A jury also found
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