By KCTV Staff Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (KCTV) — An Independence police officer and a Jackson County court employee were shot and killed Thursday afternoon while responding to a residence in northeast Independence. The 16th Judicial District Circuit Court stated the shooting took place during an eviction. A Missouri State
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Former “Vanderpump Rules” cast member Rachel Leviss filed a lawsuit against two of the reality show’s stars, Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix, over matters stemming from a 2023 scandal. Filed Thursday with the Los Angeles County Superior Court and obtained by CNN, the complaint alleges revenge porn, invasion of
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police say a third person has died from injuries sustained in a shooting earlier this week that claimed four victims. Police said that a 39-year-old person died Thursday in a hospital from the shooting Sunday in which several people opened fire on each other. The person’s name and gender haven’t been
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Each spring, as reliably as the changing of the seasons, Japan releases grim new population data that prompts handwringing in the press and vows by politicians to address the country’s demographic crisis. It’s “now or never” to tackle declining births and the shrinking population, the country’s leader warned last
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A tourist driving in the early morning dark on the southern tip of Hawaii’s Big Island accidentally drove his rented Jeep off a cliff. But the man was able to swim to shore until firefighters pulled him up with a rope and helicopter. The Hawaii County
Continue ReadingJosé Álvarez (CNN Español) –– El Tribunal Supremo Electoral de El Salvador entregó este jueves las credenciales de triunfo como presidente y vicepresidente electos a Nayib Bukele y Félix Ulloa para el periodo 2024-2029. Con la certificación de los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales, Bukele y Ulloa están listos para asumir los cargos para el nuevo
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Barnhart woman was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to child sex crimes from 2018. Jennifer Huddleston, 35, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor and first-degree promoting child pornography. She was initially charged with child sex trafficking, sexual exploitation of a minor, first-degree promoting
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A young man accused in last year’s fatal shooting of a teenager who had received his high school diploma minutes earlier in Richmond, Virginia, has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and a firearm-related charge. News outlets report that 20-year-old Amari Pollard entered the plea on Thursday during the fourth day of
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Una de las peores tragedias de la guerra de Israel contra Hamas tuvo lugar este jueves, cuando decenas de palestinos murieron mientras intentaban conseguir ayuda alimentaria en Ciudad de Gaza. Más de 100 civiles muertos en Gaza tras ataques de las FDI mientras esperaban comida, según el Ministerio de Salud controlado por
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Attorneys for Donald Trump and other defendants in the Georgia election interference case hoped that lawyer Terrence Bradley would provide key testimony in support of their effort to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis — and they had good reason for their optimism. Over several months,
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Una tormenta invernal muy peligrosa llegó a California y descargará metros de nieve, vientos potentes y raras condiciones de ventisca en las montañas durante el fin de semana. La tormenta implica la mayor nevada del año en California, lo que representa un peligro significativo para los viajeros, pero proporcionará
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavy gunfire has paralyzed Haiti’s capital and at least four police officers have been killed as a powerful gang leader announced he will try to capture the country’s police chief and government ministers. The move comes with the prime minister in Kenya looking
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Ahead of the 2024 Mount Everest season, Nepal has announced a new requirement that all climbers must rent and use tracking chips on their journey. “Reputed companies were already using them but now it’s been mandatory for all climbers,” Rakesh Gurung, director of Nepal’s department of tourism, told CNN.
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN) — La Policía Federal de Brasil informó que este jueves detuvo a tres personas acusadas de financiar y fomentar la insurrección del 8 de enero de 2023, cuando partidarios del entonces presidente Jair Bolsonaro realizaron actos de violencia en las sedes de los tres poderes federales. Dos de los acusados fueron detenidos
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — It’s not a bird or a plane… it’s James Gunn bringing us news about Superman, and on Leap Day, no less. The director and co-CEO of DC Studios (which, like CNN, is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery) said on his Instagram on Thursday that principal photography has begun on
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By Jeremy Herb, Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Marshall Cohen, CNN Hunter Biden unequivocally denied that his father was ever involved in his business dealings or took any government actions on his behalf during a roughly six-hour deposition Wednesday where President Joe Biden’s son frequently clashed with the Republicans questioning him. House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry
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By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his political opponent Donald Trump both agree: The situation along the US-Mexico border needs to change. But their extraordinary dual visits to Texas showed that the likely 2024 general election rivals could not be further apart on how to obtain that goal. In a
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday held veteran journalist Catherine Herridge in contempt of court, fining her $800 a day for refusing to divulge her sources for a series of stories published in 2017 while she was a correspondent at Fox News. Herridge, who has aggressively fought the case, is
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he was “devastated” to learn of Brian Mulroney’s passing. “He never stopped working for Canadians, and he always sought to make this country an even better place to call home,” Trudeau said in a
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced Thursday it would delay part of its signature climate plan to slash planet-warming pollution from the power sector. The Environmental Protection Agency said it would carve existing gas plants out of a proposed regulation to cut emissions from power plants. The EPA will move forward
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