By JOHN HANNA Associated Press Hundreds of communities across the U.S. have for decades tried to reduce crime, fight gangs and tackle noise and other neighborhood problems through the use of “crime-free” or “public nuisance” laws encouraging and allowing landlords to evict renters when police or emergency crews are repeatedly called to the same addresses.
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — An intense, long-lasting atmospheric river is moving into California Sunday, bringing the potential for “life-threatening” flooding, mudslides and widespread power outages as it dumps heavy rain and snow. Follow our live coverage here. This is what’s happening: • Rare high risk for flooding: A rare Level
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press Hundreds of U.S. communities have enacted “crime-free” laws encouraging and allowing landlords to evict tenants after repeated calls to police or for emergency services. Proponents say the laws help reduce crime, but the U.S. Department of Justice last year found a Minneapolis suburb used its ordinance to illegally discriminate against
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Los diagnósticos de cáncer en todo el mundo alcanzarán los 35 millones en 2050, según nuevas estimaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, un aumento del 77 % con respecto a los 20 millones de casos diagnosticados en 2022. Los datos, publicados este viernes por la Agencia Internacional para la
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL COLUMBIA COLLEGE (77) WILLIAMS BAPTIST (75) FINAL COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COLUMBIA COLLEGE (68) WILLIAMS BAPTIST (89) FINAL HS BOYS BASKETBALL LIFT FOR LIFE (63) ROCK BRIDGE (83) FINAL
Continue ReadingOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Auburn’s Johni Broome met one of his favorite movie stars — and apologized to Morgan Freeman for how it happened. Broome, who scored 15 points in the 16th-ranked Tigers’ 91-77 victory over Mississippi on Saturday night, tried to save a ball from going out of bounds in the second half when
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — For millions of people over many decades, Martha Stewart has been the go-to in learning how to cook, host and clean a home like a grown-up. Her first cookbook appeared in 1982, and since then she has become the face of design brands, TV shows and advice sites. And
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WCHS, CNN By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — For millions of people over many decades, Martha Stewart has been the go-to in learning how to cook, host and clean a home like a grown-up. Her first cookbook appeared in 1982, and since then she has become the face of design brands, TV shows and advice
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA and SONJA SMITH Associated Press WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia’s president and founding prime minister Hage Geingob has died at age 82 while receiving treatment for cancer. The southern African nation has sworn in his deputy to complete the term in office. Geingob played a central role in one of Africa’s most
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — “Saturday Night Live” welcomed an unexpected guest as part of the comedy show’s cold open sequence this weekend. Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley appeared as part of a sendup of a CNN Town Hall set in South Carolina. She appeared as herself, a “concerned citizen” among the audience members posing
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers are convening for the start of a short legislative session expected to be dominated by homelessness, a housing shortage, and plans to overhaul the state’s pioneering drug decriminalization law. Lawmakers have just 35 days to pass bills after the session opened Monday. For now,
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB and OMAR ALBAM Associated Press JINDERIS, Syria (AP) — A year ago, Sido Naji woke to his house shaking in northwest Syria. He was used to the sounds of shelling and airstrikes after more than a decade of war, but this time the assailant was a force of nature: a massive earthquake.
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY and MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Salvadorans are packing the capital’s central square to celebrate the expected reelection of Nayib Bukele as president even before any official results from Sunday’s election have been announced. With soaring approval ratings and virtually no competition, Nayib Bukele is almost certainly
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — There’s a scrum of people trying to get photos with the married couple at the Radiance banquet hall, and you can barely hear someone talk above the din of 400 guests tucking into biryani and chicken tikka, music and the drone whirring around the room. The
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM LEE BREWER AP National Writer MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — The hallways of Bacone College are cold and dark. In the main hall, there are no lectures to be heard, only the steady hum of the space heater keeping the administrative offices warm. Students aren’t attending classes here this semester, but work still needs
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A woman with a lengthy criminal history including theft, assault and prostitution got into a truck with a man who had picked her up for a “date” near downtown Anchorage. When he left her alone in the vehicle, she stole a digital memory card from the
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Swift won album of the year at the Grammy Awards for “Midnights,” breaking the record for most wins in the category with four. She began her speech by thanking her producer and friend Jack Antonoff and added, “I would love to tell you this
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Ben Winston, el aparentemente imperturbable británico responsable de producir las presentaciones, actuaciones en vivo y el estadio lleno de estrellas de los premios Grammy, está preparado para lo inesperado este domingo por la noche. “Nunca se sabe lo que va a pasar en un programa en vivo”, dijo Winston a CNN
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DENTON, Texas (KMIZ) No. 9 Mizzou Gymnastics left the Lone Star State on Saturday night with a 197.025-195.475 win over Texas Woman’s University. After this victory, the Tigers have now won three straight meets this season. Sienna Schreiber was the meet’s top all-around performer, finishing with a total score of 39.525 in her four events.
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By Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Namibian President Hage Geingob has died at the age of 82 at a hospital in the capital Windhoek, where he was receiving medical treatment, according to a statement from Acting President Nangolo Mbumba. Geingob passed away just after midnight, around 12:04 a.m. ET on Sunday, at Lady Pohamba Hospital
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