By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — John Oliver is looking back on his storied days as a correspondent on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” with fondness, including that time he broke his nose while on the job. “That was one of my first experiences in America was breaking my nose,” Oliver said on Thursday’s episode
Continue ReadingBy Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA, South Carolina (WYFF) — A South Carolina woman is going to prison for child sex charges after what she did to an infant on videos found through social media, officials said Wednesday. Attorney General Alan Wilson said Taylor Schiel pleaded guilty on Tuesday to
Continue ReadingNEEDLES, Calif. (AP) — Federal authorities say they might have a break in a long-running investigation into the killing of wild burros in California’s Mojave Desert nearly five years ago. Nineteen burros were found shot to death along a Interstate 15 northeast of Los Angeles in August 2019. The Bureau of Land Management says Thursday
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By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Thursday slammed Donald Trump and allied groups for spending more than $50 million of political contributors’ money on the former president’s legal expenses, calling the outlay “unconscionable” and arguing that Trump’s thin campaign schedule was the result of a cash crunch. “It
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal investigators are trying to determine what caused the collapse of a steel airplane hangar that was under construction in Idaho. The Wednesday evening collapse killed three people and injured nine others, including five critically. The Boise Fire Department said Thursday that the scene has been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new era of Tiger baseball is just 15 days away, as Mizzou prepares to open up the season under first-year head coach Kerrick Jackson, on Feb. 16 on the road against Cal Poly. Jackson was tabbed as MU’s head coach in June of 2023 and hit the ground running from there.
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-dominant Legislature is once again facing pressure to reconsider when doctors can legally offer the procedure to pregnant patients. The pressure comes nearly a year after lawmakers begrudgingly tweaked the ban in 2023. However, it remains unknown if state lawmakers will be receptive to changes
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden may be the incumbent in the White House, but rather than a referendum on Biden and his policies, the coming general election is shaping up to be yet another referendum on former President Donald Trump. But what may be more interesting than those horse-race
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Black lawmakers in California are proposing ways to remedy the long-lasting effects of slavery. However, the 14 bills they unveiled Wednesday do not call for direct cash payments to most descendants of enslaved Black people. The only descendants who could expect to see money from the
Continue ReadingBy KILEY ARMSTRONG and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Adele Zerilli Springsteen, the longtime legal secretary, musical muse and concert dance partner who captured countless hearts in her son Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Nation and beyond, has died at 98. Bruce Springsteen announced in an Instagram post that his mother died Wednesday.
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo Hong Kong (CNN) — China ejecutó a una pareja por lanzar a dos niños pequeños por la ventana de un rascacielos, en un caso que provocó indignación en todo el país. Un hombre y su novia fueron declarados culpables de matar a los hijos del primer matrimonio de él, y hacer pasar el
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By Samantha Beech, CNN New York (CNN) — A New Jersey man has admitted committing a series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood, New Jersey, according to a statement Thursday from the US Attorney’s Office in the District of New Jersey. Dion Marsh, 29, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Yarrah Concepcion was a teenaged aspiring R&B singer and rapper when she got an appointment with Jam Master Jay at his New York City recording studio. But just minutes after Concepcion met the Run-DMC star, he was shot dead. Concepcion was brought to tears Thursday as
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the early hours of New Year’s Day in 1987, a French tourist was mugged while walking with his wife through Times Square. The man, 71-year-old Jean Casse, struck his head on the pavement. He was pronounced dead soon after. Within days, police hauled in a
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York has always appreciated coach Kyle Shanahan’s honesty starting from the time of his first interview when he called the team’s roster the worst in the NFL. So York didn’t know what he would hear when Shanahan told
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An apparent cyberattack that affected government operations in Georgia’s most populous county is creating challenges for the election office as it prepares for the state’s March 12 presidential primary. As a precaution, Secretary of State spokesman Robert Sinners says the county’s access to the state voter
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia business owner pleaded guilty on Thursday for not paying nearly $136,000 in employment taxes, according to a press release from the Department of Jusice. Floyd H. Kronk III, 48, has owned Transition Construction since 2010 and had between six-to-15 employees, according to the release. He withheld their federal income
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire voters won’t be asked to add a secession clause to the state constitution, nor will lawmakers study the broader issue of breaking away from the United States. Without debate, the House on Thursday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment requiring the state to proceed as
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, and Khalil Abdallah, CNN (CNN) — A number of Palestinian-Americans refused to attend a roundtable meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday to discuss the situation in Gaza in protest against the Biden administration’s ongoing support for Israel’s offensive in the war-torn strip – a military campaign that has exacted a massive humanitarian toll. “We do
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By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Tracy Chapman is slated to be a performer on the Grammys stage this weekend. The news was confirmed to CNN by a source familiar with the Grammys production. Chapman will perform with Luke Combs, who is nominated in the best country solo performance category for his cover of Chapman’s
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