By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan official says his government is halting plans to deploy at least 1,000 police officers to Haiti following the unprecedented violence that erupted in the Caribbean nation and the announcement by its Prime Minister Ariel Henry that he would resign once a presidential council is
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is spearheading the first United Nations resolution on artificial intelligence, aimed at ensuring the new technology is “safe, secure and trustworthy” and that all countries, especially those in the developing world, have equal access. The draft General Assembly resolution aims to close
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde police chief who was on vacation during the Robb Elementary School shooting has resigned. The announcement Tuesday came less than a week after a report ordered by the city defended the department’s response to the attack but outraged some family members of the 19
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story FORT DODGE, Iowa (KCCI) — The Fort Dodge Community School District is giving back to its employees. Some 500-plus employees will soon receive a one-time bonus from the District. “This is a rare opportunity for us to give back,” said Josh Porter, FDCSD superintendent. Porter
Continue ReadingBy Kate Amara Click here for updates on this story CENTREVILLE, Maryland (WBAL) — Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an incident during a state high school basketball tournament game over the weekend. Baltimore City’s Carver Vocational-Technical High School traveled to play Queen Anne’s County High School in Friday night’s Class 2A boy’s basketball quarterfinals game. Tensions
Continue ReadingBy Faith Egbuonu Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — The trial for Muhammad Syed, 53, accused of fatal shootings of three Muslim men in Albuquerque has begun with jury selection on Monday, March 11, 2024. A grand jury indicted Syed for three counts of first-degree murder and four counts
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a now-familiar ritual in Washington: a federal prosecutor being summoned to Capitol Hill to discuss the findings of a politically explosive investigation. Tuesday’s hearing with special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated President Joe Biden’s handling of classified information, broke little
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Two Supreme Court justices on Tuesday urged Americans to turn down the temperature of civic discourse – even as the high court is working through some of the most charged political cases to land on its docket in years. “Why should any of us want to obliterate the opposition
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators approved to name a soil testing and research laboratory after former U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, according to a Tuesday press release. The Roy Blunt Soil Testing and Research Laboratory will be at the Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center in Portageville, Missouri, the release
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s Supreme Court has selected the nation’s new attorney general following a month of deliberations that were interrupted by protests outside the court and complaints from President Gustavo Petro, who argued the judges were stonewalling his nominees. Ultimately the court selected Luz Adriana Camargo as the
Continue ReadingBy Royale Da Click here for updates on this story NEW MEXICO (KOAT) — Amanda Erickson is an Indigenous filmmaker whose spent the last five years working on a project that chronicles the missing and murdered indigenous women’s crisis in New Mexico. Her film is called, “She Cried that Day” and it gives you a
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scott Peterson appeared virtually in court on Tuesday, nearly 20 years after he was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, as his lawyers with the Los Angeles Innocence Project asked a judge to order new DNA tests and allow their investigators to access evidence connected with
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Macht Click here for updates on this story FAIRFIELD, California (KCRA) — A Fairfield school resource officer was arrested after allegations that he was exchanging inappropriate text messages and photos with two female students under age 18. The Fairfield Police Department said that after parents of a student alerted them about the allegations
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CNN Opinion by Gary Ross (CNN) — Over the past year, we’ve seen an alarming wave of current or former senior government officials who reportedly failed to properly safeguard classified information. This includes classified documents recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in August 2022 and additional classified material discovered and surrendered from the homes of President
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Republican Rep. Ken Buck has announced that he’ll resign next week, narrowing his party’s razor-thin House majority and scrambling the already heated GOP primary to fill his Colorado seat. Buck is a staunch conservative who already declined to run for reelection as he became increasingly critical of
Continue Reading By Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — The presiding judge in former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election subversion case says he is on track to order this week on whether to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. In an interview last week on WSB Radio in Atlanta to discuss the challenger he will
Continue ReadingBy Lee Anne Denyer Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A new billboard is putting real faces behind the deadly fentanyl epidemic in our region. And their moms are speaking out about their lives — and loss. “My life has changed forever,” said Sharon Freeman, a mother who lost her
Continue ReadingBy Gloria Rodríguez and Leslie Brinkley Click here for updates on this story BERKELEY, California (KGO) — Jewish students at UC Berkeley were able to successfully march and rally on campus Monday just two weeks after violence interrupted a previous gathering. University officials also forced supporters of Palestinian justice to take down tape across Sather
Continue ReadingBy JEFF McMILLAN, ANDREW DeMILLO and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The Florida law labeled by critics as “ Don’t Say Gay ” is remaining in place under a settlement reached this week between the state and parents, students, teachers and advocacy groups who challenged it in court. But the fallout that gave it that nickname
Continue ReadingBy Cornell Barnard Click here for updates on this story BERKELEY, California (KGO) — In the East Bay, a UC Berkeley professor is gaining attention by vowing to remain in his campus office until university officials take action against antisemitism on campus. He says recent violent events prompted the sit-in action. “I’m just sitting in
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