By Annie Grayer, CNN House Oversight Chairman James Comer officially invited President Joe Biden to testify at a public hearing as House Republicans look revive interest in their stalled impeachment inquiry into the president – even as the White House has shot down the move as “a sad stunt.” Comer suggested the hearing occur April 16, but said he was willing to negotiate
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged on Thursday with first-degree assault, first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy. Aleksey Grigory Salaz – born in 2002 — is accused of raping and assaulting a woman he met on Feb. 24 at Harpo’s Bar and Grill in downtown Columbia. He is not in custody, according to Boone
Continue ReadingCNN Opinion by Annelle Sheline (CNN) — Since Hamas’ attack on October 7, Israel has used American bombs in its war in Gaza, which has killed more than 32,000 people — 13,000 of them children — with countless others buried under the rubble, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. Israel is credibly accused of starving the 2 million people who remain,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A media freedom organization says that Russian authorities have detained six journalists across the country. Reporters Without Borders said Thursday that the journalists include one who covered Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s trials for several years. Russian human rights group OVD-Info said that Antonina Favorskaya was detained and accused by Russian
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky wrapped up work Thursday on a sweeping criminal justice bill that would deliver harsher sentences to combat crime. Opponents making a last stand before final passage warned the measure would carry a hefty price tag with no assurances that a tougher approach
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has fired rockets with heavy warheads at towns in northern Israel. There were no media reports of Israelis hurt in Thursday’s assault and the Israeli military did not immediately offer comment on the attack. Hezbollah says it used the heavy rockets against
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — First, Beyoncé arrived at the 2024 Grammy Awards in full cowboy regalia — making a statement without saying a word. Then, during the Super Bowl, she dropped two hybrid country songs: “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages.” All of that heralded her latest album, “Act
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for Alex Murdaugh say an FBI agent conducting a polygraph test the agency says the convicted killer flunked had asked odd questions, throwing the test’s results off. The lawyers say the agent confided to Murdaugh he had just examined the notorious Dutch killer of an
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Demolition workers could open a channel for ships to move in and out of the Port of Baltimore as soon as one month after required equipment arrives on scene, according to an expert in the field familiar with ongoing discussions. The expert, who spoke to CNN on
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By Trish Christakis Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — The Miami Open is showcasing its first wheelchair tennis invitational. CBS Sports Miami’s Trish Chirstakis was at the matches and shares the touching stories these athletes take with them on the courts. “We put in so much work and it’s really
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has decided not to appeal a judge’s ruling on Constitutional grounds that would have delayed his May trial. The Democrat’s lawyers notified the Manhattan federal judge who will preside over the trial on Thursday. They wrote in a letter to Judge
Continue ReadingBy LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Several central and Eastern European countries have begun marking the 20th anniversary of the largest expansion of the NATO military alliance when formerly socialist countries became members of the bloc. Military aircraft Thursday roared over the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. At the main airbase hosting Spanish and
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A nonprofit organization has sued the U.S. National Park Service over a plan to remove Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats from a historic district in the U.S. territory. The lawsuit filed by Maryland-based Alley Cat Allies comes four months after the federal agency announced it would contract an animal
Continue ReadingBy Megan Hickey Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Can a community-owned shopping center in Roseland help solve the long-standing challenge of building wealth in communities of color? A Chicago businessman is launching a first-of-its-kind campaign to help people in underserved neighborhoods to invest in local shopping centers and benefit from
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Bartos Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A second Eurasian eagle-owl chick has hatched at the National Aviary. The new chick arrived on March 21, a few days after its sibling. The newest baby is hanging out in the aviary’s Avian Care Center window in The Charity Randall Foundation
Continue ReadingBy Tori Apodaca , Rachel Wulff Click here for updates on this story RIO LINDA, California (KOVR) — The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is searching for two, possibly three, suspects after two homes were shot up in Rio Linda early Wednesday morning. A mother was forced to shield her sleeping child from gunfire as bullets
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By Amy Cassidy and Sarah Dean, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of worshipers died after a bus headed to an Easter conference crashed in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Thursday, the latest tragedy in a country where recent road accidents have led to multiple casualties. The crash claimed the lives of 45 people, and the sole
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Swanson Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport officials say no one was hurt when two Delta Air Lines planes “clipped wings” Thursday morning on a taxiway. A Delta spokesperson tells WCCO the collision was between two of its Airbus A320 planes, with a combined
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — The UN human rights office described sexual violence in Haiti as “severely underreported and largely unpunished” in a harrowing report released Thursday that documented cases of rape and forced sexual relations with gang members, as well surging levels of gang violence in the country. The report, from the Office
Continue ReadingBy Ken Molestina , Crystal Cooper Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — From Texas to Brazil, the 105-year-old eclipse chaser from Fort Worth witnessed 12 solar eclipses in his life and he’s ready to watch his thirteenth on April 8. It all started in 1963 when Laverne Biser packed
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