By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a former Virginia lawmaker has been arrested on felony gun and drug charges and a misdemeanor charge of violating a protective order. A Campbell County sheriff’s official confirmed the charges Sunday against Matt Fariss, a former Republican member of the House of Delegates since
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four juveniles are now in custody after being accused of stealing a car by assaulting the owner with a gun in Columbia. Saturday morning around 6:45, Moberly Police officers found an abandoned car that was reported stolen from Columbia, according to a news release. While looking into the incident, officers learned the
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy on Sunday suspended her U.S. Senate campaign to replace Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez as he faces federal corruption charges, Murphy said in a video posted to social media that winning the Democratic primary would require her to wage “a very divisive and negative campaign.” “With Donald
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By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy is suspending her campaign for Bob Menendez’s Senate seat, she announced Sunday. “After many busy, invigorating, and yes, challenging months, I am suspending my Senate campaign today,” she said in a video posted on X. “I have been genuine and factual throughout, but
Continue ReadingCHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say the search for a 6-year-old girl swept away in a rain-swollen southeastern Pennsylvania creek has become a recovery mission rather than a rescue mission. Authorities in Chester County said the child was reported missing Saturday evening after she slipped and fell into fast-moving Chester Creek. Fire companies searched for
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) –El papa Francisco inesperadamente se saltó la homilía durante la misa de este domingo de ramos en el Vaticano. La homilía es un sermón durante el cual el papa interpreta las escrituras y explica su significado en el mundo actual. El papa presidió el servicio que marca el comienzo de la Semana
Continue ReadingBetiana Fernández Martino (CNN Español) — La Casa Rosada publicó en su cuenta oficial de X un video de casi 13 minutos titulado “Día de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia. Completa”, que se enfoca en los años previos al golpe castrense de 1976 sin mencionar a los desaparecidos de la última dictadura
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team gave first-year head coach Kerrick Jackson the first SEC win of his MU tenure on Saturday, but could not follow it up with his first SEC series win on Sunday. The Tigers fell 7-6 to the Kentucky Wildcats to lose the series 2-1. With the loss, Jackson and
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — Kevin Bacon is ready to cut loose at prom. Bacon announced this week to a gym full of students from Utah’s Payson High School, where his iconic movie “Footloose” was filmed, that he will be making an appearance at the school’s final prom. This comes after students launched a
Continue Reading By Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — The White House on Sunday attacked congressional Republicans for pushing a provision in the government funding bill that limits which flags can be flown above US embassies, effectively banning LGBTQ flags. “President Biden believes it was inappropriate to abuse the process that was essential to keep the government open
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s been a bumpy road for the stock market this year, but investors aren’t complaining. That’s because markets have rallied to new highs and have already soared past analysts’ 2024 estimates. The S&P 500 has surged more than 10% since January, and last week it surpassed Goldman
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — As Argentina on Sunday marked the most traumatic date in its modern history — the 1976 military coup that ushered in a brutal dictatorship — President Javier Milei posted a startling video that demanded justice. Not for those who suffered repression under the junta, but
Continue ReadingBy LUIGI NAVARRA and SILVIA STELLACCI Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy on Sunday marked the 80th anniversary of one of the most horrific World War II massacres in German-occupied Italy with solemn commemorations and a performance of a symphony honoring the dead. Riccardo Muti was conducting the Italian premiere of William Schuman’s Ninth Symphony,
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By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Ireland’s governing party Fine Gael has named Simon Harris as its new leader, paving the way for him to succeed former Prime Minister Leo Varadkar as the youngest Taoiseach in Irish history at age 37. Varadkar announced his surprise resignation on Wednesday, citing “personal and political, but mainly political
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, Eve Brennan, Anna Chernova and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Russia on Sunday held a day of mourning after at least 137 people were killed in an attack on a concert venue in Moscow, the country’s worst terrorist attack in two decades. The four gunmen suspected of carrying out the attack were
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Former “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd delivered a stunning rebuke of NBC News on Sunday, blasting the network for hiring former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid political analyst. Todd, who serves as the network’s chief political analyst, delivered his scathing criticism after McDaniel made
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s first criminal trial was supposed to begin Monday. Instead, his lawyers will get the chance to argue for a lengthy postponement and even a dismissal of the charges. Judge Juan Merchan is holding a pre-trial hearing in New York on Monday to discuss the
Continue Reading CNN By Michelle Shen and Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday defended accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people and advocating for cuts to US military aid until humanitarian relief flows freely in Gaza. Her decision to use the term genocide, as she did during a floor speech on Friday
Continue Reading By Michelle Shen and Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday defended accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people and advocating for cuts to US military aid until humanitarian relief flows freely in Gaza. Her decision to use the term genocide, as she did during a floor speech on Friday in
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A week ago, President Vladimir Putin swaggered triumphantly onstage at a post-election event surrounded by young people in T-shirts reading “Putin — Russia — Victory,” and he confidently shrugged off Western criticism of the vote as neither free nor fair. This weekend, a very different Vladimir Putin addressed a nation shocked
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