By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — One person was killed and three other people were injured when a tornado hit the northeastern Kansas town of Westmoreland on Tuesday afternoon, according to a Pottawatomie County spokesperson. Authorities were still in the process of notifying the person’s next of kin, according to spokesperson Becky Ryan, who didn’t
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, decretó este martes un nuevo estado de excepción para cinco de las 24 provincias que conforman el país, argumentando que la medida es necesaria por la situación de inseguridad pública que prevalece en ellas. Las provincias donde la medida entrará en vigor son
Continue ReadingBy TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It was the music that changed first. Or maybe that’s just when many people at the pale brick Catholic church in the quiet Wisconsin neighborhood finally began to realize what was happening. The choir director, a fixture at St. Maria Goretti for nearly 40 years, was
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced new funding to help women escape domestic violence and a crackdown on misogynistic online content in reaction to an uptick in homicides committed by current and former male partners that he described as a national crisis. Albanese spoke after
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors have asked for a September retrial for Harvey Weinstein, who was back in a New York courtroom for the first time since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by an appeals court last week. Prosecutors on Wednesday suggested locking in a date after Labor Day for the retrial. The 72-year-old
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban takeover three years ago has sent Afghanistan’s economy into a tailspin. Billions in international funds were frozen, and tens of thousands of highly skilled Afghans fled the country and took their money with them. But some businesses have flourished under Taliban rule, defying expectation.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID FISCHER and STEPHANY MATAT Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant, went into effect Wednesday, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care. The
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KRYO PIGADI, Greece (AP) — Under pressure to cope with the impact of rising temperatures, Greece’s emergency response planners are shifting tactics this summer. They’ll be relying more heavily on specialized units to fight wildfires. Airborne teams, many with training in other European Union member states and the United States,
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, MICHELLE L. PRICE and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press FREELAND, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump returned briefly to the campaign trail Wednesday and called the judge presiding over his hush money trial “crooked” a day after he was held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time for violating a gag
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By Rhea Mogul, Aishwarya S. Iyer, Kunal Sehgal and Will Ripley, CNN Varanasi, India (CNN) — The sun glistens on the Ganges as Hindu devotees bathe in the holy river’s waters, and the Muslim call to prayer reverberates through the dusty air. Varanasi, an ancient city of temples and gods, is India’s spiritual capital. And here, in
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump on Tuesday lamented the possibility that Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian protesters could be treated more leniently than the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, marking the second time in a week the former president has invoked the ongoing campus protests to downplay
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’t plan to cut interest rates until it has “greater confidence” that price increases are slowing sustainably to its 2% target. The Fed issued its decision in a
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has launched a double-barreled antitrust attack on Google’s dominant search and Apple’s trendsetting iPhone. The legal offensive is reviving memories of the epic battle that hobbled Microsoft before it roared back to yet again become the world’s most valuable company. The
Continue ReadingBy DAKE KANG BEIJING (AP) — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China says he has been allowed back into his lab after days of protest. Zhang Yongzhen posted online early Wednesday that authorities had “tentatively agreed” to allow him and his team to return to his laboratory and
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held another round of high-stakes talks in Israel on Wednesday as the US seeks to ratchet up the pressure on Hamas to accept a ceasefire and hostage release deal, while also seeking to forestall an Israeli military offensive in Rafah and further address
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Dramatic campus protests are injecting an inflammatory new element into an election year that is already threatening to stretch national unity to a breaking point. Tensions spiked late Tuesday following an operation by New York Police Department surge teams to reclaim the Columbia University campus from pro-Palestinian demonstrators
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Tuesday, April 30, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL Battle (3) Blair Oaks (4) FINAL/11 California (4) Boonville (8) FINAL Moberly (5) Mexico (3) FINAL Warsaw (8) Eldon (13) FINAL North Callaway (9) Montgomery County (1) FINAL Paris (4)
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — While Singapore and Doha’s airports compete against each other for the title of “world’s best,” another aviation hub is focusing on a different achievement. Japan’s Kansai International Airport (KIX) is marking 30 years without losing a single piece of luggage. In a press statement, Japan’s seventh busiest airport said
Continue ReadingTBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Police in Georgia’s capital have used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters who rallied outside the country’s parliament to protest a bill that would require media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they get over 20% of their funding from abroad. Thousands of demonstrators
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La empleada de devoluciones de Amazon no estaba en el trabajo el día que uno de sus compañeros de un almacén de California encontró una pequeña gata en una caja que se envió seis días antes desde Utah. Pero Brandy Hunter recibió la llamada de todos modos. “Todo el mundo sabe
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