LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Kensington Palace has released a photograph of Prince Louis to celebrate his 6th birthday, the first image by the Princess of Wales it has distributed since news organizations, including The Associated Press, withdrew a photo edited by Kate over concerns about digital manipulation. The photo published on Tuesday was taken by
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A movement to ban book bans is gaining steam in Minnesota and several other states, in contrast to the trend playing out in more conservative states where book challenges have soared to their highest levels in decades. The move to quash book
Continue ReadingBy Curadhan Powell Click here for updates on this story NELSON COUNTY, Kentucky (WLKY) — It has been 10 years since a Nelson County mother and her daughter were killed. Kathy Netherland and her daughter Samantha were found shot to death inside their Botland home on April 22, 2014. They were determined to have died
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By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Google has fired an additional 20 workers that it says were involved in protests last week over the company’s cloud-computing contract with the Israeli government, bringing the total number of workers fired to 50, according to the group organizing the demonstrations. No Tech for Apartheid, the organizers of the
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she is confident water quality will be up to the Olympics standards this summer. She said she’ll be be swimming there, possibly alongside President Emmanuel Macron. The Seine River is the venue for marathon swimming at the Games and the swimming leg
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Maiden Click here for updates on this story BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (WDSU) — Many crews in the Baton Rouge area came together to help a driver who was stuck inside an overturned tanker truck for three hours. The Central Fire Department was sent to a report of an overturned tanker truck with power
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A legal challenge over the British government’s role in allowing weapons to be sent to Israel can be heard at the High Court later this year, a judge said Tuesday. Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq and the U.K.-based Global Legal Action Network filed the challenge in December,
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Growing up in Chicago, Alicia Meneses Maples had two younger brothers who were born with disabilities. David was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called severe combined immunodeficiency, and Mario was eventually diagnosed with autism. Throughout her childhood, Meneses Maples’ mom would frequently stay at the hospital with David, while
Continue ReadingBy Cecil Hannibal Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Families of IVF reunited with the doctors who helped them expand their families. UMMC Fertility invited former patients to the Mississippi Children’s Museum Saturday afternoon to meet their former doctors and other families who went through the IVF process. In vitro
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri hired longtime college administrator Laird Veatch to be its athletic director. The school is bringing him back to campus 14 years after he departed for a series of other positions that culminated with five years spent as the AD at Memphis. Veatch replaces
Continue ReadingBy Tori Yorgey, Greg Ng Click here for updates on this story ESSEX, Maryland (WBAL) — A house exploded late Saturday night in Essex, filling the neighborhood with smoke. Baltimore County officials said firefighters were called to a two-alarm house fire and explosion on Crafton Road just after 11 p.m. One man was taken to
Continue ReadingBy Ava Rash, Yazmin Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — A woman is speaking out after her house has been the target of antisemitic incidents. She says there have been four incidents just this month, with the most recent happening Sunday morning. She told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 her fears
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan officials are aiming to turn the country into an aviation hub, luring investors aiming to spread out their supply chains to more nations with available and affordable workers. The North African nation is vying for contracts with big manufacturers aiming to speed up production and
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spain has approved a plan aimed at making reparation and economic compensation for victims of sex abuse committed by people connected to the Catholic Church. It also announced the future celebration of a public act of recognition for the victims. Minister of the Presidency and Justice Félix Bolaños said Tuesday that the
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer UnitedHealth says files with personal information that could cover a “substantial portion of people in America” may have been taken in the cyberattack earlier this year on its Change Healthcare business. The company said Monday after markets closed that it sees no signs that doctor charts or full medical
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En los últimos años se han puesto de moda los sótanos para multimillonarios, ampliaciones subterráneas de las casas de los ricos y famosos, donde pueden refugiarse y vivir a lo grande. Ahora, una empresa austriaca quiere trasladar estos placeres al mundo de los superyates, construyendo sumergibles privados personalizados capaces de descender
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A second person has died after a stolen 18-wheeler crashed into a driver’s license office in Brenham, Texas, earlier this month. “The victim is identified as Cheryl Turner, 63, of Brenham,” the Texas Department of Public Safety announced Monday. Authorities previously announced Bobby Huff, 78, had died in the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — William Strickland, a longtime civil right activist who worked closely with Malcolm X and Jesse Jackson, has died. He was 87. Along with his activism, Strickland was known for his scholarship. He spent 40 years at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, teaching political science and serving as
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finnish President Alexander Stubb says that joining the NATO alliance a year ago has transformed his country into a “front-line state,” given that it has doubled the military bloc’s border with Russia. Finland, which became the 31st NATO member in April 2023, has a 1,340-kilometer
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics confirmed the news that began to make its rounds on Monday afternoon. Former Memphis athletic director Laird Veatch will take the reigns at MU. The UM Board of Curators is planning to meet on Wednesday to approve his contract, before an introductory press conference is held later in the week.
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