By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Since the day they were founded, the Olympics have had a confusing relationship with money. The games were supposed to celebrate sport for sport’s sake. But the price athletes paid to be any good was far too high, and it took virtually no time for the concept of amateurism
Continue ReadingBy Kendall Keys Click here for updates on this story CUDAHY, Wisconsin (WISN) — Milwaukee County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Warnimont Park in Cudahy on Tuesday. It’s the same area where last week, someone found a severed leg. Deputies searched a wooded area after the family of missing 19-year-old Sade Robinson said they made a
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Experts say messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed tensions between hardliners and more moderate elements who want to scrap harsher policies and attract more outside support. One message for Eid al-Fitr marking the end of Ramadan was delivered by supreme leader
Continue ReadingBy Ari Hait Click here for updates on this story PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida (WPBF) — Two sisters in Port St. Lucie celebrated their baptism over the weekend, and they did it with three special guests on hand: the first responders who saved one sister’s life eight years ago. In December of 2016, Araceli Betancourt
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO and JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Arguments before a federal appeals court that is considering whether to reinstate Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors focused Thursday on whether it and similar restrictions adopted by two dozen states discriminate on the basis of sex. Ten judges with the
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Two Columbia men were charged with felony murder Thursday in a 2023 fentanyl overdose.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says his country wants the United Nations to suspend Ecuador from the world body as part of a complaint to the top U.N. court over Ecuador’s police raid last week on the Mexican embassy in Quito. Tensions between Mexico and Ecuador have soared since late last week when Ecuadorian
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By Andy Alcock Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A goat rescued from a ledge below a 63rd Street bridge in Kansas City is recovering well and is expected to be reunited with its owner on Wednesday morning. On Monday afternoon, the goat was perched about 80 feet above
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By Holly Yan and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Ippei Mizuhara, a former interpreter for baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani, faces a federal charge of bank fraud after allegedly stealing more than $16 million from Ohtani, a US attorney in Los Angeles announced Thursday. Mizuhara made unauthorized transfers from Ohtani’s bank account from
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife will be tried separately on allegations that they participated in a bribery scheme. Judge Sidney Stein agreed Thursday to sever and delay Nadine Menendez’s trial after her lawyers said she required treatment
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shop for a home now or hold out for possibly lower mortgage rates? That’s a question confronting many home shoppers this spring homebuying season amid widespread expectations that mortgage rates could come down once the Federal Reserve begins lowering its own short-term rate. Economists generally
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By Jason Morris and Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — A state prosecutor will investigate whether Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones violated criminal law in his efforts to help former President Donald Trump subvert the 2020 election results in the state. Peter Skandalakis, director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has appointed himself to investigate
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By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — 2024 is shaping up to be the year of travel reprieves. Hot on the heels of the European Union postponing (again) its much-mooted ETIAS program, which will require visitors from most non-EU countries to obtain pre-travel clearance, Brazil has pushed back the start of its new visa system for
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By Alan Shope Click here for updates on this story LEAVENWORTH, Kansas (KMBC) — A Leavenworth bakery owner’s lost diamond from her wedding ring has sparked an unusual search among her cookies. She believes the diamond, worth over $4,000, may have fallen into her dough. ” I looked down at my hand, and the center
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose to its highest level in five weeks, a setback for prospective homebuyers during what’s traditionally the busiest time of the year for home sales. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.88% from 6.82% last week,
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CARLISLE, Iowa (KCCI) — Carlisle Police have a new tool up in the skies to help fight crime and find people needing help. It’s launching a new drone program. The drone will be used for things like search and rescue efforts, finding a suspect on
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A Clinton, Iowa, man was charged Wednesday after he was accused of impersonating a police officer and having an explosive at a truck stop.
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley says she won’t seek another term next year, setting up a high-stakes fight for control of the battleground state’s highest court. Bradley, who is part of the court’s 4-3 liberal majority, said in a statement Thursday
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The commanding officer of an Army reservist responsible for the deadliest shooting in Maine history has acknowledged to an independent commission that he didn’t get deeply involved in the reservist’s medical care after his discharge from a psychiatric hospital. Capt. Jeremy Reamer insisted Thursday that he
Continue ReadingBy Lindsay Weber Click here for updates on this story SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, California (KCRA) — A horse has died after running onto a road and getting hit by a deputy’s patrol unit in San Joaquin County, according to the sheriff’s office. The collision happened Tuesday evening on Escalon Bellota Road just south of Skiff
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