SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A beloved giraffe at a zoo in South Dakota has died. On Thursday, the Great Plains Zoo and Butterfly House & Aquarium in Sioux Falls announced the death of Chioke, an 18-year-old reticulated giraffe. He died March 28. “Following a severe fracture in his front left foot, Animal Care and
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By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Janet Yellen has kicked off her second visit to China as US treasury secretary with a warning of the risk to jobs and businesses posed by overproduction of certain goods in the world’s second largest economy. On Friday, her first full day of meetings in the southern
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There is an increased chance to see more activity tied to the sun in this Monday’s upcoming solar eclipse compared to that of 2017. This falls from the sun being in or near a solar maximum. The possible bonus spectacles viewers could see in areas of complete totality are called streamers and prominences. Due to
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — The U.S. treasury secretary has called for a level playing field for American companies and workers as she opened a five-day visit to China in a major industrial and export hub. Janet Yellen told Vice Premier He Lifeng and the governor of Guangdong
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nelson Velázquez and MJ Melendez each homered and drove in two runs, leading Seth Lugo and the Kansas City Royals to a 10-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Right fielder Hunter Renfroe threw out the potential tying run at the plate in the sixth
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By Betsy Klein, MJ Lee and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — When President Joe Biden met with a group of Muslim community leaders this week, he recounted a recent conversation he had with first lady Jill Biden relating to the conflict in Gaza. One of the attendees told the president that the decision to participate
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission will hold a public hearing later this month for the property tax exemption for seniors that was approved by voters earlier this week. A state law allowing a property tax freeze for seniors went into effect Aug. 28. The freeze has to be put into effect by county commissioners. Boone
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– McDonald’s comprará las 225 franquicias de restaurantes que tiene en Israel, anunció la compañía este jueves, pocas semanas después de asegurar que la guerra entre Israel y Hamas perjudica su negocio. El gigante de la comida rápida informó que había llegado a un acuerdo con la franquicia israelí Alonyal para adquirir los
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s fight over the French winery they once owned together is coming to a head and reigniting older conflicts, as new legal documents allege a “history of physical abuse of Jolie” on the part of Pitt prior to their fateful plane ride in 2016. On
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Six inmates who sued New York’s corrections department over its decision to lock down prisons during next Monday’s total solar eclipse will get to watch the celestial event after all. Lawyers for the six men incarcerated at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in upstate New York said Thursday that they’ve reached a
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A county in Hawaii has agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that the police chief discriminated against a captain for being Japanese American. That included an alleged episode when the chief squinted his eyes, bowed repeatedly and said he couldn’t trust Japanese people.
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– Los niños migrantes que permanecen en campamentos al aire libre en el desierto están bajo custodia federal, y deben ser procesados y ubicados rápidamente en “instalaciones que sean seguras e higiénicas”, dictaminó este miércoles una jueza federal de California en una orden. La jueza Dolly Gee escribió que la Oficina de
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Thomas Gumbleton, a Catholic bishop in Detroit who for decades was an international voice against war and racism and an advocate for labor and social justice, died Thursday. He was 94. Gumbleton’s death was announced by the Archdiocese of Detroit, where he was a clergyman for more
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Ecuador informó este jueves que declaró persona non grata a la embajadora de México en el país, Raquel Serur Smeke, debido a las declaraciones del miércoles del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador sobre las elecciones presidenciales de Ecuador de 2023 y el asesinato del
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A Nebraska bill to limit transgender students’ access to bathrooms and sports teams has advanced out of committee with just days to go until the end of the session. Now a lawmaker who ground the legislature to a halt last year over a bill restricting gender-affirming care for minors
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The scheduled start time for Monday’s game between the New York Yankees and Miami Marlins has been changed because of the total solar eclipse. New York was initially set to host the Marlins at 2:05 p.m. The start was pushed back four hours. The Yankees say the move was made by
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York’s governor on Thursday ordered the state’s transit agency to drop efforts to impose a $750,000 fee on the New York City Marathon for using the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul also encouraged the New York Road Runners, organizers of the venerable race held the first Sunday of each
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A California-based vendor of election services is charging several Texas counties tens of thousands of dollars in additional fees. The requests from VOTEC have led the counties to discuss their options with the Texas Secretary of State’s office. The surcharges are for the data management system that various Texas counties use
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Marshall woman was arrested on Wednesday at a Columbia elementary school on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and other charges. Yaquelin Bonilla, 36, was charged with DWI, driving while revoked and leaving the scene of an accident. She is being held without bond at the Boone County Jail. A court date
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El expresidente de la Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) Luis Rubiales negó haber agredido sexualmente a la futbolista española Jennifer Hermoso después de la victoria de España en el Mundial femenino de 2023, en una entrevista exclusiva con Ana Pastor de La Sexta el miércoles. Las cámaras de televisión capturaron
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