Analysis by Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Claudia Rebaza, CNN London (CNN) — Julian Assange started his WikiLeaks whistleblowing website on a quest for “radical transparency and truth,” a mission that turned an already polarizing personality into a notorious character and earned him crusaders and critics in equal measure. His long-running battle against extradition to the United States had been making its
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE RANTZ Associated Press The Orlando Pride and Kansas City Current earned road wins on Friday night in the National Women’s Soccer League to stay undefeated after six matches. Barbra Banda scored, assisted, and drew a penalty as the Pride defeated the Washington Spirit 3-2 at Audi Field. Claire Lavogez scored two late goals
Continue ReadingBy NICK INGRAM, JEFF MARTIN and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions, then slamming an Iowa town. Dozens of reported tornadoes wreaked havoc Friday
Continue ReadingBy NICK INGRAM, JEFF MARTIN and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions, then slamming an Iowa town. Dozens of reported tornadoes wreaked havoc Friday
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — On a recent weeknight at this bar in northeast Portland, fans downed pints and burgers as college women’s lacrosse and beach volleyball matches played on big-screen TVs. Memorabilia autographed by female athletes covered the walls, with a painting of U.S. soccer legend Abby Wambach mounted above
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Legal experts say a retrial in New York of Harvey Weinstein won’t be coming to a courtroom anytime soon, if ever. The ruling Thursday by the New York Court of Appeals voided the 2020 rape conviction of the onetime Hollywood power broker. Prosecutors say Weinstein forced
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Saturday welcomes partly cloudy skies throughout much of the day leading to a level seven UV Index Pollen levels across much of Mid-Missouri remains very high into Saturday and high throughout Sunday through Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy MATT BROWN and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says he wants to hold a major campaign event at New York’s Madison Square Garden featuring Black hip-hop artists and athletes. Aides speak of Trump making appearances in Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta with leaders of color and realigning American politics by
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Padilla is taking practically every opportunity to put his stamp on the Democratic Party’s approach to immigration. The California senator is pressing his case in face-to-face moments with President Joe Biden, in regular calls with top White House staff and sometimes in outspoken criticism. Padilla is
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The results of some primary elections in Indiana could determine the outcome of the general election in a deep red state where Republicans hold a supermajority in both chambers of the state legislature and GOP politicians lead many top offices. The primaries will be held May 7.
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Republican Party has selected Trent Staggs as its nominee to replace Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate, hours after the local official received former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. While the endorsement on Saturday carries Staggs through convention with more than two-thirds of delegate
Continue ReadingBy MATT BROWN and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says he wants to hold a major campaign event at New York’s Madison Square Garden featuring Black hip-hop artists and athletes. Aides speak of Trump making appearances in Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta with leaders of color and realigning American politics by
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had a question. “Is it true?” Biden asked Sen. Alex Padilla, referencing the roughly 25% of U.S. students in kindergarten through high school who are Latino. Padilla said the question came as he was waiting with the president in a back room at a
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By David McKenzie and Sarah Dean, CNN Soweto, South Africa (CNN) — Seth Mazibuko strides into the intersection of Moema and Vilakazi Street in Soweto, gesturing to the spot that changed South African history. “This is where the students who were marching peacefully had a first confrontation with the police,” he says. It was June 16, 1976.
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CNN By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Vice presidential contender South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem defended actions described in her upcoming book in which she killed a dog and goat on her family farm. According to an excerpt, which was obtained by The Guardian, Noem killed her dog Cricket because the dog was “untrainable,” “dangerous to
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — Former Attorney General Bill Barr, who previously said that Donald Trump shouldn’t be near the Oval Office, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Friday that he would vote for the former president over President Joe Biden in the 2024 election. “I think that Biden is
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DETROIT, Mich. (KMIZ) Mizzou linebacker Ty’Ron Hopper became the third Tiger alum to be taken in the 2024 NFL Draft, on Friday night. The Green Bay Packers picked up Hopper with the No. 91 overall pick in the third round. Hopper transferred to MU from Florida ahead of his junior season. He spent three years
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DETROIT, Mich. (KMIZ) Mizzou cornerback Ennis Rakestraw became the second Tiger taken in the 2024 NFL Draft, after the Detroit Lions took him off the board with the No. 61 overall pick in the second round on Friday night. Rakestraw is the first MU player taken by the Lions since Demetrious Johnson went to the
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By Elizabeth Wagmeister and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — The star witness in Harvey Weinstein’s historic rape trial says she would consider testifying in a new trial, after the former Hollywood producer’s New York conviction was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals this week. Mimi Haley, a former production assistant on The Weinstein
Continue ReadingBy JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Alec Burleson hit his first homer in almost nine months, a three-run blast that powered the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 win over the New York Mets. Burleson’s second-inning round-tripper was his first since he homered against the Minnesota Twins last Aug. 3. J.D. Martinez
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