By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In the weeks after Sudanese Civil War refugee Dau Mabil vanished without a trace in Mississippi, officers from two police agencies blamed each other for the stalled investigation, his widow told The Associated Press. Fishermen, not police, spotted Mabil’s body floating in a river
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-four hours isn’t enough. When Taylor Swift dropped her highly anticipated 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” last Friday, the professional critic class was quick to express disappointment and pan the “Midnights” sequel as a miss. The New York Times review declared Swift “could use an editor,” effectively arguing the sprawling 31-track double album
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By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Jurors will now have a three-day weekend to think about what they heard during the first full week of testimony in the historic Donald Trump hush money trial. David Pecker finally stepped down from the witness stand after more than 10 hours of
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La agencia calificadora S&P Global Ratings redujo este jueves la calificación crediticia de Perú, que pasa de BBB a BBB- debido a la incertidumbre política que, de acuerdo con el comunicado de la firma, “limita la capacidad del gobierno” para “implementar políticas” que impulsen su economía. S&P detalló que
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — San Francisco has an unwelcome reputation for car burglaries and visitors are warned not to leave valuables in their vehicles. U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff didn’t listen. The Democratic congressman who also is running for U.S. Senate had his luggage swiped from his car while
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Rep. Peter Meijer has withdrawn his name from a U.S. Senate race in Michigan. Meijer was seen as a longshot to win the Republican Party’s nomination after voting to impeach then-President Donald Trump in 2021. His decision to impeach Trump followed the storming of the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem — a potential running mate for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump — is getting attention again. This time, it’s for a new book where she writes about killing an unruly dog, and a smelly goat, too. The Guardian obtained a copy of Noem’s soon-to-be released
Continue ReadingBy MARCO UGARTE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The family and supporters of a missing woman who may have been the Mexico City serial killer’s first known victim are protesting at the site where bones were found last week. Protesters covered the facade of the apartment building with placards Friday, after investigators found the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders in Boone County will hold an active shooter training session at The Crossing on Monday, according to a Friday press release from the Columbia Police Department. The press release states that the training will take place in the morning, but did not give a time. The release says emergency vehicles
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Temporary farmworkers are getting more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment and other abuses. The rule announced Friday by the Biden administration aims to bolster support for workers on H-2A visas. Each year, hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mostly from
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Despite an active spring with rain and storms, Missouri remains gripped by a years-long drought. Past months have seen sporadic bouts of rainfall with dry stretches in between that are only slowly eating away at the drought. It will take even more above-average rain to wash out dry conditions locally and the spring season is
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee teachers and staff will be allowed to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds under legislation signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee. According to the statute, which became effective Friday, parents and other teachers will be barred from knowing who is armed at their
Continue ReadingBy ALEJA HERTZLER-MCCAIN Religion News Service (RNS) — One song has stuck with Julio Cuellar Gonzales for practically his entire life. Among his first memories of church in the 1970s in Villa Serrano, a town in the Bolivian region of Chuquisaca, Cuellar remembers singing a specific version of the Our Father. At the time, Cuellar
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge has ordered a Marine Corps veteran and former militia member to remain jailed pending trial on charges he attempted to make ricin, a biological toxin ricin. Forty-two-year-old Russell Vane Vienna, Virginia, was arrested two weeks ago after authorities searched his house and found traces
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham has been remembered by Republicans and Democrats alike as a man whose love for the state and people transcended politics. Graham was a two-term governor and a three-term U.S. senator who died last week at 87. He was
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Suki Sandhu siempre insiste en que Manuel Heichlinger “fue directo” hacia él aquella primera noche en Berlín. Cuando Manuel entró en el restaurante Kaefer, situado en la azotea del edificio del Parlamento alemán, Suki se fijó en él enseguida. “Lo vi entrar y pensé: ‘Es muy atractivo. Es muy guapo. Debe
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — An orca calf that spent over a month stranded in a remote lagoon on Vancouver Island off the west coast of Canada swam out of the lagoon on her own early Friday morning, according to the Ehattesaht First Nation. The seemingly trapped mammal attracted media attention,
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — “No solo no voy a hacer negocios con China, no voy a hacer negocios con ningún comunista”, sentenció durante la campaña electoral del año pasado el entonces candidato a la presidencia de Argentina, Javier Milei. “Yo soy un defensor de la libertad, de la paz y de la democracia. Los
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PEN America has canceled its annual World Voices Festival, as the literary and free expression organization continues to face widespread unhappiness with its response to the Israel-Hamas War. PEN called off its awards ceremony earlier this week after nearly half of the finalists withdrew from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW KENT, Va. (AP) — The former medical director of a Virginia hospital that treats vulnerable children and young adults has been acquitted of sexually abusing two teenage patients during physical exams. Dr. Daniel Davidow worked for decades as the medical director of the Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents, a facility that
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