By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For many music fans, John Oates is most recognizable as one-half of the Grammy-nominated Hall & Oates, the multiplatinum soul-pop duo behind hits like “Rich Girl” and “Maneater” now riven by litigation. But he’s also had a full career as a soloist. His sixth solo
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By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — At the premiere of his new film “Poolman” in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, Chris Pine stepped onto the red carpet in an artfully-disheveled ensemble. (Or perhaps just disheveled, for less charitable fashion critic.) Over a light beige slogan tee, Pine wore a “Miami Vice”-worthy blazer accessorized with a
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Lake, CNN (CNN) — The recording went viral in January, provoking rage in suburban Baltimore. It seemed that Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert had been caught making racist and antisemitic comments. Angry phone calls overwhelmed the front desk. Employees felt afraid. Security was tightened. Eiswert was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. He
Continue ReadingKOVR, WHEATLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, CNN By Andrew Haubner Click here for updates on this story WHEATLAND, California (KOVR) — The historical society in Wheatland is making a push to preserve a little-known wagon trail that marked the end of the Donner Party. California’s early history is on full display at Wheatland’s historical museum. “Once a
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Haubner Click here for updates on this story WHEATLAND, California (KOVR) — The historical society in Wheatland is making a push to preserve a little-known wagon trail that marked the end of the Donner Party. California’s early history is on full display at Wheatland’s historical museum. “Once a historical site is gone, it’s
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — It has been only a day since the transitional presidential council was installed in Haiti, and the list of demands on the Caribbean nation’s new leaders is rapidly growing. Haitians want security, food, jobs — and they want them now. The members of the council, tasked
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed off on a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, expanding background checks for private sales of weapons, bolstering the state’s “yellow flag” law, criminalizing the transfer
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Moore Click here for updates on this story LAURENS COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of murdering a woman he was doing HVAC work for on the day she disappeared, according to the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office. Billie
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN Español) — El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Rusia, Sergey Lavrov, anunció este viernes que Moscú apoya las aspiraciones de Bolivia de unirse al grupo BRICS, en una conferencia de prensa con su par boliviana, Celinda Sosa, de visita oficial en ese país. Lavrov dijo también que Rusia apoya los esfuerzos de
Continue ReadingCarmen Sánchez (CNN) — Los detectives de enfermedades de Chicago dicen que han estado observando una tendencia preocupante: los pacientes se quejan de síntomas inusuales como problemas de visión y oculares, dolores de cabeza y pérdida de audición o mareos causados por la sífilis, una infección de transmisión sexual. Los médicos saben desde hace mucho
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A former Mid-Missouri state representative who dropped out of a state Senate race this week after a second cancer diagnosis wants to make sure people get regular screenings.
Continue ReadingTERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana State University officials say a provost at a Missouri university has been appointed the new president of the western Indiana school. School officials announced Friday that Dr. Michael “Mike” Godard will become ISU’s president on June 1, replacing current President Deborah J. Curtis, who is retiring after serving as
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Mary J. Blige just might be the most famous native of Yonkers, New York, and yet she’s not forgotten her roots there. The newly announced Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is giving back to the community that helped launch her start. Blige’s “Strength of a Woman
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By Louis Mian, Larry Madowo and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — The death toll due to floods in Kenya has risen to 76, with 29 people injured and 19 still missing, a government spokesperson said as authorities ordered more evacuations of people from at-risk areas due to ongoing heavy rainfall. “Nairobi is currently experiencing the highest impact,
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels caused “minor damage” to a Panama-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea on Friday, authorities said. The attack follows an uptick in assaults launched by the Houthis in recent days after a relative lull in their monthslong campaign over
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THIS AFTERNOON: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days. Get the latest details here. After a rain-soaked morning parts of Mid-Missouri clear out early afternoon. Redevelopment of storms is possible this evening mostly to our west where all severe hazards are possible; current data keeps this activity out of our area but
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden says he is willing to debate Donald Trump later this fall. Biden’s comment Friday is the most definitive he’s been on whether he would debate his presumptive Republican opponent. The comments came during an interview with the radio host
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Un grupo de agentes de la Fiscalía Especial contra la Impunidad de Guatemala y la Policía Nacional Civil allanó este jueves la sede de la organización no gubernamental Save The Children como parte de una investigación iniciada tras una denuncia por presuntos abusos contra menores guatemaltecos en albergues de Texas,
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council has agreed to pay a $150,000 settlement to an eyewitness who tried to intervene to prevent George Floyd’s murder and who says he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result. Donald Williams is a mixed martial arts fighter who testified against former Officer Derek Chauvin in his
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Beijing (CNN) — El secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Antony Blinken, dijo que EE.UU. ha visto pruebas de intentos chinos de “influir y posiblemente interferir” en las próximas elecciones de EE.UU., a pesar de un compromiso anterior del líder Xi Jinping de no hacerlo. Blinken hizo estos comentarios a Kylie Atwood, de CNN,
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