Analysis by Tom Foreman, CNN (CNN) — Time and again, former President Donald Trump teased the possibility of taking the witness stand to tell his version of the hush money tale. “I’m testifying,” he said in early April before the historic trial took off. “I mean, all I can do is tell the truth. And the truth is
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump dabbles in Nazi allusions too often for it to be a coincidence. The latest example is a video posted on the ex-president’s social media account that features a fake headline implying the US could become a “unified Reich” if he wins a second term in November.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A former model accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her at his New York City recording studio in 2003 in a lawsuit filed in the city. It is the latest in a series of allegations against the embattled hip-hop mogul. In the federal lawsuit, Crystal McKinney said she was a
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MONITEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man suffered serious injuries Tuesday in a crash on Highway 179 near Chapel Road in Moniteau County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred as a 2005 Harley Davidson Sportster – driven by Robert Hern, 60 – was heading northbound when it
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By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina’s Republican governor on Tuesday signed a law banning gender-affirming medical care for minors in the state. Gov. Henry McMaster announced the signing of H 4624 in a statement on social media, saying the measure “protects our state’s children from irreversible gender transition procedures and bans public funds from being used for them.” With
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By Alli Rosenbloom and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of sexual assault in a new lawsuit filed on Tuesday by Crystal McKinney, a former model and winner of MTV’s 1998 Model Mission competition show. According to the complaint, filed in New York and obtained by CNN, McKinney claims that she was “drugged and
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CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford, Mary Gilbert and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Multiple tornadoes tracked across western Iowa on Tuesday afternoon, leading to at least one death and causing major damage to a small city as robust storms roar to life in the Midwest. The storm-related death occurred in Adams County, Iowa –
Continue ReadingBy ANUPAM NATH Associated Press MORIGAON, India (AP) — Yaad Ali is dreading the rainy season’s arrival this year. The 56-year-old farmer from northeastern India’s Assam state lives with his wife and son on Sandahkhaiti island on India’s Brahmaputra River. The island, like two thousand others on the river, floods with increasing ferocity and unpredictability
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday afternoon, Columbia City leaders, a Boone County commissioner and Columbia Public Schools leaders met at the district’s headquarters to discuss ways to address violence in the city of Columbia. The meeting was closed to the public. ABC 17 News attempted to speak with Deputy City Manager Matt Unrein, City Manager
Continue ReadingBy DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her Philadelphia congregation that she was in a committed same-sex relationship. On Tuesday night, less than three weeks after the UMC repealed its anti-LGBTQ bans, she was reinstated. In a closed meeting of clergy
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Un equipo internacional de 16 trabajadores de la salud atrapado en el Hospital Europeo de Gaza finalmente fue evacuado dos semanas después de que Israel tomara el paso fronterizo de Rafah entre Egipto y el enclave palestino, dejándolos atrapados en el lugar. Entre ellos se encuentra Adam Hamawy, ciudadano estadounidense y excirujano
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman is accusing the owners of a Mexican restaurant on the south side of Columbia of lying to the state over a liquor license. Casa Maria’s Mexican Cantina’s liquor license was suspended for 52 days after the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control claimed a name was forged on a liquor
Continue Reading By Dianne Gallagher, Shawn Nottingham and John Bonifield, CNN (CNN) — The Louisiana state House on Tuesday passed an amended bill that would classify the abortion-inducing drugs misoprostol and mifeprostone as Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances in the state, placing them in the same category as highly regulated drugs such as narcotics and depressants. The House’s final passage
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By Barbie Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — In a scene reminiscent of La Dolce Vita era, French actor Gerard Depardieu has been accused of attacking celebrity photographer Rino Barillari outside Harry’s Bar on the famed Via Veneto in Rome. Depardieu was dining at an outdoor table with a female companion and two other people around
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Los herederos del fallecido exfutbolista Diego Armando Maradona buscan frenar la subasta del Balón de Oro que la FIFA le entregó a su padre en 1986 por ser el mejor jugador del Mundial de México, dijo su abogado a CNN. La casa de subastas Aguttes programó la puja por el
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s National Police appear to confirm that retired Gen. Humberto Ortega, brother of President Daniel Ortega, has been under guard since local media reports emerged two days earlier that police had surrounded his home. The police said in a statement that the Health Ministry had visited 77-year-old Humberto Ortega, who suffers
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, negó las acusaciones de que estaba matando de hambre a los palestinos en Gaza como método de guerra en una entrevista con Jake Tapper de CNN el martes, diciendo que una solicitud de orden de detención actualmente en revisión en la Corte Penal Internacional
Continue ReadingBEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A Texas petrochemical company has pleaded guilty to a violation of the Clean Air Act and agreed to pay more than $30 million in connection with two explosions that injured workers and caused the evacuation of thousands. The U.S. Justice Department announced the plea on Tuesday. Two explosions at a TPC
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has toured the Houston area to assess the damage from last week’s deadly storms. Local officials are reassuring residents still without power that their lights will be back on and they can soon begin rebuilding their lives. CenterPoint
Continue ReadingLUQUE, Paraguay (AP) — Coaches at the Copa America will be able to make a 6th and extra substitution in cases of suspected head trauma or concussion. South American soccer’s governing body CONMEBOL announced the decision Tuesday, making it valid for all its competitions once the Copa America starts in the United States on June
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