ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police say a man in a stolen pickup truck who fired at detectives and led them on a lengthy chase has been fatally shot by detectives. Police say detectives tried to stop the stolen truck around 7 a.m. Thursday after spotting it being driven dangerously. The driver refused to
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By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department’s massive antitrust suit against Live Nation on Thursday reflects widespread frustration among fans and concertgoers everywhere who are fed up with confusing fees, ticket restrictions and poor customer service at its Ticketmaster business, the country’s biggest live event ticketing company. But the Department of Justice says
Continue ReadingBy Christian Olaniran Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Multiple students received medical treatment after overheating during a Memorial Day ceremony, according to the school. In a social media post around 10:40 a.m., the Baltimore County Fire Department said they were treating 12 students who suffered from a heat related
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The Dow tumbled by more than 600 points Thursday, notching its worst day of 2024, as all three major indexes closed lower. The drop came even after AI-darling Nvidia delivered stellar quarterly earnings and announced a 10-for-1 stock split. Chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) soared more than 9%Â as the
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NFL hasn’t scheduled a game for every day of the week. Yet. New Orleans defensive end Cameron Jordan says the NFL is going to be the new 7-Eleven, open 24 hours and giving fans a chance to watch them play any given
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three Helias athletics programs will be under new leadership next school year. The school has announced head coaching changes for its high school baseball, boys soccer and boys tennis teams for the 2024-25 athletics season. Kelly Fick will be taking over Helias’ high school baseball program for Chris Wyrick, who is
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer OpenAI will start using news content from News Corp. as part of a multiyear deal between the two companies. Open AI will be allowed to display content from News Corp. mastheads in response to user questions and to enhance its products. It will have access to current and archived
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Congressman Dwight Evans of Philadelphia says he’s in a rehabilitation facility recovering from a minor stroke, and plans to return to voting in Washington in about six weeks. Evans said in a statement Thursday that he’s having difficulty with one of his legs, which will impact his walking for some time.
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A German far-right party set for big gains in upcoming European elections has suffered another setback after it was expelled from a right-wing group in the European Parliament. The Identity and Democracy group decided to expel Alternative for Germany from the group with immediate effect. The move comes amid growing controversy surrounding
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TODAY: Thursday is partly cloudy and mostly dry, with a high near 80. Winds remain out of the southeast at 8 mph. TONIGHT: A warm front approaches this evening, driving another round of thunderstorms to move in from the west after 7 p.m. Storms will be isolated and have limited potential for hail and gusty
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By Maija Ehlinger, Michael Rios, Hira Humayun, Lauren Mascarenhas and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Turks and Caicos officials have slammed remarks from US lawmakers who traveled to the islands earlier this week to press for the release of the Americans who were arrested there – and could possibly face 12-year sentences. In a House
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A panel of New York State appellate judges denied Donald Trump’s appeal to move his criminal trial — which has been going on for six weeks — out of Manhattan to another county. The panel denied the appeal with no further explanation in a short ruling Thursday as summations
Continue Reading By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a bill that would classify the abortion-inducing drugs misoprostol and mifepristone 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 state Senate voted 29-7
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The independent bookstore boom continues. Even as industry sales were slow in 2023, membership in the American Booksellers Association expanded strongly. It now stands at 2,433, more than 200 over the previous year and nearly double since 2016, when membership rules were looser. The ABA
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Ballet, one of the world’s premier dance troupes, has been celebrating its 75th anniversary all year. But while the company founded by George Balanchine is getting older, its audience is skewing younger. And that’s all part of the plan, to ensure the
Continue Reading By Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Top Republican senators are defending Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito as the conservative justice became embroiled in a second flag controversy, even as some Democrats call for Alito to recuse himself from key matters pending before the high court. The flag – which was flown outside Alito’s
Continue ReadingLYONS, N.Y. (AP) — The owner of seven unlicensed cannabis shops in New York whose promotions included an Easter egg hunt has been fined more than $15 million. State officials complained David Tulley repeatedly ignored notices to stop operating without approval and sold products to underage customers. A state judge in Lyons, New York, imposed
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The Navajo Nation Council has signed off on a proposed settlement that would ensure water rights for its tribe and two others in the drought-stricken Southwest — a deal that could become the most expensive enacted by Congress. The Navajo Nation has one of the largest single outstanding claims
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press The federal government agreed to a $15 million fine for Norfolk Southern over last year’s disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Residents were generally underwhelmed by the deal the Environmental Protection Agency and Justice Department announced Thursday, two days after a federal judge signed off on the railroad’s $600 million
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Después del pico más alto en el tipo de cambio del colón para la venta con respecto al dólar, que se dio el 23 de junio de 2022 cuando rozó los 700 colones, la moneda costarricense experimentó una apreciación sostenida que ha beneficiado a sectores como el importador, pero que
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