By RONALD BLUM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Taylor Swift isn’t the only singer fans are flocking to Paris to hear. Lise Davidsen has become classical music’s biggest draw, attracting crowds to the Paris Opéra for her first performances in the title role of Strauss’ “Salome” during the same week Swift filled La Défense Arena
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with three felonies after he allegedly stabbed a police patrol vehicle and threatened others on Sunday. Lawrence Boose Jr. was charged with first-degree attempted assaulted, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into White House barriers and showed a Nazi flag before his arrest last year has pleaded guilty to damaging government property. Court records show that 20-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into White House barriers and showed a Nazi flag before his arrest last year has pleaded guilty to damaging government property. Court records show that 20-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Cruise, General Motors’ autonomous driving technology subsidiary, will start taking its self-driving vehicles out on public roads again this week. The company had stopped testing last October following an incident in San Francisco in which a pedestrian was badly injured. Cruise’s vehicles will begin driving again in Phoenix, Arizona,
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The National Park Service is leasing the historic Michael Bushman and John Slyder houses on Gettysburg battlefield for overnight stays starting on May 24. “Our visitors will now have an extraordinary opportunity to stay in two of the battlefield’s historic homes,” Kristina Heister, superintendent of Gettysburg National Military Park,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of firing a gun during a fight in Jefferson City saw his assault charge upgraded and received an additional charge. Derrek Maurer, 28 was charged on Thursday with illegal gun possession, first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He was previously charged with illegal gun possession and second-degree
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El ejército de Israel reanudó los combates en el norte de Gaza, donde anteriormente afirmaba haber desmantelado la estructura de mando de Hamas. Pero ahora afirma que el grupo militante palestino está intentando “reagruparse” en la zona, lo que plantea dudas sobre si el objetivo de Israel de erradicar al grupo
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By Donald Judd and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday reflected on her experiences as a barrier-breaking public figure, telling a crowd in blunt terms that sometimes they need to take it upon themselves strive for their own opportunities and successes – even if others may doubt them. “We
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team got an idea of what their conference slate will look like for the 2024-25 campaign, on Monday. The SEC released all of the conference opponents for each team. Conference play will tip off on Jan. 4, 2025 and run through March 8. Each team in the Southeastern
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A Belfast judge says that the United Kingdom’s law to deport asylum-seekers shouldn’t apply in Northern Ireland because parts of it violate human rights protections. A High Court judge on Monday said the Illegal Migration Act is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and undermines
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By Tiarra Braddock Click here for updates on this story GROSSE POINTE WOODS, Michigan (WXYZ) — Laura Dewey is fighting to get a nearly $1,400 charge off of her credit union account. “I just can’t afford to be tossing money aside for a charge I didn’t even make,” said Dewey. The Grosse Pointe Woods resident
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors will pursue tougher sentences in cases in which artificial intelligence is used to commit an election-related crime, including threatening violence against election workers and voter suppression, Deputy US Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Monday. The Justice Department policy change is an effort to keep pace with a
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La segunda ola de calor de la temporada en México finalizó este lunes tras 10 días, pero se pronostican temperaturas máximas superiores a los 45 grados Celsius en el sur y sureste del país, señaló el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN). Se registrarán temperaturas máximas de 35 a 40 grados en
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — “Judge Judy” Sheindlin sued the parent company of the National Enquirer and InTouch Weekly on Monday for a story that she said falsely claimed that she was trying to help the Menendez brothers get a retrial after they were convicted of murdering their parents. The story was first published on InTouch
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Major airlines have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over new rules that would require carriers to disclose all airline fees — including those for checked and carry-on bags as well as change and cancelation fees — up front. The suit was filed Friday in the U.S. Fifth
Continue ReadingBy Jasmin Barmore Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WXYZ) — For a mother who has lost a child, Mother’s Day is a difficult time. Marilyn Fortner, who lost her only child, says for her, the day is almost unbearable. “It’s very empty,” she said. When Fortner lost her son in a shooting
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press A truck driver accused of intentionally killing a police officer during a traffic stop on a Utah highway had been holding a woman against her will inside the cab of his truck. Michael Aaron Jayne is accused of driving his rig into Santaquin Police Sgt. Bill Hooser on May 5
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — General Motors’ troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board. Cruise said Monday that it will validate the vehicles’ performance against safety requirements. Testing will start in Phoenix and gradually expand to suburban areas. The vehicles will operate in
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Crews set off a chain of carefully placed explosives Monday to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and with a boom and a splash, the mangled steel trusses came crashing down into the river below. The explosives flashed
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