By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — K-12 students from low-income families across Missouri soon will have access to private school scholarships. Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday signed a bill expanding the voucher-like program statewide. The scholarship accounts are funded by private donors in exchange for tax credits. The new law
Continue ReadingBy Zac Carlisle Click here for updates on this story MACON, Mississippi (WTVA) — The former sheriff of Noxubee County pleaded guilty on Tuesday to lying to the FBI about a relationship with an inmate. Terry Grassaree, 61, of Macon, made the false statements in July 2020, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. That’s when agents
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Castañeda Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — A San Jose Fire Department hazardous materials team responded to a San Jose middle school classroom after students reported being overcome by an unknown substance. The San Jose Fire Department said crews were at Sunrise Middle School on the 1100
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Disney superó este martes por la noche un importante obstáculo para empezar a desarrollar una ampliación colosal de sus parques temáticos Disneyland, luego de que el ayuntamiento de Anaheim aprobara por unanimidad la rezonificación de gran parte de la propiedad. El complejo original de Disney en California, que comprende un distrito
Continue ReadingBy HILARY FOX Associated Press LONDON (AP) — No matter whether Nemo wins the Eurovision Song Contest this weekend — which would make them the first nonbinary contestant to take home the crystal microphone — the Swiss singer is already a success. Representing Switzerland with a track called “The Code,” Nemo says there is now
Continue ReadingBy Chris Nalls Click here for updates on this story WEST POINT, Mississippi (WTVA) — Authorities arrested a former West Point police officer and his wife for the death of their 4-month-old child. Officers booked Donovan Jeffers, 24, and Quiyona Pederson, 25, into the Clay County jail on Tuesday afternoon on murder charges. West Point
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE BEASLEY of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress and the Biden administration are considering what, if anything, should be done to tighten restrictions on donor-advised funds, an increasingly popular way for donors to set aside money to spend on charitable causes. This week, the Internal Revenue Service held
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El Tribunal Oral en lo Penal de Temuco, en la región chilena de la Araucanía, condenó este martes al líder mapuche de la Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco (CAM), Héctor Llaitul, a 23 años de cárcel por delitos contemplados en la Ley de Seguridad del Estado, hurto y atentado contra la
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have activated outfielder Christian Yelich from the 10-day injured list. He had been on the injured list since April 16 with a low back strain. He was in Wednesday’s starting lineup against the Kansas City Royals as the designated hitter. The Brewers optioned infielder Tyler Black to
Continue ReadingBy Mike Hellgren, Adam Thompson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Some controlled explosives will be used to remove a large span of the Key Bridge collapse that lies on top of the Dali, the container ship that crashed into the bridge in March. The Unified Command says this process
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled Arkansas cannot prevent two high school teachers from discussing critical race theory in the classroom but is stopping short of more broadly blocking the state from enforcing its ban on so-called indoctrination in public schools. U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky
Continue ReadingBy Adam Thompson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Two Australians and an American were on a surfing trip when they were found murdered at the bottom of a well more than 50 feet deep in Mexico’s Baja peninsula. Callum Robinson, a former lacrosse standout at Stevenson University in Baltimore
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By Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — The US Capitol will soon officially welcome two new, iconic figures. A statue of Daisy Bates, a civil rights journalist and activist who is perhaps best known for her role as a mentor to the Little Rock Nine – a group of Black students who were the first to
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — La Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) realizará un paro nacional por 24 horas este jueves 9 de mayo en Argentina en contra de las políticas económicas de Javier Milei. Se trata de la segunda medida de fuerza en cinco meses contra el gobierno. La primera fue el 24 de enero
Continue ReadingBy Brian Maass Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — The City of Denver has authorized as much as $100,000 for an independent investigation into the Denver Fire Department command staff’s use of flex time, which first came to light via a CBS News Colorado investigation in April. According to a
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s public hospital doctors union has called off a national strike that had left patients in limbo for almost two months. The union secretary general Davji Atellah on Wednesday said they had agreed to trust the government to implement an agreement signed to ensure the labor
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — As major floods engulfed entire cities in the northern part of the Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state last week, meteorologist Estael Sias knew the water would drain into capital Porto Alegre’s metropolitan region and that she would need to find
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Canadian police say more than 60 people have been arrested and hundreds of charges filed in a series of investigations into child sexual abuse in Ontario. Provincial Police Det. Staff Sgt. Tim Brown said the investigations were carried out over 10 days in February and led to the arrest of dozens of
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Yet another round of severe storms impacted Mid-Missouri today, with storms tracking through during the daytime. For the late morning commute and afternoon, we had reports of high winds, large hail, and a possible tornado toward I-44. Several roadways were impacted by flooding in the morning hours. In Morgan County flooding was reported on highways
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El consulado de Guatemala en Maryland, Estados Unidos, confirmó el martes que está en contacto con los familiares del trabajador guatemalteco fallecido en el colapso del puente Francis Scott Key en Baltimore el pasado 26 de marzo, según un comunicado de la cancillería del país centroamericano. De acuerdo
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