By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Metalsmiths in Colorado are remaking Jackie Robinson in bronze after the theft of a beloved Kansas statue of the civil rights baseball icon set off a national outpouring of donations. It all started in January, when thieves cut the original statue off at
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.N. court’s order that Israel halt its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah has deepened a disconnect with the United States over a military operation that faces mounting international condemnation but that American officials describe, at least for now, as limited
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — The Right Side Broadcasting Network has become a major player in Donald Trump’s MAGA universe — a reference to the ex-president’s “Make America Great Again” slogan — amassing more than 2 million subscribers on its YouTube channel and on Rumble, an alternative video-sharing
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD LARDNER and BILL BARROW Associated Press OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — On the second floor of a single-family home in a sprawling suburban development, a three-member production crew sat behind banks of computer monitors and guided the conservative Right Side Broadcasting Network’s coverage of a recent Donald Trump rally. RSBN’s show director, whispering into
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The 2024 primary season is roughly halfway over and there have been few shakeups so far. But the runoffs in Texas on Tuesday are putting two prominent Republicans on edge. Republican congressman Tony Gonzales and powerful Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan are both trying to save
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The catalyst behind the failed gambit to sell off the iconic Graceland property in Memphis is a mystery. The self-styled investment company also is under fire from a lawsuit alleging fraud, an aggressive attorney general and a community of Elvis Presley loyalists who
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians voted Saturday in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election with a combined opposition trying to rattle Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign for a third-consecutive term for himself and his Hindu nationalist party. Many people lined polling stations before the start of
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ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) Quaker Windows and Doors announced on Friday that it will invest more than $30 million to expand its Eldon manufacturing facility, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The release states that 220 new jobs are expected to be created. The new facilities are expected to be
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the most senior liberal on the conservative Supreme Court, told an audience at Harvard University on Friday that she sometimes cries after the court hands down its decisions – and she suggested there may be more tears ahead. “There are days that I’ve come to my
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man has been found guilty of murder for his role in the death of a police officer who was mistakenly shot by a sheriff’s deputy. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that a Clark County jury convicted Julio Segura on Friday in the death of Vancouver police officer Donald Sahota.
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Los fiscales de la oficina del fiscal especial pidieron a un juez federal de Florida que imponga una orden de silencio a Donald Trump que limitaría su capacidad de comentar sobre las fuerzas del orden que registraron su complejo turístico de Mar-a-Lago. La solicitud, la primera en el caso de
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Five mid-Missouri track and field talents walked away from Adkins Stadium as state champions at Friday’s MSHSAA State Championships. Tolton’s Elyse Wilmes won two state titles on Friday in the Class 4 Girls 1600m and 800m dash events, Battle’s Anna Ferguson captured a state crown in the Class 5 Girls Pole
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The game between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals was rained out and was rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader on July 13. The day game was scheduled for 1:15 p.m. CDT and the night game for 7:15 p.m. Chicago, third in the NL Central at 27-24,
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Un sistema de tormentas registrado en el estado de Puebla, a unos 80 kilómetros al este de la Ciudad de México, causó la caída de decenas de árboles, inundaciones por presencia de granizo, rachas de viento de hasta 50 kilómetros por hora y afectaciones en el suministro de energía
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — A 16-year-old in Bothell, Washington, suffered from a severe allergic reaction to medication for months before she collapsed and died in front of her parents. Her family alleges discrimination and negligence contributed to her death. The family of Sahana Ramesh filed a lawsuit in Washington’s King County Superior Court against Seattle Children’s
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Tres empresas enfrentan demandas por muerte por negligencia en el tiroteo en la escuela de Uvalde de 2022, según denuncias presentadas en California y Texas. Las demandas, que acusan a las empresas de “preparar” al atacante de la escuela primaria Robb, se producen después de que 19 familias de estudiantes
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press Prosecutors in New York have accused Harvey Weinstein’s lead defense lawyer of making public statements intended to intimidate a potential witness ahead of the fallen movie mogul’s retrial and have asked a judge to take action. New York’s highest court last month threw out Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction. The Manhattan
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Marie-Claire Martineau no podía dejar de pensar en Elaine Comerford. Era finales del verano de 1991. Marie-Claire estaba de vuelta en Francia, su país natal, tras un par de años trabajando en Japón y una temporada viajando por Europa en tren. Ahora Marie-Claire tenía 29 años y se sentía apática, insegura sobre
Continue ReadingBy MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Seth Lugo became the American League’s first eight-game winner, Michael Massey and Bobby Witt Jr, homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-1 on Friday night for their seventh consecutive victory. Lugo (8-1) allowed one run and four hits, lowering his
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel’s office prosecutors on Friday asked a federal judge in Florida to place a gag order on Donald Trump that would limit his ability to comment about law enforcement that searched his Mar-a-Lago resort. The request – a first in the classified documents mishandling case – comes after the
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