Fireworks season officially kicked off in Missouri on Thursday but police want Columbia residents to know they’re still illegal inside city limits.
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state where judges can order offenders guilty of certain sex crimes against children to undergo surgical castration. The state’s Republican governor signed the bill into law on Tuesday. Proponents hope the new law will deter people from committing sex crimes
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press Days before the National Transportation Safety Board is set to explain why first responders were wrong to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside after the East Palestine derailment, Norfolk Southern said Friday it plans to lead an industrywide effort to improve the way those decisions
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Facial recognition startup Clearview AI has reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging its massive photographic collection of faces violated the subjects’ privacy rights. Attorneys estimate the deal could be worth more than $50 million. Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, of the Northern District of Illinois, gave preliminary
Continue Readingmondemanola (CNN Español) — Este viernes, el presidente Javier Milei aterrizó en Madrid para iniciar una nueva gira en Europa, continente al que viaja por quinta vez en los casi 200 días que lleva como mandatario de Argentina. Tras su paso por España, viajará a Alemania en donde también recibirá una condecoración, el Premio de la
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Conor McGregor posted on Instagram on Friday that a broken toe was the reason he had to pull out of his headline UFC 303 bout against Michael Chandler after previously not specifying the injury. Light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira will face top-ranked challenger Jiri Prochazka
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CNN By Nick Watt, CNN Oakland, California (CNN) — Lance Clark was 9 years old when he was shot dead in a robbery. A man named Ernest Dykes was convicted of the 1993 Oakland murder and sentenced to death. But the boy’s family says prosecutors just told them Dykes could be released from prison in nine months to
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos confirmó este viernes una ley federal que prohíbe las armas a los violentadores domésticos, rechazando el argumento presentado por grupos defensores de los derechos sobre armas de que la prohibición violaba la Segunda Enmienda. La decisión, por ocho votos contra uno, en uno de los
Continue ReadingBy Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s conviction in his criminal hush money trial last month led to the two largest single days of fundraising for his White House campaign this cycle, newly released campaign finance reports show. On May 30 and May 31 — the day of the conviction and the day
Continue ReadingBy MELISSA GOLDIN and ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans have shared a spate of lightly altered and out-of-context videos to fuel a narrative that President Joe Biden is mentally and physically unfit for office. It’s long been standard practice in politics to spin real moments to make an opponent look bad.
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Por fuera parece una piña tradicional, pero al partirla salta el color rosado de la pulpa, de ahí su nombre comercial Pinkglow, la antesala de otra variedad que también sorprende, pero, por lo contrario, en la Rubyglow, la diferencia está en la cáscara, por su color rojo, y ambas son
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By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has been busy in recent weeks. He was found guilty in his hush money trial in New York, is embroiled in three other legal cases and has continued his campaign to win back the White House. But Trump has another task: Choosing a running mate.
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — At least six people have died from heat-related causes this year so far in sizzling metro Phoenix, where the temperatures this week hit 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 Celsius), Arizona’s Maricopa Department of Public Health reported this week. Another 87 deaths are under investigation for possible heat-related causes
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By Merlin Delcid, CNN San Salvador (CNN) — At least 30 people have died in the heavy rains pounding Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador this week, according to authorities in each country. In El Salvador, 19 deaths have been recorded due to the storms, the director of Civil Protection, Luis Alonso Amaya, told local media. Among
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Four menthol vaping products were authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday, the first non-tobacco-flavored e-cigarette products to get the agency’s sign-off. The decision drew harsh criticism from pediatricians and anti-tobacco groups, which called it “a blow to public health” and warned of potential for “disastrous
Continue ReadingCENTERVILLE, S.D. (AP) — A former law officer who once served as a tiny South Dakota town’s mayor has pleaded not guilty in a three-person killing. The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports 64-year-old Jay Ostrem on Thursday pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to three counts of first-degree murder, three counts
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Homeland Security Department said Friday that the agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country is prepared as it goes into what is expected to be an intense hurricane and wildfire season but he’s concerned about looming budget shortfalls. As parts of
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By Lauren Izso and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has spoken about preventing the occupied West Bank from becoming a part of an independent Palestinian state, according to leaked audio of a speech he gave earlier this month. Smotrich, a leading far right member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet,
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BELLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The court case against a former city official in Belle has been moved to Phelps County. Former Belle Mayor Daryl White Jr. was charged last year with stealing and official misconduct, both misdemeanors. He was accused of misusing the city’s credit card, stealing paint cans and taking a gun. On Friday, a
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — The president of the Teamsters Union is set to speak at next month’s Republican National Convention, as Donald Trump angles to chip away at President Joe Biden’s support among the blue-collar workers who are expected to play a major role in the general election, particularly in
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