By Raja Razek, Paradise Afshar and Mallika Kallingal, CNN (CNN) — An escaped inmate in Houston who was considered “dangerous” has been captured after an hours-long manhunt, authorities said. Joshua Nigel Thomas Sanders, 35, was captured at around 3 a.m. Friday in east Harris County, sheriff’s office Major Saul Suarez said during an early morning
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri’s Tri-County Conference is adding another member. Fulton Public Schools announced on Thursday it will be joining the local athletics conference, starting in the 2026-27 school year. Fulton will be leaving the North Central Missouri Conference (NCMC) to become the eighth school in the Tri-County Conference, joining Southern Boone, Hallsville, Blair Oaks,
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence signed a record five-year, $275 million contract extension, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The extension includes $200 million guaranteed and $142 million guaranteed at signing, according to the reports. Lawrence is now tied atop the list of the National
Continue ReadingBy GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Officials in one of Ecuador’s most dangerous cities are acknowledging a building of unidentified and unclaimed bodies beyond the capacity of Guayaquil’s main morgue. The statement Thursday came after media reports that about 200 bodies in excess of the morgue’s capacity had accumulated and a refrigeration
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti Beirut, Líbano (CNN) — El destino de los 120 rehenes que quedan en Gaza es crucial para cualquier acuerdo que ponga fin al prolongado y sangriento conflicto entre Israel y Hamas. Pero un alto funcionario de Hamas le dijo a CNN que “nadie tiene idea” de cuántos de ellos están vivos, y que
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By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — University of Connecticut men’s basketball head coach Dan Hurley spoke with reporters Thursday for the first time since spurning the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers to stay and chase a third-straight national title with the Huskies. “It was obviously tempting and obviously the Lakers organization is just incredible,
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students has been temporarily blocked in four states after a federal judge in Louisiana found that it overstepped the Education Department’s authority. In a preliminary injunction granted Thursday, U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty called
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — En la mayoría de los países de Latinoamérica el Día del Padre se celebra el tercer domingo de junio cada año. Este año, siguiendo la tradición, el día del padre es el domingo 16 de junio y así se celebra en Colombia. Guía de regalos para el Día del Padre
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A New York Police Department inspector has been indicted on charges that he lied to investigators and tried to get incriminating video footage erased after his girlfriend drunkenly crashed his police car into a cab. Manhattan prosecutors say Deputy Inspector Paul Zangrilli tried to cover up the 2022 wreck by switching
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN Español) — El Congreso de Perú defendió su posición frente a los proyectos de ley que viene aprobando y que han sido criticados en los últimos días por varias instituciones nacionales e internacionales, entre ellas la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), Human Rights Watch (HRW) y la Fiscalía de Perú. Los
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of fish species — about 2,500 of them named — call the Amazon River home, but scientists estimate nearly half of the marine creatures lurking in the massive stretch of water remain undiscovered. While studying piranhas and pacus in an effort to better assess vital fish biodiversity in the 4,000-mile-long
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN Español) — El 48% de los peruanos considera que el Congreso es la institución con mayor poder en el país, según la última encuesta de AmericaTV-Ipsos difundida en junio. Muy por detrás, en segundo lugar y con un 18%, se encuentra el Poder Judicial y, en tercer lugar con 9%, el Poder
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) — El juzgado décimo penal del circuito de Bucaramanga condenó este jueves a 5 años y 4 meses de prisión al excandidato presidencial por el movimiento político Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción, Rodolfo Hernández, en el marco de una investigación cuando se desempeñó como alcalde de Bucaramanga en 2016. El delito en
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Seguridad de Argentina informó este jueves que denunciará por destrozos a quienes protestaron este miércoles afuera del Senado durante el debate de la Ley de Bases y Puntos de Partida para la Libertad de los Argentinos, un paquete de reformas que el presidente Javier Milei considera fundamental
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of power outages were reported in counties in Mid-Missouri on Thursday night as storms went through the area. A tornado warning was issued for Boone County before 9:30 p.m. It is expected to expire at 9:45 p.m. There are more than 2,900 customers affected by power outages reported in Boone County,
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A Texas man was arrested Thursday for threatening one of the FBI agents involved in the federal investigation into Hunter Biden, the Justice Department said. Timothy Muller, 43, is charged with making interstate threats and influencing, impeding or retaliating against a federal official. If convicted, he faces up to 10
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CNN Opinion by Mary Ziegler (CNN) — On the surface, the Supreme Court, with its unanimous decision in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine on Thursday, seemed to put an end to a long-running fight over the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, a drug used in more than half of all abortions. The truth is that this fight is far
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Tony Bennett’s two daughters are suing their brother, alleging he mishandled and failed to disclose some of their father’s assets in his role as trustee of the late singer’s estate. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York by Antonia and Johanna Bennett accuses D’Andrea “Danny” Bennett of not accounting for all
Continue ReadingSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Two people have been killed in a single-engine plane crash in Northern California. The Alpine County Sheriff’s Office says the crash occurred Thursday, about 10 miles south of South Lake Tahoe. Deputies were notified of an overdue aircraft around 1 a.m. Thursday and the Luscombe 8A aircraft’s GPS transponder
Continue Reading By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay emerged unscathed as Pinehurst’s notorious No. 2 course sunk its teeth into the first round field at the 124th US Open on Thursday. Brutally firm and fast conditions sent scorecards spiraling in North Carolina yet Northern Ireland’s McIlroy and American Cantlay tamed the beast,
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