Electric cooperative restores power south of Jefferson City
Hundreds of Three Rivers Electric Cooperative members were left without power Tuesday amid rising temperatures after a tractor-trailer crashed into a utility pole.
Continue ReadingHundreds of Three Rivers Electric Cooperative members were left without power Tuesday amid rising temperatures after a tractor-trailer crashed into a utility pole.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NICE, France (AP) — French prosecutors have asked the country’s highest court to rule on the validity of the international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad over complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war. A statement from the prosecutors on Tuesday says that Assad has absolute immunity as a serving head
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The New York state Supreme Court on Tuesday disbarred former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani over his part in Donald Trump’s election interference efforts in 2020. The long-expected disbarment of Trump’s most high-profile lawyer, which is effective immediately, is a major blow to the former public official at
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former small-town Iowa police chief has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for lying to authorities to acquire machine guns that prosecutors said he sold for his own profit. Former Adair Police Chief Brad Wendt was convicted in February of conspiring to make false statements to the
Continue ReadingOpinion by Steve Vladeck (CNN) — It is entirely fitting that the last decision the Supreme Court handed down from the bench during its October 2023 term was the 6-3, ideologically divided ruling in the Trump immunity case. Love it or hate it, what cannot be denied about Chief Justice Roberts’s majority opinion is that it transfers a
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Post a comment on Reddit, answer coding questions on Stack Overflow, edit a Wikipedia entry or share a baby photo on your public Facebook or Instagram feed and you are also helping to train the next generation of artificial intelligence. Not everyone is OK with that — especially
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer A new study says the melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s. Tuesday’s study finds that it was slowly losing snow since the 18th century, but then that melt rate
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights. The justices on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge to an Illinois assault weapons ban and sent other gun cases back to lower courts, including a challenge to the law used to convict Hunter Biden. The moves come
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A new survey by Pew Research Center finds public support for NATO in some of the countries belonging to the Western military alliance. The survey was released Tuesday. It questions adults in 13 of the 32 countries that belong to NATO. In those nations, about 6 in 10 people say they back
Continue ReadingThe victim of a life-threatening weekend shooting in Jefferson City identified his shooter, according to a probable cause statement.
Continue ReadingRAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — All six teenage players from a South Dakota American Legion baseball team who were charged as adults in a rape case last summer have now reached plea deals. Three players from the Mitchell-based team pleaded guilty last month to being an accessory to a felony, and KELO-TV reports that three
Continue ReadingAssociated Press In a major reprieve for former President Donald Trump, sentencing for his hush money convictions was postponed Tuesday until at least September — if ever — as the judge agreed to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Trump had been scheduled to face sentencing July 11,
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Grills won’t be the only thing sizzling this Fourth of July as uncomfortable, potentially dangerous heat sets in for millions in the US. This summer started off unusually hot and is largely expected to stay that way, as forecasts show only fleeting moments of respite in the weeks
Continue ReadingBy Paula Reid, Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump will not be sentenced on his business fraud conviction until September, a New York judge ruled Tuesday in the wake of Monday’s Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity. The delay in sentencing means that the former president is likely
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph and Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Markéta VondrouÅ¡ová’s defense of her Wimbledon title has been ended in the first round after Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro pulled off a stunning upset to defeat the Czech in straight sets on Tuesday. Bouzas Maneiro, who is the world No. 83, took just over an hour
Continue ReadingBy CAROLINA BORGES Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WSVN) — A former City of Miami Police officer was sentenced for extortion and attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Frenel Cenat, who pleaded guilty in March, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Judge James
Continue ReadingBy Mycah Hatfield Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A man was arrested for possession of child pornography after Montgomery County Precinct 3 officials say the suspect used artificial intelligence to alter a photo of a 17-year-old girl that depicted her nude. Precinct 3 launched an investigation back in
Continue ReadingKTRK, WASHINGTON COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 3, CNN By Mycah Hatfield Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A man was arrested for possession of child pornography after Montgomery County Precinct 3 officials say the suspect used artificial intelligence to alter a photo of a 17-year-old girl that depicted her nude.
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Willey Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — At least three dogs died over the weekend in the care of a professional pet sitter booked on the popular Rover.com website and app, and now, Houston police are investigating. Animal cruelty investigators were at the sitter’s home on Clovis Road in
Continue ReadingKTRK By Jessica Willey Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — At least three dogs died over the weekend in the care of a professional pet sitter booked on the popular Rover.com website and app, and now, Houston police are investigating. Animal cruelty investigators were at the sitter’s home on Clovis Road
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