Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is vowing to force health insurance companies or the federal government to pay for IVF treatments, a proposal at odds with the actions of much of his own party. It reveals the former president’s realization that abortion and reproductive rights are major liabilities for his
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A proposal to bring a casino to the Missouri tourist destination of the Lake of the Ozarks will be on the November ballot. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green on Friday ruled that the casino campaign gathered enough voter signatures for the measure to go before voters. The Secretary of
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By Lauren del Valle and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s legal team is asking to delay sentencing and any other substantive actions in the hush money case while a new effort to move the case to federal court plays out, according to a letter obtained by CNN. The request to New York State Supreme
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EDITOR’S NOTE: A misspelled name has been corrected. BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County man is facing rape and murder charges stemming from a 1993 Indiana case. Dana Jermaine Shepherd, 52, faces charges in Marion County, Indiana, including two counts of murder and one count of rape “with deadly force.” Boone County deputies and
Continue ReadingMOULTRIE, Ga. (AP) — A south Georgia man has died after he was bitten by a police K-9 during a pursuit last week. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of Kevin Kennedy. Investigators say the chase began when a state trooper saw Kennedy driving a four-wheeler and tried to pull him
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a bill designed to strengthen the state’s oversight of nursing homes, provide anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ nursing home residents, and help protect against the spread of infectious disease outbreaks. The bill passed Thursday. It would require long-term care facilities to provide staff training on the rights
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer Artificial intelligence researchers said Friday that they have deleted more than 2,000 web links to suspected child sexual abuse imagery from a dataset used to train popular AI image-generator tools. The research dataset — called LAION — is a huge index of online images and captions that’s been a source for leading
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Work on the Grindstone Parkway Sidewalk Project in Columbia will require lane closures beginning on Sept. 10, according to a Friday press release from the city. Work was originally set to begin on Tuesday, and will be completed by late fall. The project will address a sidewalk gap on the south side
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis City Council is suing the commission that oversees the city’s elections for removing three gun control questions from the November ballot after top Republican state leaders threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars in state funding. Council Chairman JB Smiley Jr. announced the lawsuit against the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un ataque mortal en la ciudad ucraniana de Járkiv este viernes mató a una niña en un parque infantil y dejó a otros muertos en un edificio residencial, dijeron las autoridades ucranianas. Al menos cinco personas murieron y 28 resultaron heridas en el ataque. El ataque del viernes “no habrÃa ocurrido si
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press/Report For America TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama shuttered the offices of the Black Student Union and a queer resource center last week in compliance with a state law that bans public universities from allocating resources to diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Leaders of the Black Student Union and Queer
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press/Report For America TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama shuttered the offices of the Black Student Union and a queer resource center last week in compliance with a state law that bans public universities from allocating resources to diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Leaders of the Black Student Union and Queer
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s top election official says organizers have gathered enough signatures to get the issue of legalizing medical marijuana on the November ballot. It’s the third time Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana have made the attempt. The group came close in 2020 after meeting signature requirements. But the state Supreme Court
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — The family of a man who was hit and killed by an SUV on a Colorado interstate after a sheriff’s deputy shocked him with a Taser has reached a $5 million settlement in his death. Government officials and lawyers for the family of Brent Thompson announced the agreement with Larimer
Continue ReadingU.S. regulators have cleared a third updated COVID-19 vaccine for this fall, shots made by Novavax Inc. Already, Pfizer and Moderna are shipping shots modified to better match more recent strains of the ever-evolving coronavirus. Those doses can be used in adults and children as young as 6 months. Friday, the Food and Drug Administration
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil has divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians had difficulty and doubts about navigating other social media in its absence. The shutdown of Elon Musk’s platform started early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on
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By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized an updated version of the protein-based Novavax Covid-19 vaccine for use in people 12 and up. Doses could be available by the end of next week. “The COVID-19 vaccines have had a tremendous positive impact on public health and vaccination
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — A conservative group has told Arizona officials that it plans to monitor ballot drop boxes for the November election and identify people they believe are voting illegally. The Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, cites what it says are voter concerns about fraud in the use of the boxes. The Arizona Republic
Continue ReadingBy Nick Lentz Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A 72-year-old Detroit man is facing a murder charge after police say he shot and killed his wife. Detroit police say George Douglas Thomas is charged with first-degree murder and felony firearm. The shooting happened on the 19400 block of Five
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state court is halting enforcement of a requirement that voters include accurate, handwritten dates on envelopes used to submit mail-in ballots. The Commonwealth Court ruling issued Friday is likely to keep several thousand Pennsylvania votes from being thrown out in the November election. The decision comes as the
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