The Associated Press Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street Monday, though energy companies were higher as the price of crude oil continued to climb. The S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were little changed, while the Nasdaq fell 0.1%. The price of benchmark U.S. crude was up 2.3%
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BANGKOK (AP) — Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former President Win Myint have pleaded not guilty to violating COVID-19 restrictions while they were formally indicted after the army seized power. They are each charged with two counts for failing to observe pandemic restrictions during last year’s general election campaign. Each offense carries
Continue Reading FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An app designed to help save lives by targeting the location of an emergency at a school is not popular with teachers and other eligible employees because they don’t trust it. In the two months it’s been available, only 16% of school staff have downloaded the SaferWatch app. It’s being
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By Ella Nilsen and Angela Dewan, CNN Canada, Nigeria, Japan and Pakistan are among 31 parties to join a global pledge, led by the US and EU, to slash planet-warming methane emissions by 30% by the end of the decade, US climate enjoy John Kerry announced Monday. Kerry said the agreement, which was announced last
Continue Reading By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The whole world seems to be talking about the climate crisis, thanks to months of wild weather and new science showing that we need to act quicker than we previously thought to avoid the worst consequences. As leaders prepare to meet in Glasgow, Scotland, next month for crunch talks, they’ll be
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un hombre negro parapléjico de Ohio ha presentado una denuncia ante la Asociación Nacional para el Progreso de las Personas de Color (NAACP, por sus siglas en inglés) después de que un video mostrara a los agentes de policÃa sacándole de un auto por el pelo y los brazos durante
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were hurt after a motorcycle crash in Miller County early Sunday morning. The single-vehicle crash happened just before 5 a.m. on northbound Highway U south of Barton School Road. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Tretch L. Lawrence, 45, of Kaiser, Missouri was thrown from the motorcycle after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department confirmed a shooting happened in east Columbia on Saturday morning. According to CPD, police responded to a shots heard call around 12:15 a.m. in the 5300 block of Godas Circle. Police said officers found some property was damaged by gunfire, but no one was hurt. At last check,
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By CLAUDIA LAUER and JIM SALTER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Gun violence is killing an increasing number of children and teenagers across America, leaving behind shattered dreams and devastated families. Shaquille Barbour was about to graduate from high school when he was shot multiple times in Philadelphia. His family misses his sweet sense of
Continue Reading By CLAUDIA LAUER and JIM SALTER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Gun violence is killing an increasing number of children and teenagers across America, leaving behind shattered dreams and devastated families. Shaquille Barbour was about to graduate from high school when he was shot multiple times in Philadelphia. His family misses his sweet sense of
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — With fall foliage replacing the spring daffodils and more masks than mylar blankets, the pandemic-delayed 125th Boston Marathon at last left Hopkinton for its long-awaited long run to Copley Square. A rolling start and shrunken field allowed for social distancing on the course, as organizers tried
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfire to teenagers gunned down in turf wars, drug squabbles or for posting the wrong thing on social media. Experts say idleness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic shares the
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfire to teenagers gunned down in turf wars, drug squabbles or for posting the wrong thing on social media. Experts say idleness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic shares the
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By Claire Colbert, CNN Huntington Beach has reopened its shoreline after water testing results came back with non-detectable amounts of oil-associated toxins in ocean water, city officials and California State Parks announced. State and local beaches opened at 6 a.m. Monday, just over a week after an oil pipeline spilled thousands of gallons of crude
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, say a man was found shot to death early Monday inside a home. Police say officers were called to the home around midnight Sunday and minutes later found the body of a man who had been shot. Police have not released the victim’s name or
Continue ReadingMarlon Sorto (CNN Español) — Cuatro policÃas de la fuerza metropolitana de Zacatecas murieron y uno más resultó herido este sábado en lo que varios funcionarios de Seguridad Pública catalogaron de “cobarde ataque” en la capital del estado. Las muertes fueron confirmadas en conferencia de prensa por el fiscal general de Justicia de Zacatecas, Francisco
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, DAVID McHUGH and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — A U.S.-based economist has won the Nobel prize for economics for pioneering research that showed an increase in minimum wage doesn’t lead to less hiring and immigrants don’t lower pay for native-born workers, challenging commonly held ideas. Two others in the U.S.
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, DAVID McHUGH and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — A U.S.-based economist has won the Nobel prize for economics for pioneering research that showed an increase in minimum wage doesn’t lead to less hiring and immigrants don’t lower pay for native-born workers, challenging commonly held ideas. Two others in the U.S.
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Austria has a new chancellor, two days after former leader Sebastian Kurz resigned amid corruption allegations. Austria’s president on Monday swore in Alexander Schallenberg, the former foreign minister, as chancellor. Diplomat Michael Linhart will become the country’s new foreign minister. Kurz announced Saturday that he would step aside to defuse a political
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is considering providing a training military mission to Ukraine amid lingering tensions between Russia and the Soviet ex-republic. Officials said Monday that the EU has already sent out a fact-finding mission to Ukraine and the topic will be discussed during a summit scheduled on
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