By Dakin Andone and Brad Parks, CNN The former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a woman while responding to her 911 call in 2017 was resentenced Thursday to 4 years and 9 months in prison after Minnesota’s highest court threw out his third-degree murder conviction last month. Mohamed Noor was originally sentenced to 12.5
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WeWork will become a publicly traded company Thursday after a spectacular collapse during its first attempt to do so two years ago. WeWork is emerging more than a year into a pandemic that closed millions of square feet off office space and the hope is that a work environment
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Southern African nations have sent envoys to the tiny kingdom of Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, to engage with King Mswati III about the political and civil unrest that has engulfed the country in recent weeks. The 16-nation Southern African Development Community sent top officials from Eswatini’s
Continue Reading CLARE, Mich. (AP) — Two people have been shot to death and the bodies of two others were found on a property in central Michigan. Police say two wounded men were found about 4 p.m. Wednesday in Clare after police responded to reports of a shooting. Those men later died. Clare County Sheriff John Wilson
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The American Athletic Conference will add UAB, Texas-San Antonio, Rice, North Texas, Charlotte and Florida Atlantic to the league. The AAC is replacing three schools that are scheduled to depart for the Big 12 Conference and is growing to 14 teams. The conference hopes the move will
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The White House could issue its employee coronavirus vaccination and test mandate any day, The Associated Press reports, as employers wait to get details on a key part of President Joe Biden’s plan to boost vaccination rates.
Continue Reading By JULIE WATSON, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Worsening climate change requires that the United States do much more to track and manage flows of migrants fleeing natural disasters. That’s the finding of a multiagency study from the Biden administration. President Joe Biden ordered the assessment. Federal officials say it’s
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By Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN Moscow will impose a 10-day lockdown from next week in an effort to curb soaring Covid-19 cases, the city’s mayor has said, as Russia endures its worst-ever phase of the pandemic. “In the coming days, we will reach historic peaks in Covid cases,” Sergey Sobyanin wrote in his
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — A chapel in a Rome church that is home to a Baroque sculptural masterpiece by Gian Lorenzo Bernini has been made even more dazzling after restoration. Art and restoration specialists presented the results in the Cornaro Chapel in St. Mary of the Victory Church on Thursday. The chapel’s centerpiece is one of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A member of the Columbia Schools Board of Education has announced his plans to run for mayor of Columbia. David Seamon released Thursday morning he expects to run for the position in next year’s election. He was elected to the board of education in June 2020. According to a press release from
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman after she called 911 to report a possible rape behind her home has been sentenced to 57 months in prison, which was the maximum term possible under the state’s sentencing guidelines. Mohamed Noor
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are struggling to enact President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, and they’re finding out that even when a party’s goals may be popular, that doesn’t ensure they’ll become law or win over voters. Polls show the public likes health care, education and other initiatives proposed for the
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Una niña negra de 10 años fue arrestada en su escuela de Hawai por un dibujo relacionado con una disputa “corriente” entre niños, informó la Unión Estadounidense de Libertades Civiles (ACLU, por sus siglas en inglés) de Hawai. En respuesta al incidente, la ACLU envió una carta este lunes al Departamento
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — La Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, controlada por los demócratas, votó este jueves para declarar a Steve Bannon, uno de los aliados más cercanos del expresidente Donald Trump, en desacato penal ante el Congreso después de que desafiara una citación de la comisión que investiga la insurrección del 6 de
Continue Reading By JULIE WATSON, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Worsening climate change requires that the United States do much more to track and manage flows of migrants fleeing natural disasters. That’s the finding of a multiagency study from the Biden administration. President Joe Biden ordered the assessment. Federal officials say it’s
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks wobbled in afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday, keeping the S&P 500 near the record high it reached in early September. Banks and energy companies fell, but gains in companies that rely on consumer spending and health care stocks helped keep the losses in
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks wobbled in afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday, a day after the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrials approached the record highs they set this summer. The S&P 500 fell 0.1%. Banks and energy companies fell and offset gains elsewhere. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell
Continue Reading BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A southwestern Michigan city that’s already struggling with lead in its water has lost most water service due to a pipe rupture. Schools in Benton Harbor were closed Thursday, a day after the break occurred. Mayor Marcus Muhammad calls it a “major problem.” Residents have been urged to use free
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The three parties that hope to form Germany’s new government say they aim to have the country’s next chancellor in place in early December, but acknowledge that they face a complex task. The center-left Social Democrats, environmentalist Greens and pro-business Free Democrats opened formal coalition talks following
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The three parties that hope to form Germany’s new government say they aim to have the country’s next chancellor in place in early December, but acknowledge that they face a complex task. The center-left Social Democrats, environmentalist Greens and pro-business Free Democrats opened formal coalition talks following
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