By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — In a historic first, Russia is set to launch an actor and a film director to space to make a feature film in orbit. The project has been hailed by Russia’s space chief as a chance to raise the prestige of the nation’s space program. Actor Yulia
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FLIPPIN, Ark. (AP) — A $4.2 million expansion at a northern Arkansas boat manufacturing operation is expected to add 50 jobs. Vexus Boats said Monday it would add 30% more square footage to its operation in Flippin, about 105 miles north of Little Rock near the Missouri border. The company makes fishing boats. Gov. Asa
Continue ReadingBy Carter Williams, Click here for updates on this story SPRINGDALE, UTAH (KSL) — A 79-year-old man who had been missing since Tuesday called 911 and his family before he was located by Air Force airmen flying over Zion National Park on Saturday afternoon, park officials said. Park rangers said airmen located John Fiske Burg
Continue Reading WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) — Canadian police say the Ambassador Bridge border crossing is closed in both directions as police investigate possible explosives found in the area. Investigators say the area surrounding the bridge that links Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit has also been evacuated. Windsor police say traffic is being rerouted to the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel and
Continue ReadingBy KFSN Staff Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — Fresno police announced Saturday the victims of a deadly double shooting one day earlier are a mother and son. 33-year-old Fanchon Moore and 17-year-old Antonio Rodriguez were found with gunshot wounds at their home in east central Fresno just after 4:15
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis pitcher Adam Wainwright is guaranteed $17.5 million under his 2022 contract with the Cardinals, more than double his $8 million salary this year. The 40-year-old has spent all 16 of his big league seasons with the Cardinals. He was 17-7 with a 3.05 ERA in 32 starts. and the
Continue Reading COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has set a March trial date for the Ohio police officer charged with killing Andre Hill. The 47-year-old Hill, who was Black, was fatally shot by Columbus Officer Adam Coy, who is white, on Dec. 22. Hill was shot as he emerged from a garage holding up a cellphone.
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Ernest Lee Johnson’s path from a Casey’s General Store in northeast Columbia to an execution room in the Eastern Reception and Diagnostic Center in Bonne Terre took 27 years to travel.
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawmaker is demanding that Springfield’s public schools turn over three years’ worth of staff emails and other documents with references to critical race theory and more than two dozen other words or phrases. In response, the school district is demanding a deposit of at least $170,000 to get started.
Continue Reading RUSTAVI, Georgia (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators have rallied outside a prison where former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been held since his arrest after returning to the country last week. Saakashvili, who left Georgia in 2014 and became a Ukrainian citizen, was later sentenced to up to six years in prison on abuse of
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he wants to pass legislation by the end of the week to suspend the nation’s debt limit and allow more borrowing to meet the country’s financial obligations. He warns “we do not have the luxury of waiting until October 18th.” That
Continue ReadingBy Jaclyn Schultz Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A Las Vegas high school made sure to hold its homecoming dance that had been cancelled during the pandemic, but with some unique modifications. The dance was out on the football field, and attendees wore only socks. Shadow Ridge High School
Continue Reading MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — Officials in Marshalltown say a 71-year-old man died in a house fire over the weekend. The Times-Republican reports that firefighters were called for the house fire around 5 a.m. Sunday. Arriving firefighters and police officers found smoke and flames coming from the house and say neighbors reported hearing knocking and screams
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MADRID (AP) — Authorities on the Spanish island of La Palma say they are tightening their surveillance of an erupting volcano after part of the crater collapsed and unleashed a cascade of more liquid and faster-moving lava. One official said Monday that the crater was “like a dam.” Fiery molten rock poured out from a
Continue ReadingBy Kristen DeSilva Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Las Vegas police were investigating a homicide in the west valley on Sunday. LVMPD homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said the investigation was taking place in the 4550 block of W. Sahara Avenue, near Arville Street, on Oct. 3. At the scene,
Continue Reading By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The Treasury Department has announced plans to start reallocating rental assistance money in a bid to get more cash into the hands of families facing eviction. The details released Monday follows the slow pace of distribution in many parts of the country. A little more than 16.5% of the tens
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will not get involved in a lawsuit over a disputed Pentagon cloud computing contract, a decision that follows the contract’s cancellation earlier this year. The case was one of hundreds the high court said it would not hear Monday. The Pentagon in July announced it was canceling
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A powerful Philadelphia labor leader has gone on trial two years after a lengthy indictment put him at the center of a sweeping corruption case. The charges against Johnny Dougherty are being split into at least two trials. In the case starting Monday, the boss known as “Doc” is accused of keeping
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A powerful Philadelphia labor leader has gone on trial two years after a lengthy indictment put him at the center of a sweeping corruption case. The charges against Johnny Dougherty are being split into at least two trials. In the case starting Monday, the boss known as “Doc” is accused of keeping
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek counterterrorism police have arrested an asylum-seeker in central Athens suspected of membership of the Islamic State group. A police statement said the 34-year-old man’s arrest Monday followed cooperation with Greece’s EYP intelligence agency and information provided by foreign agencies. The suspect was due to appear before an Athens prosecutor on
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