MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman is becoming a social media sensation after she noticed a cow in the backseat of a car in a McDonald’s drive-through. Jessica Nelson of Mosinee was waiting in the drive-through of a McDonald’s in Marshfield on Thursday when she noticed a cow in the backseat of another vehicle
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By Ray Sanchez and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was recommended for parole on Friday. After 53 years in prison, the 77-year-old inmate’s fate is now in the hands of California’s governor. Two of Kennedy’s surviving sons, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Douglas Kennedy,
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By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lots of familiar faces are playing new places around the NFL this season. Matthew Stafford was traded from Detroit to the Los Angeles Rams for Jared Goff. Carson Wentz went from the Eagles to the Colts. Sam Darnold was dealt from the New
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STURGEON, Mo. (KMIZ) Sturgeon Superintendent Dr. Melia Franklin sent out a warning Friday morning after a man followed a parent to the elementary school from Casey’s gas station. The superintendent says the mother alerted the teachers on duty about the man. An administrator approached the man, and the man became belligerent and menacing but left,
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Jeffrey McWilliams is suspected in the death of Augustus Roberts, who died at a home in the 1900 block of Lasso Circle on Dec. 11, 2017. He is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree robbery and armed criminal action.
Continue Reading By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities have arrested Congo’s former public health minister on allegations he misappropriated more than $1 million in funds allocated by the World Bank to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Eteni Longondo was taken to the central prison of Makala following an hours-long court proceeding in Kinshasa
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE (AP) — A suburban Milwaukee school district is meeting to possibly reconsider opting out of a federally funded free meal program. The move met with widespread criticism from parents after school board members said they were concerned participating students would “become spoiled.” The Waukesha school board planned a special meeting Monday to discuss its
Continue Reading By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court has signed an order making masks mandatory in areas controlled by the courts. The order is in contrast to a state law that bans similar mandates in public schools where children have resumed classes amid rising numbers
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Family members say the Rev. Jesse Jackson has been transferred to a hospital focused on physical rehabilitation after receiving treatment for a breakthrough COVID-19 infection. A family statement released Friday also said his wife, Jacqueline, has been moved to an intensive care unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is receiving oxygen but
Continue Reading OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A 24-year-old man accused of capital murder in the 2019 death of a college student he occasionally dated has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge that took the death penalty off the table. Brandon Theesfeld, of Fort Worth, Texas, entered the plea Friday to first-degree murder before Lafayette County Circuit Judge
Continue Reading By AMY BETH HANSON, JANIE HAR and AMY FORLITI Associated Press A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the military. A man who planned to become a sheriff’s deputy when his deployment ended. Details began emerging Friday about some of the 13 U.S. troops killed
Continue Reading RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina couple split a nearly $1 million lottery jackpot thanks to two identical tickets. They say the sudden windfall will be put to good use. The North Carolina Education Lottery says Luther Cannon bought two tickets for Sunday’s Cash 5 jackpot at a convenience store in Rocky Mount. He
Continue Reading BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jurors have convicted two former Colorado sheriff’s deputies accused of causing the death of an intoxicated man by placing him on his stomach and squeezing him into a van to take him to a detox center. Former Boulder County sheriff’s deputies James O’Brien and Adam Lunn were found guilty of manslaughter
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The Associated Press Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Bill.com, Workday rise; Peloton Interactive, Ollie’s fall
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After the deadly bombing at the Kabul airport on Thursday, many have asked: who is ISIS-K and why are they attacking American troops?
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks rallied to more record highs Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve said it’s still far from pulling interest rates off the record low that has helped the market soar, even if it does begin dialing back its support for the economy later this year. In a highly anticipated speech,
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 20-year-old Kansas City man has admitted shooting a zTrip driver 26 times during a robbery. Derron Nevels pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to robbery and discharging a firearm during a violent crime. Prosecutors said the driver picked Nevels up on Dec. 4, 2018 and when they arrived at
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 20-year-old Kansas City man has admitted shooting a zTrip driver 26 times during a robbery. Derron Nevels pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to robbery and discharging a firearm during a violent crime. Prosecutors said the driver picked Nevels up on Dec. 4, 2018 and when they arrived at
Continue Reading By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Tenant advocates and court officials were gearing up Friday for what some fear will be a wave of evictions but others predict will be a gradual trickle after a late-night U.S. Supreme Court action that allows the lockouts to resume. The high court’s conservative majority late Thursday
Continue Reading By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Tenant advocates and court officials were gearing up Friday for what some fear will be a wave of evictions but others predict will be a gradual trickle after a late-night U.S. Supreme Court action that allows the lockouts to resume. The high court’s conservative majority late Thursday
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