Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — An independent journalist in Belarus has been arrested on treason charges, the latest move in a relentless crackdown on news media by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko’s government. Danil Palianski, a reporter from the city of Brest, has remained behind bars since his arrest last month, according to the Belarusian
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Orionids — one of two annual meteor showers from Halley’s comet — peak early Monday. A bright waning moon may make them difficult to spot. The Orionid meteor shower can be unpredictable. It shines like a fireworks display in some years, but is fairly slow in other years.
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Meta says it has laid off some employees, including staff at WhatsApp And Instagram, to realign its resources with its “strategic goals.” A Meta spokesperson confirmed in a statement that some teams were making changes to align with their long-term goals and location strategy. Specific details on the number of impacted employees
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — It takes water to flush a toilet yet tens of thousands of North Carolinians have been without it since Hurricane Helene ripped through the state three weeks ago. The storm swallowed mountain towns, damaged water infrastructure and killed nearly 250 people across the Southeast. Local governments have been overwhelmed
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — Two German men have died when their World War II-era airplane crashed and caught fire in southern Finland minutes after takeoff. Police say the single-engine, two-seater T-6 Texan plane — a popular American military trainer aircraft introduced in the 1930s and now used mainly in air shows — crashed into a forest
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The day the crash happened has been corrected. SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia woman was killed after a crash in Pettis County involving a semi-truck on Wednesday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 4:25 p.m. at the intersection of Route Y and Quisenberry Road in Pettis County.
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s lower house of parliament on Thursday gave quick initial approval to a bill outlawing “propaganda” that discourages people from having children, the latest in a slew of restrictive laws as the Kremlin tightens control over the society amid the fighting in Ukraine. The new legislation, which requires two more readings in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities have announced measures to correct lapses that resulted in the death of more than 140 people in an explosion as they were trying to scoop up fuel from an overturned fuel tanker on Wednesday. One survivor said among the dead were those trying to rescue people caught
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Friends and collaborators have expressed shock and sadness over the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who has died in Buenos Aires, Argentina at age 31. Payne’s One Direction bandmates say they are “completely devastated” and they will forever treasure their memories with him. Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The international authority on hunger crises says the Gaza Strip is still at risk of famine more than a year into the Israel-Hamas war. That’s even as the number of people facing the most extreme level of hunger has declined in recent months. The findings come after the United States warned Israel that
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans stepped up their purchases at retailers last month as low unemployment, steady pay gains and rising stock and home values helped sustain their willingness to spend despite higher prices. Retail sales rose 0.4% from August to September, up from 0.1% the previous month and the third straight increase.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Rev. Wayne Lee leads an English-speaking church of second- and third-generation Chinese Americans in the heart of Philadelphia’s Chinatown. His 120-strong evangelical Christian congregation in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania is under the same umbrella as two other immigrant congregations totaling 500 members who speak Mandarin and Cantonese respectively. While those
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Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterwards that a body in the rubble was Israel’s most-wanted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent panel investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally says the Secret Service needs fundamental reform” and new leadership, and that “another Butler can and will happen again” without major changes in how candidates are protected. The review faulted the Secret Service for poor
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The scheduled execution of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter has been halted after the Texas Supreme Court issued a partial stay late Thursday night, according to court documents. The 11th-hour stay came just over
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Coast Guard says that rescuers are still searching the Mediterranean Sea near Greece’s southernmost island for two people reported missing when a boat carrying 100 migrants sank. The body of one man was recovered from the sea Wednesday, while 97 people were rescued by a passing Turkish-flagged cargo ship. The
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A bus carrying Japanese tourists has crashed into a ditch in Turkey, injuring 22 people on board. The state-run Anadolu news agency says the crash occurred on a highway in Afyonkarahisar province, about 155 miles southwest of Ankara. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. It says the injured
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump has had a tough time finding a consistent message to questions about abortion and reproductive rights. The former president has constantly shifted his stances or offered vague, contradictory and at times nonsensical answers to questions on an issue that has become a major vulnerability for Republicans in this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Department of Transportation crews are set to begin traffic shifts on Highway 63 Thursday after work was delayed Wednesday due to cold weather. Crews will be working on the construction of two bridges on the I-70/U.S. 63 connector for the Improve I-70 project. Lane closures are expected between Broadway Boulevard and
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has discussed rising tensions in the region with Egyptian officials in Cairo during the first such visit by a top Iranian official to the North African nation in around a decade. Araghchi held talks with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi focusing on efforts
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