Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for a former cast member of the “Real Housewives of New York” told a federal judge Thursday that the First Amendment cannot shield the show’s creators from a lawsuit alleging that the show’s participants were subjected to a “rotted workplace culture.” Attorney Sarah Matz said the lawsuit
Continue Reading Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Doris Kearns Goodwin is kicking off the $2 million capital campaign for an Ohio monument to women’s suffrage. Megan Wood, CEO and executive director of the Ohio History Connection, will lead a discussion and Q&A with the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian at the Ohio Statehouse on Thursday. Kearns Goodwin will
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say four bystanders were shot dead in the last 18 months because of gang rivalries in upper Manhattan. The claim came Thursday as authorities announced the indictments of dozens of people in connection with the yearslong welter of gunfire, robberies, weapons deals, car crashes and more. The 30 defendants are
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A computer expert who stole bitcoin worth billions of dollars at current prices — and then spent years laundering some of the hacked cryptocurrency with help from his wife — has been sentenced to five years in prison. Ilya Lichtenstein expressed remorse for his crimes before U.S. District Judge Colleen
Continue Reading Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nation’s sprawling public health apparatus. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted claims about vaccines that contradict the overwhelming consensus of scientists. Even before Trump was elected, Kennedy said he would recommend water agencies stop adding fluoride to drinking water. Fluoride strengthens
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A parade in downtown New Orleans marked the 64th anniversary of the day four Black 6-year-old girls integrated New Orleans schools. The celebration was in stark contrast to the tensions and anger that roiled the city on Nov. 14, 1960. Federal marshals were needed then to escort Tessie Prevost
Continue Reading Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A program that incentivizes West Virginia families to pull their children out of K-12 public schools by offering them government-funded scholarships to pay for private school or homeschooling is expanding to cover military families that temporarily relocate out of state. The Hope Scholarship Board has to approve a policy
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager accused in the shooting death of a Moberly man on Sunday will be charged with murder. Randolph County Sheriff Aaron Wilson told ABC 17 News that a 16-year-old boy from Columbia will be charged with second-degree murder and robbery in the death of Ethan March. A 15-year-old girl from
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A parade in downtown New Orleans marked the 64th anniversary of the day four Black 6-year-old girls integrated New Orleans schools. The celebration was in stark contrast to the tensions and anger that roiled the city on Nov. 14, 1960. Federal marshals were needed then to escort Tessie Prevost
Continue Reading AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The giant balloons may be flying at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but the stars will be on street. Organizers revealed Thursday that actor-singer Jennifer Hudson, dance music icon Kylie Minogue and Broadway and “Pose” star Billy Porter will all perform, an upping of the star wattage over
Continue Reading Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil has launched what it calls a social summit ahead of next week’s Group of 20 meeting of the top economies. It’s the first such event focused on drawing civil society input ahead of annual summit. Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira says 40,000 people from G20 countries are expected
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Video has been released of a near miss at New England’s busiest train station. Strong wind sent a large scaffolding plank crashing to the ground outside Boston’s South Station last Friday. The plank narrowly missed pedestrians streaming into and out of the building. No one was hurt. The station serves as a
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views public health officials have decried as dangerous in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Camden County detectives on Wednesday found deer bones in a vehicle that was being used for a fire department extrication demonstration, a Thursday press release says. The release says that detectives responded to the Lake Career Technical Center after Mid-County Fire Protection firefighters found bones in a vehicle they were using for
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By Kaitlan Collins, Kristen Holmes and Aaron Pellish, CNN West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a choice that would add to Trump’s list of provocative picks whose confirmation processes will test the loyalty
Continue Reading Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The banker who prosecutors say helped Alex Murdaugh move millions of dollars around to avoid detection of his thefts in exchange for a share of the money has had his conviction and seven-year prison sentence overturned on appeal. A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the judge trying Russell
Continue Reading CNN By Mick Krever and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Israel has overseen the forced mass displacement of Palestinians in Gaza in a deliberate and systematic campaign that amounts to a war crime and a crime against humanity, according to a new Human Rights Watch report. The 154-page report, published by the US-based advocacy group
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — After the suicide of a nonbinary student last February spurred a monthslong federal investigation, the US Department of Education found Title IX violations in an Oklahoma public school district including multiple failures to respond to notices of sexual harassment. The DOE’s Office of Civil Rights announced a resolution
Continue Reading The Kansas City Chiefs are off to a 9-0 start in traveling to play the AFC East-leading Buffalo Bills on Sunday. The Chiefs could match a team record for best start to a season, while the Bills haven’t won nine of their first 11 since 1992. Kansas City has won 15 straight overall going back
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report from the Pentagon has revealed hundreds of new reports of unidentified aircraft and aerial phenomena, but no indications of extraterrestrial life. The review was completed by a Defense Department office tasked with investigating unidentified aerial encounters and reports. In many cases, investigators determined that witnesses misidentified birds,
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